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Memory

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Learning that has continued over time

(S/N #V)

a)

Encoding

b)

Schema

c)

Memory

d)

Priming

2.

Taking stimuli from the environment and converting it into a form the brain can understand and use is called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Encoding

b)

Retrieval

c)

Recall

d)

Rehearsing

3.

Your brain interpreting numerous events and stimuli all at the same time is known as....

(S/N #V)

a)

Effortful Processing

b)

Maintenance Rehearsal

c)

Parallel Processing

d)

Elaborative Rehearsal

4.

According to the Multi-Store Model, which option below is NOT a specific stage of memory?

(S/N #V)

a)

Sensory Memory

b)

Short-Term Memory

c)

Long-Term Memory

d)

Generic Memory

5.

When we voluntarily focus on a portion of our sensory input while ignoring other inputs is called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Automatic Processing

b)

Selective Attention

c)

Sensory Memory

d)

Working Memory

6.

Short-Term Memory lasts for how long?

(S/N #V)

a)

Indefinitely, can be stored forever

b)

1 to several seconds

c)

Up to 30 seconds, continuously needs rehearsal

d)

1 week

7.

For information located in sensory memory to be transferred into short-term memory, what has to happen?

(S/N #V)

a)

We must rehearse it 30 seconds at a time

b)

We must attend to it

c)

We must interrupt old information with new information

d)

We must consciously know and 'declare' it

8.

Sensory Memory is stored for how long?

(S/N #V)

a)

30 seconds

b)

Indefinitely

c)

1 day

d)

less than one second to several seconds

9.

You are at a loud party but you are still able to hear your name being spoken from across the room is an example of...

(S/N #V)

a)

The Cocktail Party Effect

b)

Automatic Processing

c)

Effortful Processing

d)

Shallow Processing

10.

The number of items a person can remember and repeat back using attention and short-term memory

(S/N #V)

a)

Priming

b)

Echoic Memory

c)

Memory Span

d)

Encoding

11.

Memories we retain without conscious effort and without our awareness.

Things you can show by doing

(S/N #V)

a)

Episodic Memories

b)

Implicit Memories

c)

Semantic Memories

d)

Explicit Memories

12.

Short-Term Memory is also often called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Working Memory

b)

Memory Span

c)

Prospective Memory

d)

Pseudo Memory

13.

Information-processing of repeated activities that occurs without our being aware of it

(S/N #V)

a)

Effortful Processing

b)

Deep Processing

c)

Automatic Processing

d)

Shallow Processing

14.

Which option below is NOT one of the kinds of Long-Term Memory?

(S/N #V)

a)

Working Memory

b)

Episodic Memory

c)

Semantic Memory

d)

Procedural Memory

15.

This stage of memory is very sensitive and vulnerable to interruption or interference

(S/N #V)

a)

Long-Term Memory

b)

Short-Term Memory

c)

Sensory Memory

d)

Declarative Memory

16.

Recalling information that can be retrieved while in a mood similar to when it was acquired is called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

State-Dependent Memory

b)

Context-Dependent Memory

c)

Mood-Dependent Memory

d)

Eidetic Memory

17.

False memories that a person believes to be true are called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Prospective Memories

b)

Explicit Memories

c)

Pseudo Memories

d)

Context-Dependent Memories

18.

Which option below refers to the "memory of the future"?

(S/N #VI)

a)

Memory Reconstruction

b)

Prospective Memory

c)

Pseudo Memory

d)

Tip-of-the-Tongue State

19.

Which option below is TRUE for 'Recall'?

(S/N #VI)

a)

Helps identify the correct answer on a multiple choice test

b)

The first item on a list is the easiest to remember

c)

It is more difficult than 'Recognition'

d)

Much of it takes place in the Hippocampus

20.

The correct identification of previously learned material is called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Context

b)

Recognition

c)

Positive Transfer

d)

Recall

21.

Each option below is part of Deep Processing except...

(S/N #V)

a)

Using Mind Maps

b)

Examining Root Words

c)

Repeating information over and over

d)

Create a Visual Representation of the Term

22.

Linking new information with existing memories and knowledge in Long-Term Memory is called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Shallow Processing

b)

Maintenance Rehearsal

c)

Automatic Processing

d)

Elaborative Rehearsal

23.

Trying to memorize something without attaching meaning to it is called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Shallow Processing

b)

Elaborate Processing

c)

Deep Processing

d)

Automatic Processing

24.

Long-Term Memory can potentially store how much information?

(S/N #V)

a)

1 Terabyte

b)

7 to 8 bits

c)

About half

d)

Unlimited

25.

Maintenance Rehearsal can increase the length of time information is stored in short-term memory to about...

(S/N #V)

a)

30 hours

b)

30 seconds

c)

30 days

d)

30 minutes

26.

Combining or grouping bits of related information is called...

(S/N #V)

a)

Priming

b)

Processing

c)

Chunking

d)

Rehearsal

27.

The amount of time saved when relearning something is called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Neurotransmission

b)

Learning Curve

c)

Negative Transfer

d)

Saving Score

28.

A phenomenon that occurs when people recall the first and last items in a list more easily than the items in the middle

(S/N #VI)

a)

Amnesia

b)

Serial Position Effect

c)

Trace Decay

d)

Savant Syndrome

29.

The feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable is called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Short-Term Memory

b)

Savant Syndrome

c)

Tip-of-the-Tongue State

d)

Amnesia

30.

Which answer below is NOT part of Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)?

(S/N #VI)

a)

Much of it takes place in the Hippocampus

b)

A strengthening of synapses that increases neurotransmission

c)

Its the biological basis for learning and memory in mammals

d)

LTP is what makes Savant Syndrome possible

31.

The Cerebellum is responsible for what type of memories?

(S/N #VI)

a)

Procedural Memories

b)

Creating and Maintaining Habits

c)

Emotional Reactions

d)

Declarative and Episodic Memories

32.

The inability to create long-term memories after the Hippocampus is damaged. This forces a person to always live in the 'present'.

(S/N #VI)

a)

Retrograde Amnesia

b)

Trace Decay

c)

Anterograde Amnesia

d)

Savant Syndrome

33.

Which option below is TRUE about the 'Forgetting Curve'?

(S/N #VI)

a)

It was developed by Sigmund Freud

b)

All people forget at a predictable rate

c)

Based on the relationship between the increase in learning and experience

d)

It proves that all people learn the same way

34.

When a memory never forms in the first place

(S/N #VI)

a)

Memory Cue

b)

Retrograde Amnesia

c)

Trace Decay

d)

Encoding Failure

35.

When new memories impair the retrieval of older memories

(S/N #VI)

a)

Trace Decay

b)

Retroactive Interference

c)

Anterograde Amnesia

d)

Proactive Interference

36.

Calling a new pet by an old pet's name is an example of...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Savant Syndrome

b)

Retroactive Interference

c)

Proactive Interference

d)

Memory Cue

37.

Vivid and detailed memories that people create in times of personal tragedy, accident, or emotionally significant world events

(S/N #VI)

a)

Flashbulb Memories

b)

Procedural Memories

c)

Implicit Memories

d)

Eidetic Imagry

38.

Which option below is NOT true about memory?

(S/N #VI)

a)

Memories are like recordings

b)

Eyewitness memories are incredibly powerful to juries

c)

Memory is malleable

d)

Memories are constructed after the fact

39.

The process in which new information alters the way previous information is held in memory is called...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Source Amnesia

b)

Aphasia

c)

Suppression

d)

The Misinformation Effect

40.

When mastery of one task aids in the learning or performing of another...

(S/N #VI)

a)

Positive Transfer

b)

Retroactive Interference

c)

Negative Transfer

d)

Proactive Interference