This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does chunking help in increasing memory capacity? A) By overwhelming the brain with too much information at once. B) By breaking down information into smaller, more manageable parts. C) By focusing on one large piece of information at a time. D) By memorizing information in random order. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By breaking down information into smaller, more manageable parts. 2. What is an example of explicit memory? A) Riding a bicycle without thinking about the steps. B) Remembering the date of your birthday. C) Knowing how to tie your shoelaces. D) Playing a musical instrument automatically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remembering the date of your birthday. 3. What is the main focus of research on the visuospatial sketchpad according to the Working-Memory Approach? A) Performing two visuospatial tasks simultaneously and lack of standardized visual stimuli. B) Memorizing verbal information only. C) Improving auditory memory. D) Standardizing mathematical procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performing two visuospatial tasks simultaneously and lack of standardized visual stimuli. 4. What is the strongest sense for triggering memories? A) Smell. B) Sight. C) Sound. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell. 5. Information can be held in this Storage bank for 30 seconds without rehearsal. A) Visual memory. B) Sensory memory. C) Long term memory. D) Short term memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short term memory. 6. Playing a video game A) Explicit Memory. B) Implicit Memory. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicit Memory. 7. Which type of memory is not easily described verbally? A) Episodic Memory. B) Procedural Memory. C) Declarative Memory. D) Semantic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural Memory. 8. What is the primary function of "Storage" in memory? A) Forgetting unnecessary information. B) Retention of encoded material over time. C) Accessing information when needed. D) Changing information into a usable form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retention of encoded material over time. 9. Which of the following is an example of procedural memory? A) Remembering a birthday. B) Riding a bike. C) Knowing the capital of a country. D) Recalling a historical event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding a bike. 10. Our memory for facts, such as psych vocabulary. A) Implicit memory. B) Next-in-line effect. C) Priming. D) Explicit memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explicit memory. 11. Human capacity for storing long term memories is essentially. A) Roughly equal to seven units of information. B) Enhanced through hypnosis. C) Essentially unlimited. D) Typically much greater in adults than younger children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Essentially unlimited. 12. What is episodic memory? A) Memory of sensory information. B) Memory of personal experiences linked to specific times. C) Memory of facts. D) Memory of skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory of personal experiences linked to specific times. 13. What is the process of strengthening and stabilizing memories over time? A) Encoding. B) Consolidation. C) Forgetting. D) Retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consolidation. 14. Which of the following skills is NOT explicitly mentioned as being related to working memory performance? A) Reading comprehension. B) Reasoning ability. C) Physical coordination. D) Verbal fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical coordination. 15. Memory problem that occurs when older information prevents or interferes with the learning or retrieval of newer information. A) Memory trace. B) Anterograde amnesia. C) Proactive interference. D) Retroactive interference. E) Retrograde amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proactive interference. 16. What type of information does the visuospatial sketchpad process? A) Only verbal information. B) Only auditory information. C) Both visual and spatial information. D) Only emotional information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both visual and spatial information. 17. What helps to retrieve information from long-term memory? A) Waiting for a long time. B) Studying in a group. C) Forgetting about it. D) Practicing retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practicing retrieval. 18. Incoming Information first enters in A) STM. B) LTM. C) Sensory Memory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory Memory. 19. Which type of memory is primarily concerned with personal experiences? A) Sensory memory. B) Semantic memory. C) Episodic memory. D) Procedural memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Episodic memory. 20. What was a major issue faced after the surgery? A) Enhanced mental functioning. B) Increased intelligence. C) Improved memory. D) Could not process new information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could not process new information. 21. What was the main reason for H.M.'s brain surgery in the 1950s? A) To improve his memory. B) To cure a headache. C) To enhance his intelligence. D) To stop severe epileptic seizures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To stop severe epileptic seizures. 22. What is explicit memory? A) Memory of specific information that is clear and stated. B) Memory of skills and habits that are implied. C) Memory that cannot be consciously recalled. D) Memory that is always related to emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory of specific information that is clear and stated. 23. An individual's record of past events and experiences is: A) Perception. B) Memory. C) Sensation. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memory. 24. The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as A) Priming. B) The serial position effect. C) Implicit memory. D) State-dependent memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The serial position effect. 25. What type of memory is required for tasks involving motor skills? A) Explicit memory. B) Procedural memory. C) Episodic memory. D) Semantic memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural memory. 26. What is the process of accessing stored information when needed? A) Encoding. B) Retrieval. C) Forgetting. D) Storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrieval. 27. What is the self-reference effect? How might you use this to study and/or remember information better? A) Generate your own information from information given. B) Relate new information to what you already know. C) Take information given and relate it to yourself using queues. D) Test yourself on information given to retain it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take information given and relate it to yourself using queues. 28. What does this sentence describe-'Deals with auditory information from the senses and helps produce the memory trace'. A) Visuspatial sketchpad. B) Phonological Loop. C) Working memory. D) Central executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phonological Loop. 29. This nineteenth-century scholar invented nonsense syllables and showed that forgetting often occurs very rapidly. A) Elizabeth Loftus. B) Philip Zimbardo. C) Hermann Ebbinghaus. D) William Dement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hermann Ebbinghaus. 30. According to the working-memory approach, what is the main function of our immediate memory? A) To permanently store information. B) To temporarily hold and manipulate information for cognitive tasks. C) To retrieve memories from childhood. D) To process only visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To temporarily hold and manipulate information for cognitive tasks. 31. With the levels of processing model, deep processing occurs in the form of ..... , which involves building the stimulus into the structure of meaningful connections. A) Attentional processing. B) Semantic processing. C) Iconic processing. D) Echoic processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantic processing. 32. What does the acronym PQRST stand for? A) Preview, Question, Read, Self-recitation, Test. B) Prepare, Question, Read, Self-study, Test. C) Preview, Query, Read, Study, Test. D) Prepare, Question, Review, Study, Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preview, Question, Read, Self-recitation, Test. 33. The phonological loop deals with which type of information? A) Auditory. B) Visual. C) Sensory. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auditory. 34. Which type of memory contains biographical details of our lives? A) Procedural Memory. B) Semantic Memory. C) Implicit Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Episodic Memory. 35. If you relate new information to material that you already know, you are practicing A) The Method of Loci. B) Chunking. C) Elaborative rehearsal. D) The spacing effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elaborative rehearsal. 36. List and explain the two main categories of long-term memory. A) Episodic memory and semantic memory. B) Short-term memory and procedural memory. C) Sensory memory and working memory. D) The two main categories of long-term memory are explicit (declarative) memory and implicit (non-declarative) memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The two main categories of long-term memory are explicit (declarative) memory and implicit (non-declarative) memory. 37. The loss of memories for events that occurred prior to the onset of amnesia is called A) Long-term potentiation. B) Amnesia. C) Short-Term Potentiation. D) Anterograde amnesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anterograde amnesia. 38. What is Sensory Memory? A) Stores sensory information from the environment. B) Holds information temporarily. C) Stores information for a long time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stores sensory information from the environment. 39. What is the term for the process of moving information from sensory memory to short-term memory? A) Consolidation. B) Forgetting. C) Retrieval. D) Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consolidation. 40. Which type of memory is characterized by conscious recall of facts and events? A) Implicit memory. B) Short-term memory. C) Sensory memory. D) Explicit memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explicit memory. 41. Using the the acronym Roy G. Biv to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of A) Visual encoding. B) Mnemonic. C) Acoustic encoding. D) Spacing effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mnemonic. 42. What is the first stage of memory processing? A) Storage. B) Attention. C) Retrieval. D) Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Encoding. 43. These researchers devised levels-of-processing theory, which proposes that deeper levels of processing result in longer-lasting memories. A) Illig & Naparstek. B) Dement & Freud. C) Craik & Lockhart. D) Tulving & Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Craik & Lockhart. 44. Whe a person subconscously blocks memories of a frightening experience, this kind of forgetting is called A) Decay. B) Repression. C) Amnesia. D) Indexing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repression. 45. Which of the following is an example of readily available information? A) A historical date. B) Lines from a play. C) Your own name. D) A mathematical formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your own name. 46. Which of the following is a method of enhancing memory using images? A) Method of Loci. B) Chunking. C) Elaborative Rehearsal. D) Free Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Method of Loci. 47. Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike. A) Echoic memory. B) Explicit memory. C) Iconic memory. D) Implicit memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implicit memory. 48. What is a "chunk" in the context of working memory research? A) A distraction in the memory process. B) A type of long-term memory. C) A type of sensory input. D) A unit of memory that groups information together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A unit of memory that groups information together. 49. What is the generation effect? How might you use this to study and/or remember information better? A) Testing yourself on information. B) Receiving information and putting it into your own words. C) Used to organize and break down large pieces of information. D) Revisiting information in small increments over a period of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receiving information and putting it into your own words. 50. What is selective attention? A) Filtering relevant information. B) Filtering irrelevant information from irrelevant information. C) Irrelevant information. D) Filtering relevant information from irrelevant information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Filtering relevant information from irrelevant information. 51. What happened when H.M. was distracted after rehearsing verbal information? A) He remembered it perfectly. B) The memory vanished completely. C) He could recall it after a few hours. D) He remembered it partially. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The memory vanished completely. 52. What is the main focus of the levels of processing theory? A) The depth of information processing. B) The types of memory systems. C) The structure of memory. D) The speed of memory retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The depth of information processing. 53. Which type of memory is often referred to as "knowing how" ? A) Procedural memory. B) Sensory memory. C) Declarative memory. D) Working memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedural memory. 54. According to the Brown/Peterson & Peterson Technique, what task are participants asked to do after being given three items to remember? A) Write the items down. B) Repeat the items aloud. C) Count backwards by threes. D) Count forwards by twos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Count backwards by threes. 55. Try to ..... your PIN number, because it is dangerous to write it down A) Memorize. B) Fill up. C) Venue. D) Room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memorize. 56. What are the three key processes involved in memory? A) Sustained attention, selective attention, and multitasking. B) Encoding, storage, and retrieval. C) Attention, elaboration, and imagery. D) Input, output, and processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encoding, storage, and retrieval. 57. Making an effort to rehearse information over and over again to remember A) Elaborative Rehearsal. B) State Dependent Memory. C) Context Dependent Memory. D) Maintenance Rehearsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maintenance Rehearsal. 58. What did Gordon Bower's experiment involve? A) Participants memorizing word lists while in different physical locations. B) Participants in hypnotic trances experiencing happy or sad moods and then memorizing word lists. C) Participants recalling memories while listening to music. D) Participants studying the effects of sleep on memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participants in hypnotic trances experiencing happy or sad moods and then memorizing word lists. 59. What is a limitation of the visuospatial sketchpad? A) Only processes verbal information. B) Unlimited storage. C) Limited capacity. D) Cannot store visual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited capacity. 60. Which of the following best describes human memory as mentioned in the material? A) A system for managing stress. B) A system for creating new ideas. C) A system for processing information constructively. D) A system for controlling reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A system for processing information constructively. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 1Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 2Class 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