Question 1

____________ memories include actions or behaviors that can be remembered and performed without awareness.

Accepted Answer

A)  Declarative 
B)  Nondeclarative 
C)  Semantic 
D)  Episodic 
A)  Declarative 
B)  Nondeclarative 
C)  Semantic 
D)  Episodic

Question 2

The ____ effect occurs when we learn new information after an event and incorporate that information into our memory of the event.

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia. 
B)  misinformation. 
C)  repression. 
D)  traumatic amnesia. 
A)  anterograde amnesia. 
B)  misinformation. 
C)  repression. 
D)  traumatic amnesia.

Question 3

Bibi suffered a head injury during an automobile accident and was knocked unconscious. When she woke up in a hospital the next day, she could tell that she was in a hospital room, and she immediately recognized her sister, but she had no idea why she was in the hospital or how she got there. Which memory system seems to be affected in Bibi's case?

Accepted Answer

A)  Semantic memories 
B)  Episodic memories 
C)  Nondeclarative memories 
D)  Working memories 
A)  Semantic memories 
B)  Episodic memories 
C)  Nondeclarative memories 
D)  Working memories

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely to improve performance on an exam?

Accepted Answer

A)  using maintenance rehearsal instead of elaborative rehearsal 
B)  taking a practice test before hand 
C)  avoiding "over studying" the material 
D)  studying from small stacks of flashcards instead of one big stack. 
A)  using maintenance rehearsal instead of elaborative rehearsal 
B)  taking a practice test before hand 
C)  avoiding "over studying" the material 
D)  studying from small stacks of flashcards instead of one big stack.

Question 5

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

Accepted Answer

A)  cognition 
B)  memory 
C)  perception 
D)  sensation 
A)  cognition 
B)  memory 
C)  perception 
D)  sensation

Question 6

One potential drawback to the use of mnemonic devices is that they

Accepted Answer

A)  can help with rote memorization; they may not improve your understanding of material. 
B)  can lead to the formation of false memories that seem real. 
C)  cannot be used to remember more than approximately 20 items. 
D)  are usually only useful for remembering information for short periods of time. 
A)  can help with rote memorization; they may not improve your understanding of material. 
B)  can lead to the formation of false memories that seem real. 
C)  cannot be used to remember more than approximately 20 items. 
D)  are usually only useful for remembering information for short periods of time.

Question 7

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village, after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains, he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name. The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  eidetic memory 
A)  procedural memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  eidetic memory

Question 8

Who is most likely suffering from retrograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Billy, who can't seem to learn a foreign language. 
B)  Margie, who can't remember much of anything prior to being attacked on the street after a late-night party. 
C)  Cecil, who cannot remember long telephone numbers without writing them down right away. 
D)  Mariana, who struggles to remember the names of the people she just met. 
A)  Billy, who can't seem to learn a foreign language. 
B)  Margie, who can't remember much of anything prior to being attacked on the street after a late-night party. 
C)  Cecil, who cannot remember long telephone numbers without writing them down right away. 
D)  Mariana, who struggles to remember the names of the people she just met.

Question 9

After studying the memory difficulties of H.M. and patients like him, it became apparent that

Accepted Answer

A)  Nondeclarative memories cannot be retained but declarative memories can be recalled normally. 
B)  Incoming sensory information bypasses the sensory memory causing severe memory deficits. 
C)  The ability to transfer declarative information from STM into LTM is intact. 
D)  The ability to bring information from long-term memory into working memory is intact. 
A)  Nondeclarative memories cannot be retained but declarative memories can be recalled normally. 
B)  Incoming sensory information bypasses the sensory memory causing severe memory deficits. 
C)  The ability to transfer declarative information from STM into LTM is intact. 
D)  The ability to bring information from long-term memory into working memory is intact.

Question 10

"Old information inhibits one's ability to remember newer information" defines _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  interference 
B)  retroactive inhibition 
C)  proactive inhibition 
D)  suppression 
A)  interference 
B)  retroactive inhibition 
C)  proactive inhibition 
D)  suppression

Question 11

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, human memory consists of ____________ memory stores.

Accepted Answer

A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  seven plus or minus two 
D)  a potentially infinite number of 
A)  two 
B)  three 
C)  seven plus or minus two 
D)  a potentially infinite number of

Question 12

Patrick is picking up a foreign exchange student from France at the airport. Before he goes in, he quickly looks at a photo of the student so he can recognize him, and looks up how to say "Hello. Welcome to America," in French. As Patrick scans the crowd for the student, he repeats the French phrase in his head. Using the working memory framework, describe what each of the four components are likely doing as Patrick waits.

Accepted Answer

The four components of working memory ar

Question 13

Recent research suggests that working memory includes a(n) _______________, which acts as a storage component of working memory that combines the images and sounds from the other two components into coherent, story-like episodes.

Accepted Answer

A)  phonological loop 
B)  central executive 
C)  episodic buffer 
D)  visuospatial sketchpad 
A)  phonological loop 
B)  central executive 
C)  episodic buffer 
D)  visuospatial sketchpad

Question 14

The most important factor in the majority of the cases, more than 75 percent, where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

Accepted Answer

A)  false confessions. 
B)  mistaken eyewitness identification. 
C)  the use of jailhouse snitches. 
D)  the use of "junk" science. 
A)  false confessions. 
B)  mistaken eyewitness identification. 
C)  the use of jailhouse snitches. 
D)  the use of "junk" science.

Question 15

Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about

Accepted Answer

A)  one-half second. 
B)  five seconds. 
C)  thirty seconds. 
D)  one minute. 
A)  one-half second. 
B)  five seconds. 
C)  thirty seconds. 
D)  one minute.

Question 16

Information that does not fit our expectations for a specific context is likely to be forgotten if:

Accepted Answer

A)  it is extremely unusual. 
B)  it only fits our expectations for another completely different context. 
C)  it is unexpected, but really not that unusual. 
D)  it is schema consistent. 
A)  it is extremely unusual. 
B)  it only fits our expectations for another completely different context. 
C)  it is unexpected, but really not that unusual. 
D)  it is schema consistent.

Question 17

Jermaine sees a car accident and he initially estimates the offending driver to be traveling at 39 miles per hour. However, after hearing another witness's report of the cars "bumping" and answering a police officer's questions about the rate of speed when the cars "contacted," he subsequently revises his estimate to 30 miles per hour and his memory of the accident changes. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  bias. 
B)  decay. 
C)  interference. 
D)  the misinformation effect. 
A)  bias. 
B)  decay. 
C)  interference. 
D)  the misinformation effect.

Question 18

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday, what you ate for breakfast this morning, or who your spouse is, are stored in ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  eidetic memory 
A)  procedural memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  eidetic memory

Question 19

Jesse still has very vivid memories of his first romantic kiss. This example illustrates a specific form of __________ memory known as a(n) ___________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative; episodic 
B)  nondeclarative; episodic 
C)  declarative; semantic 
D)  nondeclarative; semantic 
A)  declarative; episodic 
B)  nondeclarative; episodic 
C)  declarative; semantic 
D)  nondeclarative; semantic

Question 20

Similar to chunking, the visuospatial process of combining visual features into a single unit is called

Accepted Answer

A)  feature binding. 
B)  visual buffering. 
C)  voxel smoothing. 
D)  sketchpadding. 
A)  feature binding. 
B)  visual buffering. 
C)  voxel smoothing. 
D)  sketchpadding.

____________ memories include actions or behaviors that can be remembered and performed without awareness.

The ____ effect occurs when we learn new information after an event and incorporate that information into our memory of the event.

Which of the following is most likely to improve performance on an exam?

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

One potential drawback to the use of mnemonic devices is that they

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village, after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains, he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name. The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Who is most likely suffering from retrograde amnesia?

After studying the memory difficulties of H.M. and patients like him, it became apparent that

"Old information inhibits one's ability to remember newer information" defines _________.

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, human memory consists of ____________ memory stores.

Recent research suggests that working memory includes a(n) _______________, which acts as a storage component of working memory that combines the images and sounds from the other two components into coherent, story-like episodes.

The most important factor in the majority of the cases, more than 75 percent, where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about

Information that does not fit our expectations for a specific context is likely to be forgotten if:

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday, what you ate for breakfast this morning, or who your spouse is, are stored in ______.

Jesse still has very vivid memories of his first romantic kiss. This example illustrates a specific form of memory known as a(n) _ memory.

Similar to chunking, the visuospatial process of combining visual features into a single unit is called

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____________ memories include actions or behaviors that can be remembered and performed without awareness.

The ____ effect occurs when we learn new information after an event and incorporate that information into our memory of the event.

Which of the following is most likely to improve performance on an exam?

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

One potential drawback to the use of mnemonic devices is that they

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village, after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains, he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name. The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Who is most likely suffering from retrograde amnesia?

After studying the memory difficulties of H.M. and patients like him, it became apparent that

"Old information inhibits one's ability to remember newer information" defines _________.

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model, human memory consists of ____________ memory stores.

Recent research suggests that working memory includes a(n) _______________, which acts as a storage component of working memory that combines the images and sounds from the other two components into coherent, story-like episodes.

The most important factor in the majority of the cases, more than 75 percent, where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about

Information that does not fit our expectations for a specific context is likely to be forgotten if:

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday, what you ate for breakfast this morning, or who your spouse is, are stored in ______.

Jesse still has very vivid memories of his first romantic kiss. This example illustrates a specific form of __________ memory known as a(n) ___________ memory.

Similar to chunking, the visuospatial process of combining visual features into a single unit is called

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Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Thought and Language

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Jesse still has very vivid memories of his first romantic kiss. This example illustrates a specific form of memory known as a(n) _ memory.