WorksheetsAP Psychology Memory
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
a)
implicit memory
b)
echoic memory
c)
sensory memory
d)
flashbulb memory
2.
a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
a)
recall
b)
memory
c)
rehearsal
d)
recognition
3.
the process of getting information out of memory storage.
a)
recall
b)
rehearsal
c)
priming
d)
retrieval
4.
the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.
a)
proactive interference
b)
retroactive interference
c)
serial position effect
d)
spacing effect
5.
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
a)
short-term memory
b)
sensory memory
c)
long-term memory
d)
iconic memory
6.
organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.
a)
relearning
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
d)
priming
7.
a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.
a)
iconic memory
b)
implicit memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
working memory
8.
Last year, Zoe was taught by Mrs Hopper. This year, Mrs Hopper teaches Zoe’s sister, Pia, but she often calls Pia by Zoe’s name. This is known as
a)
A. retrograde amnesia.
b)
B. anterograde amnesia.
c)
C. proactive interference.
d)
D. retroactive interference.
9.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
working Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Echoic Memory
10.
According to the spacing effect, which of the following study methods would work best?
a)
explaining physics to someone that hasn't taken the class
b)
learning physics by rereading your notebook
c)
studying physics everyday for 1 hour a day in the week leading to the test
d)
studying physics for an hour before a test
11.
One day after Jane hears her mom's list of 12 grocery items, she is most likely to remember
a)
the items at the beginning of the list
b)
the items at the beginning and end of the list
c)
the items at the end of the list
d)
the items in the middle of the list
12.
The process of encoding refers to
a)
getting information into memory
b)
the motivated forgetting of painful memories
c)
the persistence of learning over time
d)
the recall of information previously learned
13.
John was in a car accident and can no longer make new memories. He suffers from
a)
retrograde amnesia
b)
anterograde amnesia
c)
serial position effect
d)
self-reference effect
14.
Which of the following increases the chance that an individual will remember a telephone number that has been called several times within a short period?
a)
spacing
b)
rehearsal
c)
free recall
d)
retrieval
15.
Remembering how to roller skate involves which of the following kinds of memory?
a)
episodic
b)
semantic
c)
procedural
d)
prospective
16.
A teenager would rely on her _____ memory to recall her 8th birthday party.
a)
semantic
b)
procedural
c)
episodic
d)
echoic
17.
Which example describes retrograde amnesia?
a)
Ty cannot recall the face of the
thief he saw running from the scene of the crime.
b)
Alberto
is unable to remember anything since the accident that destroyed portions of
his hippocampus
c)
Alyse cannot remember any details of
what
happened right before her car
accident
d)
Cassie’s vivid memory of the
explosion of the space shuttle Challenger is not corroborated by those she was
with at the time.
18.
After suffering damage to the hippocampus, a person would probably
a)
be unable to be classically conditioned
b)
lose memory for skills such as bicycle riding
c)
lose the ability to store new facts
d)
all of these
19.
Studies by Loftus, in which people were quizzed about a film of a car crash, indicate that
a)
most people had very accurate memories much later in time
b)
people's recall may easily be affected by misleading info
c)
when questioned soon after, memory was very inaccurate
d)
when quizzed immediately, stress made them recall very little
20.
Who showed that memory loss happens rapidly in the first couple of days and then levels off?
a)
Freud
b)
Skinner
c)
Piaget
d)
Ebbinghaus
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