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Science of Memories

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

Recall or retrieval of memory refers to the subsequent re-accessing of events or information from the past, which have been previously encoded and stored in the brain. It is also known as...

a)

recalling

b)

remembering

c)

memorizing

d)

encoding

e)

knowing

2.

Part of the brain that is essential for memory function, particularly the transference from short- to long-term memory and control of spatial memory and behaviour is....

a)

hippocampus

b)

amygdala

c)

cingulate gyrus

d)

thalamus

e)

limbic system

3.

The part of brain that plays an important role in balance, motor control, but is also involved in some cognitive functions such as attention, language, emotional functions (such as regulating fear and pleasure responses) and in the processing of procedural memories is....

a)

cerebrum

b)

brainstem

c)

medulla

d)

spinal cord

e)

cerebellum

4.

The part of brain that performs a primary role in the processing and memory of emotional reactions and social and sexual behaviour, as well as regulating the sense of smell is...

a)

cerebellum

b)

thalamus

c)

amygdala

d)

limbic system

e)

mammillary body

5.

The memories of learning something so shocking or surprising that it creates a strong and seemingly very accurate memory of learning about the event--but not the event itself is called....

a)

flashbulb memory

b)

sort-term memory

c)

long-term memory

d)

memory loss

e)

remembering

6.

Which one is not the types of memory?

a)

Short term memory

b)

Long term memory

c)

Working memory

d)

Sensory memory

e)

Flashing memory

7.

Which one is not the type of long term memory?

a)

Working memory

b)

Explicit memory

c)

Implicit memory

d)

Declarative memory

e)

Procedural memory

8.

The type of memory that refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience is called ...... memory. This memory also includes things that are common knowledge, such as the names of colors, the sounds of letters, the capitals of countries and other basic facts acquired over a lifetime.

a)

Episodic

b)

Procedural

c)

Semantic

d)

Sensory memory

e)

Short term memory

9.

The condition in which an individual possesses a superior autobiographical memory, meaning he or she can recall the vast majority of personal experiences and events in his or her life is called....

a)

Reconstructive

b)

Procedural

c)

Long term memory

d)

Sensory

e)

Hyperthymesia

10.

What is the sum total of what we remember, and gives us the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as to build relationships?

a)

Memory

b)

Sensory

c)

Perception

d)

Morpheus

e)

Dementia

11.

RAM is....

a)

Random Available Memory

b)

Retrieved Access Memory

c)

Random Access Memory

d)

Random Achieved Memory

e)

None of all

12.

In amnesia, one will most likely retain or remember..

a)

Name

b)

Skills

c)

Family background

d)

Education

e)

Relationship

13.

Phonological buffer is controlled by...

a)

Right hemisphere

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Hippocampus

d)

Left hemisphere

e)

Amygadala

14.

Hippocampus is useful for..

a)

Recalling names

b)

Solving problems

c)

Memorizing a song

d)

Witnessing a crime

e)

Remembering pictures

15.

Right hemisphere is usually associated with..

a)

Storage

b)

Encoding

c)

Phonological buffer

d)

Pictorial

e)

Visual-spatial sketchpad

16.

Flashbulb memory is unforgettable because..

a)

The information is rehearsed

b)

The information is emotionally-charged

c)

The data is fixed

d)

The information is important

e)

None of all

17.

Witnessing an event for a very short period, like witnessing a car accident, may entail the use of..

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Working memory

c)

Short-term memory

d)

Long-term memory

e)

Explicit memory

18.

Long-term memory lasts for...

a)

Lifetime

b)

Brief period

c)

A fraction of a second

d)

Half a minute

e)

Temporarily

19.

If one is trained in driving a left-hand drive vehicle, he/she would have difficulty driving right-hand drive vehicle if this will be introduced to him/her. This shows..

a)

Retroactive interference

b)

Context effects

c)

Anxiety

d)

Proactive interference

e)

Negative interference

20.

The dancers must practice where they would perform because of the..

a)

Repression

b)

Proactive interference

c)

Anxiety

d)

Context effect

e)

Positive interference

21.

Forgetting about a traumatic event is a..

a)

Context effect

b)

Anxiety

c)

Repression

d)

Interference

e)

Expression

22.

Chunking means..

a)

Finding the meaning of the concepts

b)

Memorization

c)

Retrieval cues

d)

Organizing concepts

e)

Organising memories

23.

Which of the following is not part of Memory?

a)

Storage

b)

Retrieval

c)

Incubation

d)

Encoding

e)

Chunking

24.

Which encoding process is stored based on visual codes?

a)

Acoustic

b)

Structural

c)

Phonemic

d)

Semantic

e)

Numeric

25.

The measure of the capacity of short-term memory is what?

a)

Chunking

b)

Encoding

c)

Displacment

d)

Memory spam

e)

Memory capasity

26.

Strategies for remembering infomation include which of the following?

a)

Decay Theory

b)

Recall

c)

Peg Word system

d)

Memory span

e)

Chunking

27.

The primacy effect decribes what?

a)

Forgetting items at the end of a sequence

b)

Remembering items at the beginning of a sequence

c)

Remembering items at the end of a sequence

d)

Forgetting items in the beginning of a sequence

e)

None of all

28.

Underextension occurs when?

a)

Logical reasoning is not helpful

b)

A child only uses a word in a specific content.

c)

A child goes from the cooing and crying stage to babbling.

d)

A child uses a word to mean more than an adult speaker would.

e)

A child only uses a word taught