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QLD Unit 3 Models of Memory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What cognitive process allows us to remember something?

a)

Rehearsal

b)

Retrieval

c)

Recall

d)

Attention

2.

What was the aim of the Peterson and Peterson experiment?

a)

To test the capacity of the short-term store

b)

To test the duration of the sensory store

c)

To test the duration of the short-term store

d)

To test the capacity of the long-term store

3.

What is the definition of "working memory?"

a)

A large amount of information that can be held in an especially accessible state and used in cognitive tasks.

b)

A small amount of information that can’t be held in an especially accessible state and unused in cognitive tasks.

c)

A small amount of information that can be held in an especially accessible state and used in cognitive tasks.

d)

A large amount of information that can’t be held in an especially accessible state and used in cognitive tasks.

4.

What is the "magic number" capacity of the WMM?

a)

7

b)

7 +/- 2

c)

5 +/- 2

d)

4

5.

Which part of the model has a 'supervisory role'?

a)

Central executive

b)

Episodic buffer

c)

Phonological loop

d)

Visuospatial sketchpad

6.

The WMM was developed by...

a)

Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil

b)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

c)

Baddeley and Hitch

d)

Tulving and Bartlett

7.

Baddeley asked ppts to do two tasks: track a moving light and picture a letter F. Which system do these both use?

a)

Phonological loop

b)

Visuospatial sketchpad

8.
Memory can be defined as the process of 
a)
encoding, storing and retrieving information.
b)
stroing of information
c)
processing of information
d)
none of the above
9.

The research study of Baddeley & Hitch can proof the following, except...

a)

working memory model is valid

b)

we can do multitask in certain capacity

c)

short term storage is more than single storage

d)

hippocampus is the bridge between STS and LTS

10.

One limitation of multistore memory model is...

a)

It states that short term storage is single storage

b)

It states that short term storage has limited capacity

c)

It states that long term memory is affected by emotion

d)

It states that working memory is too simple

11.

Atkinson and Shiffrin created the ____________ _____________ _____________ of memory, which says that human memory consists of 3 separate components.

a)

Working memory model

b)

Multi store model

c)

Short term model

d)

Long term model

12.

The 3 components of the multi-store model differ in terms of _____________ and _____________.

a)

Duration, capacity

b)

Rehearsal, retrieval

c)

Iconic, echoic

d)

Attention, rehearsal

13.

Craik and Lockhart proposed the ________ __ ______________ model of memory.

a)

Working memory model

b)

Multi-store model

c)

Levels of Processing

d)

Separate memory mechanisms

14.

The multi-store model has 3 stores. Which option below is NOT a store?

a)

Sensory

b)

Short Term

c)

Structural

d)

Long Term

15.

With the levels of processing model, deep processing occurs in the form of _________________ ________________, which involves building the stimulus into the structure of meaningful connections.

a)

Echoic processing

b)

Semantic processing

c)

Iconic processing

d)

Attentional processing