VCE Psychology: Memory

The brain’s memory capacity is thought to be unlimited?

• True

• False

Anterograde amnesia is the loss of the ability to create ______________ after the event that caused the amnesia.

• images in the brain

• procedural memories

• recall old memories

• new memories

Due to seizures after a brain damage Dr. William Scoville decided to remove H.M.’s _________________________________________.

• Amygdulla

• Hippocampus

• Prefrontal Cortex

• Cerebellum

Plays a role in memories that are highly emotional, especially fearful memories.

• Amygdala

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Prefrontal Cortex

'Coding is acoustic, capacity is limited and duration is between 18 and 30 seconds.' Which memory store is being described?

• Sensory register

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

• Procedural memory

The term coding refers to what?

• The format in which information is stored in memory

• The length of time information is stored for in memory

• The amount of information that can be stored in memory at any one time

• The transfer of information from one memory store to another

Which of the following are features of the sensory register?

• It has a capacity of seven items, plus or minus two.

• Memories in the register can last up to a lifetime.

• The capacity if very large

• Coding is semantic

The multi-store model describes which of following memory stores?

• Short-term memory and long-term memory only

• Sensory register, long-term memory and short-term memory

• Episodic memory, semantic memory and procedural memory

• Good memory and poor memory

'The process by which information is held in STM by repeating over and over again.' What is being described here?

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Maintenance rehearsal

Which of the following are most likely to be stored in episodic long-term memory

• Memories for facts such as 'Elizabeth Loftus is a psychologist.'

• Memories of events that have happened to us at various times, involving other people and places.

• Our knowledge of what words mean.

• Memories of our skilled actions, such as being able to play the guitar.