Quiz: How people remember

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Quiz on Quiz: How people remember , created by Sergio Barrera on 28/10/2020.
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Question 1

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working memory relies on [blank_start]concentration[blank_end] and [blank_start]focused attention[blank_end] to maintain information
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  • concentration
  • focused attention

Question 2

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what is working memory?
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  • the memory you need for less than a minute
  • memory that is working it's way into long-term
  • frequently recalled information that hasn't yet stored itself in long-term

Question 3

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what is the "magic number" when it comes to information people can process
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  • 7
  • 5
  • 4
  • 9

Question 4

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a strategy used to group information together so that more of it can be remembered is called [blank_start]chunking[blank_end]
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  • chunking

Question 5

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When designing, expect the audience to remember information on their own.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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[blank_start]flash[blank_end] [blank_start]bulb[blank_end] memories are vivid memories from traumatic or dramatic events in great detail.
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  • flash
  • bulb

Question 7

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the fact that our head is comprised multiple singular things (eyes, lips, nose, etc.) but grouped together in our brains as a head is the result of what?
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  • a neuron
  • a schema
  • a neutron
  • a trace

Question 8

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If I asked you to memorize the list of words off to the right and later write them down; it would be considered a [blank_start]recall[blank_end] task. If I showed you a list of words and asked which ones were on the list; it would be a [blank_start]recognition[blank_end] task.
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  • recall
  • recognition

Question 9

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it is easier to have people recall information than to recognize it from memory
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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You can store [blank_start]concrete[blank_end] words like desk or rock in long-term memory more easily than [blank_start]abstract[blank_end] words like guilt or justice
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  • concrete
  • abstract

Question 11

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[blank_start]Recency[blank_end] effect is when items or ideas that were last heard are remembered clearer than those that came first. [blank_start]Suffix[blank_end] effect is when the last items heard are harder to remember than the first because they were preceded by irrelevant information
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  • Recency
  • suffix
  • Suffix
  • recency

Question 12

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memories can be changed by:
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  • later experiences related to the memory
  • your brain "filling in" gaps
  • the words being used
  • simply being remembered
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