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MODULES 23-24 | MEMORY REVIEW

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

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Class
Date
1.

Visual sensory memory is referred to as

a)

iconic memory

b)

echoic memory

c)

photomemory

d)

semantic memory

2.

When Carlos was promoted, he moved into a new office with a new phone extension. Every time he is asked for his phone number, Carlos first thinks of his old extension, illustrating the effects of

a)

proactive interference.

b)

retroactive interference.

c)

encoding failure.

d)

storage failure.

3.

Being a bad mood after a hard day of work, Susan could think of nothing positive in her life. This is best explained as an example of

a)

priming.

b)

memory construction.

c)

mood-congruent memory.

d)

retrieval failure.

4.

According to the serial position effect, when recalling a list of words you should have the greatest difficulty with those

a)

at the beginning of the list.

b)

at the end of the list.

c)

at the end and in the middle of the list.

d)

in the middle of the list.

5.

Your teacher asked you what you did this weekend. You state "I went to the Yankees game and a Broadway play." This is an example of ________ memory.

a)

semantic

b)

episodic

c)

procedural

d)

personal

6.

The misinformation effect provides evidence that memory

a)

is constructed during encoding.

b)

is unchanging once established.

c)

may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed.

d)

is highly resistant to misleading information.

7.
Using the the acronym Roy G. Biv to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of 
a)
mnemonic
b)
spacing effect
c)
visual encoding
d)
acoustic encoding
8.
The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory
a)
explicit   
b)
short-term   
c)
implicit   
d)
sensory
9.

________________________ involves the learning of past skills, such as riding a bike.

a)

Maintenance Rehearsal

b)

Long-Term

c)

Elaborative Rehearsal

d)

Procedural Memory

10.

An explanation for forgetting when material is stored in the LTM but cannot be consciously recalled as a result of a lack of retrieval cues to ‘jog the memory' is known as

a)

Interference theory

b)

Retrieval failure

c)

Repression

d)

Memory storage failure

11.

The surprising ease with which people form false memories best illustrates that the processes of encoding and retrieval involve:

a)

A. implicit memory

b)

B. automatic processing

c)

C. long-term potentiation

d)

D. constructive processing

12.

You are asked to recall the names of the Seven Dwarfs in the Snow White fairy tale. You are familiar with the story, and may have even seen a movie of the story, yet you cannot remember all seven names accurately. What type of memory problem might account for this?

a)

retrieval failure

b)

encoding failure

c)

proactive interference

d)

storage failure

13.

Which of the following would be predicted by Ebbinghaus’ famous forgetting curve? Several years after learning the dates of important historical events for a college class, students:

a)

will remember most of the dates, and will remember them for years to come.

b)

will remember most of the dates, and will slowly start to forget them.

c)

will have forgotten most of the dates, but what they do remember, they’ll remember for years to come.

d)

will have forgotten most of the dates, but during the years to come, they will again remember what they initially forgot.

14.

In the memory model, in order for information that has just been sensed to enter short-term memory, it must first be

a)

a. attended to

b)

b. stored

c)

c. extensively processed

d)

d. retrieved

15.

Which of the following is an example of the primacy effect?

a)

Remembering the most important assignment you have to complete for school tomorrow

b)

Remembering the skills you learned early in life, such as walking

c)

Remembering the last thing your English teacher talked about in class yesterday, but nothing from earlier in the class period

d)

Remembering the names of the first two co-workers you met on the first day of your new job

e)

Remembering that your clocks must be moved ahead one hour when daylight savings time begins in the spring

16.

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

a)

You can’t recall your locker combination from sixth grade because your current locker combination interferes.

b)

You can’t recall your new cell phone number because your old number interferes.

c)

You can’t recall what you studied in first period because what you studied in fourth period interferes.

d)

You can’t recall what you studied on Monday because what you studied on Tuesday interferes.

e)

You can’t recall who won the state swim meet last year because the winner of this year’s meet interferes.

17.
Interference causes:
a)
Retrieval
b)
Memory capacity
c)
Forgetting
d)
Hunger
18.

Context-dependant memory suggests that:

a)
A cue can trigger accurate recall
b)
We remember more in the mornings
c)
We remember less at the weekend
d)
We forget things if we go back to where we learnt them
19.
Memories of facts or knowledge.
Can be concrete (ice made of water)
or abstract (mathematical knowledge).
a)
Semantic Memory
b)
Declarative Memory
c)
Episodic Memory
d)
Procedural Memory
20.

You are flying to South America on a gap year and sit in seat 42F. You are sitting next to a man named Dave. Dave has a 9-month-old baby on his lap, who is screaming. You are becoming increasingly frustrated, as you cannot sleep with the noise.

A semantic component of the memory is__ and an episodic component is __

a)

The screaming baby, his name is Dave

b)

You are sitting at 42F; your frustration at the baby crying

c)

Your frustration at the baby crying; you are sitting at 42F

d)

The noise; the baby belongs to Dave

21.

Physical change in the brain that occurs when a memory is formed.

a)

memory trace

b)

proactive interference

c)

anterograde amnesia

d)

retroactive interference

e)

retrograde amnesia

22.

​ (a)   memory: a temporary storage system that processes incoming sensory memory.

​ (b)   memory: memories of facts and events we  can consciously remember and recall/declare.

Choose from the below words
Short-term
Explicit (declarative)
Sensory
Acoustic
Somatic
23.

Reorder the following in the correct sequence our brain handles memory

a)

Encoding

b)

Storage

c)

Retrieval

1)
2)
3)
24.

Match the following examples to the type of retrieval they represent

a)

Recall

1.

used for an essay test

b)

Recognition

2.

used for a multiple choice test

c)

Relearning

3.

after learning something you may forget it after not practicing, but it's easier the second time

25.

A memory of kindergarten that returns when you are back in your kindergarten classroom is an example of what type of memory?

a)

iconic

b)

eidetic

c)

context-dependent

d)

state-dependent

26.

Your grandmother can describe vivid memories of what she was doing when she first learned that John F. Kennedy had been killed. Her ability to do this is called

a)

procedural memory

b)

sensory memory

c)

flashbulb memory

d)

eidetic memory

27.

The following would be examples of explicit memory (select all that apply!)

a)

Riding a bike

b)

Stating random facts

c)

Declaring an event is on Tuesday

d)

Typing on a keyboard

e)

Telling a friend about a birthday party that happened three days ago

28.

Many people are able to describe where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. This is an example of:

a)

An implicit bias

b)

A lightbulb memory

c)

A flashbulb memory

d)

A hindsight bias memory

29.

This picture best represents a/the

a)

Serial Position Effect

b)

Von Restorff Effect

c)

Reconstructionist Model of Memory

d)

Flashbulb memory

30.

A FLASHBULB memory is a type of EPISODIC memory

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The __________ helps to store IMPLICIT memories, which consists of learned skills and procedures

a)

Amygdala

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Antebellum

32.

Recalling what you did during the day is an example of...

a)

Semantic memory

b)

Episodic memory

c)

Implicit memory

33.

The 3 main stages of the memory process...

a)

Temporal, Parietal, Occipital

b)

Episodic, Semantic, Implicit

c)

Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

d)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

34.

"Processing information being sent to the brain" is the process of...

a)

Encoding

b)

Storage

c)

Retrieval

35.

Short- term memory is...

a)

Memory that holds information briefly before it is stored or forgotten

b)

Memory that is associated with emotion

c)

Implicit memory that is necessary for daily skills and activities

d)

Memory for people who are under 6 ft tall

36.

Auditory memory that can last up to 2 seconds is called _____________.

a)

iconic memory

b)

echoic memory

c)

prospective memory

d)

procedural memory

37.

Short-term memory (STM) is also known as ___________.

a)

episodic memory

b)

semantic memory

c)

working memory

d)

sensory memory

38.

Identify the type of retrieval interference you could experience in the future: in the weeks immediately after the new year, you continue to write "2022" with all dates.

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

39.

Identify the type of retrieval interference you could experience in the future: after returning home from your first semester of college, you call a high school friend by your college roommate's name.

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

40.
Nate uses a roster to help him in remembering all 25 hockey players’ names and jersey numbers for keeping statistics for the team. At one game, Nate forgets the roster. The only names he remembers are the first 5 and the last 3, this is an example of:
a)
Serial Position Effect
b)
Chunking
c)
Context Effects
d)
Imagery/Visualization
41.

In Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve, what percentage of information learned is FORGOTTEN after 1 day/24 hours?

a)

About 20-30%

b)

About 40-50%

c)

About 60-70%

d)

About 80-90%

42.

Memory inputs may fade away, or _______________________ over time.

a)

Amnesia

b)

Memory Loss

c)

Decay

d)

Short-Term

43.

An essential difference between semantic and episodic memories is that

a)

Semantic memories are the same for everyone; episodic are personal experiences

b)

Semantic memories are personal experiences; episodic are the same for everyone

c)

You can verbalise a semantic memory but it is harder to put an episodic memory into words

d)

You can verbalise an episodic memory but it is harder to put a semantic memory into words

44.

Long-term potentiation is a(n):

a)

disruptive effective of prior learning on recall of new information

b)

elimination of anxiety-producing thoughts from conscious awareness

c)

neural basis for memory

d)

process of getting information out of memory storage

45.

This is the first process of placing information in the memory

a)

incoming information

b)

encoding

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

46.

Jiao is trying to remember where she kept the receipt of the birthday gift she bought her mother. In which stage of long-term memory processing is Jiao engaged?

a)

Storage

b)

Retrieval

c)

Encoding

d)

Consolidation

47.

You’re doom-scrolling Shorts; a clip flashes for half a second. A friend asks, “What was that?” You can describe a logo you barely saw. What system helped?

a)

Long-term store consolidating the full video without rehearsal

b)

Working memory maintaining the clip until you finish texting

c)

Iconic memory holding a brief visual trace of the frames

d)

Episodic memory retrieving past scrolling habits for recognition

48.

A classmate reads a 10-digit Wi-Fi code straight through; most forget it. Read again as “xxx-xxx-xxxx,” more students enter it correctly. Why?

a)

Chunking reduces items so working memory handles the sequence better

b)

Rote repetition pushes the digits directly into long-term storage

c)

Iconic memory extends visual duration when dashes appear on screen

d)

Flashbulb encoding forms vivid memories for important access codes

49.

A creator organizes a 24-term psych study guide into six themed tiles, then quizzes themselves later and scores higher. Most precise explanation?

a)

Chunking lowered item count in working memory during study

b)

Sensory buffers expanded to hold the entire grid at once

c)

Implicit learning replaced explicit recall across the list

d)

Stress hormones elevated, strengthening every studied detail

50.

Organize these options into the right memory categories

Categorize the following

The sweat-and-popcorn smell at Friday’s pep rally in our gym

Where I sat and who tested me at the DMV road-test site

The post I sent the minute my acceptance hit, in my kitchen

Knowing the definition of “reinforcement” in psych class

Knowing that 100°C is water’s boiling point at sea level

Knowing what HIPAA stands for in health class

Nailing a heel-flip after months of practice

Entering a phone PIN by finger pattern without thinking

Pulling off a familiar game combo during a tight match

Reading a stop sign while chatting with a friend

Skimming subtitles effortlessly during a fast scene

Instantly spotting a misspelled word while texting

Explicit episodic
Explicit semantic
Implicit procedural
Implicit cognitive
51.

When retrieving information, the amount recalled will be greater if the conditons under which retrieval is attempted is ___________ those in which encoding was done.

a)

very different from

b)

very similar to

c)

simpler than

d)

more complex than

52.

When cashing a check at the bank, Janet was unable momentarily to remember her home phone number. This behavior is probably a __________ difficulty.

a)

storage

b)

retrieval

c)

encoding

d)

rehearsal

53.

Jordan has a test next day morning. He has been learning and cramming hard for the test. In order to make the information more accessible to recall, he should ________.

a)

fall asleep 1 hour after learning the material

b)

fall asleep 12 hours after learning the material

c)

avoid studying up to 24 hours before the test

d)

study for the test early in the morning

54.

We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. We are asked to remember someone’s name. We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive. What type of forgetting might be at work here?

a)

A. encoding failure

b)

B. retroactive interference

c)

C. retrieval failure

d)

D. motivated forgetting

55.

Categorize accordingly

Categorize the following

Can be iconic or echoic

Can hold 7+/- 2 chunks of information

A.K.A Working memory

Huge capacity but brief in duration

Short capacity and limited duration as well

Relatively limitless capacity and duration

Can be explicit or implicit

Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long-term
56.

Memory is thought to be made up of ______________ stages.

a)

a. One

b)

b. Two

c)

c. Three

d)

d. Four

57.

Encoding failure means _______________________.

a)

we never got the information in

b)

we can't retrieve the information

c)

we lose the information over time

58.

Explicit memories are formed ________________.

a)

consciously

b)

unconsciously

59.

Elizabeth Loftus studied the ______________________.

a)

forgetting curve

b)

learning curve

c)

misinformation effect

60.
WHY WE FORGET: Why do most people not remember what is on the back of a one dollar bill?
a)
Not able to retrieve it
b)
Never was able to properly store information
c)
Never encoded information
61.

This is the first process of placing information in the memory

a)

incoming information

b)

encoding

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

62.

When you call out your former girlfriend's/boyfriend's name instead of the person you are currently seeing:

a)

retroactive interference

b)

proactive interference

c)

anterograde interference

d)

prograde interference

63.

Which of these is in the right order? 'Multi-store model of memory'

a)

Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory

b)

Short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory

c)

Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

d)

Long-term memory, sensory memory, short-term memory

64.

What is a question that is phrased in a way so it guides the responder towards a particular answer?

a)

Loaded question

b)

Misguided question

c)

Leading question

d)

Lost question

65.

David used the ------------------- device “Never Eat Slimy Worms” to remember the four directions on the compass: north, east, south, and west.

a)

source device

b)

loci device

c)

mnemonic device

66.

A cop must be careful when questioning a witness because he/she can cause the witness to experience _______________.

a)

source amnesia

b)

the misinformation effect

67.

Freud believed our unconscious can ________ memories.

a)

repress

b)

converge

c)

diverge

68.

Mr. Sira has trouble remembering the names of his NEW students because the names of his old students keep interfering. This is an example of

a)

proactive interference

b)

retroactive interference

69.

I can't remember my OLD password because I have created three new passwords over the last month. This is an example of ___________.

a)

retroactive interference

b)

proactive interference

70.

After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Ben is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Ben is experiencing the effects of:

a)

encoding failure

b)

Proactive interference

c)

Retroactive interference

d)

´Storage Failure

71.

Which type of retrieval occurs when we correctly remember the names of our 1st grade classmates, without pictures or names to choose from?

a)

long-term potentiation

b)

recall

c)

recognition

d)

relearning

72.

Evaluate the relationship between "recognition" and "recall" in memory, and discuss which is generally easier for individuals and why.

a)

Recognition is generally harder than recall because it requires more cognitive effort.

b)

Recognition is generally easier than recall because it involves identifying familiar information rather than retrieving it from memory without cues.

c)

Recognition and recall are equally difficult and require the same cognitive processes.

d)

Recognition is unrelated to recall.

73.

Discuss how "retrieval" processes can be influenced by external cues and provide an example of how this might occur in a real-world scenario.

a)

Retrieval is unaffected by external cues and relies solely on internal memory strength.

b)

Retrieval can be enhanced by external cues, such as context or specific prompts, which help trigger the recall of stored information.

c)

Retrieval is only possible through rote memorization.

d)

Retrieval is a passive process that does not require any cues.

74.

Talle is rereading his notes over and over again right before the test. He repeats the information to prevent the process of _____________________, which would cause him to forget the material.

a)

Encoding

b)

Decay

c)

Retrieval

d)

Repression

75.

The United States is a representative democracy.


This is an example of ______.

a)

an implicit memory

b)

a semantic memory

c)

an episodic memory

d)

a procedural memory

76.

Individuals who suffer severe anterograde or retrograde amnesia as a result of damage to their hippocampus still have the ability to use and create new procedural memories. This is due to the fact that these implicit memories are related to a different area of the brain.


Which area of the brain is most associated with procedural memory?

a)

Temporal lobes

b)

Frontal lobes

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Amygdala

77.

When Paul asks Brian to circle all the places he has visited from a list, this is an example of a:

a)

Recall Memory

b)

Recognition Memory

c)

Short Term Memory

d)

Sensory Memory

78.

On a hot summer day in July, Rob was fueling up his new car with gas. He reflected on the hot summer day two years ago in which he ran out of gas on the highway. What type of memory is this for Rob?

a)

Episodic; Hippocampus; Explicit

b)

Episodic; Cerebellum; Implicit

c)

Episodic; Hippocampus; Implicit

d)

Episodic; Cerebellum; Explicity

79.
Nate uses a roster to help him in remembering all 25 hockey players’ names and jersey numbers for keeping statistics for the team. At one game, Nate forgets the roster. The only names he remembers are the first 5 and the last 3, this is an example of:
a)
Serial Position Effect
b)
Chunking
c)
Context Effects
d)
Imagery/Visualization
80.
Karen has learned a lot from her Psychology class about how to improve her memory. As she heads off to college, she wants to utilize this knowledge. Karen knows that she has a major test in her History class in two weeks, therefore, she starts to study for 15 minutes every day leading up to the test.
a)
Chunking
b)
Spacing Effect
c)
Context Effects
d)
Recency Effect of Serial Positon Effect
81.
Sam has an early morning Introduction to Psychology class and always brings a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. On the day of the first major test, Sam doesn’t have time to stop for coffee. Due to F/State Dependent Memory_ this will affect his retrieval of information for his test.
a)
Mnemonic
b)
Context Effects
c)
State Dependent Memory
d)
Mood Congruent Memory
82.

In one classic experiment, two groups of people watched a traffic accident film clip and then answered questions about what they had seen (Loftus & Palmer, 1974). Those asked, “About how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?” gave higher speed estimates than those asked, “About how fast were the cars going when they hit each other?”

Which concept does this finding represent?

a)

Source amnesia

b)

Retroactive interference

c)

Misinformation effect

d)

Imagination inflation

83.

Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called

a)

organization

b)

storage

c)

encoding

d)

retrieval

84.

What is an example of Implicit Memory?

a)

Remembering your first birthday party

b)

Knowing how to tie your shoes without consciously thinking about it

c)

Recalling the definition of a word

d)

Remembering facts from a history test

85.

What does Semantic Memory include?

a)

Recalling specific life events

b)

Remembering general knowledge and facts

c)

Remembering how to perform tasks

d)

Memorizing emotional events

86.
This term is a limited capacity store and preserves unrehearsed information for about 15-30 sec.
a)
Working Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Retrieval Memory
d)
Short-Term Memory
87.

What is repression according to Freud?

a)

Severe memory loss due to brain trauma

b)

Forgetting things on purpose without knowing it

c)

The fading away of a memory over time

d)

When new information takes the place of what has been placed in memory

88.

Multiple choice questions are what type of retrieval?

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Relearning

d)

Renewal

89.

Bill had a huge headache the first time he went to Six Flags. Now when he has a headache he remembers the time he went to Six Flags. This is an example of...

a)

State-dependent memory

b)

Context-dependent memory

c)

Proactive interference

d)

Maintenance

90.

Taking this quiz right now is an example of what?

a)

Testing effect

b)

State-dependent memory

c)

Proactive interference

d)

Spacing effect

91.

Writing down the year 2022 at the beginning of January 2023 is what type of memory loss?

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Decay

c)

Retroactive Interference

d)

Amnesia

92.

Interference theory and decay theory are contrasting ideas to explain what memory process?

a)

Dreaming

b)

Encoding errors

c)

Forgetting

d)

Mental imagery

e)

Prosopagnosia

93.

Kelly is studying for her AP Psychology exam and knows that she is more likely to retain more information if she studies for two hours a day for fifteen days than if she studies six hours a day for five days. While either way, she is contributing 30 hours to studying, her idea that studying two hours a day instead of six hours a day is based on evidence for what memory concept?

a)

Consistent exposure theory

b)

Constancy effect

c)

Cramming effect

d)

Practice effect

e)

Spacing effect

94.

Classify each scenario in the correct memory category

Categorize the following

Jules remembers the exact moment she tripped at prom and who laughed first.

Marco knows that serotonin helps regulate mood, even if he can’t recall where he learned it.

Aisha can ride a bike smoothly after years, without thinking through each movement.

Devin automatically takes the fastest hallway route to class without planning it out.

Lena recalls the smell of sunscreen during her first beach trip and what she felt then.

Omar knows the capital of Canada instantly, but can’t remember the first time he heard it.

Nina remembers the exact text she sent before the breakup and her heart racing.

Theo knows that the hippocampus helps form new memories, but not when he learned it.

  • Camila types without looking at the keyboard, even while talking to a friend.

Jordan automatically slows down near the hidden speed camera on his usual route.

  • Evan remembers the first day of ninth grade and where he sat in class.

Riya

Ties a necktie smoothly but can’t explain steps.

Brandon automatically opens the right app when he hears his phone’s “DM” notification sound.

Salma instinctively reaches for her mask when she walks into a crowded indoor space.

Kenji can do a smooth TikTok shuffle sequence without naming the steps as he moves.

Valeria explains that sleep boosts memory consolidation.

(Explicit) Episodic
(Explicit) Semantic
(Implicit) Procedural
(Implicit) Cognitive