#1
What is the capacity of short-term memory according to George A. Miller's research?
5 items
7 items (+/- 2)
10 items
Unlimited
#2
Which type of memory is responsible for storing information about events we have personally experienced?
Sensory memory
Procedural memory
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
#3
Which memory process involves getting information out of memory storage?
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
Consolidation
#4
What is the term for the phenomenon where the first items in a list are more easily remembered than the middle items?
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Serial position effect
Spacing effect
#5
Which type of memory involves unconscious memory for skills and procedures?
Sensory memory
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Semantic memory
#6
What is the term for the inability to recall information that was previously stored in memory?
Amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Forgetfulness
#7
What is retrograde amnesia?
Inability to form new memories
Loss of memory for events that occurred before the onset of amnesia
Difficulty in recalling events from the distant past
Loss of memory for events that occurred after the onset of amnesia
#8
Which neurotransmitter is closely associated with the formation of new memories?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
#9
What is the misinformation effect?
The tendency to forget information due to interference
The distortion of memory by misleading post-event information
The enhancement of memory through repeated exposure
The inability to form new memories after brain trauma
#10
Which psychologist proposed the multi-store model of memory, distinguishing between sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory?
George A. Miller
Sigmund Freud
Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin
Elizabeth Loftus
#11
What is the term for the phenomenon where recalling an item from a list makes it easier to recall the other items?
Primacy effect
Recency effect
Serial position effect
Spacing effect
#12
Which type of memory is often called 'working memory' and is responsible for temporarily holding information and manipulating it?
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Short-term memory
Procedural memory
#13
What is the primary function of the hippocampus in memory processing?
Encoding and storing long-term memories
Retrieving sensory memories
Facilitating procedural memories
Maintaining short-term memory
#14
What is proactive interference?
When new information disrupts the recall of old information
When old information disrupts the recall of new information
When similar information learned previously interferes with the recall of new information
When information is forgotten due to the passage of time
#15
Which brain structure plays a crucial role in emotional memory processing, especially fear conditioning?
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Prefrontal cortex
Thalamus
#16
What is source amnesia?
Inability to recall where one learned something
Inability to recognize familiar faces
Loss of memory for events that occurred before the onset of amnesia
Inability to form new memories
#17
Who proposed the theory of levels of processing, which suggests that the deeper the level at which information is processed, the more likely it is to be retained?
George A. Miller
Atkinson and Shiffrin
Craik and Lockhart
Elizabeth Loftus
#18
Which part of the brain is primarily associated with spatial memory and navigation?
Prefrontal cortex
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Entorhinal cortex