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Semantic Memory PSYCH 202

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Semantic Memory?

a)

The method of which our brains catalogue information

b)

The ability to recollect things easier the longer ago they were experienced.

c)

The enormous store house of information that humans have readily available

d)

The act of forming biases towards some memories over others in your subconscious

2.

Who pioneered the experimental study of memory?

a)

Allan M. Collins

b)

Herman Ebbinghaus

c)

Ross M. Quillian

d)

Sigmund Freud

3.

What was the goal of the experiment?

a)

To see how accurately the students identify the statements as true or false.

b)

To see how quickly the students identify the statements as true or false.

c)

To see how many statements the students could identify.

d)

To see how many students could pick half of the correct answers only.

4.

What did the results show?

a)

A relationship between older students and correct answers.

b)

An inverse relationship between the speed of the answer and the accuracy of the answer.

c)

A correlation between type of question asked and type of answer.

d)

A correlation between reaction time and concept pairing.

5.

What should we expect Collins and Quillians study to show us?

a)

The more general the memory, the less they deconstruct and the more they remember.

b)

The more specific the memory, the less one deconstructs and the less the generalise.

c)

The more general the memory. the more one deconstructs, and the more they remember.

d)

The more specific the memory, the more one deconstructs, and the less they remember

6.

Who was the forerunner of cognitive psychology?

a)

Frederic Bartlett

b)

Douglas G. Mook

c)

Brian Talk

d)

Ross M. Quillian

7.

Where was Allan M. Collins born?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New Zealand

c)

Georgia

d)

New Jersey

8.

What is Property Inheritance?

a)

General categories more sooner lost when they have less subordinate categories.

b)

Subordinate categories inherit the properties of connected subordinate categories.

c)

General categories are more easily recalled over specific categories.

d)

Subordinate categories inherit the properties of more general categories.