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WorksheetsPSYCHOLOGY UNIT 6: "Memory & Thought" REVIEW
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The processing of information into the memory system.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
automatic processing
2.
The retention (saving) of encoded material over time.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
rehearsal
3.
The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
Next-in-line-effect
4.
The persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information.
a)
memory
b)
learning
c)
serial position effect
d)
semantic learning
5.
The first stage of memory that involves information bombarding us every second.
a)
sensory memory
b)
short-term memory
c)
automatic processing
d)
effortful processing
6.
Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds with out rehearsal.
a)
short-term memory
b)
long-term memory
c)
sensory memory
d)
visual encoding
7.
The most common engaging processing technique where information is repeated.
a)
rehearsal
b)
mnemonic
c)
recall
d)
recognition
8.
Encoding information from its sound
a)
echoic
b)
semantic
c)
iconic
d)
recall
9.
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
a)
chunking
b)
mnemonic
c)
relean
d)
recall
10.
A memory aid
a)
mnemonic
b)
chunking
c)
implicit memory
d)
explicit memory
11.
Encoding information by picturing it in our mind.
a)
echoic
b)
iconic
c)
semantic
d)
deja vu
12.
The mental processing of retrieval of information from memory. A fill in the blank test is a good example.
a)
recall
b)
recognition
c)
relearn
d)
learning
13.
When choices are given, it is much easier to identify genuine ones. A multiple choice test is a good example
a)
recognition
b)
recall
c)
relean
d)
deja vu
14.
chunking is associated with short term memory
a)
true
b)
false
15.
which of the following is another name for photographic memory?
a)
confabulation
b)
recall
c)
eidetic memory
d)
mnemonic device
16.
interference is the blocking of a memory by previous or subsequent memories
a)
true
b)
false
17.
short term memory has an unlimited capacity
a)
true
b)
false
18.
George miller discovered information on the limitations about short term memory.
a)
true
b)
false
19.
short term memory is limited to ___ items
a)
3
b)
7
c)
10
d)
5
20.
_____ memory is a combination of short & long term memory.
a)
sensory
b)
eidetic
c)
working
d)
none of the above
21.
which of the following lasts for a fraction of a second?
a)
eidetic memory
b)
sensory memory
c)
short term memory
d)
iconic memory
22.
helpful during multiple choice tests;
a)
encoding
b)
primacy-recency effect
c)
retroactive interference
d)
recognition
23.
allows us to link new material to information previously learned.
a)
elaborative rehearsal
b)
mnemonic devide
c)
encoding
d)
retroactive interference
24.
forming a mental picture is a _____.
a)
working memory
b)
schema
c)
mnemonic device
d)
retroactive interference
25.
_____ is when old memories block new ones
a)
proactive interference
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
retroactive interference
d)
none of the above
26.
encoding is the transformation of information for the nervous system
a)
true
b)
false
27.
conceptual frameworks
a)
recognition
b)
primacy-recency effect
c)
schemas
d)
working memory
28.
Humans can more easily remember the first and last items in a list. This is an example of which of the following?
a)
working memory
b)
proactive interference
c)
primacy-recency effect
d)
schemas
29.
_____ is when new memories block old ones
a)
proactive interference
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
retroactive interference
d)
encoding
30.
_____, _____, and _____ are the three memory processes.
a)
sensory, storage, retrieval
b)
sensory, short term, retrieval
c)
encoding, storage, retrieval
d)
sensory, short term, long term
31.
items in your mind at any given moment are in your _______ memory
a)
short term
b)
long term
c)
eidetic
d)
episodic memory
32.
information stored for future use is ______ memory.
a)
sensory
b)
short term
c)
long term
d)
episodic
33.
repeating material to yourself to keep information in your short term memory longer is an example of _______.
a)
a mnemonic device
b)
maintenance rehearsal
c)
confabulation
d)
recall
34.
Remembering information that you never really learned;
a)
maintenance rehearsal
b)
semantic memory
c)
procedural memory
d)
confabulation
35.
Which of the following is another name for visual sensory memory?
a)
episodic memory
b)
iconic memory
c)
semantic memory
d)
echoic memory
36.
_____ is another name for auditory sensory memory?
a)
episodic memory
b)
iconic memory
c)
semantic memory
d)
echoic memory
37.
When memories are are retrieved, you are using your ability of _____.
a)
recall
b)
confabulation
c)
retrieval
d)
recognition
38.
chronological retention of events in your life is known as _____.
a)
semantic memory
b)
episodic memory
c)
procedural memory
d)
iconic memory
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