WorksheetsScience of Memories
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 28mins
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...
recalling
remembering
memorizing
encoding
knowing
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....
hippocampus
amygdala
cingulate gyrus
thalamus
limbic system
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....
cerebrum
brainstem
medulla
spinal cord
cerebellum
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...
cerebellum
thalamus
amygdala
limbic system
mammillary body
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....
flashbulb memory
sort-term memory
long-term memory
memory loss
remembering
Which one is not the types of memory?
Short term memory
Long term memory
Working memory
Sensory memory
Flashing memory
Which one is not the type of long term memory?
Working memory
Explicit memory
Implicit memory
Declarative memory
Procedural memory
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.
Episodic
Procedural
Semantic
Sensory memory
Short term memory
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....
Reconstructive
Procedural
Long term memory
Sensory
Hyperthymesia
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?
Memory
Sensory
Perception
Morpheus
Dementia
RAM is....
Random Available Memory
Retrieved Access Memory
Random Access Memory
Random Achieved Memory
None of all
In amnesia, one will most likely retain or remember..
Name
Skills
Family background
Education
Relationship
Phonological buffer is controlled by...
Right hemisphere
Temporal lobe
Hippocampus
Left hemisphere
Amygadala
Hippocampus is useful for..
Recalling names
Solving problems
Memorizing a song
Witnessing a crime
Remembering pictures
Right hemisphere is usually associated with..
Storage
Encoding
Phonological buffer
Pictorial
Visual-spatial sketchpad
Flashbulb memory is unforgettable because..
The information is rehearsed
The information is emotionally-charged
The data is fixed
The information is important
None of all
Witnessing an event for a very short period, like witnessing a car accident, may entail the use of..
Sensory memory
Working memory
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Explicit memory
Long-term memory lasts for...
Lifetime
Brief period
A fraction of a second
Half a minute
Temporarily
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..
Retroactive interference
Context effects
Anxiety
Proactive interference
Negative interference
The dancers must practice where they would perform because of the..
Repression
Proactive interference
Anxiety
Context effect
Positive interference
Forgetting about a traumatic event is a..
Context effect
Anxiety
Repression
Interference
Expression
Chunking means..
Finding the meaning of the concepts
Memorization
Retrieval cues
Organizing concepts
Organising memories
Which of the following is not part of Memory?
Storage
Retrieval
Incubation
Encoding
Chunking
Which encoding process is stored based on visual codes?
Acoustic
Structural
Phonemic
Semantic
Numeric
The measure of the capacity of short-term memory is what?
Chunking
Encoding
Displacment
Memory spam
Memory capasity
Strategies for remembering infomation include which of the following?
Decay Theory
Recall
Peg Word system
Memory span
Chunking
The primacy effect decribes what?
Forgetting items at the end of a sequence
Remembering items at the beginning of a sequence
Remembering items at the end of a sequence
Forgetting items in the beginning of a sequence
None of all
Underextension occurs when?
Logical reasoning is not helpful
A child only uses a word in a specific content.
A child goes from the cooing and crying stage to babbling.
A child uses a word to mean more than an adult speaker would.
A child only uses a word taught
