This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 7 Human Memory Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Which type of memory is not easily described verbally? A) Semantic Memory. B) Procedural Memory. C) Declarative Memory. D) Episodic Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural Memory. 3. What is the primary function of "Storage" in memory? A) Changing information into a usable form. B) Retention of encoded material over time. C) Accessing information when needed. D) Forgetting unnecessary information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retention of encoded material over time. 4. 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. 5. Our memory for facts, such as psych vocabulary. A) Explicit memory. B) Implicit memory. C) Priming. D) Next-in-line effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit memory. 6. 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. 7. What is episodic memory? A) Memory of skills. B) Memory of facts. C) Memory of personal experiences linked to specific times. D) Memory of sensory information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memory of personal experiences linked to specific times. 8. What is the process of strengthening and stabilizing memories over time? A) Encoding. B) Retrieval. C) Consolidation. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consolidation. 9. Which of the following skills is NOT explicitly mentioned as being related to working memory performance? A) Verbal fluency. B) Reading comprehension. C) Reasoning ability. D) Physical coordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical coordination. 10. Memory problem that occurs when older information prevents or interferes with the learning or retrieval of newer information. A) Memory trace. B) Proactive interference. C) Anterograde amnesia. D) Retrograde amnesia. E) Retroactive interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proactive interference. 11. 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. 12. What helps to retrieve information from long-term memory? A) Studying in a group. B) Waiting for a long time. C) Forgetting about it. D) Practicing retrieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practicing retrieval. 13. Incoming Information first enters in A) STM. B) LTM. C) Sensory Memory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory Memory. 14. Which type of memory is primarily concerned with personal experiences? A) Semantic memory. B) Procedural memory. C) Episodic memory. D) Sensory memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Episodic memory. 15. What was a major issue faced after the surgery? A) Improved memory. B) Could not process new information. C) Enhanced mental functioning. D) Increased intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could not process new information. 16. What was the main reason for H.M.'s brain surgery in the 1950s? A) To improve his memory. B) To stop severe epileptic seizures. C) To enhance his intelligence. D) To cure a headache. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stop severe epileptic seizures. 17. 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. 18. An individual's record of past events and experiences is: A) Learning. B) Perception. C) Memory. D) Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memory. 19. The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as A) The serial position effect. B) Implicit memory. C) Priming. D) State-dependent memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The serial position effect. 20. What type of memory is required for tasks involving motor skills? A) Explicit memory. B) Procedural memory. C) Semantic memory. D) Episodic memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procedural memory. 21. What is the process of accessing stored information when needed? A) Retrieval. B) Storage. C) Forgetting. D) Encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retrieval. 22. 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. 23. What does this sentence describe-'Deals with auditory information from the senses and helps produce the memory trace'. A) Working memory. B) Central executive. C) Phonological Loop. D) Visuspatial sketchpad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonological Loop. 24. 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. 25. 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. 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