WorksheetsGCSE 2022 - Memory
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the correct definition of encoding?
The retrieval of stored memories
Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored in the brain
The response we give in terms of behaviour
The operations we perform on sensory information in the brain
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.'
Retrieval
Visual encoding
Semantic encoding
Processing
What are the three types of encoding?
Acoustic, encoding and processing
Visual, processing and semantic
Semantic, encoding and output
Visual, acoustic and semantic
According to the Multi-Store model of memory, what is the capacity of short-term memory?
7+/-2 pieces of information
18-30 seconds
7+/- 2 seconds
18-30 pieces of information
Who are the psychologists who theorised the Multi-store model of memory?
Bond and Smith
Loftus and Palmer
Peterson and Peterson
Atkinson and Shiffrin
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?
Strength
Weakness
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?
Strength
Weakness
What is considered to be the duration of long term memory?
7+/- 2 pieces of information
7+/- 2 seconds
18-30 seconds
A potentially unlimited duration
What type of forgetting is this defining?
'New information pushes out (displaces) old information when we exceed the limited capacity of short-term memory'
Retrieval failure
Displacement
Decay
Forgetting
What is it called when new information can overwrite old information in the long-term memory?
Interference
Decay
Displacement
Retrieval failure
What is the most accurate order of the multi-store model?
Sensory store, attention, short term memory, rehearsal, long term memory
Short term memory, rehearsal, long term memory
Attention, long term memory, short term memory
Sensory store, long term memory, rehearsal, output
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?
Strength
Weakness
Is Murdock's research into the 'serial position effect' supporting evidence or contradictory evidence for the multi-store model of memory?
Supporting evidence
Contradictory evidence
What is considered to be a good definition of processing?
The response we give in terms of behaviour
The sensory information we receive from the environment
Turning sensory information into a form that can be used and stored in the brain
The operations we perform on sensory information in the brain
What is this the definition of?:
'The process by which we retain and recall information about events that have happened in the past'
Forgetting
Memory
Capacity
Duration
