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memory and cognition - module 3
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1select the correct sequence of the stages of memory
- Aencoding>storage>retrieval
- Bstorage>retrieval>encoding
- CEncoding>retrieval>storage
2briefly stored visual, auditory , olfactory and tactile memory is an example of what storage:
- ALTM
- BSTM
- CSM
3The memory store that has; limited capacity and holds info for 20-30 seconds is:
- ASTM
- BSM
- CLTM
4Memories can be stored for a longer period of time in the STM if it is;
- Arehearsed
- Bretreived
- Crecalled
- Dit can not be stored for longer than a few seconds
5Explicit / declarative memory in the LTM refers to:
- Amemory with conscious recall
- Bmemory with unconscious recall
- Cevents you have experienced + general knowledge and facts
- Dmotor skills and actions
- Ea and c
- Fb and d
6motor skills and actions refer to
- Aprocedural memory
- Bexplicit memory / declarative
7fill in A>D

- Asensory memory, rehearsal, retrieval, memory lost
- Bsensory memory, retrieval, rehearsal, memory lost
- Csensory, retrieval, recall, memory lost
- Dsensory, retrieval, rehearsal, indefinite
8The sperling task refers to;
- Ameasuring the capacity and duration of the sensory memory
- Bmeasuring the capacity and duration of the short-term memory
- Cmeasuring the capacity and duration of the long-term memory
9retrieving information...
- Arecovers information from the LTM to STM
- Brecovers information from the LTM to SM
- Crecovers information from the STM to LTM
- Drecovers information from the LTM to LTM
10[blank_start]Episodic[blank_end] memory represents our memory of experiences and specific events in life, whereas [blank_start]Semantic[blank_end] memory is a more structured record of facts, meanings, concepts and knowledge about the external world that we have acquired.
- AEpisodic
- BSemantic
11semantic and episodic memory are apart of;
- ALTM and subdivided into declarative memory
- BSTM and subdivided into declarative memory
- CLTM and subdivided into procedural memory
12conscious is to explicit as
- Aunconscious is to implicit
- Bconscious is to implicit
- Cprocedural is to implicit
- Db and c
- Ea and c
- Fnone of the above
13amnesia is a neurological impairment of what memory store
- ASM
- BSTM
- CLTM
14retrograde;
- Athe loss of information stored prior to an accident eg car crash (new memories are unaffected)
- BThe inability to store and retrieve new memories (previous memories are unaffected)
15The inability to store and retrieve new memories (previous memories are unaffected) is an example of what;
- Aretrograde
- Banterograde
16the working memory is another name for the
- ALTM
- BSTM
- CSM
17fill in A>C

- Aphonological loop, rehearsal, visuo-spatial sketchpad
- Bphonological loop, retrieval, visuo-spatial sketchpad
- Cphonological loop, rehearsal, visual sketch pad
18the visuo-spatial sketchpad has;
- Alimited duration capacity and is on the right temporal lobes
- Blimited duration capacity and is on the left temporal lobes
19the central executive does what?
- Acontrols and directs components of the working memory
- Bonly controls components the working memory
- Conly directs components the working memory
- Dguides the working memory in its processes
20planning, inhibiting, encoding, attending and task switching is done using the...
- Aepisodic buffer
- Bcentral executive
- Cphonological loop
- Dvisuo-spatial sketchpad
21what part of the working memory combines visual and oral information and has limited capacity and duration
- Aepisodic buffer
- Bphonological loop
- Cvisuo-spatial sketchpad
22'memory traces fade with time' refers to what theory
- Adecay theory
- Binterference theory
- Cencoding failure
23'encoding failure' refers to;
- Awhen we do not pay enough attention to something we see, hear or learn, so the information is not stored and abled to be recalled
- Bwhen our brain is physically unable to encode new information
- Cwhen something interferes with information being processed and encoded
24suggestibility, misattribution, bias, persistence, blocking and absentminded are all examples of what?
- Athe seven sins of memory
- Bmemory models
- Cseveral ways how psychologists understand cognitive models of memory and cognition
25lapses of attention and forgetting to do things, is what sin?
(This sin operates both when a memory is formed (the encoding stage) and when a memory is accessed (the retrieval stage).- Aabsentmindness
- Bmisattribution
- Cbias
- Dblocking
26retrospective distortions produced by current knowledge and beliefs, is what sin?
- Abias
- Babsentmindness
- Cmisattribution
- Dpersistence
27unwanted recollections that people can't forget, such as the unrelenting, intrusive memories of post-traumatic stress disorder is what sin?
- Apersistence
- Bblocking
- Csuggestibility
- Dbias
28attribution of memories to incorrect sources or believing that you have seen or heard something you haven't, is what sin?
- Amisattribution
- Bbias
- Cblocking
- Dpersistence
- Esuggestibility
29temporary inaccessibility of stored information, such as tip-of-the-tongue syndrome, is an example of what sin?
- Ablocking
- Babsentmindness
- Cpersistence
- Dsuggestibility
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- Psychology Quiz on memory and cognition - module 3, created by Luce Andrae on 23/06/2019.
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