64 + Interview Questions in MEMORY IN GENERAL AWARENESS

1.	Explain any one example of Flashbulb memory from your life.
Answer» I clearly remember the day when my grandmother passed away. On that day, I had an omelet for breakfast and went to college around 10.30 a.m. I attended only two lectures and then received a call about this bad news. After that, my best friend accompanied me home.

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2.	_____________ memory has the shortest duration. a. Sensory b. Short Term c. Long Term
Answer» Correct option is c. Long Term

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3.	What do you mean by magical number 7?
Answer» The magical number 7+/-2 provides evidence for a limited capacity of the STM. Most adults can store between five and nine items in the STM. This idea was put forward by George Miller in 1956 and hence called 7 as a magical number.

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4.	_____________ memory has unlimited capacity. a. Sensory b. Short Term c. Long Term
Answer» Correct option is a. Sensory

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5.	State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Baddeley called LTM the working bench of memory.
Answer» False Baddeley called STM the working bench of memory because STM is the most important stage of memory which is used most of the time for problem-solving.

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State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Baddeley called LTM the working bench of memory.

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False

Baddeley called STM the working bench of memory because STM is the most important stage of memory which is used most of the time for problem-solving.

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6.	State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,The method of relearning is also known as the saving method.
Answer» True Explanation: In relearning method, there is a saving of time taken to learn the same material. Fleece, this method is also known as the saving method.

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State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,The method of relearning is also known as the saving method.

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True

Explanation: In relearning method, there is a saving of time taken to learn the same material. Fleece, this method is also known as the saving method.

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Match the following pairs:AB1. A technique to improve memorya. Short-term memory2. The most vivid memoryb. Declarative memory3. Working memoryc. Implicit memory4. Most organized memoryd. Flashbulb memory5. Playing the harmonium after a long timee. Method of Loci6. Writing an essay on perceptual processf. LTMg. Recall methodh. Relearning method

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A	B
1. A technique to improve memory	e. Method of Loci
2. The most vivid memory	d. Flashbulb memory
3. Working memory	a. Short-term memory
4. Most organized memory	f. LTM
5. Playing the harmonium after a long time	c. Implicit memory
6. Writing an essay on perceptual process	g. Recall method

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8.	Compare and contrast:Semantic memory and Episodic memory
Answer» Semantic memory is a more structured record of facts, meanings, concepts, and knowledge. On the other hand, episodic memory is a memory of experiences and specific events which we recall step by step to reconstruct the actual events. Semantic memories have personal context which includes vocabulary, mathematics, rules of logic while episodic memory is the memory of autobiographical events with times, places, and associated emotions.

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9.	Memory is a/an _____________ a. activity b. process c. performance
Answer» Correct option is b. process

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10.	One of the important processes for storage of information in the LTM is _____________ a. perception b. elaborative rehearsal c. encoding
Answer» b. elaborative rehearsal

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11.	State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Conscious memory of facts and events is called explicit memory.
Answer» True Explanation: Explicit memory is a type of LTM that contains conscious memories of facts and events

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State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Conscious memory of facts and events is called explicit memory.

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True

Explanation: Explicit memory is a type of LTM that contains conscious memories of facts and events

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12.	State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Implicit memory is the memory of skills.
Answer» True Explanation: Implicit memory is the unconscious memory of skills and how we do things, regarding the use of objects or movements of the body.

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State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Implicit memory is the memory of skills.

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True

Explanation: Implicit memory is the unconscious memory of skills and how we do things, regarding the use of objects or movements of the body.

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13.	Compare and contrast :Primacy effect and Recency effect
Answer» The primacy effect occurs when the subject is able to recall items that are presented at the starting point of the list while the recency effect occurs when the subject is able to recall the items which are presented at the end. Free recall is effective in studying both these effects. Both primary and recency effect was witnessed in Murdock’s experiment where subjects could prominently recall the first few and last few words from the list. The primacy effect is the tendency to remember the first piece of information that we encounter in a better manner than the information presented later on. Conversely, the recency effect is the tendency to remember the most recent information in a better way.

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14.	State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Very often forgetting is due to unconscious processes like repression.
Answer» True We subconsciously push unwanted thoughts and memories into our unconsciousness. It is one of the causes of forgetting.

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State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Very often forgetting is due to unconscious processes like repression.

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True

We subconsciously push unwanted thoughts and memories into our unconsciousness. It is one of the causes of forgetting.

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Explain any one example of Flashbulb memory from your life.

_____________ memory has the shortest duration. a. Sensory b. Short Term c. Long Term

What do you mean by magical number 7?

_____________ memory has unlimited capacity. a. Sensory b. Short Term c. Long Term

State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Baddeley called LTM the working bench of memory.

State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,The method of relearning is also known as the saving method.

Compare and contrast:Semantic memory and Episodic memory

Memory is a/an _____________ a. activity b. process c. performance

One of the important processes for storage of information in the LTM is _____________ a. perception b. elaborative rehearsal c. encoding

State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Conscious memory of facts and events is called explicit memory.

State whether the following statements are true or false. If false, correct them. If true,Implicit memory is the memory of skills.

Compare and contrast :Primacy effect and Recency effect

State whether the following statement are true or false. If false, correct them. If true, explain why.Very often forgetting is due to unconscious processes like repression.