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WorksheetsMemory, Retrieval and Forgetting 2022 update
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?
a)
Sensory Memory
b)
Short Term Memory
c)
Working Memory
d)
Long Term Memory
2.
If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...
a)
Repressive Memories
b)
Proactive Interference
c)
Retroactive Interference
d)
Memory Decay
3.
Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?
a)
Implicit Memories
b)
Episodic Memories
c)
Procedural Memories
d)
Repressive Memories
4.
What is the worst way to form long term memories?
a)
Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.
b)
Spaced Practice
c)
Elaborative Rehearsal
d)
Mass Practice
5.
Using the Atkinson Shriffin memory model, which process forms a LTM from STM
a)
selective attention
b)
recalling
c)
storage
d)
encoding
6.
The multi-store model of memory....
a)
describes a flow of information through three separate memory stages in a fixed order.
b)
describes a flow of information through three separate memory stores in a fixed order.
c)
sees memory as a byproduct of processing.
d)
suggests that memory has 4 separate memory storages.
7.
Which of the following provides the best definition for the sensory memory store?
a)
All the stimuli that bombard our senses are retained in their original sensory form (i.e.., as exact copies) for a very brief time.
b)
All the stimuli that bombard our senses are retained in their original sensory form (i.e.., as exact copies) for up to 30 seconds.
c)
All short term memories are retained as exact copies for a very brief time.
d)
All the stimuli that bombard our senses are retained in their original sensory form (i.e.., as exact copies) for a potentially unlimited time
8.
What is the capacity of sensory memory?
a)
A fraction of a second
b)
Up to 30 seconds
c)
Unlimited
d)
7 + or - 2 bits of information
9.
What is the duration of iconic memory?
a)
up to 30 seconds
b)
unlimited
c)
7 + or - 2 bits of information
d)
about a third of a second
10.
What happens to information in sensory memory that we DO NOT attend to?
a)
It is transferred to STM
b)
It remains in sensory memory
c)
It is lost
d)
It is transferred back to sensory memory.
11.
What is the capacity of Short Term Memory?
a)
7 plus or minus 2 bits of information.
b)
unlimited
c)
30 seconds
d)
5 to 7 bits of information
12.
According to the multi-store model, what is the duration of short term memories if they are not renewed in some way?
a)
7 plus or minus 2 bits of informaiton.
b)
unlimited
c)
a fraction of a second
d)
30 seconds
13.
According to the multi-store model, what is the capacity and duration of long-term memory?
a)
Relatively permanent capacity and unlimited duration.
b)
Semi permanent capacity and unlimited duration.
c)
Unlimited capacity and relatively permanent duration.
d)
Semi-permanent duration and unlimited capacity.
14.
A more effective way to encode information into long-term memory.
a)
Episodic memory
b)
Maintenance rehearsal
c)
Elaborative rehearsal
d)
Using eidetic (photographic) memory
15.
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" is known as
a)
iconic memory
b)
explicit memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
implicit memory
16.
A newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.
a)
iconic memory
b)
working memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
implicit memory
17.
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
a)
short-term memory
b)
sensory memory
c)
long-term memory
d)
iconic memory
18.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Echoic Memory
19.
Getting stored information out of memory is also known as
a)
Forgetting
b)
Storage
c)
Problem Solving
d)
Retrieval
20.
The memory of learning how to do a skill like riding a bike, and how it is hard to explain but easy to remember and do
a)
Explicit Memory
b)
Implicit Memory
c)
Latent Memory
d)
Prospective Memory
21.
Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.
a)
priming; relearning
b)
recognition; recall
c)
retention; acquisition
d)
rehearsal; retrieval
22.
In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times. She is using a technique known as:
a)
priming
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
maintenance rehearsal
d)
chunking
23.
The three fundamental processes of memory are
a)
control processes, storage and mutli-store
b)
duration, function and capacity
c)
structure, capacity and duration
d)
encoding, storage and retrieval
24.
Echoic memory lasts for about
a)
3 - 4 seconds
b)
0.2 to 0.4 seconds
c)
virtually unlimited
d)
capacity is unknown
25.
For information to go from the sensory store to the short-term store, we must _________ to the information
a)
retrieve
b)
attend
c)
listen
d)
encode
26.
The knowledge that John Aloisi kicked the winning goal in the penalty shootout against Uruguay in 2005 in Sydney to get Australia into the world cup (football) for the first time since 1974 is what kind of memory?
a)
Semantic
b)
Really good
c)
Episodic
d)
General knowledge
27.
What are the names of the researchers that proposed the Multi-Store Model of Memory?
a)
Atkinson and Shiffrin
b)
Craik and Tulving
c)
Craik and Lockhart
d)
Glanzer and Cunitz
28.
The Multi-Store Model outlines
a)
the storage capacity, duration and relevance for each memory different memory storage.
b)
the storage capacity and duration for each memory different memory stage.
c)
the storage capacity and duration for each memory different memory store.
d)
the storage capacity, duration and relevance for each memory different memory stage.
29.
According to the Multi-Store Model of Memory, what are the two things that are the key to whether the information will be transferred from Short Term Memory to Long-Term Memory?
a)
Meaningful rehearsal and the length of time it is held in STM.
b)
The number of repetitions and the length of time it is held in STM.
c)
The relevance of the material
d)
Whether we pay attention to the material.
30.
Which of the following is NOT a strength of the MSM?
a)
There is clinical and empirical evidence to support the existence of different sections of memory. I.e.., STM, LTM and sensory memory.
b)
The multi-store model sparked research at the time and it has been one of the most influential models to date. It served as a basis for the development of other models of memory.
c)
There is clinical evidence to support the idea that there are separate memory stores.
d)
The model distinguishes between different types of Long-Term Memories.
31.
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of the Multi-Store Model of Memory?
a)
There is no research study to support the study as a whole.
b)
The multi-store model proposes just one long-term memory store, rather than separate types of long-term memory. The Case Study of HM highlights this point.
c)
The theory focuses on meaningful rehearsal as being the most important factor in transferring information from STM to LTM.
d)
The theory is not falsifiable (in that we cannot see memory).
32.
The term encoding 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
33.
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.
34.
'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
35.
Some memories are stored in terms of their meaning. Which type of encoding is this?
a)
Visual
b)
Acoustic
c)
Semantic
d)
Tactile
36.
Remembering how to perform actions is an example of:
a)
Episodic memory
b)
Procedural memory
c)
Semantic memory
d)
Declarative memory
37.
An example of sensory memory in action is:
a)
Recognising a friend in the street
b)
Repeating someone's phone number back to yourself
c)
Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler
d)
Remembering the answer to an exam question
38.
A weakness of the multi-store memory model is:
a)
It is far too simplistic, and doesn't explain all of our memories
b)
It has no application to everyday life
c)
There is no evidence to support it
d)
It doesn't explain how information gets into the long term memory
39.
Interference causes:
a)
Retrieval
b)
Memory capacity
c)
Forgetting
d)
Hunger
40.
Not being able to remember an old phone number because you can only remember the new one is an example of:
a)
Proactive interference
b)
Primacy Effect
c)
Reteroactive interference
d)
Recency Effect
41.
Not being able to remember your new boyfriend's name and you keeping calling them by your old boyfriend's name is an example of:
a)
Context
b)
Reteroactive interference
c)
Reconstructive memory
d)
Proactive interference
42.
Echoic memory refers to:
a)
a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli
b)
a vivid memory of an emotionally significant event
c)
the automatic retention of incidental information about the timing and frequency of events
d)
the encoded meanings of words and events in long-term memory
43.
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called __________ memory
a)
echoic
b)
flashbulb
c)
iconic
d)
implicit
44.
Implicit memory is the recall of what?
a)
skills and procedures
b)
facts and experiences
c)
internal states and feelings
d)
unconscious thoughts and feelings
45.
Explicit memory is the recall of what?
a)
skills and procedure
b)
facts and experiences
c)
internal states and feelings
d)
unconscious thoughts and feelings
46.
Relating information to your own life experiences is an effective memory aid because it facilitates:
a)
automatic processing
b)
visual encoding
c)
acoustic encoding
d)
semantic encoding
47.
Retrieval cues are:
a)
a stimuli that help you access a certain memory
b)
activation of a particular association in memory
c)
inability to remember where, when or how previously learned info was acquired
d)
when false info is incorporated into one's memory after an event
48.
Recall is:
a)
increased ability to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoded the info
b)
the search for info you previously stored
c)
identifying items you learned earlier
d)
the same thing as State Dependent Memory
49.
To remember the information presented in your psychology textbook, you often relate it to your own life experiences. Your strategy is an effective memory aid because it facilitates
a)
Iconic memory
b)
Semantic encoding
c)
Automatic processing
d)
The serial position effect
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