A-Level Psychology - Memory #1

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

• Sensory register

• Long term memory

• Short term memory

• Procedural memory

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Multistore memory

Which of these statements best describes LTM?

• Memory store with limited capacity and acoustic coding

• Permanent memory store with semantic coding

• Temporary memory store with visual coding

• Memory store with semantic coding and limited capacity

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Multistore memory

Which of the following are features of the sensory register?

• It has a capacity of 7 items

• Memories in the register can last up to a lifetime

• The capacity is very large

• Coding is semantic

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Multistore memory

'The process by which information is held in the STM be repeating it over and over again'. What does this describe?

• Retrieval

• Consolidation

• Elaborative rehearsal

• Maintenance rehearsal

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Multistore memory

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

• Memories for facts

• Memories of events that have happened to us

• Our knowledge of what words mean

• Memories of our skilled actions

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Types of long term memory

'Time-stamped, and needs to be consciously searched' is a description of which type of long term memory?

• Very long term memory (VLTM)

• Procedural memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

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Types of long term memory

'Brings together different types of information into a single memory' is a description of which components of the working memory model?

• Central executive

• Episodic buffer

• Phonological loop

• Visuo-spatial sketchpad

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Working memory model

The phonological loop of working memory is divided into two elements. These are:

• Central executive and long term memory

• Phonological store and articulatory process

• Visuo-spatial sketchpad and episodic buffer

• Short term memory and long term memory

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Working memory model

Interference is an explanation for forgetting from which memory store?

• Sensory register

• Iconic memory

• Working memory

• Long term memory

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Explanations for forgetting

Which of the following situations makes interference less likely?

• When two instances of learning are similar

• When two instances of learning are meaningful

• When two instances of learning are different

• When the time between two instances of learning is short

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Explanations for forgetting