Memory Quiz

What is one method mentioned for studying memory?

• Post Mortem studies

• True experiments

• Interviews

• Surveys

Which of the following is NOT a method mentioned for studying memory?

• Post Mortem studies

• Using modern technology

• Reading literature

• Experimental work with animals

Which method involves experimental work with biological techniques?

• Post Mortem studies

• Studying brain damage cases

• Using modern technology

• Stimulating brain areas during an operation

What is the process of re-accessing information from the past which has been encoded and stored?

• Encoding

• Storing

• Retrieving

• Forgetting

Which process is essential for recalling past experiences?

• Encoding

• Storing

• Retrieving

• Processing

What type of memory involves knowing events, stories and situations, such as experiencing the ball drop in Times square?

• Semantic memory

• Episodic memory

• Procedural memory

• Facial recognition

The way we process information at any moment or the way we act is determined to a very significant extent by relevant previous knowledge stored in our memory and organized in the form of. 

Brewer and Treyyens, began their experiment in a small office and a few minutes later asked the participants to move to another room. They used this ethical violation when conducting their experiment testing schema.

• Deception

• Causing harm

• Disclosing personal information

• Refusal of right to withdraw

Piaget posits through his schema theory that the following sequence happens to new information before it expands a person's schema. Please put the following stages in order.

• Disequilibrium

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

The theory that memory is NOT a video recording but rather a reprocess of old information thus less reliable than assumed is called:

• theory of reconstructive memory

• flashbulb memory theory

• theory of emotional brain

• theory of stress