Human Memory Quiz Questions
Memory Chapter
- 1.Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention in known as:
- A.
Implicit memory
- B.
Long term potentiation
- C.
Automatic processing
- D.
State dependent memory
- E.
Chuncking
- 2.Which pioneering researcher made extensive use of nonsense syllables in the study of human memeory?
- A.
Pavlov
- B.
James
- C.
Loftus
- D.
Freud
- E.
Ebbinhaus
- 3.The next in line effect best illustrates
- A.
Encoding failure
- B.
Long term potentiation
- C.
Automatic processing
- D.
Retroactive inerference
- E.
Source amnesia
- 4.We remember words that lend themselves to mental images better than we remember abstract low imagery words. This best illustrates the value of:
- A.
Iconic memory
- B.
Visual encoding
- C.
Flashbulb memory
- D.
Long term potentiation
- 5.By presenting research participants with three rowns of three letters each for only a fraction of a second, Sperling demonstrated that people have _______ memory.
- A.
Echoic
- B.
Flashbulb
- C.
State dependent
- D.
Iconic
- E.
Implicit
- 6.Long Term potentiation refers to:
- A.
The impact of overlearning on retention
- B.
An automatic tendency to recall emotionally significant
- C.
An increased neural readiness for impulse transmission
- D.
The process of learning something without any conscious memory fo having learned it
- E.
The relatively premanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system
- 7.The cerebellum plays a critical role in _________ memory.
- A.
Echoic
- B.
Implicit
- C.
Iconic
- D.
Explicit
- 8.An eyewitness to a grocery store robbery is asked to identify the suspects in a police lineup. Which test of memory is being utilized?
- A.
Recall
- B.
Relearning
- C.
Recognition
- D.
Rehearsal
- E.
Reconstruction
- 9.The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called:
- A.
Chunking
- B.
Automatic processing
- C.
Repression
- D.
Priming
- E.
State dependent memory
- 10.The discovery that words heard underwater are later better recalled underwater than on land best illustrates the value of:
- A.
The method of loci
- B.
State dependent memory
- C.
The spacing effect
- D.
Retrieval cues
- E.
Implicit memory
- 11.After studying biology all afternoon, Alonso is having difficulty remembering details of the chemistry lecture he heard that morning. Alonso's difficulty best illustrates:
- A.
Encoding failure
- B.
Retroactive interference
- C.
The spacing effect
- D.
Proactive inerference
- E.
Source amnesia
- 12.When Loftus and Plamer asked observers of a filmed car accident how fast the vehicles were going when they "smashed" into each other, The observers developed memories of the accident that:
- A.
Omitted some of the most painful aspects of the event.
- B.
Were more accurate than the memories of subjects who had not been immediately questioned about what they saw.
- C.
Were influenced by whether or not Loftus and Plamer identified them selves as police officers
- D.
Portrayed the event as more serious than it had actually been.
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