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Unit 3 AOS 2 Psychology Revision

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Memory of a specific event

a)

Semantic Memory

b)

Implicit Memory

c)

Episodic Memory

d)

Long Term Memory

2.

In-depth memory of clear, specific information

a)

Episodic Memory

b)

Short Term Memory

c)

Long Term Memory

d)

Explicit Memory

3.

Processes that you have memorized and know, but the details are not highly focused on

a)

Implicit Memory

b)

Explicit Memory

c)

Episodic Memory

d)

Echoic Memory

4.
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
5.
What are the three types of storage that our brain uses?
a)
sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
b)
vivid memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
c)
compact memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
d)
none of these
6.
Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?
a)
echoic memory
b)
long-term memory
c)
short-term memory
d)
state-dependent memory
7.

Translation of information into a form in which it can be used

a)

Storage

b)

Encoding

c)

Retrieval

d)

Maintenance

8.

Making an effort to rehearse information over and over again to remember

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Maintenance Rehearsal

c)

State Dependent Memory

d)

Context Dependent Memory

9.

Attach meaning to info through “deep processing” to remember

a)

Semantic Rehearsal

b)

Elaborative Rehearsal

c)

Maintenance Rehearsal

d)

Acoustic Retrieval

10.

Remember more when you are in a similar situation or environment

a)

Context Dependent Memory

b)

State Dependent Memory

c)

Elaborative Memory

d)

Long Term Memory

11.

Organizing info into smaller units that are easy to recall

a)

Encoding

b)

Retrieval

c)

Chunking

d)

Semantic

12.

Fading away of a memory over time

a)

Interference

b)

Decay

c)

Amnesia

d)

Storage

13.
Our average short term memory span is ___ items, plus or minus two. 
a)
2
b)
5
c)
7
d)
10
14.

When given a list, people are likely to remember the last items on the list. This reflects the concept of:

a)

distinctiveness

b)

primacy

c)

recency

d)

context-dependence

15.
Remembering how to perform actions is an example of:
a)
Episodic memory
b)
Procedural memory
c)
Semantic memory
d)
Declarative memory
16.
An example of sensory memory in action is:
a)
Recognising a friend in the street
b)
Repeating someone's phone number back to yourself
c)
Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler
d)
Remembering the answer to an exam question
17.

If you want to remember someone's name and use the memory technique of repeating it over and over, you would be using ____ to keep the name in _____

a)

Mnemonics; Long-term memory

b)

Maintenance rehearsal; Short-term memory

c)

Elaborative rehearsal; Short-term memory

d)

Selective attention; Sensory memory

18.

The fact that there is approximately 70% average for the MC of the exam and less than 50% for the SA section is evidence that

a)

Recall is a more sensitive measure of retention than recognition

b)

Relearning is the most sensitive measure of retention

c)

The reconstructive nature of memory

d)

Recognition is a more sensitive measure of retention that recall

19.

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. This damage interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

It is true that Alzheimer disease

a)

•Has little effect on a person’s independence

b)

•Results from abnormal calcium deposits in the brain

c)

•Seldom gets worse the longer the person has the disease

d)

•Is a result of plaques and tangles found in the brain’s tissue