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20: OCR Memory - MSM

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the correct order?

a)

sensory store, short-term memory, long-term memory

b)

short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory store

c)

long-term memory, sensory store, short-term memory

d)

short-term memory, sensory store, long-term memory

2.

What transfers information from the sensory store to short-term memory?

a)

attention

b)

maintenance rehearsal

c)

prolonged rehearsal

d)

retrieval

3.

There are three types of forgetting - decay, displacement, and retrieval failure. Which two can explain why information may be lost from short-term memory?

a)

decay

b)

displacement

c)

retrieval failure

4.

Which has a large capacity but short duration?

a)

sensory store

b)

short-term memory

c)

long-term memory

5.

What's the duration of short-term memory?

a)

approximately 2 seconds

b)

15-30 seconds without rehearsal

c)

potentially forever

6.

Which encodes information in a mainly semantic way?

a)

sensory store

b)

short-term memory

c)

long-term memory

7.

Short-term memory relies mainly on which type of encoding?

a)

auditory

b)

olfactory

c)

semantic

8.

What's the capacity of short-term memory?

a)

4 plus or minus 2 items

b)

7 plus or minus 2 items

c)

10 plus or minus 2 items

9.

What can help increase the capacity of STM?

a)

attention

b)

chunking

c)

maintenance rehearsal

d)

retrieval cues

10.

The model has been criticised for being too simple, as it doesn't reflect evidence for different types of long-term memory. What are these different types? (there are three - type them in alphabetical order, no commas)

(a)