NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsPsychology Module 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Caleb is with friends and they are talking about the worst injuries they have ever gotten. Caleb remembers when he fell off of a ladder while painting his house. His recollection of this event is what type of memory?
a)
Episodic
b)
Semantic
c)
Procedural
d)
Sensory
2.
Of the four memory codes, this method involves the use of encoding stimuli by movement.
a)
Visual
b)
Kinesthetic
c)
Acoustic
d)
Semantic
3.
How long does a sensory memory last if selective attention is not applied?
a)
20 seconds
b)
Indefinitely
c)
Less than 3 seconds
d)
1 minute
4.
While teaching his wife how to ride a motorcycle, Luke has a difficult time explaining the steps in words. Instead, it is easier for him to show her the procedure and have her demonstrate. This is because Luke has stored this knowledge using which type of memory?
a)
Episodic
b)
Semantic
c)
Procedural
d)
Acoustic
5.
According to the transfer-appropriate processing model of memory, the best way to study for a multiple-choice exam is to:
a)
Take a practice quiz with fill in the blank questions
b)
Take a practice quiz with multiple choice questions
c)
Take a practice quiz with essay questions
d)
Take a practice quiz with all types of questions in order to keep your brain functioning at the highest capacity
6.
During Jesse’s Arabic vocabulary quiz, he is presented with a list of choices for each question. Aided by this list of possible retrieval cues, which type of memory retrieval method is being tested?
a)
Procedural Memory
b)
Recall
c)
Total Recall
d)
Recognition
7.
On average, your short term memory can hold how many “chunks” of information?
a)
15 to 20
b)
9 to 10
c)
Indefinite amounts
d)
3 to 9
8.
All of the following are characteristics of short term memory EXCEPT:
a)
Duration is less than 20 seconds
b)
Duration is less than 3 seconds
c)
Can hold 3-9 items of information whether individually or chunked
d)
Heavily reliant on acoustic and kinesthetic codes
9.
Alex’s girlfriend said a list of things she wanted from the store. Alex was only able to remember the first thing she said. This is an example of the:
a)
Primacy effect
b)
Recency effect
c)
Method of loci
d)
Context effect
10.
The junior Marines from an infantry unit often finds themselves in misery while learning new tasks and drills during pre-deployment training. Although equally miserable while deployed, they are able to remember these same tasks and perform them flawlessly. The idea of being able to remember information while in the same mental state is known as:
a)
Selective attention
b)
Mood Congruence
c)
A Mnemonic
d)
Method of Loci
11.
Knowledge of how to drive a car is an example of:
a)
Semantic memory
b)
Episodic memory
c)
Procedural memory
d)
Sensory memory
12.
Please, excuse my deranged aardvark Sammy. Luke can still remember the order of operations because of this saying from his middle-school math teacher. This is an example of:
a)
The Method of Loci
b)
Procedural memory
c)
A mnemonic device
d)
Mood congruence
13.
Knowing how many continents there are is an example of:
a)
Semantic memory
b)
Episodic memory
c)
Procedural memory
d)
Sensory memory
14.
John is given an essay-based midterm in his ethics class. He will have to rely on which retrieval method in order to answer the questions?
a)
Recall
b)
Recognition
c)
Sensory memory
d)
Mood congruence
15.
Cassidy is trying to remember the name of the actor in a movie she just watched. She can remember other movies he’s been in, what he looks like, and even his wife’s name, but she can’t remember his name. This is an example of:
a)
The primacy effect
b)
The recency effect
c)
The method of loci
d)
The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon (also called TOT experience)
16.
Based on the information processing model of memory, this theory divides memory into three major groups. These include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Sensory memory
b)
Shallow memory
c)
Short-term memory
d)
Long-term memory
17.
James hears an advertisement on the radio while driving in his car. He likes the sound of the offer, but is only able to catch the phone number for the company. He repeats the phone number in his head until he is able to stop and right it down. James has used which method to remember the phone number:
a)
Elaborative rehearsal
b)
Maintenance rehearsal
c)
Semantic code
d)
Long-term memory
18.
Mark was told to remember a list of names read out loud and then write them down. He was only able to write down the last three names he heard. This is an example of the:
a)
Primacy effect
b)
Recency effect
c)
Method of loci
d)
Context effect
19.
Sammie always studies in her room. When she tries to complete class assignments on campus, she finds that she has a harder time concentrating and generally does a worse than average job. However, when she does them in her room, in the same spot that she studies, most of the time she does better than average. This is an example of:
a)
Mood congruence
b)
The method of loci
c)
The context effect
d)
The primacy effect
20.
Michael knows most of the names of his classmates in math class. The seating is assigned, and he has learned to associate their names based on their location. This type of mnemonic is known as:
a)
Maintenance rehearsal
b)
The Method of Loci
c)
Selective attention
d)
Episodic memory
Reset
