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Class 11 Human Memory worksheet
CBSE Psychology. Encoding, storage and retrieval, the stage model, working memory, levels of processing, kinds of long-term memory, forgetting and mnemonics. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The three stages of memory, in order, are:
- retrieval, storage and encoding
- recall, recognition and relearning
- storage, encoding and retrieval
- encoding, storage and retrieval
Answer
(d) encoding, storage and retrieval
- 2.
In the Stage Model, sensory memory has:
- exactly one item, lasting an hour
- no capacity limit and no duration
- a large capacity, lasting less than a second
- an unlimited capacity, lasting up to a lifetime
Answer
(c) a large capacity, lasting less than a second
- 3.
Remembering the day you won a race is an example of:
- echoic memory
- semantic memory
- procedural memory
- episodic memory
Answer
(d) episodic memory
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is encoding?
Answer
Recording and registering information for the first time so the memory system can use it.
- 5.
Is each memory procedural, semantic or episodic? (a) the capital of a country (b) the day you won a race
Answer
(a) semantic (b) episodic
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Describe the Stage Model of memory.
Answer
Sensory memory (large capacity, under a second) → attention → short-term memory (about 7 ± 2 items, under 30 seconds) → elaborative rehearsal → long-term memory (unlimited, up to a lifetime).
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Human Memory sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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