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Verbal Learning Quiz

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VERBAL LEARNING QUIZ

1. What was Hermann Ebbinghaus’s contribution to the study of memory?

A. He was the first to do experiments to measure memory.


B. He located the brain areas most important for memory.
C. He was the first to distinguish between different types of memory.
D. He found ways to uncover hidden or lost memories.

2. If asked to tell your social security number (without looking it up), you are being asked to
perform which type of memory test?

A. recognition
B. implicit
C. free recall
D. savings

3. Verbal learning is related to which of the following processes?

A. Memorization
B. Comprehension
C. Vocabulary Acquisition
D. Fluency

4.  What materials did Hermann Ebbinghaus use to test verbal learning?

A. Word lists
B. Nonsense syllables
C. Literature passages
D. Nursery rhymes

5.  Which of the following best describes serial learning?

A. Subjects recite a series of related speeches or poems


B. Subjects are taught the same material in a variety of ways
C. Subjects memorize words in order
D. Subjects memorize associated word pairs
6. A test where participants are asked to retrieve in any order stimuli previously presented is

a. cued recall
b. implicit memory
c. explicit memory
d. free recall

7. Participants take part in an experiment where they learn a number of words and are told that
they will be tested later on what they have learned. This is a test of

a. explicit memory
b. recognition
c. implicit memory
d. interference

8. In a typical memory experiment, participants are asked to recall stimuli in which phase?

a. presentation
b. test
c. material
d. distinction

9. Participants are NOT told that they will be tested on a list of words presented in an
experiment. This provides evidence of

a. intentional learning
b. a practice effect
c. incidental learning
d. masked learning

10. Storage is

a. the stage of memory where information is interpreted and transferred


b. the stage of memory where information is committed
c. the stage of memory most affected by direct manipulation in experiments
d. the stage of memory between presentation of stimuli and before test

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