This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve, how much information do people forget after 20 minutes? After one day? A) 30% after 20 minutes, 60% after one day. B) 55% after 20 minutes, 30% after one day. C) 50% after 20 minutes, 80% after one day. D) 10% after 20 minutes, 50% after one day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 55% after 20 minutes, 30% after one day. 2. A type of motivated forgetting in which painful memories are blocked from conscious awareness is A) Priming. B) Repression. C) Proactive interference. D) Retroactive interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repression. 3. What does H.M.'s performance on the second and third days suggest about his memory? A) He forgot everything he learned each day. B) He had no memory loss from day to day. C) He could not remember anything from the first day. D) He performed worse each day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had no memory loss from day to day. 4. What is the first step in the process of encoding information into memory? A) Select stimulus from vast array of input. B) Store information for long-term use. C) Recall information when needed. D) Forget irrelevant details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Select stimulus from vast array of input. 5. The first stage of memory that involves information bombarding us every second. A) Sensory memory. B) Effortful processing. C) Short-term memory. D) Automatic processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory memory. 6. Which type of memory involves recalling specific events you have personally experienced? A) Semantic Memory. B) Procedural Memory. C) Episodic Memory. D) Implicit Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Episodic Memory. 7. What aspect of H.M.'s memory was intact during the Mirror-Tracing Task? A) Long-term memory. B) Short-term memory. C) Procedural memory. D) Visual memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short-term memory. 8. What is proactive interference? A) Information is lost over time. B) New information blocks old information. C) Information is forgotten due to lack of use. D) Old information blocks new information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old information blocks new information. 9. What are mnemonic devices? How might you use this to study and/or remember information better? A) Used to organize and break down large bits of information into small rememberable part. B) Relate the information to yourself. C) Spacing out information to retain information better. D) Generate your own information from information given. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to organize and break down large bits of information into small rememberable part. 10. What role does storage play in memory retention? A) Storage is irrelevant to the process of learning. B) Storage only affects short-term memory. C) Storage has no impact on memory retention. D) Storage is essential for retaining information and facilitating memory retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Storage is essential for retaining information and facilitating memory retrieval. 11. Which type of memory is primarily encoded acoustically? A) Working Memory. B) Short-term Memory. C) Long-term Memory. D) Sensory Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short-term Memory. 12. Caleb is with friends and they are talking about the worst injuries they have ever gotten. Caleb remembers when he fell off of a ladder while painting his house. His recollection of this event is what type of memory? A) Sensory. B) Semantic. C) Procedural. D) Episodic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Episodic. 13. What condition did the patient suffer from before undergoing surgery? A) Severe epileptic seizures. B) Vision impairment. C) Memory loss. D) Chronic headaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Severe epileptic seizures. 14. Which of the following is a strategy to improve memory? A) Using mnemonics. B) Relying solely on rote memorization. C) Minimizing retrieval cues. D) Avoiding deep processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using mnemonics. 15. What is the duration of working memory? A) Three to four seconds. B) Five to 20 seconds. C) Less than half a second. D) Permanent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five to 20 seconds. 16. Who was the first psychologist to study the nature of forgetting? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Hermann Ebbinghaus. C) Carl Rogers. D) William James. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermann Ebbinghaus. 17. What is memory retrieval? A) The process of forgetting stored information in the brain. B) The process of accessing stored information in the brain. C) The process of organizing stored information in the brain. D) The process of encoding new information into the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process of accessing stored information in the brain. 18. Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for storing short-term memories? A) Thalamus. B) Cerebellum. C) Amygdala. D) Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hippocampus. 19. What task was H.M. asked to perform in the Mirror-Tracing Task? A) Memorizing the shape of a star. B) Drawing a star without using a mirror. C) Identifying the star among other shapes. D) Tracing a drawing of a star by looking at its reflection in a mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tracing a drawing of a star by looking at its reflection in a mirror. 20. What is the role of memory in academic performance? A) It is not important. B) It helps in recalling learned information. C) It only affects social skills. D) It is only useful for exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps in recalling learned information. 21. What is the definition of memory? A) Process by which we collect experiences in order to make predictions for the future. B) An accumulation of abstract thinking and tools that allow you to critically analyze texts and experiences. C) Process by which we recollect prior experiences, information, and skills learned in the past. D) Remembering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process by which we recollect prior experiences, information, and skills learned in the past. 22. What is a reason why flashbulb memories become etched in our minds? A) They are often forgotten quickly. B) They are associated with powerful feelings. C) They are not distinct. D) They are rarely recalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are associated with powerful feelings. 23. The term coding refers to what? A) The amount of information that can be stored in memory at any one time. B) The transfer of information from one memory store to another. C) The format in which information is stored in memory. D) The length of time information is stored for in memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The format in which information is stored in memory. 24. What are the three major processes in memory? A) Encoding, storage, and retrieval. B) Learning, understanding, and applying. C) Input, output, and processing. D) Recalling, forgetting, and organizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encoding, storage, and retrieval. 25. Which of these statements best describes LTM? A) Memory store with limited capacity and acoustic coding. B) Permanent memory store, with semantic coding. C) Temporary memory store with visual coding. D) Memory store with semantic coding and limited capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permanent memory store, with semantic coding. 26. Which of the following best describes the metaphor used for human memory in the provided material? A) Human memory is like a computer hard drive. B) Human memory is an interpretive system, much like an artist. C) Human memory is like a video recorder. D) Human memory is like a filing cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human memory is an interpretive system, much like an artist. 27. Memory of facts and concepts A) Semantic Memory. B) Implicit Memory. C) Explicit Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semantic Memory. 28. Which of the following is NOT a method of memory retrieval? A) Recall. B) Recognition. C) Rehearsal. D) Relearning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rehearsal. 29. What are the three types of memory errors according to Schacter's seven sins of memory? (Be able to recognize an example of each.) A) Misattribution, forgetting, and retrieval. B) Suggestibility, reconstruction, and amnesia. C) Forgetting, distortion, and intrusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forgetting, distortion, and intrusion. 30. During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates: A) Retroactive interference. B) State-dependent memory. C) Proactive interference. D) The spacing effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proactive interference. 31. What was H.M. unable to do despite his short-term memory being intact? A) Perform the Mirror-Tracing Task. B) Save items into long-term memory. C) Recognize the star shape. D) Recall the task instructions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Save items into long-term memory. 32. When a person has a strong emotional connection to a memory and is able to remember vivid details about that situation, they have just experience a ..... memory. A) Echoic. B) Non-Declarative. C) Iconic. D) Flash-bulb. E) Recency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flash-bulb. 33. Never Eat Soggy Waffles is a good technique for remembering North, South, East and West. What is this technique called? A) Maintenance rehearsal. B) Mnemonic. C) Primacy effect. D) Short term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mnemonic. 34. Which part of Baddeley's Model of Working Memory is directly connected to all three subsystems:Visuospatial Sketchpad, Episodic Buffer, and Phonological Loop? A) Central Executive. B) Episodic Buffer. C) Long-Term Memory. D) Phonological Loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Executive. 35. Which of the following is NOT a semantic code mentioned in the learning material? A) Every Good Boy Does Fine. B) Roy G. Biv. C) My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles. D) Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. 36. The episodic buffer integrates information from which of the following sources? A) Only the phonological loop. B) Only the visuospatial sketchpad. C) The phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and long-term memory. D) Only long-term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and long-term memory. 37. The letters OTTFFSSENT stand for which sequence? A) One, Two, Three, Five, Eight, Thirteen, Twenty-one, Thirty-four, Fifty-five. B) One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten. C) One, Two, Four, Eight, Sixteen, Thirty-two, Sixty-four, One Hundred Twenty-eight. D) One, Three, Five, Seven, Nine, Eleven, Thirteen, Fifteen, Seventeen, Nineteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten. 38. A memory from our own personal life is a A) Echoic Memory. B) Prospective Memory. C) Semantic Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Episodic Memory. 39. What is the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory without conscious awareness? A) Elaboration. B) Effortful Processing. C) Automatic Processing. D) Visual Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Automatic Processing. 40. Which of the following is NOT a stage of memory? A) Rehearsal. B) Retrieval. C) Encoding. D) Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rehearsal. 41. What is the primary function of memory? A) To forget information. B) To store, retain, and recall information. C) To process emotions. D) To enhance sensory perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To store, retain, and recall information. 42. What does spreading activation refer to? A) The activation of related concepts when you speak about one thing. B) The activation of unrelated concepts. C) The activation of only one concept. D) The deactivation of related concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The activation of related concepts when you speak about one thing. 43. Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds with out rehearsal. A) Visual encoding. B) Short-term memory. C) Sensory memory. D) Long-term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short-term memory. 44. What does deep processing in memory encoding lead to? A) Better memory retention. B) Increased distraction. C) Worse memory retention. D) No effect on memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better memory retention. 45. What was the main reason for the surgery mentioned in the document? A) To increase intelligence. B) To improve memory. C) To stop severe epileptic seizures. D) To enhance mental functioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To stop severe epileptic seizures. 46. What is the term for the feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable? A) Reinstating the Context of an Event. B) Cueing. C) Tip of the Tongue (TOT) phenomenon. D) Dejavu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tip of the Tongue (TOT) phenomenon. 47. Maintenance rehearsal helps in expanding LTM A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 48. Why is the phonological loop important in cognitive processing? A) It allows for the temporary storage and manipulation of sounds. B) It encodes visual and spatial information. C) It manages long-term memory retrieval. D) It processes emotional responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allows for the temporary storage and manipulation of sounds. 49. According to this theorist declarative memory should be subdivided into episodic memory and semantic memory. A) William Dement. B) Endel Tulving. C) Marcia Johnson. D) George Milner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endel Tulving. 50. Rephrasing a new definition in order to remember its meaning is A) Echoic Encoding. B) Semantic Encoding. C) Visual Encoding. D) Auditory Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantic Encoding. 51. This researcher developed a four-component model of working memory. A) Hermann Ebbinghaus. B) Alan Baddeley. C) Robert Lockhart. D) Fergus Craik. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alan Baddeley. 52. How does the research by Conrad & Hull (1964) contribute to our understanding of the phonological loop in working memory? A) It shows that visual information is more important than auditory information. B) It demonstrates that acoustic confusions can occur even when letters are presented visually. C) It proves that working memory does not process lists of words. D) It suggests that the phonological loop is unrelated to memory for letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It demonstrates that acoustic confusions can occur even when letters are presented visually. 53. Which model of memory is also known as the information processing model? A) Ebbinghaus's model. B) Baddeley's model. C) Atkinson and Shiffrin model. D) Tulving's model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atkinson and Shiffrin model. 54. Who is credited with the first systematic exploration of memory? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Craik and Lockhart. C) Atkinson and Shiffrin. D) Hermann Ebbinghaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hermann Ebbinghaus. 55. What phenomenon describes memories of highly emotional or surprising events? A) Episodic Memories. B) Flashbulb Memories. C) Autobiographical Memories. D) Implicit Memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashbulb Memories. 56. What is the purpose of mnemonics? A) To eliminate forgetting. B) To confuse the learner. C) To enhance memory. D) To test memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To enhance memory. 57. Which statement about short-term memory is true? A) We can not put our postal code in our short-term memory. B) It can hold up our friend's new mobile phone number. C) We will store our e-mail password that has 9 digits in our short-term memory. D) You will not remember it after an hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You will not remember it after an hour. 58. What is the term for memories that are automatically retrieved without conscious awareness? A) Implicit Memory. B) Semantic Memory. C) Explicit Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicit Memory. 59. The Visuospatial sketchpad deals with ..... A) Visual & Spatial information. B) Visual information. C) Co-ordination. D) Spatial Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual & Spatial information. 60. *You are used to driving a car with a standard shift (stick shift). Today you are driving a friend's car that has an automatic transmission. As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift. This tendency is most likely due to: A) Proactive interference. B) Encoding failure. C) Retroactive interference. D) Motivated forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proactive interference. Next →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 5Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology QuizClass 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality QuizClass 11 Psychology Chapter 2 Methods Of Psychology QuizClass 11 Psychology Chapter 3 The Bases Of Human Behaviour Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books