Alevel Memory Topic - Misconceptions Quiz

Which type of memory stores information such as the name of the prime minister?

• Semantic

• Episodic

• Procedural

• Short-term memory

Which of these is not involved in the process of random allocation?

• Participants are allocated a number and put in a hat

• Participants are randomly selected from the hat

• Participants are random selected from the population

• The first 20 participants are allocated to condition 1 and then next 20 are allocated to condition 2

Which of these is NOT involved in the matched pairs process?

• Participants are randomly allocated to conditions

• Participants are selected based on a generic variable such as gender

• Participants are matched with another participant who has a similar score or trait

• Participant pairs are put one in each condition

The fight or flight response increases accuracy of EWT by...

• Increasing alertness

• Increasing attention on the weapon

• Increasing the amount of adrenaline

• Increasing decision making

Which of these are not an ethical issue?

• Consent

• Psychological distress

• Debriefing

• Confidentiality

Which of the following studies supports the duration of STM?

• Peterson and Peterson

• Baddeley

• Godden and Baddeley

• Schmidt

How many seconds did participants have to recall the trigram after?

• 3,6,9,12,15,18

• 3,6,15,18,30

• 6,12,18,24,30

• 3,6,9,12,15,18,30

What is the yerkes-dodson law?

• The idea that anxiety can be reduced to effect EWT

• The idea that anxiety is useful up to a certain point but can also have a negative effect on EWT if to extreme

• The idea that anxiety can dramatically reduce the accuracy of EWT

• The idea that anxiety can have a positive impact on the accuracy of EWT

Which of these is the best definition of retrieval?

• The sensory information we receive from our environment

• The retention of information in our memory system

• The recall of stored memory

• Turning sensory information into a form it can be used and stored by the brain.

Which of these is the best definition of encoding?

• The sensory information we receive from our environment

• The retention of information in our memory system

• The recall of stored memory

• Turning sensory information into a form it can be used and stored by the brain.