Multiple choice questions: Memory PDF

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Multiple choice questions used for exam revision. Please see test answers document for solutions. These are designed to be used as a test paper, with a separate answer sheet for marking...

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Memory 1. A sensory register: a. holds information about a stimulus permanently b. keeps information about a stimulus for a fraction of a second c. is analogous to the hard drive on a computer d. transfers memory from perception to long-term memory 2. You would do best on an exam if you could: a. study at home in your room b. take the exam in the same room you study in c. encode the material visually d. retrieve the material at home 3. Memory expressed in behaviour that does not require conscious recollection is: a. episodic memory b. explicit memory c. implicit memory d. semantic memory 4. Chunking refers to: a. using knowledge stored in LTM to group information and thus expand working memory b. groupings created by the central executive system of working memory which expand the LTM c. units of information conveyed by working memory to long-term memory via the central executive system d. accessing declarative memory to recognise information that already exists in implicit memory but is inaccessible 5. When a list of words is presented to participants, they tend to remember those at the beginning and at the end of the list more easily than those in the middle, because of: a. the primacy effect b. the serial position effect c. the priming process d. rehearsal

6. According to spreading activation theory, activating one node in a network: a. triggers activation in closely related nodes b. activates all nodes in the system c. is all that is necessary for successful retrieval d. transfers information directly to short-term memory

7. Tests make you anxious. You forgot there was a test today. This might be best explained as being a result of:

Memory a. b. c. d.

defense mechanisms unconscious resistance passive aggressiveness motivated forgetting

8. Cognitive psychologists distinguish between two kinds of interference when explaining memory failure: a. proactive and retroactive b. anterograde and retrograde c. proactive and retrograde d. anterograde and retroactive 9. What is the normal range of information people can hold in short-term memory? a. three to five items b. five to nine items c. seven to ten items d. eight to twelve items 10. In the standard model of memory, the term iconic storage refers to the momentary memory for ______. a. visual information b. auditory information c. spatial information d. olfactory information...