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4.5 Memory and Recall Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when you identify previously learned information with the help of cues?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Relearning

d)

Retrieval failure

2.

Which type of memory test requires retrieving information without any prompts?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Relearning

d)

Amnesia

3.

What term describes learning information a second time and doing it more quickly?

a)

Retrieval failure

b)

Relearning

c)

Recognition

d)

Proactive interference

4.

Why might a student forget test material because they studied in a different room than where the test is taken?

a)

State-dependent memory

b)

Mood-congruent memory

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Context-dependent cues

5.

What type of amnesia involves the inability to form new memories after a brain injury?

a)

Retrograde amnesia

b)

Anterograde amnesia

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Proactive interference

6.

When you’re in a happy mood and start remembering other joyful events, which memory principle is at work?

a)

State-dependent memory

b)

Mood-congruent memory

c)

Recognition

d)

Proactive interference

7.

What is the most likely reason for forgetting when you feel like the information is “on the tip of your tongue”?

a)

Retrieval failure

b)

Proactive interference

c)

Retroactive interference

d)

Recognition

8.

A person forgets events from their life before a head injury but can still form new memories. What type of amnesia is this?

a)

Retrograde amnesia

b)

Anterograde amnesia

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Context-dependent cues

9.

What term refers to when new information makes it harder to recall old information?

a)

Proactive interference

b)

Retroactive interference

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Recognition

10.

Why might someone keep typing an old password instead of remembering their new one?

a)

Retroactive interference

b)

Retrieval failure

c)

Proactive interference

d)

Context-dependent cues

11.

When you’re in the same emotional state as when you learned something, what type of memory is likely helping you recall it?

a)

Context-dependent memory

b)

State-dependent memory

c)

Mood-congruent memory

d)

Recognition

12.

What explains why someone might forget details of a traumatic event but still remember their name and other personal details?

a)

Anterograde amnesia

b)

Retrograde amnesia

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Mood-congruent memory

13.

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

a)

Forgetting a new PIN because you keep recalling your old one

b)

Forgetting your old email password after creating a new one

c)

Studying in a noisy room and failing to recall information later

d)

Being unable to remember details about your childhood

14.

What type of memory test requires you to identify correct information when it is presented among incorrect options?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Relearning

d)

Retrieval failure

15.

When a person is in a bad mood and starts recalling other negative memories, which type of memory is this?

a)

Mood-congruent memory

b)

State-dependent memory

c)

Retrieval failure

d)

Context-dependent memory