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WorksheetsAP Psychology- Memory
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
(a) is information that can be acquired, stored, and then retrieved
What are the components of memory?
long term memory, sensory memory, the amygdala
Basal Ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus
Encoding, storage, retrieval
Storage, memory, hippocampus
This is unlimited and usually lasts about 2-3 seconds
Sensory Memory
Long term memory
Procedural memory
Implicit Memory
Depending on the person, this memories capacity is 5-9 items and lasts about 5-20 seconds
Sensory memory
Long term memory
Implicit memory
Working memory
This type of memory is unlimited and can last a lifetime
Sensory memory
Long term memory
Working memory
Full-time memory
John believes Curious George has always had a tale this might be an example of...
A cognitive disorder
A false memory
Blindsight
Not studying enough
This part of the brain serves as a "save button" for memories
(a)
This part of the brain deals with stress and emotions. In very stressful or intense memory can be affected
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Occipital Lobe
Basal Ganglia
Damage to this part of the brain could affect procedural memory. Doing things such as typing may become more difficult
Parietal Lobe
Hippocampus
Basal Ganglia
Amygdala
The following would be examples of procedural memory (implicit memory)
Riding a bike
Stating a random fact
Driving a car
Singing your favorite song with ease while it is playing
Learning a chemical compound
The following would be examples of explicit memory
Riding a bike
Stating random facts
Declaring an event is on Tuesday
Typing on a keyboard
Telling a friend about a birthday party that happened three days ago
Iconic memory relates more to this sense (a)
Echoic memory relates the best to this sense (a)
Which memory lasts longer?
Echoic Memory
Iconic Memory
Many people are able to describe where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. This is an example of:
An implicit bias
A lightbulb memory
A flashbulb memory
A hindsight bias memory
When given the phrase "Eat so_p" many people will say eat soup because they were ____________ with the word eat
Tricked
Primed
Given
Gifted
Priming mainly takes place at the __________ level
Conscious
Unconcious
Jamie is reading a book, thinking about plans for the night, and listening to music. Jamie reads 20 pages and then thinks "what did I just read?" This is an example of:
Shallow Processing
Deep processing
Hindsight processing
Iconic memory
Darnell is reading a book in a quiet setting and taking notes on the material. This would be an example of:
Shallow processing
Deep processing
Hindsight processing
Blindsight processing
You are more likely to be able to recall information if you do so in the same area that you learned information due to _____________
ACT dependent memory
Iconic dependent memory
State-dependent memory
Context-dependent memory
Kara is excited and in a good mood while she is learning information. A few days later she receives bad news and is sad while taking a test. She did not do as well as she thought she would. This could be a result of ____________ memory
Context-dependent memory
Serotonin overload
State-dependent memory
Echoic-dependent memory
Given a list of names people usually remember the first part of the list and the last part of the list more and are more prone to forget the names in the middle due to:
Serial position effect
Poor memory
Cereal position effect
Priming position effect
I have many passwords and sometimes forget my password. This could be due to what kind of interference?
Retrograde interference
Proactive interference
Blindside interference
Missing link interference
Singing different lyrics to the national anthem may increase the chances of someone else messing up the lyrics to the song due to ___________ interference
Mood interference
Tiddy interference
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference
What are two types of amnesia and what does each one mean?
Anterograde amnesia (50 first dates, people can remember past, but not new memories)
Retrograde amnesia (50 first dates, people can remember past, but not new memories)
Anterograde amnesia (can form new memories, but forgets events in the past).
Retrograde amnesia (can form new memories, but forgets events in the past).
