WorksheetsAP Psych Unit 4 FA Dummy 3, 2025-26
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
The term that refers to the memory for events and facts tied to one's own life story is:
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
Autobiographical memory
Sensory memory
Autobiographical memory is:
Memory for generic knowledge of the world
Memory for how to perform specific tasks
Memory for events related to one's personal life
Memory that forms during REM sleep
While writing her college essay, Mia recalls her first science fair project and the award she won. This type of memory is best classified as:
Autobiographical memory
Semantic memory
Structural recall
Phonemic rehearsal
In a study, people asked to write about their childhood memories retrieved more information about specific life events than those who were simply asked to recall facts. This supports the concept of:
Mnemonic enhancement
Procedural storage
Autobiographical memory
Declarative reinforcement
A person vividly remembers their high school graduation, the speech they gave, and the feeling of walking across the stage. This is an example of:
Semantic memory
Autobiographical memory
Phonological loop
Sensory encoding
Anterograde amnesia refers to:
The ability to recall past memories but not form new ones
Forgetting one's name and identity
The inability to recall details before a trauma
A memory problem related to retrieval cues
Which condition results in the inability to form new long-term memories after brain damage?
Retrograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Alzheimer's disease
Dissociative identity disorder
After an accident, Ben is unable to form new memories but can remember everything from before the crash. He most likely has:
Retrograde amnesia
Autobiographical memory syndrome
Anterograde amnesia
Working memory deficit
A study examined individuals with hippocampal damage who could not learn new names or addresses. This supports findings associated with:
Procedural memory
Retrograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Serial recall interference
A neurologist diagnoses a patient who can remember childhood events clearly but cannot recall what he had for breakfast or what happened yesterday. The most accurate diagnosis is:
Retrograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Maintenance encoding failure
Mnemonic interference
Retrograde amnesia is:
The inability to retrieve memories from before a trauma
The inability to form new memories after a trauma
The ability to store but not retrieve new information
A distortion of previously stored memory
Which condition best describes a patient who loses past memories but can still form new ones?
Dissociative identity disorder
Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Long-term memory decay
After a car accident, Alaina can't recall anything about her life before the crash but can remember everything after. She is most likely experiencing:
Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Sensory memory loss
Semantic fading
A study shows that participants who suffer head injuries often fail to recall past autobiographical events but can make new memories. This pattern reflects:
Implicit memory dysfunction
Retrograde amnesia
Chunking interference
Long-term potentiation failure
A trauma patient remembers his name and birthdate but forgets major life events from high school and college. This loss reflects which form of amnesia?
Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Working memory loss
Procedural disconnection
Alzheimer's disease primarily affects memory by:
Strengthening structural memory encoding
Damaging memory networks
Enhancing procedural learning and forgetting facts
Triggering encoding through sensory repetition
Which disorder is characterized by damage to brain areas responsible for memory, especially recent and long-term storage?
Dissociative amnesia
Alzheimer's disease
Retrograde memory loss
Parkinson's disorder
A woman begins to forget recent conversations and has trouble remembering how to get home from places she visits often. Brain scans reveal hippocampal degeneration. She is most likely experiencing:
Alzheimer's disease
Anterograde amnesia
Semantic confusion
Chunking failure
Research shows patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s struggle with forming new memories and retrieving older ones due to neural damage. This supports the central role of:
Implicit memory systems
Alzheimer's disease
Autobiographical blocking
Mnemonic interruption
A patient diagnosed with Alzheimer’s has difficulty remembering recent appointments and recognizing family members. The memory loss stems from:
Increased procedural encoding
Hippocampal deterioration
Reduced attention in short-term memory
Decreased sensory input retention
Infantile amnesia is:
The loss of memories due to emotional trauma in adolescence
The inability to recall early childhood due to underdeveloped brain regions
A condition where language delays prevent memory formation
Forgetting events after a head injury in infancy
Which term describes the common inability to remember events from before ages 3–4, often due to an undeveloped hippocampus?
Autobiographical recall
Semantic encoding failure
Infantile amnesia
Procedural confusion
A researcher compares recall ability between events that occurred before age three and events from age five. The results show significantly less recall for the earlier events. This supports the existence of:
Anterograde interference
Infantile amnesia
Recognition failure
Sensory decay
In a study on memory development, children under age three were unable to recall specific events from that period when tested years later. This most clearly demonstrates:
Retroactive interference
Infantile amnesia
Context-dependent recall
Lack of semantic encoding
Recall is:
A measure of memory that involves identifying previously learned connective material
A memory process relying on cues embedded in emotional states
A measure of memory where information must be retrieved without prompts
The effect of study conditions on long-term potentiation after action potentiality
Which term best describes the memory task involved in fill-in-the-blank questions without word banks?
Recognition
Procedural memory
Recall
Context encoding
On an exam, a student must retrieve a definition from memory without seeing any options. This is an example of:
Recall
Recognition
Relearning
Chunking
A psychology professor gives students a blank sheet and asks them to list all vocabulary terms covered that semester. This assessment relies on:
Recognition ability
Recall ability
Semantic processing
Sensory input
When researchers measure how well participants retrieve information without any visual prompts, they are studying:
Chunking processes
Recall
Rehearsal techniques
State-dependent priming
Recognition refers to:
Recalling material based on emotional relevance
Relearning forgotten facts with added cues
Identifying learned information with options
Memorizing new information through repetition
The ability to identify correct answers on a multiple-choice test is an example of:
Recall
Recognition
Relearning
Retrieval priming
Choosing the correct definition of a term on a multiple-choice test is an example of:
Context-dependent learning
Recognition
Maintenance rehearsal
Structural encoding
A study shows that participants score higher on tests when answer choices are provided than when questions require free responses. This supports the concept of:
Recognition
Recall interference
Semantic encoding
Rehearsal regulation
A game asks players to pick faces they've seen before from a set of unfamiliar ones. Their ability to do this depends on:
Recall
Recognition
Encoding strength
Emotional bias
Context-dependent memory suggests:
That information is better recalled in the same setting where it was learned
That emotional states determine memory accuracy
That memory retrieval relies on verbal repetition
That recognition improves over time
Which term best explains why returning to a childhood home might help someone remember events from their past?
State-dependent memory
Sensory reactivation
Context-dependent memory
Mnemonic association
Jenna finds that she remembers her Spanish vocabulary better in her Spanish classroom than at home. This improvement likely results from:
Primacy effects
Semantic rehearsal
Context-dependent memory
State-dependent memory
In a study, students who took a test in the same room where they learned the material performed better than those tested in a different room. This supports which theory?
Recognition testing
Encoding failure
Context-dependent memory
Relearning interference
When a person studies math in a library and later takes a math test in the same library, their improved recall can be explained by:
Structural processing
State-dependent retrieval
Context-dependent memory
Serial position effect
