Memory Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Remembering that you need to call a friend after work is an example of what kind of memory?
Prospective memory
Iconic memory
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
2. For a moment after a sparkler moves through the dark, you retain a fleeting visual trace of its path. Which memory store is most directly involved?
Echoic memory
Semantic memory
Iconic memory
Prospective memory
3. A person learns a word list in one distinctive room and later recalls it more easily in that same room than in a different setting. Which principle best explains the difference?
Retroactive interference
The misinformation effect
Procedural consolidation
Context-dependent memory
4. Two students spend the same total time studying. One studies in a single evening, while the other studies in shorter sessions across a week. Which approach is generally better for long-term retention?
The single evening, because continuous exposure prevents forgetting
The single evening, because all material stays in working memory
The shorter sessions, because they use spaced practice
Both approaches, because timing does not affect retention
5. After changing an account password, you repeatedly type the old password instead of the new one. What best explains this?
Retroactive interference
The misinformation effect
Proactive interference
Source confusion
6. You hold a new phone number in mind just long enough to dial it. Which system are you mainly using?
Procedural memory
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Working memory
7. An experienced cyclist can ride while focusing on the route rather than consciously planning every movement. Which memory system best supports the riding skill?
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
Iconic memory
Prospective memory
8. Knowing that Paris is the capital of France mainly relies on which type of memory?
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Prospective memory
9. Which memory process brings previously stored information back into awareness?
Rehearsal
Encoding
Consolidation
Retrieval
10. A witness is asked whether two cars “smashed” into each other. Later, the witness recalls a more severe collision than was shown. Which concept does this illustrate?
Procedural learning
The misinformation effect
The spacing effect
Prospective memory
11. You immediately recognize a familiar face but cannot produce the person's name without a hint. What does this most clearly demonstrate?
Semantic memory always replaces episodic memory
Recognition can succeed when free recall fails
Unrecalled information was never encoded
Working memory permanently stores familiar faces
12. Instead of rereading a chapter, Maya closes the book and answers practice questions from memory. Which learning principle is she using?
Context-dependent learning
Maintenance rehearsal
Retrieval practice
Sensory adaptation
13. Remembering what happened on your first day at a new school is primarily an example of which type of memory?
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Semantic memory
Sensory memory
14. After learning a new locker combination, a student has more trouble remembering the previous combination. What is this an example of?
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference
State-dependent retrieval
Elaborative rehearsal
15. Two groups study the same material for the same amount of time. One group sleeps before the delayed test, while the other remains awake. Why might the group that slept remember more?
Sleep keeps all studied information active in working memory
Sleep prevents any interference from occurring
Sleep converts every fact into procedural memory
Sleep can support memory consolidation
16. To remember the sequence 194520012024, someone divides it into 1945, 2001, and 2024. Which strategy are they using?
Chunking
Interference
Free recall
Priming