Lesson 3.1.1.3.1
3.1.1.3.1 Theory of Reconstructive Memory and effort after meaning Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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According to reconstructive memory theory, what happens to memories during recall?
- They are replayed
- They are duplicated
- They remain static
- They are rebuilt
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In Bartlett's theory of reconstructive memory, what is a schema?
- A memory store
- A sensory filter
- A mental framework
- A brain cell
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What does the term 'effort after meaning' describe in Bartlett's memory theory?
- Making information meaningful
- Storing exact copies
- Forgetting irrelevant facts
- Rehearsing list items
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According to reconstructive memory theory, how accurate is human recall?
- Always exact
- 100% accurate
- Completely random
- Often altered
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Which memory theory explains why people accidentally add expected details when recalling events?
- Interference theory
- Levels of processing
- Reconstructive memory
- Multi-store model
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Why might someone recall a foreign story using terms from their own culture?
- Interference from decay
- Lack of rehearsal
- Limited capacity
- Influenced by schemas
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An eyewitness describes seeing something that was not there but was expected. Why?
- Retroactive interference
- Sensory overload
- Memory reconstruction
- Displacement
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Which concept describes the drive to fill memory gaps to make a story coherent?
- Effort after meaning
- Maintenance rehearsal
- Proactive interference
- Displacement
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Why does reconstructive memory cause more distortion in unfamiliar stories?
- Trace decay
- Capacity overload
- Lack of schemas
- Short-term failure
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Reconstructive memory is called an active process because memories are what?
- Transferred intact
- Stored as photos
- Copied directly
- Rebuilt from traces
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Which psychologist developed the theory of reconstructive memory?
- Richard Atkinson
- Ivan Pavlov
- Frederic Bartlett
- Richard Shiffrin
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Changing an unfamiliar object in a story to a familiar item illustrates what?
- Acoustic coding
- Schema influence
- Capacity limit
- Serial position
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When a recalled story becomes more logical and coherent over time, what occurred?
- Extinction
- Rationalisation
- Displacement
- Repression
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How does reconstructive memory differ from the multi-store model of memory?
- Brain location
- Type of decay
- Number of stores
- View on retrieval
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What type of information is most susceptible to distortion during recall?
- Unfamiliar information
- Rehearsed information
- Familiar information
- Personal information
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What term describes making sense of a memory by filling in gaps with plausible details?
- Interference
- Schema theory
- Effort after meaning
- Retrieval failure
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According to reconstructive memory theory, how is information stored and recalled?
- Photographic traces
- Linear multi-stores
- Rebuilt using schemas
- Exact mental copies
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Which mental structures can cause false memories by distorting stored information?
- Acoustic codes
- Schemas
- Short-term stores
- Sensory registers
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Reconstructed memories often feel accurate to a person because they seem what?
- Unconscious
- Primed
- Coherent
- Acoustic
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Bartlett argued that human memory is NOT like which of the following?
- A social construction
- Guided by schemas
- A camera recording
- An active process
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