Memory and Learning Quiz

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#1

Which type of memory involves remembering how to perform tasks or activities, such as riding a bike or typing on a keyboard?

Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Working memory
#2

Which neurotransmitter is primarily associated with the process of learning and memory?

Dopamine
Serotonin
Acetylcholine
GABA
#3

Who proposed the theory of operant conditioning, which emphasizes the role of reinforcement in shaping behavior?

Ivan Pavlov
John B. Watson
Albert Bandura
B.F. Skinner
#4

Which psychologist proposed the theory of social learning, emphasizing the importance of observational learning and modeling?

Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
#5

Which type of memory is responsible for storing information about facts and knowledge?

Procedural memory
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Sensory memory
#6

Which part of the brain is primarily associated with the storage of long-term memories?

Amygdala
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Thalamus
#7

In classical conditioning, what is the term used to describe the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response?

Spontaneous recovery
Extinction
Generalization
Acquisition
#8

What is the term for the tendency to better remember items presented at the beginning of a list?

Recency effect
Serial position effect
Primacy effect
Encoding specificity
#9

What is the term for the phenomenon in which a previously extinguished response reappears after a period of rest?

Spontaneous recovery
Relearning
Stimulus generalization
Reinforcement
#10

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

Retrieval
Encoding
Storage
Consolidation
#11

Who proposed the levels of processing model, suggesting that deeper levels of processing result in better long-term memory?

B.F. Skinner
Noam Chomsky
Alan Baddeley
Craik and Lockhart
#12

Which term describes the tendency to remember information better when it is studied in a similar environment to the one in which it will be recalled?

Transfer-appropriate processing
State-dependent memory
Context-dependent memory
Encoding specificity
#13

Who proposed the concept of 'cognitive map,' which refers to a mental representation of one's physical environment?

Jean Piaget
Edward Tolman
Kurt Lewin
Jerome Bruner
#14

Who introduced the concept of 'distributed practice,' suggesting that spacing out study sessions over time leads to better retention?

Hermann Ebbinghaus
Ivan Pavlov
Edward Thorndike
Robert Rescorla

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