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Psychology: Memory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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1.

'Coding is acoustic, capacity is limited and duration is between 18 and 30 seconds.' Which memory store is being described?

a)

Sensory register

b)

Long-term memory

c)

Short-term memory

d)

Procedural memory

2.

The term coding refers to what?

a)

The format in which information is stored in memory

b)

The length of time information is stored for in memory

c)

The amount of information that can be stored in memory at any one time

d)

The transfer of information from one memory store to another

3.

Which of these statements best describes LTM?

a)

Memory store with limited capacity and acoustic coding

b)

Permanent memory store, with semantic coding

c)

Temporary memory store with visual coding

d)

Memory store with semantic coding and limited capacity

4.

Peterson and Peterson investigated:

a)

The capacity of STM

b)

The duration of STM

c)

The coding of STM

d)

The duration of LTM

5.

Which of the following are features of the sensory register?

a)

It has a capacity of seven items, plus or minus two.

b)

Memories in the register can last up to a lifetime.

c)

The capacity if very large

d)

Coding is semantic

6.

The multi-store model describes which of following memory stores?

a)

Short-term memory and long-term memory only

b)

Sensory register, long-term memory and short-term memory

c)

Episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory

d)

Good memory and poor memory

7.

'The process by which information is held in STM by repeating over and over again.' What is being described here?

a)

Retrieval

b)

Consolidation

c)

Elaborative rehearsal

d)

Maintenance rehearsal

8.

The case of HM supports the multi-store model because he:

a)

Had a poor LTM and poor STM

b)

Had a good immediate memory span but could not remember whom he had spoken to just one hour earlier.

c)

Could never learn a new skill or remember practising it

d)

Had a good STM span for digits but a poor one for letters

9.

Which of the following are most likely to be stored in episodic long-term memory

a)

Memories for facts such as 'Elizabeth Loftus is a psychologist.'

b)

Memories of events that have happened to us at various times, involving other people and places.

c)

Our knowledge of what words mean.

d)

Memories of our skilled actions, such as being able to play the guitar.

10.

Cohen and Squire disagree with Tulving's three types of LTM. Which of the following do they suggest instead?

a)

Declarative memory and procedural memory

b)

Short-term memory and long-term memory

c)

Episodic memory and semantic memory

d)

Sensory memory and iconic memory

11.

'Time-stamped and needs to be consciously searched' is a description of which type of long-term memory?

a)

Very long-term memory

b)

Procedural memory

c)

Episodic memory

d)

Semantic memory

12.

Which specific area of the brain is important in recalling both semantic and episodic memories?

a)

The hippocampus

b)

The cererbral cortex

c)

The prefrontal cortex

d)

The amygdala

13.

'Brings together different types of information into a single memory' is a description of which component of the working memory model.

a)

Central Executive

b)

Episodic Buffer

c)

Phonological loop

d)

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

14.

The case study of KF supports the WMM because he had:

a)

A poor STM but intact LTM

b)

Poor STM for verbal material but near-normal STM for visual information

c)

A near-normal STM but could not recall events from long ago

d)

No ability to learn new skills

15.

The phonological loop of working memory is divided into two elements. These are:

a)

The central executive and long-term memory

b)

The phonological store and the articulatory process

c)

The visuo-spatial sketchpad and the episode buffer

d)

Short-term memory and long-term memory

16.

Which component of the WMM links working memory with LTM?

a)

Central executive

b)

Episodic buffer

c)

Phonological loop

d)

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

17.

Inference is an explanation for forgetting from which memory store?

a)

Sensory register

b)

Iconic memory

c)

Echoic memory

d)

Long-term memory

18.

Which of the following statements is the best definition of eyewitness testimony?

a)

Our ability to remember such things as facts and figures

b)

How people remember the details of events they have observed themselves, such as crimes and accidents

c)

Our memories for people's names and faces

d)

Memories that last for weeks, months or even years.

19.

Which of the following is the best example of a leading question?

a)

Are you or are you not a zombie, Mr Jackman?

b)

Why is there never a zombie around when you need one?

c)

How many years have you been a zombie for?

d)

Do you think the zombie apocalypse has finally arrived?

20.

Which of the following sequences of verbs did Loftus and Palmer (1974) use in their study?

a)

Contacted; pranged; hit; collided; smashed

b)

Touched, bumped, hit, collided, smashed

c)

Contacted, bumped, hit, collided, smashed

d)

Contacted, bumped, hit, walloped, smashed

21.

Two of the main techniques of the cognitive interview are:

a)

Change perspective and reinstate the context

b)

Change perspective and change your opinion

c)

Report everything and use retrieval cues

d)

Reverse the order and answer the interviewer's questions.

22.

The enhanced cognitive interview uses the four techniques of the CI. It also

a)

Is a lot quicker

b)

Is more widely used

c)

Gets the witness to speak slowly

d)

Is nearly effective as the CI

23.

Two of the main techniques of the CI are based on

a)

Tulving's encoding specificity principle

b)

Miller's research into the capacity of STM

c)

The multi-store model of memory

d)

Baddeley's research into coding in memory

24.

A significant limitation of the CI is

a)

It is time-consuming for the police to use

b)

It is less effective than the standard police interview

c)

Some aspects of it are more useful than others

d)

It is not supported by the bulk of psychological research into how human memory works.

25.

Real life studies of anxiety and EWT have found that:

a)

High levels of anxiety are associated with low levels of recall

b)

High levels of anxiety are associated with high levels of recall

c)

Anxiety and recall are not related

d)

The findings from lab studies are correct