Question 1

Bartlett (1932)employed a serial reproduction task in order to ______.

Accepted Answer

A) replicate his findings multiple times 
B) determine what details of memory changed or distorted over time 
C) examine the effects of memory interference 
D) determine the hierarchical structure of memory 
A) replicate his findings multiple times 
B) determine what details of memory changed or distorted over time 
C) examine the effects of memory interference 
D) determine the hierarchical structure of memory

Question 2

Autobiographical memory refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A) memories shared by others 
B) memories that the rememberer has been a part of 
C) memories that are inaccessible through conscious recollection 
D) memories for facts and generic knowledge 
A) memories shared by others 
B) memories that the rememberer has been a part of 
C) memories that are inaccessible through conscious recollection 
D) memories for facts and generic knowledge

Question 3

In the Deese/Roediger-McDermott paradigm,participants are presented with lists of related words such as nap,bed,quiet,dark,dream,pillow,and night.Later,about ______ of college student participants falsely recognize related items such as sleep,which were never actually presented,as being part of the list.

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 80% 
D) 50% 
A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 80% 
D) 50%

Question 4

Weaver's study comparing memories of a mundane event (meeting a roommate or friend)with a "flashbulb" event (the beginning of the Persian Gulf War)showed that ______.

Accepted Answer

A) both types of memories dropped off most during the first 3 months following the event 
B) memories for mundane events showed significant forgetting after 3 months,but flashbulb memories did not show forgetting until almost a year after the event 
C) memories for mundane events showed gradual forgetting at a steady pace over a year,but flashbulb memories showed no evidence of forgetting 
D) students were more confident in their memories for mundane events than in their memories for flashbulb events 
A) both types of memories dropped off most during the first 3 months following the event 
B) memories for mundane events showed significant forgetting after 3 months,but flashbulb memories did not show forgetting until almost a year after the event 
C) memories for mundane events showed gradual forgetting at a steady pace over a year,but flashbulb memories showed no evidence of forgetting 
D) students were more confident in their memories for mundane events than in their memories for flashbulb events

Question 5

Weaver (1993)discovered that confidence in ______ memories fell much more than for ______ memories.

Accepted Answer

A) flashbulb ;everyday 
B) everyday;flashbulb 
C) semantic;procedural 
D) procedural;semantic 
A) flashbulb ;everyday 
B) everyday;flashbulb 
C) semantic;procedural 
D) procedural;semantic

Question 6

fMRI studies have shown that falsely recalled words activate ______ brain regions compared to accurately recalled words.

Accepted Answer

A) similar 
B) different 
C) all 
D) zero 
A) similar 
B) different 
C) all 
D) zero

Question 7

You'd expect that someone with damage to their amygdala may have difficulty ______.

Accepted Answer

A) consolidating memories with emotional content 
B) forming new long-term memories 
C) recalling memories from prior to their brain trauma 
D) accessing semantic memories 
A) consolidating memories with emotional content 
B) forming new long-term memories 
C) recalling memories from prior to their brain trauma 
D) accessing semantic memories

Question 8

Studies of false memories indicate that ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the number of words used to describe "remembered" events is actually higher for false memories than for true memories 
B) these often vanish quickly after the initial,misleading interview 
C) these are rated as having less clarity than true memories 
D) these are more reliably induced by photographs than by narratives 
A) the number of words used to describe "remembered" events is actually higher for false memories than for true memories 
B) these often vanish quickly after the initial,misleading interview 
C) these are rated as having less clarity than true memories 
D) these are more reliably induced by photographs than by narratives

Question 9

If you were to want to get accurate memory from an eyewitness to an event,what would be the best question to ask them?

Accepted Answer

A) "Which of these white men do you remember committing the crime?" 
B) "Did you see the suspect pull a gun?" 
C) "Did you see the man who committed the crime?" 
D) "Tell me what you remember about the event." 
A) "Which of these white men do you remember committing the crime?" 
B) "Did you see the suspect pull a gun?" 
C) "Did you see the man who committed the crime?" 
D) "Tell me what you remember about the event."

Question 10

The hippocampus and ______ may be especially important for the consolidation of emotion-provoking stimuli into long-term memories.

Accepted Answer

A) cerebellum 
B) hypothalamus 
C) medulla 
D) amygdala 
A) cerebellum 
B) hypothalamus 
C) medulla 
D) amygdala

Question 11

One mechanism for the creation of false memories may be through ______.

Accepted Answer

A) rehearsal 
B) interference 
C) schemas 
D) mnemonics 
A) rehearsal 
B) interference 
C) schemas 
D) mnemonics

Question 12

Linton (1982)recorded her memories over the course of six years and would give herself monthly memory tests.She found that ______ events generally were remembered well but that ______ events were harder to recall,especially over time.

Accepted Answer

A) first-time;distinct 
B) first-time;non-distinct 
C) repeated;distinct 
D) repeated;non-distinct 
A) first-time;distinct 
B) first-time;non-distinct 
C) repeated;distinct 
D) repeated;non-distinct

Question 13

A ______ memory is one of historical or personal importance that feels etched permanently into memory.

Accepted Answer

A) spotlight 
B) flashbulb 
C) video 
D) polaroid 
A) spotlight 
B) flashbulb 
C) video 
D) polaroid

Question 14

We tend to be unable to recall autobiographical memories from the first few years of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

From false memory studies,we would expect that on average,about ______ of participants would form some degree of false memory for autobiographical events.

Accepted Answer

A) 5% 
B) 25% 
C) 60% 
D) 90% 
A) 5% 
B) 25% 
C) 60% 
D) 90%

Question 16

Two cars collide at a red light.An eyewitness to the incident is later asked by a police officer how fast the vehicles were traveling when they "tapped" each other.You'd expect that the eyewitness's memory would ______.

Accepted Answer

A) be biased to say the cars were traveling slower than they actually were 
B) be biased to say the cares were traveling faster than they actually were 
C) be biased to say that no accident occurred at all 
D) remember the event with complete accuracy 
A) be biased to say the cars were traveling slower than they actually were 
B) be biased to say the cares were traveling faster than they actually were 
C) be biased to say that no accident occurred at all 
D) remember the event with complete accuracy

Question 17

Eyewitness memory has which of the following properties?

Accepted Answer

A) It is provided by an individual who was present for an event. 
B) It is especially compelling to jurors in court cases. 
C) It is often offered with high levels of confidence but can often be highly inaccurate. 
D) all of these 
A) It is provided by an individual who was present for an event. 
B) It is especially compelling to jurors in court cases. 
C) It is often offered with high levels of confidence but can often be highly inaccurate. 
D) all of these

Question 18

Linton's and Barsalou's studies of autobiographical memories suggested that ______.

Accepted Answer

A) real-life memories were less durable than laboratory memories 
B) reconstruction of unrecalled events almost never happens with real memories 
C) the easiest events to recall were those that were "routine" or similar to other events 
D) people often summarize two or more events of the same type into one recollection 
A) real-life memories were less durable than laboratory memories 
B) reconstruction of unrecalled events almost never happens with real memories 
C) the easiest events to recall were those that were "routine" or similar to other events 
D) people often summarize two or more events of the same type into one recollection

Question 19

Flashbulb memories are extremely accurate,much more so than memories for everyday events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is a concern with how we related findings about memory research to our everyday memory experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Experimental tasks are often abstract and do not reflect the way we use our memory in our day-to-day lives. 
B) Memory as a process cannot be operationalized or empiricized. 
C) There are no everyday experiences which can be replicated within the laboratory. 
D) Memory experiments in the laboratory have only been conducted on non-human animals. 
A) Experimental tasks are often abstract and do not reflect the way we use our memory in our day-to-day lives. 
B) Memory as a process cannot be operationalized or empiricized. 
C) There are no everyday experiences which can be replicated within the laboratory. 
D) Memory experiments in the laboratory have only been conducted on non-human animals.

Bartlett (1932)employed a serial reproduction task in order to ______.

Autobiographical memory refers to ______.

Weaver's study comparing memories of a mundane event (meeting a roommate or friend)with a "flashbulb" event (the beginning of the Persian Gulf War)showed that ______.

Weaver (1993)discovered that confidence in memories fell much more than for memories.

fMRI studies have shown that falsely recalled words activate ______ brain regions compared to accurately recalled words.

You'd expect that someone with damage to their amygdala may have difficulty ______.

Studies of false memories indicate that ______.

If you were to want to get accurate memory from an eyewitness to an event,what would be the best question to ask them?

The hippocampus and ______ may be especially important for the consolidation of emotion-provoking stimuli into long-term memories.

One mechanism for the creation of false memories may be through ______.

Linton (1982)recorded her memories over the course of six years and would give herself monthly memory tests.She found that events generally were remembered well but that events were harder to recall,especially over time.

A ______ memory is one of historical or personal importance that feels etched permanently into memory.

We tend to be unable to recall autobiographical memories from the first few years of life.

From false memory studies,we would expect that on average,about ______ of participants would form some degree of false memory for autobiographical events.

Two cars collide at a red light.An eyewitness to the incident is later asked by a police officer how fast the vehicles were traveling when they "tapped" each other.You'd expect that the eyewitness's memory would ______.

Eyewitness memory has which of the following properties?

Linton's and Barsalou's studies of autobiographical memories suggested that ______.

Flashbulb memories are extremely accurate,much more so than memories for everyday events.

What is a concern with how we related findings about memory research to our everyday memory experience?

Cognitive Psychology: History, methods, and Paradigms

The Brain: an Overview of Structure and Function

Perception: Recognizing Patterns and Objects

Attention: Deploying Cognitive Resources

Working Memory: Forming and Using New Memory Traces

Retrieving Memories From Long-Term Storage

Knowledge Representation: Storing and Organizing

Visual Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Language

Thinking and Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Cognitive Development Through Adolescence

Individual Differences in Cognition

Cognition in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Exam 7: The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Bartlett (1932)employed a serial reproduction task in order to ______.

Autobiographical memory refers to ______.

Weaver's study comparing memories of a mundane event (meeting a roommate or friend)with a "flashbulb" event (the beginning of the Persian Gulf War)showed that ______.

Weaver (1993)discovered that confidence in ______ memories fell much more than for ______ memories.

fMRI studies have shown that falsely recalled words activate ______ brain regions compared to accurately recalled words.

You'd expect that someone with damage to their amygdala may have difficulty ______.

Studies of false memories indicate that ______.

If you were to want to get accurate memory from an eyewitness to an event,what would be the best question to ask them?

The hippocampus and ______ may be especially important for the consolidation of emotion-provoking stimuli into long-term memories.

One mechanism for the creation of false memories may be through ______.

Linton (1982)recorded her memories over the course of six years and would give herself monthly memory tests.She found that ______ events generally were remembered well but that ______ events were harder to recall,especially over time.

A ______ memory is one of historical or personal importance that feels etched permanently into memory.

We tend to be unable to recall autobiographical memories from the first few years of life.

From false memory studies,we would expect that on average,about ______ of participants would form some degree of false memory for autobiographical events.

Two cars collide at a red light.An eyewitness to the incident is later asked by a police officer how fast the vehicles were traveling when they "tapped" each other.You'd expect that the eyewitness's memory would ______.

Eyewitness memory has which of the following properties?

Linton's and Barsalou's studies of autobiographical memories suggested that ______.

Flashbulb memories are extremely accurate,much more so than memories for everyday events.

What is a concern with how we related findings about memory research to our everyday memory experience?

Cognitive Psychology: History, methods, and Paradigms

The Brain: an Overview of Structure and Function

Perception: Recognizing Patterns and Objects

Attention: Deploying Cognitive Resources

Working Memory: Forming and Using New Memory Traces

Retrieving Memories From Long-Term Storage

Knowledge Representation: Storing and Organizing

Visual Imagery and Spatial Cognition

Language

Thinking and Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Cognitive Development Through Adolescence

Individual Differences in Cognition

Cognition in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Filters

Weaver (1993)discovered that confidence in memories fell much more than for memories.

Linton (1982)recorded her memories over the course of six years and would give herself monthly memory tests.She found that events generally were remembered well but that events were harder to recall,especially over time.