WACE Psychology memory and learning: exam-style practice quiz
12 questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away. Options are shuffled each attempt, and the review at the end links each missed question to the dot point to revise.
A child has a painful filling while a dentist's drill whines. Afterwards, the sound of a drill alone makes the child anxious. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is:
Kai gets wet every time he forgets his umbrella. He starts carrying an umbrella whenever rain is forecast, because it stops him getting wet. Which process explains the increase in umbrella carrying?
Poker machine players often keep playing for long periods without a win. Which schedule of reinforcement best explains this persistence?
Mia's parents take away her phone for a week after she misses her curfew, and she stops missing curfew. This is an example of:
A young child watches an older sibling juggle three balls and remembers exactly how it was done, but cannot juggle when she tries. According to Bandura, which process of observational learning has failed?
According to the multi-store model, a phone number held in mind for a few seconds without rehearsal is in:
In the working memory model, which component is mainly used when you mentally rotate a map to work out which way to turn?
After changing his email password, Sam finds that when he tries to recall his old password, the new one keeps coming to mind instead. This is an example of:
Students who sit a test in the same room where they learnt the material tend to recall more than students tested in a different room. This supports which explanation of forgetting?
In Craik and Tulving's (1975) study, participants answered a question about each word and were later given a surprise recognition test. Which type of question led to the best recognition of the words?
A researcher tests whether background music affects memory. Which is the best operationalised dependent variable?
A study briefly misleads participants about its true aim so that their behaviour is not affected. Which ethical requirement is most important at the end of the study?