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A2 level Psychology (Memory) Quiz on Capacity and encoding of memory, created by eharveyhudl on 05/02/2015.

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Capacity and encoding of memory

Question 1 of 13

1

Which of the following is a definition of duration?

Select one of the following:

  • A measure of how long a memory lasts before it is no longer available

  • A measure of how much information can be held in memory

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Question 2 of 13

1

The capacity of STM is 5+-2 chunks

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 13

1

Capacity and duration of LTM is unlimited

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 13

1

How does STM encode?

Select one of the following:

  • Acoustic or visual

  • Semantic

Explanation

Question 5 of 13

1

Encoding in LTM is semantic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 13

1

Who conducted research into chunking?

Select one of the following:

  • Bowlby

  • Ainsworth

  • Christianson and Hubinette

  • Miller

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Question 7 of 13

1

An real-life application of chunking is postcodes

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 13

1

Baddeley found that participants had difficulty remembering acoustically similar words in STM but not LTM

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 13

1

Which of these is the definition of capacity?

Select one of the following:

  • The way information is altered so it can be stored in memory

  • A measure of how much information can be held in memory

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Question 10 of 13

1

Which of these is the definition of encoding?

Select one of the following:

  • The way information is altered so it can be stored in memory

  • Whether encoding is acoustic or semantic

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Question 11 of 13

1

What does chunking mean?

Select one of the following:

  • Breaking up syllables of words into meaningful chunks

  • Grouping digits or letters into chunks

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Question 12 of 13

1

Who conducted research into the digit span technique?

Select one of the following:

  • Robertson

  • Jacobs

  • Peterson

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Question 13 of 13

1

Jacobs found that memory for letters was better than memory for digits

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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