List of top Psychology Questions on Learning Memory

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II.

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Which of the following are the characteristics of long term memory?
A. all the information is placed to be kept more or less permanently.
B. all the information is placed to be kept more permanently.
C. all the information is placed to be kept less permanently.
D. it stores long lasting memories which are meaningful to person.
E. elaborative rehearsal helps to transfer information to it.
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Arrange the events of three stage model of memory in order of their occurrence.
A. Maintenance rehearsal
B. Selective attention
C. Sensory memory
D. Encoding
E. Retrieval
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: There is decreased effect of a drug when it is taken repeatedly.
Reason R: Conditioned compensatory response is not triggered when drug is taken in usual circumstances.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

The behavior of avoiding a noxious stimulus by a responder is called:

The forgetting of new learning due to previously acquired material is called:

Information organized in Long-Term Memory (LTM) stores is aided by the reminders which direct memory search to appropriate parts of the LTM repository. These are called:

The cat which meows to a doorbell and not a phone ring is exhibiting the learning phenomenon of:

The schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement occurs only after a fixed number of responses have been emitted is called:

Which of the following is a true difference between learning and performance? (A) Learning is observable; performance is not. (B) Learning is permanent as compared to performance. (C) Learning can be measured directly; performance must be inferred. (D) Learning is easier to change than performance. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Raghu was walking along the river when he was bitten by a snake. Now he is afraid not only of snakes, but also of walking near the river. This is an example of:

During extinction, the __ is consistently omitted and the __ undergoes gradual reduction.

According to B. F. Skinner, the basic mechanism for controlling human behavior is:

Attention influences memory by:

If you look up the address of a person you have never visited before and three minutes later can no longer remember the address, you should conclude that the information was probably held in:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Type of Memory)		LIST II(Description)
A	Procedural Memory	I	Deepest level of processing (related to meaning)
B	Sensory Memory	II	Memory of an event
C	Semantic Memory	III	Memory of riding a bicycle
D	Episodic Memory	IV	Visual memory for short span of time

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