Cognitive MCQ's

Which slave system is for integrating multimodal info with info from LTM?

Forgetting your first bike ride but retaining the skill of riding a bike is an example of?

Memory for general information. Eg. Capital of France is Paris

Retrieval of information due to mental experience during encoding and retrieval. Example of?

Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968) proposed:

Forgetting the new and remembering the old is an example of...?

Low-level repetitive recycling of information is: (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

Second generation language, when words combined with a syntactic (grammatical) structure, is?

Retrieval of information from items present at the time of encoding and retrieval. Example of?

Phonology is a component of language. Phonology is...

Which sin results with the loss of information over time, due to decay or retrieval failure?

Fisher & Geiselman (1988) helped the reliability of eyewitness testimony by proposing:

Which is NOT an example of emotion affecting eyewitnesses

Clive Wearing is special because despite brain damage:

The sin of ______; when the fact is recalled accurately but the source/context is misremembered

Momentary difficulty recalling the thing that you want to remember?

Mnemonics are an active device designed to help memory Which at Mnemonics

_____ bias, when recollections of past events are filtered by current knowledge

Which slave system is responsible for internally debating and rehearsing words?

Sins which result in an inability to recall information are known as:

Schachter (1999) proposed the:

Separating information into smaller sections when encoding impacts recall positively. This is?

Bilinguals have a mental dictionary of how many words on average?

Information held in LTM is no longer available due to the deterioration of memory in time?

_____ bias, when current beliefs cause us to reconstruct the past different to the present.

Language inside your head (thoughts) is known as:

Which is NOT a criticism of Depth processing? (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

Knowing 'that'. Memory for verbal and describable information. Eg. Capitals of the USA?

Recency effect is eliminated by the use of?

To prevent the sin of ______, pay attention and encode all information to a deep level.

Sin of ______; when prior knowledge distorts the recollection of previous experience

Which sin is caused by attention failings during encoding?

Miller (1956) believed the capacity of the STM was:

Which depth level processes meaning? (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

Retrieval of information from surroundings. Example of?

Sin of _______, when you incorporate information provided by others into your memory

Which sin(s) affect eyewitness testimony?

Riding a bike is an example of?

Klatsky (1980) described the STM as:

Complex repetition with analysis of meaning & elaboration on details.. (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

Which is not a subsystem of LTM?

MSM cannot account for people such as Kim Peek, a world famous savant famous for:

Retrieval of information from emotional experience during encoding and retrieval. Example of?

Memory for personal or autobiographical information. Eg. What I did last night?

Which depth level processes auditory information? (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

_____ bias, when current beliefs cause us to reconstruct the past as similar to the present

Where is the reading centre of the brain?

Primary effect is eliminated by?

Articulation is a component of language. Articulation is...

Which is NOT a slave system?

How many words will an average person have in their mental dictionary?

Which store holds information in the brain for just enough time to interpret the stimuli? (MSM)

Unconscious Knowledge. Individual influenced by stimuli although may be unaware of exposure.

The system which holds a limited capacity of information & controls the other 3 slave systems?

Which is not a memory store in the Multistore model of memory?

Sins result in the intrusive recall of unwanted information

Who learnt nonsense syllables to demonstrate a learning curve?

Semantics is a component of language. Semantics is the storehouse of...

Lexicon is a component of language. Lexicon is a person's...

Claparede (1911) pricked amnesiacs, patients learnt to avoid shaking his hand, demonstrating?

To prevent the sin of ______, stay calm and focus on the bits that can be recalled.

Information in the STM is encoded:

Conscious knowledge, where the individual is aware that they are exposed to the stimuli?

_______ bias, when stereotypes and cultural beliefs influence our recollections

Baddeley & Hitch (1974) proposed:

Recall is better for first words because there is time for rehearsal. This is...

The more similar the material, the greater the extent of forgetting. This is...

Which Depth level processes visual information? (Craik & Lockhart, 1972)

Which Sins result in a tendency to recall inaccurate information?

To prevent the sin of _______, use cues to encourage retrieval.

Henry Molaison had part of his temporal lobe bilaterally removed, he was special because:

Cooking a meal is an example of?

Syntax is a component of language. Syntax is...

______ bias, when role of the self tends to central in recollections.

Which slave system manipulates static images to appreciate the visual and spatial aspects?

Which store holds information that you are thinking of in the present? (MSM)

First generation languages, where strings of words/gestures allow communication, are called:

Which store holds rehearsed information for things that occurred at any time in the past? (MSM)

Knowing 'How'. Memory for verbal and describable information. Eg. Riding a bike?