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Memory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Information goes into our long term memory through:
a)
Attention
b)
Rehearsal
c)
Retrieval
d)
Semantic
2.
Interference causes:
a)
Retrieval
b)
Memory capacity
c)
Forgetting
d)
Hunger
3.

Which of the following is a strength of the multi-store memory model?

a)

Research shows that rehearsal helps to place information in the long term memory

b)

All people have a short term memory of the same size

c)

You remember everything that you see

d)

Once something is in your long term memory, you will never forget it

4.

The amount of information that can be held in a memory store is referred to as:

a)

Duration

b)

Context

c)

Capacity

d)

Coding

5.

The term for getting information into your brain.

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Storage

d)

Encoding

6.

The term for retaining information in your brain.

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Storage

d)

Encoding

7.

Who developed the MSM?

a)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

b)

Schaffer and Emerson

c)

Baddeley and Hitch

8.

The duration of the sensory register is .........?

a)

Less than 2 seconds

b)

Less than a second

c)

Less than half a second

9.

What process moves information from the Sensory register to the STM?

a)

Maintenance rehearsal

b)

Prolonged rehearsal

c)

Attention

10.

We can maintain information for longer in our STM by...

a)

Paying attention

b)

Concentrating

c)

Rehearsing information

d)

Recalling information

11.

The duration in LTM is...

a)

Potentially infinite

b)

30 years

c)

5-9 years

d)

Limited

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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