Memory Formation Quiz

The 3 stage process of memory formation includes:

• Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

• Input, Processing, Output

• Sensing, Perceiving, Reacting

• Learning, Understanding, Applying

Which of the following best explains the difference between implicit and explicit memory?

• Implicit memory involves unconscious recall, such as skills and tasks, while explicit memory involves conscious recall, such as facts and events.

• Implicit memory involves conscious recall, such as facts and events, while explicit memory involves unconscious recall, such as skills and tasks.

• Both implicit and explicit memory involve unconscious recall of facts and events.

• Both implicit and explicit memory involve conscious recall of skills and tasks.

What is the difference between deep processing and shallow processing?

• Deep processing involves a deeper level of understanding and analysis, while shallow processing involves a more superficial understanding.

• Deep processing is faster than shallow processing.

• Shallow processing requires more effort than deep processing.

• There is no difference between deep processing and shallow processing.

What is the job of working memory? Give an example of an instance where you would use your working memory.

• To store long-term memories; remembering your childhood home

• To process and hold information temporarily; solving a math problem in your head

• To permanently store information; recalling your first day at school

• To forget unnecessary information; ignoring background noise

Research on false memories suggests that:

• Our memories are always valid and accurate.

• False memories can occur, making our memories sometimes invalid.

• Memories are never false and always reliable.

• Research does not provide any information on false memories.

How did Elizabeth Loftus study false memory?

• By conducting experiments on eyewitness testimony

• By analyzing historical documents

• By interviewing memory experts

• By using brain imaging techniques

Repression is a psychological defense mechanism that involves:

• Consciously forgetting distressing thoughts

• Unconsciously blocking unpleasant emotions

• Actively confronting fears

• Deliberately avoiding certain situations

Compare retrograde amnesia to anterograde amnesia. How are they similar? How are they different?

• Retrograde amnesia affects the ability to recall past memories, while anterograde amnesia affects the ability to form new memories. Both involve memory loss but in different ways.

• Retrograde amnesia affects the ability to form new memories, while anterograde amnesia affects the ability to recall past memories. Both involve memory loss but in different ways.

• Both retrograde and anterograde amnesia affect the ability to recall past memories.

• Both retrograde and anterograde amnesia affect the ability to form new memories.

Which of the following is an example of retrograde amnesia?

• A person forgets events that happened before a car accident.

• A person forgets how to ride a bicycle.

• A person forgets the names of objects.

• A person forgets to speak their native language.

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?

• A person cannot recall events that happened before a traumatic incident.

• A person is unable to form new memories after a traumatic incident.

• A person remembers every detail of their life vividly.

• A person can only remember events that happened in their childhood.