Cognitive Psychology and Memory Influences Quiz

Explore memory processes with this quiz! Test your knowledge on encoding, storage, retrieval, and more in cognitive psychology.

#1

Which term refers to the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information in memory?

Encoding
Decoding
Memory consolidation
Memory retrieval
#2

Which type of memory has a limited capacity and duration, typically holding information for about 20-30 seconds?

Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Semantic memory
#3

What is the term for the mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?

Sensation
Perception
Cognition
Memory
#4

Which of the following is NOT a stage of memory according to the Information Processing Model?

Encoding
Storage
Interference
Retrieval
#5

Which term refers to the phenomenon where people mistakenly recall information or events that never occurred?

Confabulation
False memory
Amnesia
Deja vu
#6

What is the term for the process of actively rehearsing information to maintain it in short-term memory?

Encoding
Consolidation
Elaboration
Maintenance rehearsal
#7

What is the term for the phenomenon where newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information?

Retroactive interference
Proactive interference
Primacy effect
Recency effect
#8

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for the formation and retrieval of long-term memories?

Hippocampus
Amygdala
Cerebellum
Frontal lobe
#9

What is the term for the tendency to recall the first items in a list more effectively than those in the middle or end?

Primacy effect
Recency effect
Serial position effect
Anterograde amnesia
#10

Which type of memory involves knowledge of facts and information acquired through learning and experience?

Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Semantic memory
#11

Which type of memory involves the conscious recollection of events and experiences?

Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Episodic memory
#12

What is the term for the inability to recall events that occurred before a traumatic brain injury or disease?

Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Proactive interference
State-dependent memory
#13

What is the term for the phenomenon where memory recall is more efficient when the context at encoding matches the context during retrieval?

State-dependent memory
Source monitoring
Context-dependent memory
Serial position effect
#14

What term describes the process of strengthening neural connections through repeated stimulation?

Neurogenesis
Neuroplasticity
Neurotransmission
Neuroregeneration
#15

Which theory of forgetting suggests that memories may fade or erode over time due to lack of retrieval?

Interference theory
Decay theory
Schema theory
Levels-of-processing theory
#16

What is the term for the phenomenon where the accuracy of memory recall can be influenced by misleading information after the event?

Memory distortion
Memory consolidation
Misinformation effect
Memory interference
#17

Which theory of forgetting suggests that forgetting occurs because other memories interfere with the retrieval of the target memory?

Decay theory
Interference theory
Levels-of-processing theory
Reconstruction theory

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