This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chunking refers to A) Getting information into memory through the use of visual imagery. B) The organization of information into meaningful units. C) The unconscious encoding of incidental information. D) The tendency to recognize names we can't recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The organization of information into meaningful units. 2. What is the duration of working memory according to Peterson and Peterson (1959)? A) 5 seconds. B) 10 seconds. C) 20 seconds. D) 30 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20 seconds. 3. The process of getting the information back out of memory storage. A) Encoding. B) Storage. C) Retrieval. D) Next-in-line-effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retrieval. 4. Michael knows most of the names of his classmates in math class. The seating is assigned, and he has learned to associate their names based on their location. This type of mnemonic is known as: A) Maintenance rehearsal. B) The Method of Loci. C) Selective attention. D) Episodic memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Method of Loci. 5. What does the term 'mnemonics' refer to? A) A type of forgetting. B) A model of memory. C) A type of sensory memory. D) Techniques to enhance memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Techniques to enhance memory. 6. What is necessary for learning according to the text? A) Listening to music. B) A lot of textbooks. C) A quiet room. D) Attention and focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attention and focus. 7. What is the term for the inability to recall or retrieve previously stored information? A) Retrieval. B) Storage. C) Forgetting. D) Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forgetting. 8. What must happen for information to get into long-term memory? A) It must be seen or heard only once. B) It must be written down. C) It must go through the working memory. D) It must be forgotten first. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It must go through the working memory. 9. What does the term 'chunking' refer to in memory? A) Storing information for a long time. B) Recalling information quickly. C) Combining smaller units into larger ones. D) Breaking information into smaller parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Combining smaller units into larger ones. 10. What is the term for the inability to retrieve past information? A) Anterograde amnesia. B) Retrograde amnesia. C) Prospective memory. D) Absentmindedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrograde amnesia. 11. What is the term for memories that are not consciously accessible? A) Explicit Memory. B) Declarative Memory. C) Procedural Memory. D) Implicit Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implicit Memory. 12. What are the three main types of memory? A) Immediate memory, delayed memory, procedural memory. B) Short-term recall, long-term recall, working memory. C) Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. D) Visual memory, auditory memory, emotional memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory. 13. Which stage of memory involves the very brief storage of sensory information for a fraction of a second? A) Procedural Memory. B) Long-Term Memory (LTM). C) Sensory Memory. D) Short-Term Memory (STM). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory Memory. 14. Strategies and memory "tricks" to help us remember information more effectively. A) Primacy effect. B) Recency effect. C) Serial position effect. D) Mnemonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mnemonics. 15. Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world A) Procedural. B) Semantic. C) Chunking. D) Schemas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schemas. 16. What is the spacing effect? How might you use this to study and/or remember information better? A) Testing yourself on information. B) Revisiting information in small increments over a period of time. C) Used to organize and break down large pieces of information. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revisiting information in small increments over a period of time. 17. What are the three different types of encoding? Which one is the most effective? A) Visual, Acoustic, Sematic encoding; Somatic is this most effective. B) Sensory, Long-term, Short-term encoding:Sensory is the most effective. C) Spacing, Mnemonic, Elaborative encoding:Mnemonic is the most effective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual, Acoustic, Sematic encoding; Somatic is this most effective. 18. What is encoding in the brain? A) The process of converting neural codes into motor commands. B) The process of converting sensory information into motor commands. C) The process of receiving information and coding it into our brains to be saved. D) The process of converting neural codes into sensory information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of receiving information and coding it into our brains to be saved. 19. If Johnny has forgotten his new password for his phone and he can only remember the old password, which type of interference is taking place? A) Retrograde Amnesia. B) Anterograde Amnesia. C) Proactive Interference. D) Retroactive Interference. E) Encoding Failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proactive Interference. 20. How to tie shoes A) Explicit Memory. B) Implicit Memory. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicit Memory. 21. "Continuing to rehearse even after obtaining the information" is called ..... A) Rehearsal. B) Maintenance Rehearsal. C) Over-Learning. D) Elaborate Rehearsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over-Learning. 22. How does the context in which information is learned affect memory recall? A) The context of learning enhances memory recall by creating associations that facilitate retrieval. B) Memory recall is solely dependent on the amount of information learned. C) Memory recall improves with distractions present during learning. D) The context of learning has no impact on memory recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The context of learning enhances memory recall by creating associations that facilitate retrieval. 23. Which of the following is an example of a connected event that creates lasting impressions? A) A regular day at school. B) A major disaster or tragedy. C) A routine shopping trip. D) A daily commute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A major disaster or tragedy. 24. What is the main function of the Central Executive in working memory? A) To encode information. B) To store information. C) To organize and allocate attention. D) To retrieve information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To organize and allocate attention. 25. What is Acoustic Encoding? A) Attaching meaning to information. B) Repeat the information over and over. C) Only go over the information twice. D) Storing a picture of the information in your memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeat the information over and over. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 1Class 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 7 Human Memory Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 9Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books