Cognitive Psychology Quiz

What is automatic processing?

• Chunking information into familiar units

• Rehearsing information repeatedly

• Effortlessly processing information

• Actively visualizing information

Which mnemonic technique involves forming a mental image of items to be remembered in a way that links them together?

• Peg-word

• Chunking

• Method of Loci

• Link Method

Imagine you're learning to drive a car. What is the main point of the automatic processing that happens as you become more experienced?

• You have to rehearse the steps of driving every time you get behind the wheel

• You are just sitting and observing the road without making any decisions

• You only need to remember how to drive the car right now

• You don't have to consciously think about every step of driving as you gain experience

What is the next-in-line effect?

• Effortful processing of novel information

• Retaining information better when rehearsal is distributed over time

• Better recall for the first and last items but poor for middle items on a list

• Better recall for what other people say but poor for a person just before you in line

Imagine you're preparing for an exam and need to memorize a list of historical dates. Which mnemonic technique involves imagining walking through your own house, placing each date in different rooms?

• Peg-word

• Method of Loci

• Chunking

• Link Method

What is the spacing effect?

• Retaining information better when rehearsal is distributed over time

• Rehearsing information repeatedly

• Effortlessly processing information

• Actively visualizing information

What is the serial position effect?

• Better recall for the first and last items but poor for middle items on a list

• Retaining information better when rehearsal is distributed over time

• Effortful processing of novel information

• Better recall for what other people say but poor for a person just before you in line

What is the peg-word mnemonic technique based on?

• Imagining moving through a familiar series of locations

• Forming a mental image of items to be remembered

• Linking items together

• Jingle

What is the main purpose of visual encoding?

• Effortlessly processing information

• Rehearsing information repeatedly

• Actively visualizing information

• Aiding effortful processing

Imagine you are trying to memorize a long grocery list. What is the main purpose of organizing these items into categories such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, etc.?

• Aiding effortful processing

• Organizing items into familiar, manageable units

• Rehearsing information repeatedly

• Actively visualizing information