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- 1. Multiple ChoiceSome memories are stored in terms of their meaning. Which type of encoding is this?VisualAcousticSemanticTactile
- 2. Multiple ChoiceLearning something by putting it to music is an example of:RetrievalAcoustic encodingTactile encodingVisual encoding
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe three stages of the memory process (in the correct order) are:Encoding, retrieval, storageVisual encoding, acoustic encoding, retrievalEncoding, storage, retrievalEncoding, recognition, retrieval
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe three types of long term memory are:Episodic, visual, proceduralVisual, semantic, proceduralRecognition, acoustic, episodicEpisodic, semantic, procedural
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRemembering how to perform actions is an example of:Episodic memoryProcedural memorySemantic memoryDeclarative memory
- 6. Multiple ChoiceEncoding is mostly acoustic and capacity is between 5 and 9 items. Which memory is this?Short term memorySensory memoryVisual memoryLong term memory
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAn example of sensory memory in action is:Recognising a friend in the streetRepeating someone's phone number back to yourselfSeeing your name written in the air with a sparklerRemembering the answer to an exam question
- 8. Multiple ChoiceInformation goes into our long term memory through:AttentionRehearsalRetrievalSemantic
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA weakness of the multi-store memory model is:It is far too simplistic, and doesn't explain all of our memoriesIt has no application to everyday lifeThere is no evidence to support itIt doesn't explain how information gets into the long term memory
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe dependent variable in Murdock's study was:The position of the word in the listProbability of a word being correctly recalledPrimacy effectTotal number of words correctly called
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBeing able to recall words at the start of a list refers to:Recency effectPrimacy effectSerial position curveIndependent variable
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMurdock used lists of words, which means that his study:Was a laboratory experimentWas not very well controlledTested a wide range of memory skillsOnly tells us about some of the ways that memory is used in everyday life
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBartlett believed that memory was:AcousticProceduralReconstructiveDeclarative
- 14. Multiple ChoiceParticipants in Barlett's study transformed the story to make it:InterestingMore complexMore familiarLonger
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA major influence on our reconstructive memory is:The time it takes to recall somethingAlmost always accurateOur level of intelligenceOur previous experiences and expectationsThe position of events in a story
- 16. Multiple ChoiceInterference causes:RetrievalMemory capacityForgettingHunger
- 17. Multiple ChoiceNot being able to remember an old phone number because you can only remember the new one is an example of:Proactive interferencePrimacy EffectReteroactive interferenceRecency Effect
- 18. Multiple ChoiceNot being able to remember your new boyfriend's name and you keeping calling them by your old boyfriend's name is an example of:ContextReteroactive interferenceReconstructive memoryProactive interference
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn their study on context, Godden and Baddeley studied:FishermanDeep sea diversRugby playersSwimmers
- 20. Multiple ChoiceContext related to memory suggests that:A cue can trigger accurate recallWe remember more in the morningsWe remember less at the weekendWe forget things if we go back to where we learnt them
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