Storing and Retrieving Memories Quiz & Answer Key

Which memory process has the shortest storage duration?

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Long-term memory

• Working memory

Which type of rehearsal promotes meaningful retention?

• Maintenance rehearsal

• Visual rehearsal

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Auditory rehearsal

What is linked to highly superior autobiographical memory?

• Emotional state

• Biological processes

• Rehearsal

• Context-dependent memory

What type of amnesia prevents forming new memories?

• Retrograde

• Anterograde

• Infantile

• Alzheimer’s

What memory is tied to personal life events?

• Short-term

• State-dependent

• Autobiographical

• Sensory

Which condition is linked to age-related memory decline?

• Infantile amnesia

• Alzheimer’s disease

• Anterograde amnesia

• Context-dependent memory

7. Retrieval without cues is called _______.

• A. Recall

• B. Recognition

• C. Metacognition

• D. Retrieval practice

Which retrieval process depends on cues?

• Recall

• Recognition

• Contextual Memory

• State-dependent Memory

Matching mood during encoding/retrieval shows _______ memory.

• Context-dependent memory

• State-dependent memory

• Mood-congruent memory

• Recall

What retrieval method benefits from testing practice?

• Recognition

• State-dependent

• Recall

• Testing effect