Memory Systems Exam
PSYCH 640
October 6, 2014
Gaston Weisz

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Class: Cognitive Psychology 640
[Memory Systems Test]
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Possible High Score: 100

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. What type of memory stores information for about 30 seconds?
A. Working Memory
B. Long Term Memory
C. Short Term Memory
D. None of the Above
E. All of the Above

2. What is the estimated amount of neurons in the human brain?
F. 1 Trillion

G. 450 Billion

H. 100 billion

I. 895 million

J. 1,000 trillion

3. What is the correct explanation for encoding memory?
A. Encoding in psychology is taking information into the mind and coding it with brain code and storing the information for later retrieval

B. Encoding memory is when memory is recalled to working memory for use and access, then returned to long term memory when the information is no longer required

C. Encoding in psychology is the transformation, as well as the transfer of information into a memory system that requires selective attention which is the focusing of awareness on a particular set of stimuli or events.

D. Encoding memory is when your brain applies “1’s and 0’s” to information that is collected and placed in long term memory or discarded depending on if the memory is rehearsed or discarded

• True or False questions:
True False 1. Can a false memory seem real and be perceived as a genuine memory? True False 2. Is long term memory controlled by the hippocampus portion of the Brain?

True False 3. Do researchers and scientists understand how memory works with precise knowledge?

True False 4. In the childhood stage, focusing on adolescence, the process called “synaptic pruning” takes place

Word Bank: Choose the correct word to input into the sentences below. electro chemical signaling amnesia long-term memory short term memory