WorksheetsChapter 6 of Introducing Psychology: Memory
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 35mins
What is true of Organizational encoding
Process of categorizing information into groups that share characteristics
Activity in the upper surface of the left frontal lobe
Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters to be easily held in short term memory
Activity in the upper surface of the right frontal lobe
Activity in the lower left part of the frontal lobe and activity in the inner part of the right temporal lobe is present during encoding
True
False
Semantic Encoding is the process of:
Relating new information to old information in a meaningful way
Relating old information to new information in a meaningful way
Relating new information to old information in a meaningless way
Associated with activity in the lower left part of the frontal lobe
The level of activity in the active parts of the brain during encoding is directly associated with how well a person can recall information.
True
False
What are some of the benefits of Visual Imagery Encoding
2 pathways including the visual and verbal
Requires more cognitive power than other encoding
Utilizes occipital lobe
Works like semantic encoding does, relating new information to mental image
Both Semantic Encoding and Organizational Encoding utilize regions of the frontal lobe
True
False
What is true of Organizational encoding
Process of categorizing information into groups that share characteristics
Process of Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters that are more easily held in short term memory
Activity in the upper surface of the right frontal lobe
Activity in the upper surface of the left frontal lobe
The term "chunking" refers to:
The process of breaking down complex information into simpler parts.
The tendency to remember information better when it is related to oneself.
The strategy of grouping information into meaningful units.
The phenomenon where information is better recalled if learned in multiple sessions.
The serial position effect demonstrates that people are more likely to remember:
Items presented in the middle of a list.
The first and last items in a list.
The last items only.
The first items only.
During which stage of memory is sensory information first transformed into a form that can be stored?
Retrieval
Storage
Encoding
Sensory input
The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve illustrates that memory loss:
Happens most rapidly in the first few hours after learning.
Is linear over time.
Does not occur if the material is encoded deeply.
Is less likely if the material is related to existing knowledge.
Semantic encoding refers to the processing of:
Sounds
Visual images
Meanings and understandings
Physical sensations
What action is necessary to transfer information from the short-term memory to the long-term memory?
Attention
Rehearsal
Retrieval
Chunking
What are the 3 types of memory storage?
Sensory
Critical Term
Short Term
Brief Term
Long Term
What is true of sensory memory?
Holds sensory information
few seconds or less
15 seconds to a minute
Holds nonsensory information
What are the types of sensory memories?
Iconic sensory memory
Echoic Sensory memory
Short sensory
Long sensory
What is true of short term memory
Holds nonsensory information
Holds sensory information
Holds information for more than a few seconds but less than a minute
Holds information for a few seconds or less
What are the parts of the working memory model?
Visuo-spatial sketchpad & The phonological loop
Episodic Buffer
Central Executive
Etiological buffer
Centripetal Executive
What is true of long term memory?
Has no known capacity limits regarding the amount of info
Holds information from weeks to years
Holds information for minutes but no longer than an hour
There is a limit to the amount of information that can be stored
(a) Amnesia refers to the inability to transfer short term information to the long term
(a) Amnesia refers to the inability to recall events that took place before an injury or surgery
HM suffered strokes that led to a surgery removing which part of his brain?
Parts of the temporal lobe
The amygdala
The frontal lobe
The hippocampus and surrounding regions
After HM's brain surgery, which of the following would he experience?
Information that left short term was lost forever
Could not remember anything that would happen post operation
Could not remember anything that happened pre operation
Information would leave short term and would enter long term
The hippocampal index is critical when a new memory is formed, as it links different pieces of information that is stored in different parts of the brain altogether to create long term memories, but its importance wanes as the memory ages.
True
False
(a) is the process by which memories become stable in the brain. Supported by sleep.
(a) suggests that consolidated memories become vulnerable to disruption when recalled, thus requiring them to become consolidated again.
Reconsolidation could be the key to eliminating traumatic memories
true
false
Long term potentiation
Neurotransmitters sent through synapses solidifies connections between neurons making communication between them easier in the future.
A process that decreases the strength of synaptic connections over time.
Psychological disorder characterized by loss of motor function.
A (a) cue is external information that is associated with stored information and helps bring it to mind.
The _______ ______ ______ states that you remember things better when the context at retrieval matches the context at encoding.
Example: If you study in your bedroom and take the test in your bedroom, you might remember better.
(a)
Transfer-Appropriate Processing says you remember better when the way you think during one situation matches how you need to think during a different situation.
Example: If your test asks you to rhyme words, you’ll do better if you practiced rhyming them—not just memorizing definitions.
(a)
__________ _________ ________ is a process by which recalling an specific item from larger piece of long term memory can impair the memory as a whole.
(a)
Regions in the left frontal lobe show heightened activity when people ____ to retrieve information that was presented to them earlier. However activity in the hippocampal region of the brain signifies the _______ retrieval of information.
(a)
Which of the following are forms of Long Term Memory?
Implicit
Exploitive
Explicit
Inquisitive
Long term Explicit memory encompasses ______, and _______ memory.
(a)
Long term Implicit memory encompesses _________ memory and _________.
(a)
Procedural is what type of long term memory?
Implicit
Explicit
Episodic is which type of long term memory?
Implicit
Explicit
Semantic is which type of long term memory?
Implicit
Explicit
(a) is the enhanced ability to think of a stimulus as a result of being exposed to it during an earlier study or task. (long term implicit memory)
Procedural memory and priming do not rely on the hippocampus
True
False
The frontal lobe is involved in word retrieval.
True
False
The hippocampus is necessary for acquiring new semantic memories
True
False
The seven sins of memory include...
Transinece, Absentmindededness, blocking
Transporting, Absentness, Bonding
Memory misattribution, suggestibility, Bias
Legends, Folklore, time
Persistence
