Memory and Cognitive Processes Quiz

Imagine you are trying to remember the name of a new acquaintance, Sarah. Which memory process are you using when you actively repeat her name in your head right after being introduced?

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

• Sensory Memory

• Long-term potentiation

You're studying a list of vocabulary words for your psychology class. Which strategy would BEST represent chunking to aid your memory?

• Repeating the list over and over until you memorize it.

• Focusing on the meaning of each individual word.

• Grouping the words into categories based on their similarities.

• Trying to remember the order in which the words appear on the page.

• Visualizing each word as a picture.

You're in a stressful situation, like taking a timed exam. How might this stress affect your working memory capacity?

• Stress will likely increase your working memory capacity.

• Stress will have no impact on your working memory.

• Stress might slightly increase your working memory.

• Stress can significantly reduce your working memory capacity.

• Stress only affects working memory for visual information.

A pianist learns a new piece of music but then takes a long break from playing. What concept explains why they are rusty when they try to play it again?

• Interference

• Priming

• Decay

• Encoding failure

• Retrieval failure

A grocery store plays upbeat, fast-paced music. Customers are more likely to move quickly through the store and buy more items. This is an example of:

• The serial position effect

• Interference

• Priming

• Chunking

• Decay

Which type of memory is most closely associated with your recollection of attending your high school graduation?

• Semantic memory

• Procedural memory

• Episodic memory

• Sensory memory

• Working memory

Seeing the word "doctor" might make you think of related words like "nurse," "hospital," and "stethoscope" more quickly. This is due to:

• Rehearsal

• Priming

• Chunking

• Flashbulb memory

• Decay

An adult has no memory of a traumatic event that occurred in early childhood, but they experience anxiety in situations similar to the event. This aligns with the concept of:

• Amnesia

• Repressed memories

• Source amnesia

• Déjà vu

• Proactive interference

You meet a group of people at a party and struggle to remember their names later. What is the MOST likely reason for this memory failure?

• You didn't pay attention when you were introduced.

• Your long-term memory is full.

• You experienced interference from trying to remember multiple names.

• You have a poor working memory.

• You didn't use elaborative rehearsal.

Which of the following is a progressive neurological disease that severely impairs memory?

• Parkinson's disease

• Huntington's disease

• Alzheimer's disease

• Multiple sclerosis

• Epilepsy