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1The Process by which a stimulus is attended to, identified, studied and incorporated into memory is called
- AStorage
Reasoning storage
Encoding
Chunking - BEncoding
- AStorage
2The serial position effect in memory refers to the fact that when trying to remember a list of words
- AIt is easier to recall the first and last words on the list than the words in the middle of the list
It is easier to recall words in the order that they were studied than in a random order
It is easier to recall unusual or surprising words on the list than it is to recall common words
It is easier to recall the list if it was studied using rote rehearsal than if it was studied using elaborative rehearsal - B It is easier to recall the first and last words on the list than the words in the middle of the list
- AIt is easier to recall the first and last words on the list than the words in the middle of the list
3With a month to go before an English test, a student would be well advised to engage in
- AMassed-distributed-massed practice pattern
Distributed-massed-distributed practice pattern
Massed practice
Distributed practice - B Distributed practice
- AMassed-distributed-massed practice pattern
4Stemberg’s short-term memory research focused on the question of whether memory search processes are
- AParallel or serial
Primary or secondary
Classical or instrumental
Anterograde or retrograde - B Physical, acoustic, semantic
- AParallel or serial
5Retrograde amnesia is a phenomenon in which a person suffering brain injury in an accident loses memory of
- A Events immediately prior to the injury, with earlier memory being unimpaired
Middle childhood events, then forgets early childhood events
Early childhood experiences
Events immediately after the injury - BEvents immediately prior to the injury, with earlier memory being unimpaired
- A Events immediately prior to the injury, with earlier memory being unimpaired
6Which one of the following is not among the basic theory of memory
- A Network
Elaborative
Dual-memory
Depth of processing - BElaborative
- A Network
7Dual process refers to a theory of
- A Rod and cone vision
Short and long term memory
Axon and dendrite
Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system - BShort and long term memory
- A Rod and cone vision
8A major distinction between episodic and semantic memory was central to the work of
- ATulving
Skinner
Millter
Ebbinghaus - BTulving
- ATulving
9A possible neural mechanism for learning is
- ALong-term potentiation
Dendritic plaques
Spatial summation
Excitatory potentiation - BLong-term potentiation
- ALong-term potentiation
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- Quiz on Memory, created by siddhilondhe4 on 18/11/2014.
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