The “Saving method” developed by Ebbinghaus to measure memory performance was an early form of measuring ________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

   A. The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
   B. The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
   C. A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
   D. A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops

2. To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:

   A. double-blind
   B. single-blind
   C. self-fulfilling prophesy
   D. representative sampling

3. Semantic memory and episodic memory are classes of _________________?

   A. short-term memory
   B. iconic memory
   C. explicit memory
   D. implicit memory

4. A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _________________ memory?

   A. iconic
   B. implicit
   C. echoic
   D. flashbulb

5. A person’s memory of his wedding would be stored in _______________ memory?

   A. semantic
   B. autobiographical
   C. metamemory
   D. procedural

6. McClelland’s method of measuring the achievement motive made use of ____________?

   A. Self-ratings
   B. Fantasy
   C. Person’s estimates of level of aspiration
   D. Activity level
   E. None of these

7. One of the following is not a method of measuring retention?

   A. Recognition
   B. Relearning
   C. Recall
   D. Reminiscence

8. It is best developed in birds and involved in learning and memory storage for behaviour:

   A. Medulla
   B. Pons
   C. Cerebellum
   D. Amygdala

9. Who developed a measure of ‘ego strength’ from some items of the MMPI?

   A. Brown
   B. Barron
   C. Black
   D. Barrett

10. Thorndike’s “Law of Effect” was an early form of the present day principle of _____________?

    A. Extinction
    B. Reinforcement
    C. Contiguity
    D. Trial and error
    E. None of these