Memory Research and Processes Quiz

Explore cognitive psychology with our memory research quiz. Test your understanding of retention, recall, memory systems, neurotransmitters, and more!

#1

Which term refers to the process of retaining and recalling information?

Encoding
Decoding
Memory
Retrieval
#2

Which memory system is responsible for storing information for relatively short durations?

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

Which process involves converting information into a form that can be stored in memory?

Retrieval
Encoding
Consolidation
Storage
#4

What is the term for the inability to recall information that was previously stored in memory?

Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Forgetting
Amnesia
#5

Which type of memory involves the conscious recall of factual information, such as historical dates?

Procedural memory
Semantic memory
Declarative memory
Implicit memory
#6

What is the capacity of short-term memory, according to George A. Miller's research?

5-7 items
10-12 items
3-5 items
7-9 items
#7

What is the term for the phenomenon where recalling one item from a list makes recalling related items easier?

Primacy effect
Recency effect
Serial position effect
Context-dependent memory
#8

What term describes the tendency to remember the first items in a list more easily than those in the middle?

Primacy effect
Recency effect
Serial position effect
Semantic encoding
#9

Which model of memory suggests that information flows from sensory memory to short-term memory to long-term memory?

Atkinson-Shiffrin model
Levels of processing model
Working memory model
Multi-store model
#10

Which type of memory involves remembering how to perform certain tasks, such as riding a bicycle?

Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
Declarative memory
#11

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

Amygdala
Hippocampus
Prefrontal cortex
Cerebellum
#12

Which neurotransmitter is heavily involved in the consolidation of long-term memories?

Dopamine
Serotonin
Acetylcholine
Glutamate
#13

What is the term for the phenomenon where memories formed in a particular psychological state are easily recalled when in the same state again?

Primacy effect
Recency effect
Mood-congruent memory
State-dependent memory
#14

Who proposed the levels of processing model of memory?

Atkinson and Shiffrin
Tulving
Craik and Lockhart
Baddeley
#15

What term describes the strengthening of synaptic connections over time, leading to enhanced neural communication?

Synaptic pruning
Long-term potentiation
Neuroplasticity
Neurogenesis

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