Quiz & Worksheet - Iconic Memory

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Iconic memory is associated with which sensory system?

Taste Auditory

Smell Visual

Worksheet

Print Iconic Memory: Definition & Examples Worksheet

1. Iconic memories last in their natural form for about:

One-fourth of a second
One second
One-tenth of a second
Two seconds

2. Which cognitive psychologist's ground-breaking experiments helped us to better understand iconic memory?

Ulric Neisser
John Watson
George Sperling
Aaron Beck

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About This Quiz & Worksheet

This quiz/worksheet set focus on some facts and details regarding iconic memory. Multiple-choice questions can help reinforce what you've learned in the related lesson.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

Use these assessment tools to assess your knowledge of:

Which sensory system iconic memory is associated with
How long these memories last in their natural form
Whose experiments helped better understand iconic memory
What George Sperling's hypothesis was and what change he made to his study to support it

Skills Practiced

This worksheet and quiz let you practice the following skills:

Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related psychology lesson
Critical thinking - apply relevant concepts to examine how we use our vision to form memories in a different light
Information recall - access the knowledge you've gained regarding George Sperling's contribution to the study of iconic memory

Additional Learning

To learn more about sensory memories formed from our vision, review the corresponding lesson titled Iconic Memory: Definition & Examples. This lesson covers the following objectives: