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

200 - 500 milliseconds

0.2 - 0.5 milliseconds

3 - 5 seconds

#3. Chunking is ...

both of the above

breaking a larger piece of information into several smaller pieces

combining small pieces of information into bigger blocks

#4. Rehearsal is...

both of the above

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

#5. Serial position effect is...

Select all that apply:

a term coined by Atkinson and Shiffrin

a term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus

a combination of primacy and recency effects

another term for chunking technique

#6. Long term memory can hold information forever

False

Nobody knows

True

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

Baddeley and Hitch

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Baddeley and Lieberman

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

Select all that apply:

popularity

brain processes description

cognitive processes description

originality

ecological validity

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

recall

all of the above

forgetting

memorising

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

the interference

the primacy effect

the magic number

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