Memory quiz – Fun, Food and Freedom

#1. Decay is…

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

memory traces breakdown when groups of neurons are activated

older information is pushed out by new information

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

Select all that apply:

0.2 – 0.5 seconds

3 – 5 seconds

0.2 – 0.5 milliseconds

200 – 500 milliseconds

#3. Chunking is …

combining small pieces of information into bigger blocks

both of the above

breaking a larger piece of information into several smaller pieces

#4. Rehearsal is…

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

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

both of the above

#5. Serial position effect is…

Select all that apply:

a term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus

another term for chunking technique

a term coined by Atkinson and Shiffrin

a combination of primacy and recency effects

#6. Long term memory can hold information forever

False

True

Nobody knows

#7. Working memory model was developed by…

Baddeley and Hitch

Baddeley and Lieberman

Atkinson and Shiffrin

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

Select all that apply:

brain processes description

popularity

cognitive processes description

ecological validity

originality

#9. Interference is used in explanation of…

all of the above

forgetting

memorising

recall

#10. Miller’s Law is about…

the magic number

the interference

the primacy effect

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