Cognitive Psychology and Memory Processing Quiz

Explore cognitive psychology with this quiz. Questions cover short-term memory, Multi-Store Model, encoding, misinformation effect, brain regions, and more.

#1

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

7 plus or minus 2 items
Unlimited
25 items
3 items
#2

Which term refers to the process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored?

Consolidation
Retrieval
Encoding
Decoding
#3

Which type of memory is associated with skills and habits, such as riding a bike or typing?

Semantic Memory
Procedural Memory
Episodic Memory
Working Memory
#4

What is the term for the process of strengthening a memory trace over time?

Decay
Interference
Consolidation
Rehearsal
#5

According to the encoding specificity principle, which factor is crucial for successful retrieval of information?

Emotional Intensity
Contextual Cues
Depth of Processing
Consolidation Strength
#6

Who proposed the Multi-Store Model of Memory?

Sigmund Freud
B.F. Skinner
Alan Baddeley
Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin
#7

What is the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory?

Retrieval
Encoding
Decoding
Consolidation
#8

Who is known for his research on the misinformation effect and eyewitness testimony?

Elizabeth Loftus
Noam Chomsky
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
#9

What is the term for the mental process of bringing stored information to consciousness?

Storage
Encoding
Retrieval
Consolidation
#10

According to the levels-of-processing model, which type of processing leads to the best memory retention?

Shallow Processing
Deep Processing
Visual Processing
Auditory Processing
#11

What is the term for the tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than those in the middle?

Recency Effect
Primacy Effect
Serial Position Effect
Spacing Effect
#12

Which type of memory is responsible for storing information for a very short duration, typically a few seconds?

Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Sensory Memory
Procedural Memory
#13

What is the term for the phenomenon where previously learned information interferes with the recall of newly learned information?

Retroactive Interference
Proactive Interference
Anterograde Amnesia
Source Amnesia
#14

Which brain region is crucial for the formation of new declarative memories?

Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Thalamus
#15

What is the term for the inability to remember events that occurred before a brain injury?

Anterograde Amnesia
Retrograde Amnesia
Procedural Amnesia
Source Amnesia
#16

In the context of memory, what does the acronym DRM stand for?

Deceptive Recall Model
Declarative Retrieval Mechanism
Deafening Repetitive Memory
Deese-Roediger-McDermott
#17

Who proposed the concept of working memory as a system that actively holds and manipulates information?

Richard Atkinson
Alan Baddeley
Sigmund Freud
B.F. Skinner

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