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DSSSB PGT Human Memory — practice questions

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What are the three independent yet interrelated stages of memory?Read the answer and worked solution →Who carried out the first systematic exploration of memory in 1885 using nonsense syllables?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the typical duration limit of short-term memory without rehearsal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which model of memory, proposed in 1968, treats memory as flowing through three successive stores?Read the answer and worked solution →Split memory into facts and skillsRead the answer and worked solution →Time the three memory storesRead the answer and worked solution →Send each fact to its memory storeRead the answer and worked solution →Date the landmarks in memory studyRead the answer and worked solution →

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What are the three independent yet interrelated stages of memory?

  1. Encoding, storage and retrieval of information
  2. Attention, perception and recognition of objects
  3. Sensation, association and verification of items
  4. Rehearsal, fixation and recitation of material
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Correct answer: A. Encoding, storage and retrieval of information

1. The chapter defines memory as a three-stage process operating on any incoming information. 2. Stage one is encoding, where information is registered so it becomes usable. 3. Stage two is storage, where the encoded information is held over time. 4. Stage three is retrieval, where stored information is brought back to awareness. 5. So the canonical triad is encoding, storage and retrieval. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 6 "Human Memory", pp. 96-97, Nature of Memory_

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Who carried out the first systematic exploration of memory in 1885 using nonsense syllables?

  1. Atkinson and Shiffrin in their stage model
  2. Hermann Ebbinghaus in his self-experiments
  3. Craik and Lockhart in their depth study
  4. Baddeley in his multi-component model
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Correct answer: B. Hermann Ebbinghaus in his self-experiments

1. The chapter introduces the history of memory research as spanning over a hundred years. 2. It credits the first systematic exploration to a German psychologist of the late nineteenth century. 3. That psychologist is named as Hermann Ebbinghaus and the year given is 1885. 4. Ebbinghaus memorised lists of nonsense syllables (CVC trigrams) on himself. 5. Hence the first systematic memory researcher is Hermann Ebbinghaus. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 6 "Human Memory", p. 96, Introduction_

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What is the typical duration limit of short-term memory without rehearsal?

  1. Less than one second in the absence of any cues
  2. About one full minute regardless of rehearsal
  3. About thirty seconds or less without rehearsal
  4. Unlimited duration once attention has been given
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Correct answer: C. About thirty seconds or less without rehearsal

1. The chapter describes short-term memory as the second store after sensory memory. 2. It states that STM holds small amount of information for a brief period of time. 3. The bracketed clarification reads usually for 30 seconds or less. 4. Without continuous rehearsal the trace is lost from STM in less than 30 seconds. 5. Hence the duration limit of STM is about 30 seconds. _Source: syllabus Psychology Ch 6 "Human Memory", p. 98, Short-term Memory_

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