Psychology Degree Psychology Degree Cognitive Processes and Memory Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Which memory model proposes that information is processed at different levels ranging from shallow to deep?

Accepted Answer

Levels of processing framework

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Atkinson-Shiffrin model

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Working memory model

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Parallel distributed processing model

Question 2

What is the term for the inability to form new long-term memories after brain damage?

Accepted Answer

Anterograde amnesia

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Retrograde amnesia

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Dissociative amnesia

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Source amnesia

Question 3

In cognitive psychology, what does the concept of 'chunking' primarily improve?

Accepted Answer

Short-term memory capacity

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Sensory memory duration

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Long-term potentiation

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Implicit memory retrieval

Question 4

Which phenomenon describes remembering items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle?

Accepted Answer

Primacy effect

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Recency effect

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Von Restorff effect

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Spacing effect

Question 5

What type of cognitive process allows you to ride a bicycle without consciously thinking about each movement?

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Procedural memory

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Episodic memory

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Semantic memory

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Prospective memory

Question 6

Which cognitive bias causes people to believe they knew an outcome all along after learning the result?

Accepted Answer

Hindsight bias

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Confirmation bias

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Availability heuristic

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Anchoring bias