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6. Craik and Lockhart are associated with

  • Associative Network Theory
  • Level of Processing Theory
  • Encoding Specificity Principle
  • Transfer Appropriate Processing theory

7. Forgetting from the long term store happens through:

  • Displacement
  • None of the above
  • Retrieval Failure
  • Decay

8. Research into memory suppression has shown that:

  • Memories can be actively forgotten
  • Memories cannot be actively forgotten
  • Memories cannot be passively forgotten
  • Memories can be passively forgotten

9. According to Atkinson & Shiffrin, long term memory has a ___________ capacity, a long duration and encodes information _________

  • large:sematically
  • small;semantically
  • large;phonetically
  • small;phonetically

10. Forgetting from the sensory stores happens through

  • Retrieval Cues
  • Displacement
  • None of these
  • Decay

11. The Transfer Appropriate Processing theory of memory suggests

  • neither
  • it is impossible to separate encoding and retireval
  • it is possible to separate encoding and retireval
  • both

12. What is the digit span of STM?

  • 5 digits
  • 7+-2 digits
  • 9 digits
  • None of the Above

13. Context dependent memory refers to the finding that

  • Both b and c
  • Similarity in context between encoding and retrieval affects memory
  • Difference in context between encoding and retrieval affects memory
  • Memory is better when the context matches the memory

14. Which of the following functions has not been associated with the central executive component of working memory?

  • Switching of retrieval plans
  • Visual illusions
  • Dual task performance
  • Selective attention

15. Implicit memories are unlike explicit memories in that they are

  • Declarative
  • General knowledge about the world and Society
  • Reflected through performance
  • Part of the short term store

16. Which of the Following areas of the brain are associated with memory formation?

  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Neither of the above
  • The Hippocampus and related areas
  • Corpus Callosum

17. Which Researchers are known for the Modal Model of Memory?

  • Warrington &Shallice
  • Atkinson & Shiffrin
  • Craik & Lockhart
  • None

18. Two types of memory interference are:

  • Proactive and Retroactive intereference
  • Active and Passive intereference
  • Forward and Backward interference
  • Strong and Weak intereference

19. Data from Amnesic patients show

  • Both of the above
  • Neither of the above
  • Impaired performance on tests of explicit memory
  • Intact performance on tests of explicit memory

20. Forgetting from the short term store happens through

  • Both decay and displacement
  • Displacement
  • Decay
  • Retrieval Failures