WorksheetsMemory Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
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1.
The three steps in memory information processing are:
a)
input, processing, output.
b)
encoding, storage, output.
c)
input, storage, retrieval.
d)
encoding, storage, retrieval.
2.
The process of getting information out of memory storage is called:
a)
encoding.
b)
retrieval.
c)
rehearsal.
d)
storage.
3.
Which of the following is the best example of a flashbulb memory?
a)
suddenly remembering to buy bread while standing in the checkout line at the grocery store
b)
recalling the name of someone from high school while looking at his or her yearbook snapshot
c)
remembering to make an important phone call
d)
remembering what you were doing on September 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center towers
4.
Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings, is called
a)
iconic memory.
b)
working memory.
c)
episodic memory.
d)
semantic memory.
5.
Someone is playing a song on a piano that you have heard before. You are able to identify this song as one you have heard because of which process?
a)
Recall
b)
Recognition
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Retribution
6.
Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is:
a)
encoded.
b)
rehearsed.
c)
iconic or echoic.
d)
retrieved.
7.
Memory techniques such as the method of loci, acronyms, and the peg-word system are called:
a)
consolidation devices.
b)
imagery techniques.
c)
encoding strategies.
d)
mnemonic devices.
8.
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as:
a)
consolidating.
b)
organization.
c)
encoding.
d)
chunking
9.
It is easier to recall information that has just been presented when the information:
a)
consists of random letters rather than words.
b)
is seen rather than heard.
c)
is heard rather than seen.
d)
is experienced in an unusual context.
10.
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.
11.
Studies by Loftus and Palmer, in which people were quizzed about a film of an accident, indicate that:
a)
when quizzed immediately, people can recall very little, due to the stress of witnessing an accident.
b)
when questioned as little as one day later, their memory was very inaccurate.
c)
most people had very accurate memories as much as six months later.
d)
people's recall may easily be affected by misleading information.
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