WorksheetsAQA GCSE Psychology - Memory
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following statements about short-term memory (STM) is false?
STM has a capacity of 5-9 items
STM relies on rehearsal to retain information
STM holds information for approximately 30 seconds
STM is split into Sensory Register, Phonological Loop and Attention Span
Which of the following statements about the multi-store model of memory is correct?
All memory stores usually encode information acoustically
Approximately seven pieces of information can be stored in short term memory
Information is transferred from sensory to short term memory through rehearsal
Sensory memory can store information for up to one minute
Which of the following statements about long-term memory (LTM) is false?
Memories are transferred to LTM through consolidation
LTM is predominantly encoded semantically
LTM has a seemingly unlimited capacity
LTM can store information for up to 35 years
Sort the Features of the Multistore Model of Memory
0.25s Duration
Unlimited Capacity
Sensory Specific Encoding
20-30s Duration
5-9 Item Capacity
Acoustic Encoding
Potentially Unlimited Capacity
Potentially Unlimited Duration
Semantic Encoding
Learning something by putting it to music is an example of
Olfactory encoding
Acoustic encoding
Tactile encoding
Visual encoding
Bartlett concluded that we remember
lots of detail of a story
the overall meaning of a story
the start and the end of a story
all aspects of a story
Remembering how to perform an action is an example of:
Episodic Memory
Procedural Memory
Semantic Memory
Declarative Memory
Describe the Theory of Reconstructive Memory - Try to give at least 4 facts about it, always explain what you mean.
A major factor impacting reconstructive memory is:
The time it takes to recall something
Our level of intelligence
Our social and cultural experiences
The position of events in a story
HM is a famous case study. The participant was known as HM to protect his anonymity. He suffered from severe epilepsy and needed an operation to remove part of his brain that caused his seizures. When he woke up, he had lost the ability to make new memories. Which part of HM's brain was removed?
Prefrontal cortex
Hippocampus
Motor cortex
Hypothalamus
An example of sensory memory in action is:
Recognising a friend in the street
Repeating someone's phone number to yourself
Seeing your name written in the air with a sparkler
Remembering the answer to an exam question
Which is the best example of information that would be stored as procedural memory?
How many millilitres there are in a litre
How to play a piece of music on the piano
The colours used in the Italian flag
What happened on your first day at secondary school
Label the Multistore Model of Memory
Recall
Transfer
Rehearsal
Sensory Register
Short Term Store
Long Term Store
Attention
Harleen was packing for her holiday in her bedroom when she realised she doesn't have her toothbrush. She goes to her bathroom, but when she gets there she has forgotten what she needed. What factor affecting memory is likely to be responsible?
Context
Interference
False Memories
Assimilation
Being able to recall the words at the start of a list better than the (a) is called the (b) , whereas recalling words at the (c) of a list better than the middle is called the (d)
Serial Position Effect
Curve Effect
Murdock's study used a list of words, which means that the study:
Was not very ethical because it might be too harmful to learn a list of words
Was not very generalisable because we can't apply the findings to other groups of people
Was not very reliable because word lists can't consistently test how memory works
Was not very valid because word lists are artificial, and not how memory works in the real world
The participants in Bartlett's study transformed the story to make it:
interesting
more complicated
more familiar
shorter
less artificial
An important weakness of the multi-store model of memory is:
It over simplifies STM and LTM
It can't explain how information moves into LTM
It has no application to everyday life
There is no evidence to support it
Interference causes:
Retrieval
Memory Capacity
Forgetting
Hunger
Interference is when (a) memories (b) the accuracy of memory. Interference is higher when the information is more (c) .
A (a) memory is a memory that never happened even though it feels (b) .
Design a study to investigate how interference affects the accuracy of memory.
You should include:
a) The task you will give to the participants
b) An alternative hypothesis
c) One variable you would control, and how you would control it
Sketch a graph to show the results of Murdock's Serial Position Effect study
Which type of long term memory are each of the following:
The last movie you watched
How many times you've been on holiday
Which day comes before Sunday
How to play a musical instrument
Your first day at school
What is the boiling point of water?
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
How to tie a tie
How to swim properly
Which of the following describes semantic memory?
It contains events that have occurred in our lives
It helps us carry out physical actions
It retains information for approximately 30 seconds
It stores facts about general knowledge and meanings
What is meant by ‘encoding’ as a process of memory?
Which of the following statements about the reconstructive theory of memory are correct?
Cultural and social expectations will not affect recall.
Information flows through sensory, short-term and long-term memory.
Memory involves effort after meaning.
Memory is like a video recording.
The way we store and recall information is an active process.
Oscar is learning both French and Spanish at school. Sometimes he gets confused and uses French words when he is speaking Spanish.
Which of the factor best explains the problem Oscar is experiencing?
(a)
