Memory quiz – Fun, Food and Freedom

#1. Decay is...

damage to a tooth caused by dental plaque turning sugars into acid

older information is pushed out by new information

memory traces breakdown when groups of neurons are activated

#2. Sensory register decays or degrades very quickly, typically in the region of...

Select all that apply:

3 - 5 seconds

0.2 - 0.5 milliseconds

200 - 500 milliseconds

0.2 - 0.5 seconds

#3. Chunking is ...

combining small pieces of information into bigger blocks

breaking a larger piece of information into several smaller pieces

both of the above

#4. Rehearsal is...

repeating information over and over in order to get the information processed and stored as a memory

a practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance

both of the above

#5. Serial position effect is...

Select all that apply:

a term coined by Atkinson and Shiffrin

a combination of primacy and recency effects

a term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus

another term for chunking technique

#6. Long term memory can hold information forever

False

Nobody knows

True

#7. Working memory model was developed by...

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Baddeley and Hitch

Baddeley and Lieberman

#8. What are the key points in evaluation of a model?

Select all that apply:

originality

ecological validity

brain processes description

popularity

cognitive processes description

#9. Interference is used in explanation of...

recall

memorising

forgetting

all of the above

#10. Miller's Law is about...

the magic number

the primacy effect

the interference

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