WorksheetsMemory Processes and Types of Encoding
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
While taking your final exam you are trying to recall which psychologist used classical conditioning to develop fear in a small boy named “Little Albert” which means you are engaging in which memory process?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
2.
While participating in a trivia contest, Noreen hits her buzzer because she knows that Abraham Lincoln was the 16th U.S. president. Which memory process is Noreen using?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
3.
Which process is being used when you repeat a phone number over and over so that you can remember it later?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
4.
Which memory process is related to keeping information in memory over a long period of time?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
5.
Although Terry knew all of the elements of the periodic table last year in chemistry class he cannot answer a particular question on the AP Chemistry Exam because he simply cannot think of the atomic number for iron. Which of the three memory processes is failing Terry?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
6.
Dean is able to hold on to information he learned in his freshman biology class even years later. Which memory process explains how Dean can keep these memories in his long-term memory for such a long time?
a)
Encoding
b)
Storage
c)
Retrieval
7.
When you study by reading or talking aloud you are utilizing _____________ encoding.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
8.
Marta is taking a test and she can see the answer to the question in her mind but she cannot come up with the word. Although she remembers where she saw the answer (it was on the top right side of a page next to a cartoon) she cannot recall the answer. Marta’s problem may be because she only encoded the information _____________.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
9.
When you add meaning to what you need to remember for example by thinking of a personal example, you enhance the encoding process by using _____________ encoding.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
10.
According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model, this type of encoding results in shallow processing.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
11.
According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model, this type of encoding results in deep processing.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
12.
According to the Craik and Lockhart levels of processing model, this type of encoding results in intermediate processing.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
13.
When you put information about a friend's address into your memory by looking at the address on the invitation you are using _____________ encoding.
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
14.
Which type of encoding creates the strongest and most durable memories?
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
15.
Which type of encoding is involved when you choose to think of funny associations to help you remember the names of four new employees that you work with?
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
16.
After Lillian receives her new locker combination she repeats it to herself aloud ten times in a row to help her put the info into memory. Which type of encoding did Lillian use?
a)
Structural/Visual
b)
Acoustic/Phonological
c)
Semantic
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