A. encoding failure
B. state-dependent memory
C. retroactive interference
D. proactive interference
Psychology Mcqs
A your high school reunion you cannot remember the last name of your class teacher. Your failure to remember is most likely the result of __________________?
A. encoding failure
B. storage failure
C. retrieval failure
D. state-dependent memory
The capacity of short-term memory can be increased through ________________?
A. chunking
B. attention
C. rehearsal
D. selective encoding
Which of the following types of memory is most resistant to destruction?
A. episodic memory
B. metamemory
C. semantic memory
D. procedural memory
A student who has studied German in high school, takes a course in French in college and now has trouble remembering the German. This is an example of the effects of __________________?
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. state-dependent learning
D. encoding specificity
A person’s memory of his wedding would be stored in _______________ memory?
A. semantic
B. autobiographical
C. metamemory
D. procedural
Repeating a person’s name over and over immediately after being introduced is an example of _________________?
A. chunking
B. elaboration
C. a mnemonic device
D. maintenance rehearsal
Which of the following is not a mnemonic device?
A. method of Loci
B. narrative chaining
C. elaborative rehearsal
D. key word method
To help him remember the order of ingredients in difficult recipes, master chef Zakir often associates them with the route he walks to work each day. Zakir is using which mnemonic technique?
A. peg-word system
B. acronyms
C. the method of Loci
D. chunking
Alan Baddeley is one of the leading figures in research on ________________?
A. working memory
B. implicit memory
C. semantic memory
D. procedural memory