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GCSE 2022 - Memory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct definition of encoding?

a)

The retrieval of stored memories

b)

Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored in the brain

c)

The response we give in terms of behaviour

d)

The operations we perform on sensory information in the brain

2.

What is this defining?

'the process of storing the meaning of information in our memory system, rather than the sound of a word, we store the definition/ meaning of that word.'

a)

Retrieval

b)

Visual encoding

c)

Semantic encoding

d)

Processing

3.

What are the three types of encoding?

a)

Acoustic, encoding and processing

b)

Visual, processing and semantic

c)

Semantic, encoding and output

d)

Visual, acoustic and semantic

4.

According to the Multi-Store model of memory, what is the capacity of short-term memory?

a)

7+/-2 pieces of information

b)

18-30 seconds

c)

7+/- 2 seconds

d)

18-30 pieces of information

5.

Who are the psychologists who theorised the Multi-store model of memory?

a)

Bond and Smith

b)

Loftus and Palmer

c)

Peterson and Peterson

d)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

6.

It is unlikely that we only have one store of long-term memory. As seen in patients such as Clive Wearing who could still play the piano (procedural memory) but could no longer recall his university experience (episodic memory).

Is this a strength or weakness of the Multi-store model of memory?

a)

Strength

b)

Weakness

7.

Cases of amnesia have shown that brain injury can cause damage to long- or short-term memory whilst the other remains intact.

Is this a strength or weakness of the multi-store model of memory?

a)

Strength

b)

Weakness

8.

What is considered to be the duration of long term memory?

a)

7+/- 2 pieces of information

b)

7+/- 2 seconds

c)

18-30 seconds

d)

A potentially unlimited duration

9.

What type of forgetting is this defining?

'New information pushes out (displaces) old information when we exceed the limited capacity of short-term memory'

a)

Retrieval failure

b)

Displacement

c)

Decay

d)

Forgetting

10.

What is it called when new information can overwrite old information in the long-term memory?

a)

Interference

b)

Decay

c)

Displacement

d)

Retrieval failure

11.

What is the most accurate order of the multi-store model?

a)

Sensory store, attention, short term memory, rehearsal, long term memory

b)

Short term memory, rehearsal, long term memory

c)

Attention, long term memory, short term memory

d)

Sensory store, long term memory, rehearsal, output

12.

It has been suggested that the Multi-store Model of Memory (1968) has been criticised for overstating the role of rehearsal as a means of transferring information into long-term storage. Clearly we do not need to repeat every piece of information over and over in order to remember it for a long period of time. Sometimes we remember things as they are more meaningful.

Is this a strength or a weakness of the multi-store model of memory?

a)

Strength

b)

Weakness

13.

Is Murdock's research into the 'serial position effect' supporting evidence or contradictory evidence for the multi-store model of memory?

a)

Supporting evidence

b)

Contradictory evidence

14.

What is considered to be a good definition of processing?

a)

The response we give in terms of behaviour

b)

The sensory information we receive from the environment

c)

Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored in the brain

d)

The operations we perform on sensory information in the brain

15.

What is this the definition of?:

'The process by which we retain and recall information about events that have happened in the past'

a)

Forgetting

b)

Memory

c)

Capacity

d)

Duration