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Memory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before

a)

recognition

b)

recall

c)

storage

d)

retrieval

2.

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

a)

encoding

b)

retrieval

c)

chunking

d)

recognition

3.

Fading away of memory over time

a)

interference

b)

confabulation

c)

schemas

d)

decay

4.

blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue

a)

confabulation

b)

decay

c)

interference

d)

episodic

5.

Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world

a)

procedural

b)

semantic

c)

chunking

d)

schemas

6.

The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it

a)

retrieval

b)

storage

c)

encoding

d)

confabulation

7.

The act of filling in memory gaps

a)

confabulation

b)

chunking

c)

storage

d)

encoding

8.

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

a)

encoding

b)

recognition

c)

chunking

d)

episodic

9.

The process by which information is maintained over a period of time

a)

encoding

b)

confabulation

c)

procedural

d)

storage

10.

Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material

a)

storage

b)

retrieval

c)

recall

d)

encoding

11.

What happens to information in your brain after it has been encoded?

a)

It goes through the storage process.

b)

It gets divided into schemas.

c)

It is ready for retrieval.

d)

It is screened for interference.

12.

What type of memory makes it possible for you to watch a movie without noticing the gaps between the frames?

a)

semantic memory

b)

sensory memory

c)

episodic memory

d)

procedural memory

13.

Your short-term memory is most similar to which of the following parts of a computer?

a)

monitor

b)

mouse

c)

random access memory

d)

hard drive

14.

Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called

a)

iconic memory.

b)

working memory.

c)

episodic memory.

d)

semantic memory.

15.

After conducting experiments with rats, Karl Lashley concludd that memories

a)

are stored in a single location in the brain.

b)

are distributed throughout the cortex.

c)

are located in our RNA.

d)

cause the brain to function like a switchboard.

16.

Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?

a)

recognition

b)

reconstruction

c)

recaall

d)

confabulation

17.

According to the state-dependent learning theory, where is the best location for you to study for an exam?

a)

a park with lots of trees

b)

a room with no windows or pictures to distract you

c)

the classroom where you will take the exam

d)

a room in your house where you spend a lot of time

18.

Whe a person subconscously blocks memories of a frightening experience, this kind of forgetting is called

a)

indexing.

b)

decay.

c)

amnesia.

d)

repression.

19.

If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing

a)

elaborative rehearsal.

b)

chunking.

c)

the Method of Loci.

d)

the spacing effect.

20.

If you recite the rhyme "Thirty days has September, April, June, and November" to remember the number of days in each month, you are using a(n)

a)

mental picture.

b)

mnemonic device.

c)

schema.

d)

mental picture.