Free Cognitive Psychology MCQs with Answers
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- A. semantic
- B. autobiographical
- C. metamemory
- D. procedural
Explanation: A wedding is a personally experienced event, so remembering it is autobiographical memory, a form of episodic memory.
Correct answer: autobiographical- A. retroactive interference
- B. proactive interference
- C. state-dependent learning
- D. encoding specificity
Explanation: French learning occurred after German learning and is interfering with recall of the earlier German material, which is retroactive…
Correct answer: retroactive interference- A. episodic memory
- B. metamemory
- C. semantic memory
- D. procedural memory
Explanation: Procedural memory for skills and habits is generally highly durable and often remains relatively intact even when other memory systems are…
Correct answer: procedural memory- A. chunking
- B. attention
- C. rehearsal
- D. selective encoding
Explanation: Chunking groups separate pieces of information into meaningful units, increasing the amount that can be handled within short-term memory.
Correct answer: chunking- A. encoding failure
- B. storage failure
- C. retrieval failure
- D. state-dependent memory
Explanation: If the teacher's name was learned but cannot currently be accessed, the problem is retrieval failure.
Correct answer: retrieval failure- A. encoding failure
- B. state-dependent memory
- C. retroactive interference
- D. proactive interference
Explanation: Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information disrupts the recall of older information, so the new CNIC number interferes…
Correct answer: retroactive interference- A. explicit memory
- B. semantic memory
- C. episodic memory
- D. implicit memory
Explanation: Implicit memory stores skills and procedures that are expressed through performance, such as riding a bicycle, often without conscious…
Correct answer: implicit memory- A. iconic
- B. implicit
- C. echoic
- D. flashbulb
Explanation: Iconic memory is the extremely brief sensory register for visual information.
Correct answer: iconic- A. state-dependent memory
- B. retroactive interference
- C. the spacing effect
- D. proactive interference
Explanation: Proactive interference occurs when prior learning disrupts the recall or learning of newer information.
Correct answer: proactive interference- A. retrieval
- B. attention
- C. encoding
- D. recall
Explanation: Encoding transforms and organizes information so it can pass from short-term memory into long-term storage.
Correct answer: encoding- A. encoding
- B. retrieval
- C. rehearsal
- D. storage
Explanation: Retrieval is the process of accessing information that has already been stored in memory.
Correct answer: retrieval- A. encoding
- B. attention
- C. retrieval
- D. rehearsal
Explanation: Attention selects information from the brief sensory store for further processing in short-term memory.
Correct answer: attention373. When you perform a learned skill or a habitual response, you are calling on ________________ memory?
- A. semantic
- B. procedural
- C. episodic
- D. declarative
Explanation: Procedural memory is implicit memory for learned actions, skills, and habits, such as typing or driving.
Correct answer: procedural374. Cognitive psychologists often liken the short-term store of the mind to which part of a computer?
- A. the keyboard
- B. the printer
- C. the central processing unit
- D. the monitor
Explanation: Short-term memory is often compared with a computer's central processing unit because it temporarily holds and actively manipulates…
Correct answer: the central processing unit- A. consolidation devices
- B. imagery techniques
- C. encoding strategies
- D. mnemonic devices
Explanation: Mnemonic devices are deliberate memory aids, including the method of loci, acronyms, and the peg-word system.
Correct answer: mnemonic devices- A. mental picture
- B. test or measure of memory
- C. technique of encoding language sounds
- D. memory aid
Explanation: A mnemonic is a memory aid that uses a rhyme, acronym, image, or association to make information easier to encode and retrieve.
Correct answer: memory aid- A. 2
- B. 5
- C. 7
- D. 10
Explanation: The classic estimate for short-term memory capacity is about seven items, commonly expressed as 7 plus or minus 2.
Correct answer: 7- A. context effects
- B. iconic traces
- C. retrieval cues
- D. schemas
Explanation: Retrieval cues are stimuli linked to stored information that help bring a past memory to mind, such as a place, word, event, or emotion.
Correct answer: retrieval cues- A. active rehearsal
- B. distributive study
- C. speed reading
- D. encoding meaningful associations
Explanation: Speed reading is not a standard memory-improvement strategy and may reduce deep processing.
Correct answer: speed reading- A. episodic
- B. procedural
- C. semantic
- D. pre-attentive
Explanation: Semantic memory stores general facts, word meanings, and concepts, whereas episodic memory stores personally experienced events.
Correct answer: semantic