Question 1

Memory researchers Stephen Ceci and Maggie Bruck found that some young children will say that something happened when it did not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Déjà vu occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A) repressed information threatens to enter consciousness when cues in the present activate unconscious memories. 
B) a memory is encoded during a peak of high emotion and then forgotten until the emotional arousal is once again high. 
C) a lack of retrieval cues prevents our ability to recall the time and the details of the last time we have been in that location. 
D) cues in the present context overlap with those from the past so there is an eerie experience of having been there before. 
A) repressed information threatens to enter consciousness when cues in the present activate unconscious memories. 
B) a memory is encoded during a peak of high emotion and then forgotten until the emotional arousal is once again high. 
C) a lack of retrieval cues prevents our ability to recall the time and the details of the last time we have been in that location. 
D) cues in the present context overlap with those from the past so there is an eerie experience of having been there before.

Question 3

In today's audiovisual age,many people compare human memory to a mental movie camera.Why is this comparison utterly wrong?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 4

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.
-A memory system comprising short-term memory plus the mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.

Accepted Answer

A) Maintenance rehearsal 
B) Elaborative rehearsal 
C) Short-term memory 
D) Working memory 
E) Consolidation
F)Sensory memory
G)Procedural memory
H)Episodic memory
I)Semantic memory
J)Deep processing 
A) Maintenance rehearsal 
B) Elaborative rehearsal 
C) Short-term memory 
D) Working memory 
E) Consolidation
F)Sensory memory
G)Procedural memory
H)Episodic memory
I)Semantic memory
J)Deep processing

Question 5

The ________ plays a critical role in the formation of long-term declarative memories.

Accepted Answer

A) amygdala 
B) cerebellum 
C) hippocampus 
D) frontal lobe 
A) amygdala 
B) cerebellum 
C) hippocampus 
D) frontal lobe

Question 6

Which of the following explanations of childhood amnesia would NOT be used by a cognitive psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A) lack of a sense of self 
B) focus on the routine 
C) immaturity of certain brain areas 
D) impoverished encoding 
A) lack of a sense of self 
B) focus on the routine 
C) immaturity of certain brain areas 
D) impoverished encoding

Question 7

Which of the following does NOT facilitate confabulation?

Accepted Answer

A) You focus on your emotional reactions to the event rather than on what actually happened. 
B) You have thought about the imagined event many times. 
C) The image of the event contains a lot of details. 
D) The event is easy to imagine. 
A) You focus on your emotional reactions to the event rather than on what actually happened. 
B) You have thought about the imagined event many times. 
C) The image of the event contains a lot of details. 
D) The event is easy to imagine.

Question 8

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called:

Accepted Answer

A) procedural memory. 
B) autobiographical memory. 
C) explicit memory. 
D) implicit memory. 
A) procedural memory. 
B) autobiographical memory. 
C) explicit memory. 
D) implicit memory.

Question 9

Which memory from Shannon's grade-4 experience would be an episodic memory?

Accepted Answer

A) The low-level clouds that look like sheets floating in the air are called stratus clouds. 
B) Ten centimetres of snow contains the same amount of water as 1 centimetre of rain. 
C) To mark his territory,a wild boar scrapes a tree as high as he can with his tusk. 
D) For the last two months of school she shared her NHL mechanical pencil with Nick. 
A) The low-level clouds that look like sheets floating in the air are called stratus clouds. 
B) Ten centimetres of snow contains the same amount of water as 1 centimetre of rain. 
C) To mark his territory,a wild boar scrapes a tree as high as he can with his tusk. 
D) For the last two months of school she shared her NHL mechanical pencil with Nick.

Question 10

A fill-in-the-blank quiz of psychology terms would test for recall of the terms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A long-lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness is called:

Accepted Answer

A) long-term potentiation. 
B) state-dependent memory. 
C) parallel processing. 
D) deep processing. 
A) long-term potentiation. 
B) state-dependent memory. 
C) parallel processing. 
D) deep processing.

Question 12

The question that you are reading at this moment is a ________ question.

Accepted Answer

A) relearning 
B) priming 
C) recall 
D) recognition 
A) relearning 
B) priming 
C) recall 
D) recognition

Question 13

The T-O-T phenomena can best be explained by the ________ theory of forgetting.

Accepted Answer

A) replacement 
B) decay 
C) interference 
D) cue-dependent 
A) replacement 
B) decay 
C) interference 
D) cue-dependent

Question 14

Most memory researchers agree that forgetting can be due to ________ but doubt that it could be the result of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) infantile amnesia; psychogenic amnesia 
B) infantile amnesia; repression 
C) psychogenic amnesia; infantile amnesia 
D) psychogenic amnesia; repression 
A) infantile amnesia; psychogenic amnesia 
B) infantile amnesia; repression 
C) psychogenic amnesia; infantile amnesia 
D) psychogenic amnesia; repression

Question 15

Human patients who have damage to the cerebellum cannot be classically conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a tone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The brain circuits that take part in the formation of long-term memories are not the same as those involved in long-term storage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The relearning method,devised by Hermann Ebbinghaus over a century ago,assesses whether or not you learn material more quickly the second time you learn it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Formal strategies and tricks for encoding,storing,and retaining information are named after the ancient Greek goddess of memory,Mnemosyne.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

________ could be called "knowing how to do something" memories.

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic memories 
B) Semantic memories 
C) Procedural memories 
D) Declarative memories 
A) Episodic memories 
B) Semantic memories 
C) Procedural memories 
D) Declarative memories

Question 20

In general,psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defence mechanism of repression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Memory researchers Stephen Ceci and Maggie Bruck found that some young children will say that something happened when it did not.

Déjà vu occurs when:

In today's audiovisual age,many people compare human memory to a mental movie camera.Why is this comparison utterly wrong?

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -A memory system comprising short-term memory plus the mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.

The ________ plays a critical role in the formation of long-term declarative memories.

Which of the following explanations of childhood amnesia would NOT be used by a cognitive psychologist?

Which of the following does NOT facilitate confabulation?

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called:

Which memory from Shannon's grade-4 experience would be an episodic memory?

A fill-in-the-blank quiz of psychology terms would test for recall of the terms.

A long-lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness is called:

The question that you are reading at this moment is a ________ question.

The T-O-T phenomena can best be explained by the ________ theory of forgetting.

Most memory researchers agree that forgetting can be due to but doubt that it could be the result of .

Human patients who have damage to the cerebellum cannot be classically conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a tone.

The brain circuits that take part in the formation of long-term memories are not the same as those involved in long-term storage.

The relearning method,devised by Hermann Ebbinghaus over a century ago,assesses whether or not you learn material more quickly the second time you learn it.

Formal strategies and tricks for encoding,storing,and retaining information are named after the ancient Greek goddess of memory,Mnemosyne.

________ could be called "knowing how to do something" memories.

In general,psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defence mechanism of repression.

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Exam 10: Memory

Memory researchers Stephen Ceci and Maggie Bruck found that some young children will say that something happened when it did not.

Déjà vu occurs when:

In today's audiovisual age,many people compare human memory to a mental movie camera.Why is this comparison utterly wrong?

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -A memory system comprising short-term memory plus the mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.

The ________ plays a critical role in the formation of long-term declarative memories.

Which of the following explanations of childhood amnesia would NOT be used by a cognitive psychologist?

Which of the following does NOT facilitate confabulation?

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called:

Which memory from Shannon's grade-4 experience would be an episodic memory?

A fill-in-the-blank quiz of psychology terms would test for recall of the terms.

A long-lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness is called:

The question that you are reading at this moment is a ________ question.

The T-O-T phenomena can best be explained by the ________ theory of forgetting.

Most memory researchers agree that forgetting can be due to ________ but doubt that it could be the result of ________.

Human patients who have damage to the cerebellum cannot be classically conditioned to blink their eyes in response to a tone.

The brain circuits that take part in the formation of long-term memories are not the same as those involved in long-term storage.

The relearning method,devised by Hermann Ebbinghaus over a century ago,assesses whether or not you learn material more quickly the second time you learn it.

Formal strategies and tricks for encoding,storing,and retaining information are named after the ancient Greek goddess of memory,Mnemosyne.

________ could be called "knowing how to do something" memories.

In general,psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defence mechanism of repression.

What Is Psychology

How Psychologists Do Research

Genes,evolution,and Environment

The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Conditioning

Behaviour in Social and Cultural Context

Thinking and Intelligence

Emotion,stress,and Health

Motivation

Development Over the Life Span

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Filters

Most memory researchers agree that forgetting can be due to but doubt that it could be the result of .