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Memory INTRO Psychology Baxer

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Organization of items into familiar or manageable units
a)
Amnesia
b)
Grouping
c)
Chunking
d)
Eidetic
2.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Echoic Memory
3.

The process of getting information into your memory is...

a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
4.
Our long-term memory capacity is
a)
In direct correlation to our age
b)
Varies greatly by gender
c)
Essentially limitless
d)
In direct correlation to our age
5.
The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of
a)

4 items

b)

9 items

c)
7 items
d)

12 items

6.
What are the 3 stages of memory in order?
a)
Long-term, short-term, sensory
b)
short-term, long-term, sensory
c)
sensory, short-term, long-term
d)
sensory, long-term, short-term
7.

Memory in which the person must retrieve information, as on an essay or a fill-in-the-blank test, without any cues (clues).

a)

recall

b)

memory

c)

rehearsal

d)

recognition

8.

The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. For example, you remember your new math teacherś name, but can not remember the one from last year.

a)

proactive interference

b)

retroactive interference

c)

serial position effect

d)

spacing effect

9.

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

a)

iconic memory

b)

implicit memory

c)

echoic memory

d)

working memory

10.
Madeleine was a lawyer who had a very big court case to prepare. Madeleine found it much easier to recall her opening address in court when she rehearsed it first in the empty courtroom. This is most likely due to
a)
A. elaborative rehearsal.
b)
B. state-dependent cues.
c)
C. context-dependent cues.
d)
D. the use of narrative chaining.
11.

This type of memory has a limited capacity and can store unrehearsed information for about 2-30 sec.

a)
Working Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Retrieval Memory
d)
Short-Term Memory
12.

According to the spacing effect, which of the following study methods would work best?

a)

explaining psychology to someone that hasn't taken the class

b)

learning psychology by rereading your notebook

c)

studying psychology everyday for 1 hour a day in the week leading to the test

d)

studying psychology for an hour before a test

13.

Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike.

a)

declarative memory

b)

explicit memory

c)

echoic memory

d)

procedural memory

14.
Our memory for facts, such as psych vocabulary.
a)
explicit memory
b)
implicit memory
c)
priming
d)
next-in-line effect
15.
Using the the acronym Roy G. Biv to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of 
a)
mnemonic
b)
spacing effect
c)
visual encoding
d)
acoustic encoding
16.
Fading away of memory
a)
Amnesia
b)
Decay
c)
Interference 
d)
Repression
17.

Memory of facts is to ____ as memory of skills is to _________.

a)

Non-Declarative; Declarative

b)

Declarative ; Procedural

c)

Automatic processing; effortful processing

d)

Motor memory; episodic memory

18.

This memory hold the sounds that we hear for about 1-4 seconds

a)

Echoic memory

b)

Iconic memory

c)

Working memory

d)

Long-term memory

19.

This type of memory is also known as working memory?

a)

sensory memory

b)

primacy

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

20.

The act of filling in memory gaps with what makes sense but may not be true.

a)

confabulation

b)

chunking

c)

storage

d)

encoding

21.

What type of memory makes it possible for you to watch a movie without noticing the gaps between the frames?

a)

semantic memory

b)

iconic memory

c)

episodic memory

d)

echoic memory

22.

Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?

a)

recognition

b)

reconstruction

c)

recaall

d)

confabulation

23.

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

a)

the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

b)

redintegration

c)

primacy effect

d)

recency effect

24.

Which of the following is NOT one of the top priorities when in comes to memory?

a)

Survival

b)

Interesting

c)

Simple

d)

Weird/Novel

25.

The inability to recall past events.

a)

Retrograde Amnesia

b)

Anterograde Amnesia

c)

Confabulation

d)

State Dependent

26.

Getting nervous and blanking on a test, that you really studied for, can best be explained by

a)

Confabulation

b)

Memory Decay

c)

State Dependent Memory

d)

Context Dependent Memory

27.

The best advice you can give to a person who wants to remember information is

a)

¨Pull an all-nighter.¨

b)

¨Just keep rereading the information.¨

c)

¨Try forming meaningful associations.¨

d)

¨Study without taking breaks.¨

28.

The long-term memory theory that suggests that we make associations among information-- we create links among thousands of nodes (files), which make up a gigantic interconnected network.

a)

Connectionist Theory

b)

Web Theory

c)

Neural Activation Theory

d)

Cognitive Theory

29.

This method of remembering requires you to visual a place you are familiar with and to place items that you need to remember in that place.

a)

Connectionist Theory

b)

Place Theory

c)

Loci Method

d)

Self Reference Effect

30.

The name for traumatic memories/events are pushed deep into the unconscious. These memories cannot be retrieved at will, but may influence our behavior and perceptions.

a)

Episodic

b)

Repressed

c)

Confabulated

d)

Condensation

31.

Occurs when misleading information is incorporated into one's memory after an event. For example a police officers leading question could alter your memory.

a)

Recency Effect

b)

Misinformation Effect

c)

Self-Reference Effect

d)

Flynn Effect

32.

Your ability to type without looking at the keyboard is a result of your

a)

Declarative memory

b)

Explicit Memory

c)

Episodic Memory

d)

Implicit Memory

33.

A type of declarative memory that includes, names, faces, concepts, facts, etc. not tied to a particular place and time.

a)

Episodic

b)

Implicit

c)

Semantic

d)

Procedural

34.

Your friend asks you if you studied for the psychology test, and you respond by saying ¨What did you say?¨but right before he could speak you say ¨Yes, I studied. I want to finish the year strong." What explains this?

a)

Recency Effect

b)

Connectionist Theory

c)

Echoic Memory

d)

The Flynn Effect

35.

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

a)

encoding

b)

retrieval

c)

chunking

d)

recognition

36.

The blocking of memories by previous or subsequent memories is called?

a)

confabulation

b)

decay

c)

interference

d)

episodic

37.

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

a)

encoding

b)

recognition

c)

chunking

d)

episodic

38.
Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?
a)
brain stem
b)
cerebellum
c)
amygdala
d)
hippocampus
39.

A type of amnesia in which a person is unable to recall their past?

a)

Anterograde

b)

Retrograde

c)

Chronic

d)

Potentiation

40.

The memories of important events in one's life, like birthdays, funerals, graduation, etc.

a)

semantic

b)

episodic

c)

implicit

d)

explicit

41.
To gain accurate eyewitness testimony from children, interviewers must
a)
be sensitive to repressed memories.   
b)
provide details to the child before the interview
c)
use neutral words that children can understand.
d)
employ leading questions to prompt a response
42.

Which of the following type of memory is non-declarative?

a)

Episodic

b)

Explicit

c)

Procedural

d)

Semantic

43.

According to the Loci Method, our strongest type of memory is

a)

Auditory

b)

Visual

c)

Echoic

d)

Proactive

44.

Infantile Amnesia implies that we cannot consciously remember declarative memories prior to age

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 years

45.

Mike took Spanish in high school and college, but hasn't spoken it in over 25 years. His forgetting Spanish is most likely due to

a)

Anterograde Amnesia

b)

Law of Disuse

c)

Confabulation

d)

Retroactive Interference

46.

Alzheimer's Disease is classified as a form of

a)

Schizophrenia

b)

Amnesia

c)

Repression

d)

Dementia

47.

One of the best ways to remember something is to somehow relate it to yourself. This is known as the

a)

Egocentric Effect

b)

Me Too Effect

c)

Self-Reference Effect

d)

Primacy Effect

48.

When traumatic events are unconsciously forgotten.

a)

Spacing Effect

b)

Suppression

c)

Repression

d)

Confabulation

49.

Wanda really studied hard for the Memory Test. While taking the test, she became nervous and couldn't remember much of the information she actually knew. Her "blanking" was most likely due to

a)

Law of Disuse

b)

Proactive Interference

c)

State Dependant Memory

d)

Context Dependant Memory

50.

Mike took Spanish in high school and college, but hasn't spoken it in over 25 years. However, after spending a month in Spain last summer, he was surprised at how quickly he was able to speak it again. This was most likely due to

a)

The Relearning Effect

b)

The Law of Disuse

c)

Confabulation

d)

The Spacing Effect

51.
Which of the following memories happen with conscious awareness?
a)
Implicit Memories
b)
Episodic Memories
c)
Procedural Memories
d)
Repressive Memories
52.
Memory decay is fastest for which type of memory?
a)
Sensory Memory
b)
Short Term Memory
c)
Working Memory
d)
Long Term Memory
53.
If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...
a)
Repressive Memories
b)
Proactive Interference
c)
Retroactive Interference
d)
Memory Decay
54.
Elizabeth Loftus did work related to 
a)
accurate memories being found during hypnosis
b)

False and repressed memories

c)

Sensory memory

d)
Holding 7 bits of information in STM (+ or - 2)
55.

Which of the following are most likely to be stored in episodic long-term memory

a)

Memories for facts such as 'Elizabeth Loftus is a psychologist.'

b)

Memories of events that have happened to us at various times, involving other people and places.

c)

Our knowledge of what words mean.

d)

Memories of our skilled actions, such as being able to play the guitar.

56.

Which of the following statements is the best definition of eyewitness testimony?

a)

Our ability to remember such things as facts and figures

b)

How people remember the details of events they have observed themselves, such as crimes and accidents

c)

Our memories for people's names and faces

d)

Memories that last for weeks, months or even years.

57.

Which of the following is the best example of a leading question asked by police to an eyewitness of a car accident?

a)

Can you please describe the car accident you witnessed?

b)

It looks to us that the driver of the Honda Civic is to blame. Do you agree?

c)

Who do you think is at fault here?

d)

Can you give us as much detail as possible concerning exactly what you saw?

58.
Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as
a)
the peg-word system.
b)
implicit memory.
c)
the serial position effect
d)
chunking
59.
The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory
a)
explicit   
b)

working  

c)
implicit   
d)
sensory
60.
Iconic memory refers to
a)
visually encoded images in long-term memory
b)
the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory
c)

photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second