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PSYCH/640: Cognitive Psychology

Week 4 - Memory Systems Exam

Develop a 10-question exam regarding the memory systems, including encoding and retrieval.

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1.         What is the name of the mnemonic that demonstrate the way we visualize and recall memory information especially when item is placed in a certain location?

a)         Loci

b)        Mnemonic

c)         Chunking

d)        Imagery

2.         The way a piece of information is stored might influence the way it is…..?

a)         Communicated

b)        Retrieved

c)         Interpreted

d)        Handled

3.         Fill in the blank: Strategies of encoding entail the following overlearning, spaced practices, organization, selection andcues

4.         The easiest method to sustain information in short-term memory is to repeat the information in an approach called

a)         Recall

b)        Chunking

c)         Revision

d)        Rehearsal

5.         Briefly describe the process of forgetting

The process of forgetting involves loss of information that had been previously stored in the short term or long term memory. Even the information that had been encoded and stored is lost hence the brain cannot retrieve such information again

6.         Briefly describe retroactive interference

Refers to the situation whereby recent information gets in the way of the process of trying to retrieve the older information. An example is calling your old friend by your new friend’s name.

7.         ………………………….refers to memory for information which is easily articulated

a)         Declarative

b)        Non declarative

c)         Episodic

8.         Due to a lack of thiamine, people with Korsakoff’s syndrome develop cell loss in the hippocampus

a)         True

b)        False

9.         The physical memory trace in the brain is often referred to by neuroscience researchers as the Hebbian synapse

a)         True

b)        False

10.       Long-term potentiation is the term used by neuroscientists to describe long-lasting strengthening of synaptic transmission.

a)         True

b)        False

Include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, and true-or-false questions.

Provide an answer key for each of your questions.