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How Memory Functions Open Note Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first stage in the information processing model also called working memory?

a)

Long-term memory

b)

Central executive

c)

Sensory memory

2.

How many pieces of information can sensory / working memory hold at a time?

a)

10 to 12

b)

1 to 4

c)

5 to 9

d)

3 to 7

3.

What type of memory is used for remembering words, concepts, facts and numbers?

a)

Semantic memory

b)

Episodic memory

c)

Priming memory

d)

Procedural memory

4.

What type of memory is used for remembering events?

a)

Semantic memory

b)

Episodic memory

c)

Priming memory

d)

Procedural memory

5.

Which component of working memory processes visual and spatial information?

a)

Central executive

b)

Phonological loop

c)

Visuo-spatial sketchpad

d)

Episodic buffer

6.

What is the term for the influence of previous experience on current interpretation of an event?

a)

Episodic memory

b)

Procedural memory

c)

Priming memory

d)

Semantic memory

7.

How long does visual (iconic) information typically last in sensory memory?

a)

Less than half a second

b)

1 to 2 seconds

c)

More than 10 seconds

d)

3 to 4 seconds

8.

What is the term for memory that involves things you may not be able to articulate (talk about) like how to ride a bike or how to complete a task?

a)

Priming memory

b)

Procedural memory

c)

Episodic memory

d)

Semantic memory

9.

Which sensory memory lasts longer?

a)

Iconic

b)

Echoic

10.

What can increase the likelihood of remembering information?

a)
Watching TV all day
b)
Never reviewing the information
c)
Ignoring the information completely
d)
Engaging in active learning, repetition, and using mnemonic devices
11.

When taking a multiple choice test, which retrieval method is used?

a)
recognition
b)
recall
12.

When taking an essay test, which retrieval method is being used?

a)
Recall method
b)
Recognition method
13.

We retrieve information from memory through which three processes?

a)

recall

b)

recognition

c)

relearning

d)

retention

14.

A system or process that stores what we learn for future use.

a)

intelligence

b)

cognition

c)

learning

d)

memory

15.

What is a nerve cell?

a)
A type of bone cell
b)

A nerve cell

c)
A type of skin cell
d)
A type of muscle cell
16.

Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?

a)

recognition

b)

reconstruction

c)

recaall

d)

confabulation

17.

Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called

a)

iconic memory.

b)

working memory.

c)

episodic memory.

d)

semantic memory.

18.

What happens to information in your brain after it has been encoded?

a)

It goes through the storage process.

b)

It gets divided into schemas.

c)

It is ready for retrieval.

d)

It is screened for interference.

19.

The process by which information is maintained over a period of time

a)

encoding

b)

confabulation

c)

procedural

d)

storage

20.

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

a)

encoding

b)

recognition

c)

chunking

d)

episodic

21.

The transforming of information from the world so the nervous system can process it

a)

retrieval

b)

storage

c)

encoding

d)

confabulation

22.

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

a)

encoding

b)

retrieval

c)

chunking

d)

recognition