Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 48

Question 941 Psychology

One of the best ways to remember information is to make personal sense of it. What is this process called?

Correct answer C. Elaboration

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Question 942 Psychology

People who sleep after learning a list of nonsense syllables forget less than those who stay awake. What does this suggest forgetting may involve?

Correct answer D. Interference

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Question 943 Psychology

What is the process called in which information is organised into fewer units, each holding more information, to improve memory efficiency?

Correct answer A. chunking

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Question 944 Psychology

Which memory system can store an essentially unlimited amount of information?

Correct answer B. Long-term memory

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Question 945 Psychology

Knowing how to solve a jigsaw puzzle without consciously remembering that you can do it is the best example of which type of memory?

Correct answer D. Implicit

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Question 946 Psychology

Why are we usually unable to remember information presented in the seconds just before falling asleep?

Correct answer D. encoding failure

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Question 947 Psychology

Remembering your childhood birthdays is an example of which kind of memory?

Correct answer C. Episodic

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Question 948 Psychology

What is the name of the tendency to recall the first and last items of a list better than those in the middle?

Correct answer B. Serial position

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Question 949 Psychology

When an eyewitness to a car accident is asked to describe what happened, which type of memory test is being used?

Correct answer B. recall

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Question 950 Psychology

Which memory test usually provides the fewest retrieval cues?

Correct answer C. Recall

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Question 951 Psychology

Which of these is not a measure of retention?

Correct answer C. Retrieval

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Question 952 Psychology

Words such as “typewriter, cigarette and fire” are remembered better than “void, process and inherent” because the first three are more likely to be encoded in what way?

Correct answer D. visually

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Question 953 Psychology

What type of information are word meanings and other general knowledge stored in memory?

Correct answer B. Semantic

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Question 954 Psychology

Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for improving memory?

Correct answer B. Speed reading

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Question 955 Psychology

To which part of a computer do cognitive psychologists often compare the mind’s short-term store?

Correct answer B. the central processing unit

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Question 956 Psychology

Which process controls the flow of information from the sensory store into short-term memory?

Correct answer A. Attention

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Question 957 Psychology

Which process governs the transfer of information from the short-term store into the long-term store?

Correct answer B. Encoding

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Question 958 Psychology

After memorising his new CNIC number, Mehboob cannot remember his National Tax Number. Which effect is he experiencing?

Correct answer C. retroactive interference

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Question 959 Psychology

At your high school reunion you cannot recall your class teacher’s surname. What is the most likely cause of this failure?

Correct answer A. Retrieval failure

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Question 960 Psychology

Which type of memory is most resistant to being destroyed?

Correct answer C. Procedural memory

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