MEMORY EXAM UPDATED Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Retrieval involves...
a. the activation of the senses
b. the translation of information into a form that can be stored
c. the storage of information over time
d. the calling to mind of previously stored information
e. the decay of information in memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. the calling to mind of
previously stored info
When information is first translated into a form that other cognitive processes can use, we say
that ________ has occurred.
a. retrieval
b. storage
c. forgetting
d. encoding
e. remembering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. encoding
When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that __________ has occurred.
a. forgetting
b. a memory trace
c. sensory decay
d. encoding failure
e. secondary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. forgetting
Unattended information is stored briefly in...
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. working memory
, e. secondary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. sensory memory
Most studies of sensory memory have focused on memory for information from which
sensory modalities?
a. vision and taste
b. vision and smell
c. vision and hearing
d. smell and hearing
e. taste and touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- c. vision and hearing
You have just listened to a list of 20 words. When asked to recall these words in any order,
you are LEAST LIKELY to recall the...
a. first word
b. second word
c. 10th word
d. 20th word
e. word that reminded you of something you ate for breakfast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- c.
10th word
The primary and recency effects in memory...
a. are thought to be due to the action of short-term memory
b. are thought to be due to the action of long-term memory
c. are thought to be due to the action of sensory memory
d. can be independently manipulated, indicating at least two types of memory at work
e. have recently been discredited in cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. can
be independently manipulated, indicating at least two types of memory at work
Information is stored in iconic memory for:
a. less than 1 second
b. 5-10 seconds
c. about 20 seconds
and CORRECT Answers
Retrieval involves...
a. the activation of the senses
b. the translation of information into a form that can be stored
c. the storage of information over time
d. the calling to mind of previously stored information
e. the decay of information in memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. the calling to mind of
previously stored info
When information is first translated into a form that other cognitive processes can use, we say
that ________ has occurred.
a. retrieval
b. storage
c. forgetting
d. encoding
e. remembering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. encoding
When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that __________ has occurred.
a. forgetting
b. a memory trace
c. sensory decay
d. encoding failure
e. secondary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. forgetting
Unattended information is stored briefly in...
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. working memory
, e. secondary memory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a. sensory memory
Most studies of sensory memory have focused on memory for information from which
sensory modalities?
a. vision and taste
b. vision and smell
c. vision and hearing
d. smell and hearing
e. taste and touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- c. vision and hearing
You have just listened to a list of 20 words. When asked to recall these words in any order,
you are LEAST LIKELY to recall the...
a. first word
b. second word
c. 10th word
d. 20th word
e. word that reminded you of something you ate for breakfast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- c.
10th word
The primary and recency effects in memory...
a. are thought to be due to the action of short-term memory
b. are thought to be due to the action of long-term memory
c. are thought to be due to the action of sensory memory
d. can be independently manipulated, indicating at least two types of memory at work
e. have recently been discredited in cognitive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d. can
be independently manipulated, indicating at least two types of memory at work
Information is stored in iconic memory for:
a. less than 1 second
b. 5-10 seconds
c. about 20 seconds
