Question 1

You have just witnessed a car accident and the police officer asks you how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other.This question may bias your answer due to the

Accepted Answer

A)  repression of information effect. 
B)  ear witness effect. 
C)  possibility of flashbulb memory. 
D)  misinformation effect. 
E)  leading question effect. 
A)  repression of information effect. 
B)  ear witness effect. 
C)  possibility of flashbulb memory. 
D)  misinformation effect. 
E)  leading question effect. D

Question 2

Your client claims that she was sexually abused at the age of 5.She had forgotten about the incident and only recently has the memory been recovered.A Freudian psychotherapist would explain this lapse as an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  delusional thinking. 
B)  source confusion. 
C)  retroactive interference. 
D)  decay of the memory trace. 
E)  repression. 
A)  delusional thinking. 
B)  source confusion. 
C)  retroactive interference. 
D)  decay of the memory trace. 
E)  repression. E

Question 3

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory.One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the ____________ are associated with ______________ memory problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal cortex;emotional 
B)  amygdale;long-term 
C)  hippocampus;encoding short-term into long-term 
D)  thalamus;procedural 
E)  hippocampus;sensory 
A)  frontal cortex;emotional 
B)  amygdale;long-term 
C)  hippocampus;encoding short-term into long-term 
D)  thalamus;procedural 
E)  hippocampus;sensory C

Question 4

Let's say that you have just heard a long list of words and are then asked to recall them.If I wanted to prevent a recency effect,I could give you a task that interfered with

Accepted Answer

A)  iconic memory. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  short-term memory. 
E)  visual codes 
A)  iconic memory. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  short-term memory. 
E)  visual codes

Question 5

Mantyla (1986)looked at the value of retrieval cues in a sample of university students.This research found that

Accepted Answer

A)  flashbulb memories were the best. 
B)  stress causes retrieval failures. 
C)  self-generated cues were the best. 
D)  memory improved over time. 
E)  students never knew the answer to begin with. 
A)  flashbulb memories were the best. 
B)  stress causes retrieval failures. 
C)  self-generated cues were the best. 
D)  memory improved over time. 
E)  students never knew the answer to begin with.

Question 6

According to the three-component model of memory,the component with the shortest storage time is

Accepted Answer

A)  the sensory register. 
B)  short-term memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  the recency filter. 
E)  the primacy filter. 
A)  the sensory register. 
B)  short-term memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  the recency filter. 
E)  the primacy filter.

Question 7

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease,you would find an abnormal amount of

Accepted Answer

A)  serotonin. 
B)  plaques and tangles. 
C)  repression. 
D)  hippocampus tissue. 
E)  long-term potentiation. 
A)  serotonin. 
B)  plaques and tangles. 
C)  repression. 
D)  hippocampus tissue. 
E)  long-term potentiation.

Question 8

Implicit memory is at work when you are

Accepted Answer

A)  listing facts. 
B)  retrieving stored information. 
C)  recalling a list of words. 
D)  riding a bicycle. 
E)  learning a difficult task. 
A)  listing facts. 
B)  retrieving stored information. 
C)  recalling a list of words. 
D)  riding a bicycle. 
E)  learning a difficult task.

Question 9

A student,mentioned in the text book,wondered why he failed the first exam.After examining his textbook,the professor knew that this student stood little chance of success because he only used

Accepted Answer

A)  maintenance rehearsal techniques. 
B)  elaborative rehearsal techniques. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  hierarchies. 
E)  echoic representations. 
A)  maintenance rehearsal techniques. 
B)  elaborative rehearsal techniques. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  hierarchies. 
E)  echoic representations.

Question 10

At a meeting for the Habitat for Humanity Club,you meet a female named Judy who you are interested in getting to know better.You don't have a pen,but you have a good memory and you ask for her phone number.On your way home you memorize the number.You are all set to call her when you get home,but on your way you meet an old high school friend,Jim,who wants to have a get together.Once you get home you simply forget to call Judy.This would be an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  source misattribution. 
B)  a failure in prospective memory. 
C)  boundary extension. 
D)  anterograde amnesia. 
E)  a failure in retrospective memory. 
A)  source misattribution. 
B)  a failure in prospective memory. 
C)  boundary extension. 
D)  anterograde amnesia. 
E)  a failure in retrospective memory.

Question 11

Yan learns the words to "I Know You Want Me" while intoxicated at a frat party.Under which conditions will Yan be LEAST likely to remember these lyrics?

Accepted Answer

A)  when he is drunk 
B)  when he is at work (and sober) 
C)  when is with his frat buddies at school 
D)  when he is at the frat house 
E)  when he is socializing,but sober 
A)  when he is drunk 
B)  when he is at work (and sober) 
C)  when is with his frat buddies at school 
D)  when he is at the frat house 
E)  when he is socializing,but sober

Question 12

A patient arrives at the emergency room and seems to have difficulty with various aspects of working memory.You might expect damage to the

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal lobes. 
B)  motor cortex. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  somatosensory cortex. 
E)  occipital lobes. 
A)  temporal lobes. 
B)  motor cortex. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  somatosensory cortex. 
E)  occipital lobes.

Question 13

In order to transfer material from short-term to long-term memory it is necessary to engage in

Accepted Answer

A)  maintenance rehearsal. 
B)  priming. 
C)  context-dependent rehearsal. 
D)  implicit memory practice. 
E)  elaborative rehearsal. 
A)  maintenance rehearsal. 
B)  priming. 
C)  context-dependent rehearsal. 
D)  implicit memory practice. 
E)  elaborative rehearsal.

Question 14

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended,you are experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  both declarative memory and episodic memory are correct. 
E)  both declarative memory and semantic memory are correct. 
A)  declarative memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  both declarative memory and episodic memory are correct. 
E)  both declarative memory and semantic memory are correct.

Question 15

Once you learn how to ride a bicycle,you never forget.This skill would be retained in your

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  procedural memory. 
E)  explicit memory. 
A)  declarative memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  procedural memory. 
E)  explicit memory.

Question 16

H.M.is a patient with a memory disorder who has been studied extensively.One of the most interesting findings for scientist Brenda Milner was H.M.'s performance _________ because it demonstrated evidence of procedural memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  on verbal recall 
B)  on facial recognition 
C)  on a mirror-tracing task 
D)  on a digit-span task 
E)  on a visual imagery task 
A)  on verbal recall 
B)  on facial recognition 
C)  on a mirror-tracing task 
D)  on a digit-span task 
E)  on a visual imagery task

Question 17

Short-term memory has a limited capacity,but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking. 
B)  re-coding. 
C)  effortful processing. 
D)  establishing context dependency. 
E)  associative networking. 
A)  chunking. 
B)  re-coding. 
C)  effortful processing. 
D)  establishing context dependency. 
E)  associative networking.

Question 18

Sol is a 4-year-old boy who fell off his swing set and hit his head.He cannot remember what he was doing prior to his fall.Sol is suffering from

Accepted Answer

A)  infantile amnesia. 
B)  interference. 
C)  anterograde amnesia. 
D)  repression. 
E)  retrograde amnesia. 
A)  infantile amnesia. 
B)  interference. 
C)  anterograde amnesia. 
D)  repression. 
E)  retrograde amnesia.

Question 19

If you are told to remember a list of items or concepts by forming an image and linking each word to a different room in your house,you would be using

Accepted Answer

A)  context dependent memory. 
B)  the method of loci. 
C)  referential connections. 
D)  mnemonic techniques. 
E)  automatic processing. 
A)  context dependent memory. 
B)  the method of loci. 
C)  referential connections. 
D)  mnemonic techniques. 
E)  automatic processing.

Question 20

All else being equal,you are likely to remember more during an exam if you write the test in the same room you had your classes.How could we explain this?

Accepted Answer

A)  the flashbulb memory effect 
B)  distributive learning 
C)  a lack of interference 
D)  encoding specificity 
E)  source confusion 
A)  the flashbulb memory effect 
B)  distributive learning 
C)  a lack of interference 
D)  encoding specificity 
E)  source confusion

You have just witnessed a car accident and the police officer asks you how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other.This question may bias your answer due to the

Your client claims that she was sexually abused at the age of 5.She had forgotten about the incident and only recently has the memory been recovered.A Freudian psychotherapist would explain this lapse as an example of

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory.One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the are associated with __ memory problems.

Let's say that you have just heard a long list of words and are then asked to recall them.If I wanted to prevent a recency effect,I could give you a task that interfered with

Mantyla (1986)looked at the value of retrieval cues in a sample of university students.This research found that

According to the three-component model of memory,the component with the shortest storage time is

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease,you would find an abnormal amount of

Implicit memory is at work when you are

A student,mentioned in the text book,wondered why he failed the first exam.After examining his textbook,the professor knew that this student stood little chance of success because he only used

Yan learns the words to "I Know You Want Me" while intoxicated at a frat party.Under which conditions will Yan be LEAST likely to remember these lyrics?

A patient arrives at the emergency room and seems to have difficulty with various aspects of working memory.You might expect damage to the

In order to transfer material from short-term to long-term memory it is necessary to engage in

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended,you are experiencing

Once you learn how to ride a bicycle,you never forget.This skill would be retained in your

H.M.is a patient with a memory disorder who has been studied extensively.One of the most interesting findings for scientist Brenda Milner was H.M.'s performance _________ because it demonstrated evidence of procedural memory.

Short-term memory has a limited capacity,but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

Sol is a 4-year-old boy who fell off his swing set and hit his head.He cannot remember what he was doing prior to his fall.Sol is suffering from

If you are told to remember a list of items or concepts by forming an image and linking each word to a different room in your house,you would be using

All else being equal,you are likely to remember more during an exam if you write the test in the same room you had your classes.How could we explain this?

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You have just witnessed a car accident and the police officer asks you how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other.This question may bias your answer due to the

Your client claims that she was sexually abused at the age of 5.She had forgotten about the incident and only recently has the memory been recovered.A Freudian psychotherapist would explain this lapse as an example of

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory.One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the ____________ are associated with ______________ memory problems.

Let's say that you have just heard a long list of words and are then asked to recall them.If I wanted to prevent a recency effect,I could give you a task that interfered with

Mantyla (1986)looked at the value of retrieval cues in a sample of university students.This research found that

According to the three-component model of memory,the component with the shortest storage time is

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease,you would find an abnormal amount of

Implicit memory is at work when you are

A student,mentioned in the text book,wondered why he failed the first exam.After examining his textbook,the professor knew that this student stood little chance of success because he only used

Yan learns the words to "I Know You Want Me" while intoxicated at a frat party.Under which conditions will Yan be LEAST likely to remember these lyrics?

A patient arrives at the emergency room and seems to have difficulty with various aspects of working memory.You might expect damage to the

In order to transfer material from short-term to long-term memory it is necessary to engage in

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended,you are experiencing

Once you learn how to ride a bicycle,you never forget.This skill would be retained in your

H.M.is a patient with a memory disorder who has been studied extensively.One of the most interesting findings for scientist Brenda Milner was H.M.'s performance _________ because it demonstrated evidence of procedural memory.

Short-term memory has a limited capacity,but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

Sol is a 4-year-old boy who fell off his swing set and hit his head.He cannot remember what he was doing prior to his fall.Sol is suffering from

If you are told to remember a list of items or concepts by forming an image and linking each word to a different room in your house,you would be using

All else being equal,you are likely to remember more during an exam if you write the test in the same room you had your classes.How could we explain this?

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Biological Foundations of Behaviour

Genes, Evolution, and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning and Adaptation: the Role of Experience

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Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Development Over the Lifespan

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Personality

Stress, Coping, and Health

Psychological Disorders

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There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory.One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the are associated with __ memory problems.