3.1.1.1.2 Episodic, semantic and procedural memory Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Which type of long-term memory stores personal experiences and specific life events?

   • Episodic memory
   • Working memory
   • Procedural memory
   • Semantic memory

2. Which type of long-term memory stores general knowledge, facts and meanings?

   • Episodic memory
   • Semantic memory
   • Procedural memory
   • Sensory memory

3. Which type of long-term memory stores motor skills and physical actions?

   • Procedural memory
   • Short-term memory
   • Episodic memory
   • Semantic memory

4. Remembering your first day at secondary school is an example of which memory type?

   • Procedural memory
   • Echoic memory
   • Semantic memory
   • Episodic memory

5. Knowing that Paris is the capital of France relies on which memory type?

   • Semantic memory
   • Procedural memory
   • Episodic memory
   • Working memory

6. Typing quickly on a keyboard without looking relies on which memory type?

   • Visual memory
   • Semantic memory
   • Episodic memory
   • Procedural memory

7. Unlike semantic memory, episodic memory includes specific details about what?

   • Physical actions
   • Time and place
   • General facts
   • Word meanings

8. Recalling historical facts for an exam uses which type of long-term memory?

   • Procedural memory
   • Semantic memory
   • Episodic memory
   • Short-term memory

9. Priya remembers losing her first tooth at a sleepover. Which memory type is this?

   • Sensory memory
   • Semantic memory
   • Procedural memory
   • Episodic memory

10. A driver changing gears smoothly without conscious thought relies on which memory type?

    • Semantic memory
    • Acoustic memory
    • Episodic memory
    • Procedural memory

11. Which type of long-term memory stores personal experiences from a specific time and place?

    • Semantic memory
    • Episodic memory
    • Procedural memory
    • Sensory memory

12. Which type of long-term memory is used when learning motor skills like tying shoelaces?

    • Semantic memory
    • Procedural memory
    • Episodic memory
    • Sensory memory

13. Which action relies on procedural memory during a cookery exam?

    • Describing a past meal
    • Chopping vegetables quickly
    • Recalling recipe ingredients
    • Naming cooking utensils

14. How is procedural memory classified compared to episodic and semantic memory?

    • Explicit
    • Declarative
    • Non-declarative
    • Episodic

15. Knowing the rules of chess without remembering learning them relies on which memory type?

    • Episodic memory
    • Sensory memory
    • Procedural memory
    • Semantic memory

16. What is the potential duration of long-term memory stores?

    • Up to 24 hours
    • Up to 2 minutes
    • Up to a lifetime
    • Up to 30 seconds

17. Performing a skill like swimming without being able to easily explain it uses which memory type?

    • Short-term memory
    • Episodic memory
    • Procedural memory
    • Semantic memory

18. Knowing the meaning of photosynthesis is an example of which type of memory?

    • Semantic memory
    • Sensory memory
    • Procedural memory
    • Episodic memory

19. Riding a scooter and naming its parts involve which two memory types respectively?

    • Episodic and semantic
    • Procedural and semantic
    • Procedural and episodic
    • Sensory and short-term

20. Which feature is characteristic of a semantic memory?

    • General world knowledge
    • Personal time-stamped event
    • Brief sensory trace
    • Learned motor skill

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