Memory Assessment Quiz

General knowledge that learned, often in school, is contained in __________ memory.

• episodic

• semantic

• implicit

• procedural

What are the three stages of memory in order?

• Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory

• Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory

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

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

Chunking is the

• Elaboration of information in short-term memory storage into long-term memory

• Process of passing information from sensory memory to short-term memory

• Actual storage process of information in long-term memory

• Method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in short-term memory

Robert was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his __________ has been damaged.

• hippocampus

• cerebral cortex

• thalamus

• amygdala

What is the term for the process of storing information in long-term memory?

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Rehearsal

Ryan can remember quite vividly the first time his dad took him out to learn how to ride a bike, because he didn’t use training wheels and took a nasty spill, scraping his knee badly. This would best be described as a(n) _______ memory.

• semantic

• procedural

• implicit

• Episodic

The skills needed to ride a bicycle are stored as

• procedural memories

• episodic memories

• generic memories

• echoic memories

What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

• retrieval

• storage

• encoding

• interference

The ability to recall the last items in a series is called ____.

• sensory memory

• visual codes

• hypnosis

• recency effect

You are driving down the street when you see a billboard displaying a phone number for a service you need. You keep repeating the number over and over so you won’t forget it until you get home, where you can write it down. You do this to prevent the process of _______ from causing you to forget the number.

• decay

• construction

• deductive interference

• proactive interference