Memory and Encoding in Cognitive Psychology Quiz

Test your knowledge on memory processes & encoding theories with these cognitive psychology quiz questions.

#1

Which term describes the process of converting sensory information into a form that the brain can use?

Storage
Retrieval
Encoding
Decoding
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#2

What is the term for the process of forming a memory code?

Retrieval
Decoding
Encoding
Recall
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#3

Which type of memory is responsible for holding sensory information for a brief period of time?

Short-term memory
Working memory
Sensory memory
Long-term memory
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#4

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

Encoding
Retrieval
Decoding
Storage
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#5

What is the main focus of the levels of processing theory of memory?

The duration of memory
The depth of processing
The capacity of memory
The sensory memory
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#6

Which of the following is an example of semantic encoding?

Remembering a song's melody
Recalling the color of your childhood home
Associating a word with its meaning
Visualizing a scene from a movie
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#7

What is the term for the process of organizing information into a meaningful structure?

Chunking
Consolidation
Rehearsal
Decay
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#8

What is the term for the tendency to remember the first items in a list more easily than the middle or later items?

Recency effect
Primacy effect
Serial position effect
Encoding specificity
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#9

Which brain structure plays a crucial role in the consolidation of short-term memories into long-term memories?

Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Thalamus
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#10

Which of the following is a mnemonic device that involves creating an association between items to be remembered and locations along a familiar route?

Method of loci
Peg-word system
Acronym
Keyword method
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#11

What is the term for the phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the ability to remember older information?

Retroactive interference
Proactive interference
Retrieval cue
Schema
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#12

According to the dual-coding theory, which of the following types of encoding is the most effective?

Visual encoding
Acoustic encoding
Semantic encoding
Tactile encoding
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