Memory And Forgetting — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Elaborative rehearsal is the correct answer to “People use strategies that give meaning and organisation to the material so that it can be fitted in with existing organised long-term memories, through . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Environment is the correct answer to “In the Atkinson-shiffrin theory, memory starts with a sensory input from the:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Episodic memory is the correct answer to “Which of the following types of long-term memory deals with individual's personal experiences”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Procedural Memory is the correct answer to “Riding a bicycle, typing, writing are simple examples of:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Visual sensory memory is the correct answer to “Which of the following memory is more widely known as iconic memory”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Perception is the correct answer to “The first level of incoming information for memory is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

The emotional nature of events is the correct answer to “Which of the following is an important characteristics of episodic memory”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Chunk is the correct answer to “. . . . . . . refers to any discrete unit of information.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Biological amnesia is the correct answer to “Amnesia' is a classified into two parts. First is Psychological amnesia and second is . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Tip of the tongue phenomenon is the correct answer to “The ToT phenomenon indicates”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Defensive Amesia is the correct answer to “A type of amnesia which is usually considered to be a way of protecting oneself from the guilt of anxiety that can result from intense, intolerable life situations and conflicts, is . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Interference is the correct answer to “We forget because learning new things interferes with our memory of what we learned earlier, is example of . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Reconstructive process is the correct answer to “What we remember of a text is not a copy of the to-be-remembered material but the material is elaborated, simplified and changed in many ways at the time of input-these are called :”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

1 second is the correct answer to “Visual sensory register holds information for upto about . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Long-term memory is the correct answer to “Memories which can last for days, months, years or even a life time are stored in . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Proactive interference is the correct answer to “Forgetting caused by the prior learning of other material is called . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Underwood is the correct answer to “Who has shown that proactive inhibition plays an important role when experienced subjects are used in an experiment”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

7 units of information plus or minus two is the correct answer to “STM can hold”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

All of the above is the correct answer to “Which of the following is a symptom of senile dementia, a disease of brain”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Neural Network Models is the correct answer to “The models of memory that describe parallel processing of information by numerous neural modules in the brain are called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Proactive inhibition is the correct answer to “When material that we have previously learned interferes with the recall of something newly learned, then the interference is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Amount is the correct answer to “The . . . . . . . . of rehearsal given to items is important in the transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Freud is the correct answer to “Who among the following was the first psychologist to develop a theory of motivated forgetting based on the observation of his patients”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Memory drum is the correct answer to “Which of the following is a mechanical device for persenting items to be remembered at a constant rate of speed”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Motivated forgetting is the correct answer to “Repression' is the example of . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Korsakoff's syndrome is the correct answer to “. . . . . . . . is an illness caused by long-term abuse of alcohol often, involving profound retrograde amnesia:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Permanent nature of memory is the correct answer to “The recovery of childhood memories under hypnosis is an example pointing to the:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Semantic is the correct answer to “Information in long-term memory is episodic, as well as :”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

All of the above is the correct answer to “Which of the following factors can improve memory”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Sigmund Freud is the correct answer to “"The forgetting in all cases is proved to be founded on a motive of displeasure", was said by :”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

The repression theory is the correct answer to “According to which of the following theory, we forget the thing, we do not want to remember by pressing them in our unconscious mind”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Information-processing theories is the correct answer to “A view of cognitive activity stressing the input of information, its transformation, its storage and its eventual output is called . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Degree to which incoming information is processed so that it can be tied to existing memories is the correct answer to “Elaboration in levels of processing theory refers to the:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Psychological amnesia is the correct answer to “Without any known brain malfunction, amnesias result from major disturbances in the process of information encoding, storage and retrieval is known as . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Retrograde amnesia is the correct answer to “Which of the following amnesias can be produced in the laboratory by using electroconvulsive shock (ECS)”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Paired-associate technique is the correct answer to “Many experiments have been conducted on imagery and memory, by using the techniques called . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Events that are very arousing or surprising is the correct answer to “Flash Bulb memories are the memories of:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Childhood amnesia is the correct answer to “No memories are reported pertaining to early childhood particularly during the first 4 to 5 years. This is called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Cognition is the correct answer to “The process through which information coming from senses is "transformed, reduced, elaborated, recovered, and used", is . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.

Amnesia is the correct answer to “Partial or complete loss of memory is called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Memory And Forgetting.