Wayground Quiz Memory - AP Psychology

A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is

• limited in capacity

• unlimited in capacity

• not under conscious control

• resistant to decay

According to the multi-store model of memory, the first stage in memory processing involves which of the following?

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Rehearsal

• Encoding

Chuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee. This is an example of

• iconic memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

Cesar is participating in a memory competition. He must memorize a long, novel string of numbers in 60 seconds, then try to recall them immediately without missing or misplacing any numbers.

• Fixed mindset

• Chunking

• Spacing

• Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

The difficulty many people have recalling the details of common objects such as pennies can best be explained by

• interference

• memory decay

• repression

• a lack of encoding

Hillary glances at a graph and then turns her head away less than a second later. When she tries to immediately remember what she saw, which of the following types of memory does Hillary use?

• Iconic

• Declarative

• Implicit

• Echoic

An individual’s ability to remember the day he or she first swam the length of a swimming pool is most clearly an example of which of the following kinds of memory?

• Semantic

• Flashbulb

• Procedural

• Episodic

Cory’s Skateboards, Incorporated, has been producing their top-selling Model A skateboard for 10 years. The company has just developed a new skateboard, Model B. Company executives want to test whether customers who have already used Model A will be able to learn more quickly to skateboard using Model B as compared to those who have no experience. The company’s research team recruits 50 participants for their study and randomly assigns them to two groups. Group 1 is given 3 weeks of skateboarding lessons using the Model A skateboard. Group B does not have lessons on how to use a skateboard. At the end of the 3-week period, both groups are given skateboarding lessons using the Model B skateboard. The research team collects data on how long it takes individuals in each group to become proficient at skateboarding on Model B. They find that it takes Group 1 participants significantly longer to become proficient on Model B, as compared to Group 2.

• Naturalistic observation

• Correlational

• Experimental

• Case studies

A man sustains a head injury. After the injury, he is able to tie his shoes, but he does not recall where he lives. Which aspect of the man’s memory is intact and which aspect is dysfunctional, respectively?

• Procedural and semantic

• Procedural and sensory

• Episodic and procedural

• Episodic and semantic

Memories of well-learned skills, such as riding a bicycle, are classified as

• iconic

• semantic

• echoic

• procedural