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Memory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The idea that information needs to be converted into a form that is meaningful to the person learning it is referred to as

a)

Encoding

b)

Storage

c)

Recall

d)

Consolidation

2.

STM has a capacity of

a)

infinite information

b)

5- 9 items

c)

30 seconds

d)

3-4 seconds

3.

LTM can be broadly divided into two categories

a)

Semantic and declarative

b)

Implicit and procedural

c)

Implicit and explicit

d)

explicit and declarative

4.

The memory that is either biographical or prospective (remembering things you have on your "to-do"list) is

a)

semantic

b)

episodic

c)

implicit

d)

explicit

5.

You are travelling to America on a gap year and sit in seat 42F. You are sitting next to a man named Dave. Dave has a 9 month old baby on his lap, who is screaming. You are becoming increasingly frustrated, as you cannot sleep with the noise.

A semantic component of the memory is__ and an episodic component is __

a)

The screaming baby, his name is Dave

b)

You are sitting at 42F; your frustration at the baby crying

c)

Your frustration at the baby crying; you are sitting at 42F

d)

The noise; the baby belongs to Dave

6.

An essential difference between semantic and episodic memories is that

a)

Semantic memories are the same for everyone; episodic are personal experiences

b)

Semantic memories are personal experiences; episodic are the same for everyone

c)

You can verbalise a semantic memory but it is harder to put an episodic memory into words

d)

You can verbalise an episodic memory but it is harder to put a semantic memory into words

7.

Classical conditioning creates

a)

Episodic memories

b)

Semantic memories

c)

Implicit memories

d)

Explicit memories

8.

The hippocampus enables us to create new

a)

implicit memories

b)

explicit memories

c)

procedural memories

d)

short term memories

9.

The brain area involved in movements that need to be done in a specific order and for temporary storage of procedural memories is the

a)

hippocampus

b)

amygdala

c)

cerebellum

d)

cerebral cortex

10.

Amy has suffered epileptic seizures and has had both amygala removed. She is unlikely to be able to create new

a)

long term memories

b)

phobias

c)

procedural, implicit memories

d)

movements that must be conducted in a sequence

11.

The hippocampus is located in the

a)

frontal lobes

b)

hindbrain

c)

medial temporal lobe

d)

forebrain

12.

If it took Tina 20 hours to learn her Memory notes in Term 2 and 10 hours to relearn it in Term 3, she has retained

a)

Half

b)

Three quarters

c)

One quarter

d)

None

13.

The most sensitive measure of retention is

a)

Serial recall

b)

Cued recall

c)

Recognition

d)

Relearning

14.

When we combine stored information with new information (eg, what we saw with the information that another person said they saw), this is referred to as:

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Relearning

d)

Reconstruction

15.

The fact that there is approximately 70% average for the MC of the exam and less than 50% for the SA section is evidence that

a)

Recall is a more sensitive measure of retention than recognition

b)

Relearning is the most sensitive measure of retention

c)

The reconstructive nature of memory

d)

Recognition is a more sensitive measure of retention that recall