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QLD Unit 3 Fallibility of Memory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Fading away of memory
a)
Amnesia
b)
Decay
c)
Interference 
d)
Repression
2.
What is it called when new information impairs the retention of previously learned information?
a)
Retention
b)
Retroactive Interference
c)
Proactiveinterference
d)
Retrieval Failure
3.
Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information (Forward Acting)
a)
Retroactive Interference
b)
Proactive Interactive
c)
Repression
d)
Misinformation Effect
4.

The storage capacity of long-term memory is best described as

a)

a single item

b)

about seven items

c)

about seven volumes

d)

limitless

5.

Remembering the first and last items on a list, better than than middle ones is due to

a)

the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

b)

redintegration

c)

the serial position effect

d)

the pseudo-memory effect

6.

When Carlos was promoted, he moved into a new office with a new phone extension. Every time he is asked for his phone number, Carlos first thinks of his old extension, illustrating the effects of

a)

proactive interference.

b)

retroactive interference.

c)

encoding failure.

d)

storage failure.

7.

Incoming sensory information must go through this sequence in order to be remembered:

a)

Storage, encoding, retrieval.

b)

Retrieval, encoding, storage.

c)

Encoding, storage, retrieval

d)

Storage, retrieval, encoding

e)

None of all

8.

Which theory suggests that forgetting is caused by a fading memory trace?

a)

schema theory

b)

repression

c)

decay theory

d)

interference theory

9.
What is the worst way to form long term memories?
a)
Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.
b)
Spaced Practice
c)
Elaborative Rehearsal
d)
Mass Practice
10.
Using the Atkinson Shriffin memory model, which process forms a LTM from STM
a)
selective attention
b)
recalling
c)
storage
d)
encoding
11.
Interference causes:
a)
Retrieval
b)
Memory capacity
c)
Forgetting
d)
Hunger
12.
Retrieval cues are:
a)
a stimuli that help you access a certain memory
b)
activation of a particular association in memory
c)
inability to remember where, when or how previously learned info was acquired
d)
when false info is incorporated into one's memory after an event
13.

What is encoding failure?

a)

A process where the information was never encoded into LTM

b)

When your computer doesn't work correctly

c)

Where memories aren't recalled correctly

d)

When the synapses can't fully connect to form a full memory

14.

Walking through the halls of his high school 10 years after graduation, Tom experienced a flood of old memories. Tom's experience showed the role of

a)

state-dependent memory.

b)

context effects.

c)

retroactive interference.

d)

echoic memory.

15.

You and your brother are trying to name as many Marvel movies in chronological order that you can, you start with "Captain America: The First Avenger" then "Captain Marvel" then "Iron Man" & "Iron Man 2", then the "Incredible Hulk" and you get stumped on the next one and he says it stars Chris Hemsworth and you quickly state "Thor"! His presentation of Chris Hemsworth _______ your memory.

a)

primed

b)

recalled

c)

retreived

d)

encoded

16.
Context-dependent cues and state-dependent cues are examples of the___________.
a)
retrieval failure theory
b)
decay theory
c)
motivated forgetting
d)
encoding specificity principle
17.
Justin was driving passed the beach where he proposed to his fiancé. This is an example of_______.
a)
forgetting theory
b)
state-dependent cues
c)
recognition
d)
context-dependent cues
18.
The way which we encode information into our memory will affect our ability to retrieve that information later. This is known as: _______.
a)
suppression
b)
repression
c)
encoding specificity
d)
interference theory
19.

Which of the following best describes the concept of forgetting?

a)

Inability to retrieve memories from the unconsious

b)

Not having enough time to store material

c)

Failure to store long term memories

d)

An increase in errors when trying to recall information

20.

Which of the following images best illustrates how retrieval works?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

When you remember an old password instead of your current one, that is an example of _____________________.

a)

Retrieval

b)

Recognition

c)

Interference

d)

Encoding

22.

Failure to process information into memory

a)

Encoding Failure

b)

Memory Decay

c)

Retrieval Failure

d)

Interference

23.

Two students took a memory test. Twenty nouns were shown sequentially on a TV monitor. Mallory tried to think of rhymes for each word as it appeared on the monitor. Bailey tried to think of ways each word could be used in a sentence. Based on Craik and Lockhart’s levels-of-processing theory, what should you predict?

a)

Mallory will have better recall of the words because she used semantic encoding

b)

both students should have equivalent recall of the words

c)

Bailey will have better recall of the words because she used semantic encoding

d)

Bailey will have poorer recall of the words because she used structural recall

24.
These researchers devised levels-of-processing theory, which proposes that deeper levels of processing result in longer-lasting memories.
a)
Illig & Naparstek
b)
Tulving & Locke
c)
Craik & Lockhart
d)
Dement & Freud
25.

why was the interference theory made?

a)

for explaining the forgetting in LTM.

b)

because of psychologists curiosity only