Memory And Forgetting MCQ

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• When newer memories interfere in the retrieval of old memory it is called:
  ক

  Proactive interference

  খ

  Saving

  গ

  Retroactive-interference

  ঘ

  Implicit memory
• Consider the following stages :<br>(1) Storage<br>(2) Encoding<br>(3) Retrieval<br>(4) Recognition<br>The correct sequence of these stages in the memory information flow is :
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  2, 1, 4, 3

  খ

  1, 2, 3, 4

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  2, 1, 3, 4

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  1, 2, 4, 3
• Imagining a place such as a building or room and then associating ideas to be remembered with parts of the building or items of furniture in the room, is an example of . . . . . . . .
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  Method of Loci

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  Chunking

  গ

  Imagining

  ঘ

  None of these
• Mnemonics mean:
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  The art or system of memory training

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  The art of learning

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  The art of cognition

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  The process of perception
• The situation of feeling that we know a certain specific name or word, yet being unable to recall it immediately, has been called the:
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  Tip-of-the tongue state

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  Memory failure state

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  Tip of the lip state

  ঘ

  Slip of the tongue state
• Which of the following tasks is used for the study of semantic memory in the laboratory setting?
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  Lexical decision

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  Symbolic comparison

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  Sentence verification

  ঘ

  All of the above
• The observation that in memory experiments using a list of items to be remembered, items at the beginning and end of the list are remembered best, is called:
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  Primary effect

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  Recency effect

  গ

  Serial-position effect

  ঘ

  None of the above
• Partial or complete loss of memory is called:
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  Agnosia

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  Atasia

  গ

  Amnesia

  ঘ

  None of the above
• The process through which information coming from senses is "transformed, reduced, elaborated, recovered, and used", is . . . . . . . .
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  Recognition

  খ

  Recall

  গ

  Cognition

  ঘ

  Memory
• No memories are reported pertaining to early childhood particularly during the first 4 to 5 years. This is called:
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  Neonate amnesia

  খ

  Childhood amnesia

  গ

  Infancy amnesia

  ঘ

  Amnesia of the newborn
• Flash Bulb memories are the memories of:
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  Events that are very arousing or surprising

  খ

  Personal dislikes

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  Word-meaning association

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  Inter personal relationships
• Many experiments have been conducted on imagery and memory, by using the techniques called . . . . . . . .
  ক

  Random technique

  খ

  Paired-associate technique

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  Both A and B

  ঘ

  None of these
• Which of the following amnesias can be produced in the laboratory by using electroconvulsive shock (ECS)?
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  Childhood amnesia

  খ

  Retrograde amnesia

  গ

  Dream amnesia

  ঘ

  Alcohol-induced amnesia
• Without any known brain malfunction, amnesias result from major disturbances in the process of information encoding, storage and retrieval is known as . . . . . . . .
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  Psychological amnesia

  খ

  Dream amnesia

  গ

  Biological amnesia

  ঘ

  Defensive amnesia
• Elaboration in levels of processing theory refers to the:
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  Degree to which incoming information is processed so that it can be tied to existing memories

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  Quality to which incoming information is processed so that it can be tied to existing memories

  গ

  Retrieval cues which are not explicitly present in learning

  ঘ

  None of the above
• A view of cognitive activity stressing the input of information, its transformation, its storage and its eventual output is called . . . . . . . .
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  Information-processing theories

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  Information-processing theories of memory

  গ

  Information-processing theories of intelligence

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  Information-processing theories of attention
• According to which of the following theory, we forget the thing, we do not want to remember by pressing them in our unconscious mind?
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  The theory of interference

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  The repression theory

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  The trace decay theory

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  None of the above
• "The forgetting in all cases is proved to be founded on a motive of displeasure", was said by :
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  Sigmund Freud

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  Ivan P. Pavlov

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  William James

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  None of the above
• Which of the following factors can improve memory?
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  Encoding and storing the information

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  Retaining it over a period of disuse

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  Retrieving it at the time of recall

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  All of the above
• Information in long-term memory is episodic, as well as :
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  Semantic

  খ

  Distinct

  গ

  Subjective

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  None of the above
• The recovery of childhood memories under hypnosis is an example pointing to the:
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  Permanent nature of memory

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  Retrieval of memory

  গ

  Recall of memory

  ঘ

  None of the above
• . . . . . . . . is an illness caused by long-term abuse of alcohol often, involving profound retrograde amnesia:
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  Alzheimer's Disease

  খ

  Korsakoff's syndrome

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  Down's syndrome

  ঘ

  Amnesia
• Repression' is the example of . . . . . . . .
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  Forgetting

  খ

  Motivated forgetting

  গ

  Retrieval problems

  ঘ

  All of the above
• Which of the following is a mechanical device for persenting items to be remembered at a constant rate of speed?
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  Memory scheme

  খ

  Memory scale

  গ

  Memory drum

  ঘ

  Memory trumpet
• Who among the following was the first psychologist to develop a theory of motivated forgetting based on the observation of his patients?
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  Ebbinghaus

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  Freud

  গ

  Wundt

  ঘ

  Thichner
• The . . . . . . . . of rehearsal given to items is important in the transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory.
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  Process

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  Amount

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  Clarity

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  None of the above
• When material that we have previously learned interferes with the recall of something newly learned, then the interference is:
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  Retroactive inhibition

  খ

  Proactive inhibition

  গ

  Semantic memory

  ঘ

  None of the above
• The models of memory that describe parallel processing of information by numerous neural modules in the brain are called:
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  Parallel Network Models

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  Memory Network Models

  গ

  Neural Network Models

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  Tha Atkinson and Shiffrin Model
• Which of the following is a symptom of senile dementia, a disease of brain?
  ক

  Personality changes

  খ

  Delusions

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  General disorientation

  ঘ

  All of the above
• STM can hold
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  7 units of information

  খ

  7 units of information plus or minus two

  গ

  7 units of information plus two

  ঘ

  5 units of information plus or minus two