Psycholinguistics: Memory

Psycholinguistics: Memory 1.2 – Long Term

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This exercise will further familiarize you with a better understanding of the components and concepts of Long Term Memory. Answer each question to the best of your ability.

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Question 1

True or False: LTM has an exceptional ability to store and distinguish small bits of information from one another.

A	False
B	True Hint: LTM stores information in chunks and doesn't have the ability to distinguish small details.

Question 2

Which of the following is not stored in episodic memory?

A	Your last birthday party
B	The first time you received the flu shot Hint:
C	Biographical information about George Washington Hint: This type of information is stored in semantic memory.

Question 3

The knowledge of word meaning is stored in …

A	Episodic memory Hint: Episodic memory refers to personal experiences and specific events stored as images or episodes.
B	Procedural memory Hint: Procedural memory refers to all learned skills that are performed at the unconscious level.
C	Declarative memory Hint: Declarative memory is responsible for storing memories that are able to be recalled into the conscious and made available, and include episodic and semantic.
D	Semantic memory

Question 4

The component of LTM that is responsible for storing the knowledge of the capital of each state is…

A	Semantic Memory
B	Episodic memory Hint: Episodic memory refers to personal experiences and specific events stored as images or episodes.
C	Procedural memory Hint: Procedural memory refers to all learned skills that are performed at the unconscious level.

Question 5

Which part of the brain is generally responsible for processing information in semantic memory?

A	cortical networks
B	hippocampus Hint: The hippocampus supports episodic memory.
C	parahippocampal region Hint: The parahippocampal region processes information about specific events that are then stored in episodic memory.

Question 6

The part of memory responsible for storing the last time you went to the dentist is…

A	Episodic memory
B	Semantic memory Hint: Semantic memory refers to learned information pertaining to meaning.
C	Declarative memory Hint: Declarative memory is another name for explicit, which encompasses all memories consciously available to a person
D	Procedural memory Hint: Procedural memory refers to all learned skills that are performed at the unconscious level.

Question 7

True or False: Implicit knowledge is readily available to an individual for recalling specific life experiences.

A	True Hint: Implicit knowledge is that which is stored at the unconscious level, thus not readily available to an individual for recalling specific life experiences. This type of knowledge is referred to as explicit.
B	False

Question 8

The component of LTM that is responsible for the memory of motor skills that are stored at the unconscious level is…

A	Semantic memory Hint: Semantic memory refers to learned information pertaining to meaning.
B	Procedural memory
C	Episodic memory Hint: Episodic memory refers to personal experiences and specific events stored as images or episodes.
D	Declarative memory Hint: Declarative memory is responsible for storing memories that are able to be recalled into the conscious and made available, and include episodic and semantic.

Question 9

Which type of information is not stored in the declarative memory?

A	The names of your neighbors Hint: This type of information is stored in semantic memory, thus declarative memory.
B	Language competence Hint: This type of information is stored in semantic memory, thus declarative memory.
C	How to carry out a task such as brushing your teeth Hint: This type of information is stored in procedural memory.

Question 10

True or False: Semantic memory is responsible for storing information about real world knowledge.

A	True
B	False Hint: Semantic memory refers to learned information pertaining to meaning and real world knowledge.

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