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Undergraduate Psychology Quiz on Cognitive Psychology Finals, created by Shawn Hiew on 11/01/2017.
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Question 1

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According to the multistore model, what is the format of info in STM?
Answer
  • Visual
  • Pictorial
  • Acoustic
  • Olfactory

Question 2

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According to the multistore model, what is the duration of STM (for information not in current use)?
Answer
  • 30 seconds
  • 10 seconds
  • 3 minutes
  • 7 minutes

Question 3

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Who proposed the Working Memory Model?
Answer
  • Bandura and Hitch
  • Baddeley and Hitch
  • Baddeley and Buchanan
  • Baddiel and Skinner

Question 4

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Which of the following is NOT part of the Working Memory Model?
Answer
  • Phonological loop
  • Long-term memory
  • Visuospatial sketchpad
  • Central executive

Question 5

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I am internally memorising a list of words. Which part of the working memory is being used?
Answer
  • Phonological loop
  • Long-term memory
  • Visuospatial sketchpad
  • Central executive

Question 6

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According to the multistore model, what is the possible duration and capacity of LTM?
Answer
  • Permanent and Infinite
  • Permanent and 7 +/- 2
  • Thirty minutes and infinite
  • Three weeks and 47 chunks

Question 7

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What type of memory is being used when you recall a word after you have actively memorised it?
Answer
  • Implicit
  • Explicit
  • Sensory
  • None of the above

Question 8

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What type of memory is being used when you purchase a certain brand of chocolate as a result of seeing an advertisement, even though you cannot recall the actual advert?
Answer
  • Implicit
  • Explicit
  • Sensory
  • None of the above

Question 9

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What is NOT true of episodic memory?
Answer
  • It is also known as autobiographical memory
  • It is abstract and not temporally organised
  • It involves personal recollections
  • It is illustrated in the case of Dr S

Question 10

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What type of memory is being used when you ride a bike?
Answer
  • Declarative
  • Procedural
  • Sensory
  • None of the above

Question 11

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Which of the following are MOST likely to be forgotten?
Answer
  • Declarative memories
  • Procedural memories
  • Implicit memories
  • Memories for skills

Question 12

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Which of the following is NOT one of the seven sins of memory?
Answer
  • Persistence
  • Absent-mindedness
  • Bias
  • Binding

Question 13

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What does the forgetting curve suggest about FORGETTING?
Answer
  • More rehearsal results in more learning
  • Forgetting was stable over time
  • Forgetting was initially rapid but then slowed down
  • Forgetting was initially slow but then speeded up

Question 14

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What is the Decay Theory of Forgetting?
Answer
  • Memory trace is present but cannot be accessed
  • Memory trace fades over time
  • Memory trace is damaged and discarded
  • Memory trace is altered by other information

Question 15

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What is the Retrieval Failure Theory of Forgetting?
Answer
  • Memory trace is present but cannot be accessed
  • Memory trace fades over time
  • Memory trace is damaged and discarded
  • Memory trace is altered by other information

Question 16

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Who proposed the Levels of Processing Model?
Answer
  • Eysenck and Keane
  • Craik and Tulving
  • Craik and Lockhart
  • Ant and Dec

Question 17

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What level of processing would the following question encourage? “What word rhymes with tree?”
Answer
  • Structural
  • Phonological
  • Semantic
  • None of the above

Question 18

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Recall may be improved if the person is in the same environment as they were when they learnt the info. What type of memory is this?
Answer
  • Cue-dependent
  • Context-dependent
  • Mood-dependent
  • State-dependent

Question 19

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Recall may be improved if the person is in the same mental condition as they were when they learnt the info. What type of memory is this?
Answer
  • Context-dependent
  • Mood-dependent
  • Cue-dependent
  • State-dependent

Question 20

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How could we help victims of crime recall the incident?
Answer
  • Re-create the incident exactly
  • Ask them lots of questions
  • Take them back to the crime scene
  • Ask them to avoid the crime scene

Question 21

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Which of the following is NOT a sin of Commission?
Answer
  • Blocking
  • Misattribution
  • Bias
  • Suggestion

Question 22

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Sue recognises a face, but is unsure where she met that person before. What sin is she committing?
Answer
  • Blocking
  • Misattribution
  • Bias
  • Suggestion

Question 23

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Misattribution of current sensations onto the past can explain…
Answer
  • deja vu
  • the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
  • the sin of bias
  • source confusion

Question 24

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The Sin of Bias is associated with what type of processing?
Answer
  • Bottom-up
  • Top-down
  • Deep
  • Shallow

Question 25

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My mum tells me that I fell over in a paddling pool when I was three, and I can later vividly recall this incident. What sin might I be committing?
Answer
  • Blocking
  • Misattribution
  • Bias
  • Suggestion

Question 26

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Which of the following are likely to support the creation of a false memory?
Answer
  • Witness was highly stressed during the event
  • Witness held expectations about the event that did not match the actual event
  • Witness is asked leading questions
  • All of the above will encourage false memories

Question 27

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What did the Devlin Committee recommend?
Answer
  • Juries should not convict on the basis of eyewitness testimony alone
  • Juries should always convict if there is an eyewitness testimony
  • Juries should ignore eyewitness testimony
  • Juries should never convict if there is an eyewitness testimony

Question 28

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Why do leading questions affect eyewitness testimony?
Answer
  • Because memory is context-dependent
  • Because memory is reconstructed to fit with our prior knowledge
  • Because memory is altered in accordance with information provided during recall
  • Because memory is focused on details

Question 29

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Why do expectations affect eyewitness testimony?
Answer
  • Because memory is context-dependent
  • Because memory is reconstructed to fit with our prior knowledge
  • Because memory is altered in accordance with information provided during recall
  • Because memory is focused on details

Question 30

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Yuille and Cutshall (1986) interviewed witnesses to an armed robbery approximately five months after the event. What did they find?
Answer
  • Recall was extremely poor
  • Recall was extremely accurate
  • Recall changed over time
  • Recall remained the same over time
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