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WorksheetsYear 9 Memory Extravaganza!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The three processes of memory are:
Encoding
Semantic
Procedural
Storage
Retrieval
Encoding is...
when information is converted for storage
when information is retained in the memory
when information is recovered from memory when needed
Retrieval is...
When information is converted for storage
When information is retained in the memory
When information is recovered from memory when needed
None of the above
Which of these describes acoustic encoding?
The meaning and understanding of words
Memories based on what things feel of smell like
Memories from sounds
Seeing things in your mind
Which of these describes semantic encoding?
Seeing things in your mind
The meaning and understanding of words
Memories from sounds
Memories based on what things feel or smell like
Which of these are types of long term memory (LTM)?
Episodic
Sensory store
Semantic
Attention
Procedural
TRUE OR FALSE: Procedural memory is about meaning.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Episodic memory is about personal memories from the past
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Semantic memory is like your own personal encyclopaedia.
True
False
An example of an episodic memory would be:
Knowing how to tie your shoelaces
Knowing that Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of England
Knowing the name of the Primary School you attended
Knowing that there are 50 States in America
Which of these are examples of semantic memory?
Remembering your fifth Birthday
Knowing that 6 x 9 = 54
Remembering as many Capital cities as you can
Remembering the time you got bitten by a dog
Riding a bike
Which of these are procedural memories?
Playing the guitar
Writing neatly
Knowing your grandmother's first name
Knowing that the Second World War ended in 1945
Remembering a trip to the zoo
According to Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model, the three stores of memory are:
Episodic, Short-term (STM) and Long-term (LTM)
Sensory, STM and Procedural
Semantic, STM and LTM
Sensory, STM and LTM
TRUE OR FALSE: We have to pay attention to the information in the sensory store for it to move into the STM.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Memory cannot be lost from STM.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE: Information can be both transferred into, and retrieved from, LTM.
True
False
The capacity of the Sensory Store is...
Very limited
Sense-specific
Less than a second
The encoding in the Sensory Store is:
Very limited
Sense-specific
Less than a second
The duration of STM is:
Infinite
Acoustic
7 ± 2
18 - 30 seconds
The capacity of STM is:
Less than a second
Semantic
7 ± 2
Unlimited
The duration of LTM is:
Infinite (lasts a lifetime)
Procedural
Sense-specific
18 - 30 seconds
Murdoch's Serial Position Curve Study showed that (tick all that apply):
The words recalled the most were at the beginning of the list
The words recalled the most were in the middle of the list
The words at the end of the list were totally forgotten
Words in the middle of the list tended to be forgotten
The words at the end of the list were also recalled the most
The Recency Effect describes:
How words in the middle of the list were recalled best
How words at the end of the list were recalled best
How words at the beginning of the list were remembered best
None of the above
The Primacy Effect describes:
How we remember lists of words better when we are young
How we recall the words in the middle of the list much better than the rest
How we simply cannot remember lists of words unless we write them down
None of the above.
The Primacy and Recency effect shows that:
The words at the middle of the list are in the LTM and therefore, we cannot access them.
The words at the beginning are recalled from LTM and the words at the end from STM
The words at the end are recalled from LTM and the words at the beginning from STM
There is no difference in recall whether words appear at the beginning or end of a list.
