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outline
All questions are compulsory.
Marks [1x10= 10]
About
NPTEL () 1) Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is: 1 point

unlimited.
How does an
NPTEL 7 + 2 items.
online 18 items.
course
5000 items.
work? ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 0:
Accepted Answers:
Prerequisite
unlimited.
()

2) Learning a rhyme that begins “One is a bun, two is a shoe” is part of the mnemonic 1 point
Week 01:
technique called the:
History and
Research
method of loci.
Methods of
Cognitive technique of interacting images.
Psychology keyword method.
() pegword method

Yes, the answer is correct.

Week 02: Score: 1
Object
Accepted Answers:
Perception pegword method
and
Recognition 3) A retrieval cue will be effective if and only if it reinstates the context of the to-be- 1 point
() remembered event, according to the principle of:

Week 03: levels of processing.

Attentional mnemonic learning.
Processes
encoding specificity.
and
working memory
Cognition ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 04: Score: 1
Memory Accepted Answers:
Introduction encoding specificity.
()
4) “A natural process that occurs when information is unable to be retrieved from 1 point
Week 05: memory” is the definition of ______.
Long Term
Memory () cognition
remembering
Lec 1 : Long-
forgetting
Term Memory
Encoding storage
(unit? Yes, the answer is correct.
unit=42&lesso Score: 1
n=43) Accepted Answers:
forgetting
Lec 2 :
Retrieval from
Long-Term 5) You met an attractive person at a party last Friday, when you were a bit tipsy from 1 point
Memory (unit? too many beers. The next morning you could no longer remember that person’s name and phone
unit=42&lesso number. Saturday night you went to another party and drank a few more beers, and suddenly
n=44) you were able to remember the name again. Which principle best explains your retrieval
processes?
Text Notes
(unit?
the spacing effect
unit=42&lesso
n=45) chunking
state-dependent learning
Week 5:
Feedback form the context effect
(unit?
Yes, the answer is correct.
unit=42&lesso Score: 1
n=46)
Accepted Answers:
Quiz: state-dependent learning
Assignment 5
(assessment? 6) Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of: 1 point
name=117)
semantic memory.
Week 06: episodic memory.
Memory of
implicit memory.
General
Knowledge () working memory.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 07: Score: 1
Concept Accepted Answers:
Formation () episodic memory.
 7) Bartlett’s research on the retelling of stories shows that over time, the same 1 point
Week 08:
person’s recall:
Visual and
Spatial is remarkably consistent.
Memory ()
actually improves.

Week 09: becomes more distorted.

Human loses a few details but retains most accurately
Language
Yes, the answer is correct.
Skills () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 10: becomes more distorted.
Thought
Process and 8) After you have memorized a list of words, you are most likely to demonstrate 1 point
Problem ______ if you are tested on the list the next day.
Solving ()
decay of your ability to recall
Week 11: the recency effect
Reasoning ()
the primacy effect

Week 12: strongest recall of the middle of the list

Decision No, the answer is incorrect.
Making () Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Live the primacy effect
Sessions ()
9) Retroactive interference occurs when ____ information interferes with _____ 1 point
information in memory.

old; new
new; old
vivid; dull
visual; auditory

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
new; old

10) Coding of information in long-term memory is based on: 1 point

sound.
visual imagery.
meaning.
both sound and visual imagery

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
meaning.