Process of Memory

Memory is best described as

• a unitary system through which information flows back and forth.

• the storage and recovery of information acquired through learning.

• a multi-store system in which all information is continually processed.

• three independent systems called sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory.

Which type of long-term memory is likely to be involved when a person recalls how to switch on an iPad after not having used one for some time?

• working

• semantic

• episodic

• procedural

The best way of prolonging the storage duration of information well beyond its normal limit in short-term memory is through

• encoding.

• rehearsal.

• recall.

• attention.

Which of the following statements about the hippocampus is correct?

• The hippocampus is the permanent storage site for explicit memories.

• The hippocampus is the permanent storage site for classically conditioned memories.

• Procedural memories do not appear to involve the hippocampus at all.

• The medial temporal lobe is located in the hippocampus.

Which of the following activities involves implicit memory?

• distinguishing between a shark and a dolphin

• telling a friend about how the weekend was spent

• swimming in water using the freestyle stroke

• recalling a word for a crossword puzzle

Which of the following long-term memories is most likely stored in the cerebellum?

• an episodic memory of a celebration

• any type of sensory memory

• a classically conditioned fear response

• a classically conditioned patellar (knee jerk) reflex

What is required for information to be transferred from a sensory register to short-term memory?

• attention

• encoding

• rehearsal

• retrieval

Which sub-type of long-term memory is likely to be involved when someone recalls their first day as a VCE student?

• procedural

• episodic

• semantic

• classically conditioned

You switch off a bedside alarm clock but can still hear it ringing for a couple of seconds. This is most likely due to ______ memory.

• episodic

• working

• iconic

• echoic

Which memory system or sub-system stores information for the shortest duration?

• short-term memory

• sensory memory

• iconic memory

• echoic memory