Question 1

Encoding specificity has been shown to affect ______ memory but not ______.

Accepted Answer

A) recall;recognition 
B) recognition;recall 
C) semantic;procedural 
D) procedural;semantic 
A) recall;recognition 
B) recognition;recall 
C) semantic;procedural 
D) procedural;semantic A

Question 2

Based on principles of encoding specificity,information is best remembered when the encoding context ______ the retrieval context.

Accepted Answer

A) differs from 
B) matches 
C) happens long before 
D) is the opposite of 
A) differs from 
B) matches 
C) happens long before 
D) is the opposite of B

Question 3

Ebbinghaus is associated with which of the following in the study of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) nonsense syllables 
B) college students as participants 
C) memory for folktales 
D) creation of false memories 
A) nonsense syllables 
B) college students as participants 
C) memory for folktales 
D) creation of false memories A

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a principle feature of anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) It affects long-term memory but not working memory. 
B) It affects information only in the visual modality. 
C) It impairs memory for new facts and events. 
D) It does not affect skills learned prior to amnesia onset. 
A) It affects long-term memory but not working memory. 
B) It affects information only in the visual modality. 
C) It impairs memory for new facts and events. 
D) It does not affect skills learned prior to amnesia onset.

Question 5

The fan effect appears to occur because ______.

Accepted Answer

A) unrelated pieces of information interfere with the retrieval of each other 
B) we can only hold on to so much information at once and must get rid of overflow 
C) the more information you know about a topic,the longer it takes to sort through 
D) information gets shoved out of long-term memory by environmental triggers 
A) unrelated pieces of information interfere with the retrieval of each other 
B) we can only hold on to so much information at once and must get rid of overflow 
C) the more information you know about a topic,the longer it takes to sort through 
D) information gets shoved out of long-term memory by environmental triggers

Question 6

When we are unable to recall something that was previously stored in long-term memory,this is most likely because ______.

Accepted Answer

A) we are unable to use the appropriate cue to retrieve it 
B) the information has been removed 
C) the capacity of long-term memory has been reached 
D) information in long-term memory has a limited duration 
A) we are unable to use the appropriate cue to retrieve it 
B) the information has been removed 
C) the capacity of long-term memory has been reached 
D) information in long-term memory has a limited duration

Question 7

Bower claimed that a person would recall more information if he/she were in the same mood at recall time as at encoding time.This phenomenon is referred to as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) mood-dependent memory 
B) state-dependent memory 
C) the spacing effect 
D) the context effect 
A) mood-dependent memory 
B) state-dependent memory 
C) the spacing effect 
D) the context effect

Question 8

Memories that are consciously recollected are called ______ memories.

Accepted Answer

A) explicit 
B) implicit 
C) cognitive 
D) incidental 
A) explicit 
B) implicit 
C) cognitive 
D) incidental

Question 9

What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory? Give examples of each.

Accepted Answer

Episodic memory includes information abo

Question 10

Repeated ______ increases memory for information compared to repeated ______.

Accepted Answer

A) studying;testing 
B) testing;studying 
C) moods;rehearsal 
D) rehearsal;moods 
A) studying;testing 
B) testing;studying 
C) moods;rehearsal 
D) rehearsal;moods

Question 11

Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of ______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) semantic 
B) episodic 
C) implicit 
D) working 
A) semantic 
B) episodic 
C) implicit 
D) working

Question 12

What piece of information give us some clue as to how large the storage of long-term memory might be?

Accepted Answer

A) how well you can track a conversation you have with someone else 
B) how often you learn new information 
C) how many words you know in your primary language 
D) how many people you interact with every day 
A) how well you can track a conversation you have with someone else 
B) how often you learn new information 
C) how many words you know in your primary language 
D) how many people you interact with every day

Question 13

In addition to its original description in Atkinson and Shiffrin's modal model of memory,long-term memory can be characterized as having ______.

Accepted Answer

A) subcomponents 
B) infallible accuracy 
C) an inability to retain much information 
D) a very limited capacity 
A) subcomponents 
B) infallible accuracy 
C) an inability to retain much information 
D) a very limited capacity

Question 14

Research on long-term memory has shown that it is more difficult to recall a list of words that are semantically similar to one another rather than acoustically similar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is a feature of anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) It is modality-general. 
B) Patients still exhibit hyperspecific memory. 
C) Performance for skills is preserved. 
D) all of these 
A) It is modality-general. 
B) Patients still exhibit hyperspecific memory. 
C) Performance for skills is preserved. 
D) all of these

Question 16

You met an attractive person at a party last Friday,when you were a bit tipsy from too many beers.The next morning you could no longer remember that person's name and phone number.Saturday night you went to another party and drank a few more beers,and suddenly you were able to remember the name again.Which principle best explains your retrieval processes?

Accepted Answer

A) the spacing effect 
B) chunking 
C) state-dependent learning 
D) the context effect 
A) the spacing effect 
B) chunking 
C) state-dependent learning 
D) the context effect

Question 17

Learning a rhyme that begins "One is a bun,two is a shoe" is part of the mnemonic technique called the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) method of loci 
B) technique of interacting images 
C) keyword method 
D) pegword method 
A) method of loci 
B) technique of interacting images 
C) keyword method 
D) pegword method

Question 18

Context effects and state-dependent learning effects occur for ______.

Accepted Answer

A) recall tests only 
B) recognition tests only 
C) both recall and recognition 
D) paired-associate tests only 
A) recall tests only 
B) recognition tests only 
C) both recall and recognition 
D) paired-associate tests only

Question 19

If you were to use the method of loci to try to remember a list of words,you might imagine ______.

Accepted Answer

A) how those words rhyme with other words you know 
B) visual images of those words 
C) repeating those words to yourself over and over in your mind 
D) encountering those objects in a familiar place 
A) how those words rhyme with other words you know 
B) visual images of those words 
C) repeating those words to yourself over and over in your mind 
D) encountering those objects in a familiar place

Question 20

Techniques designed to improve memory,often involving the use of visual imagery,are called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) mnemonics 
B) eidetics 
C) iconics 
D) IQ enhancers 
A) mnemonics 
B) eidetics 
C) iconics 
D) IQ enhancers

Encoding specificity has been shown to affect memory but not .

Based on principles of encoding specificity,information is best remembered when the encoding context ______ the retrieval context.

Ebbinghaus is associated with which of the following in the study of memory?

Which of the following is NOT a principle feature of anterograde amnesia?

The fan effect appears to occur because ______.

When we are unable to recall something that was previously stored in long-term memory,this is most likely because ______.

Bower claimed that a person would recall more information if he/she were in the same mood at recall time as at encoding time.This phenomenon is referred to as ______.

Memories that are consciously recollected are called ______ memories.

What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory? Give examples of each.

Repeated increases memory for information compared to repeated .

Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of ______ memory.

What piece of information give us some clue as to how large the storage of long-term memory might be?

In addition to its original description in Atkinson and Shiffrin's modal model of memory,long-term memory can be characterized as having ______.

Research on long-term memory has shown that it is more difficult to recall a list of words that are semantically similar to one another rather than acoustically similar.

Which of the following is a feature of anterograde amnesia?

Learning a rhyme that begins "One is a bun,two is a shoe" is part of the mnemonic technique called the ______.

Context effects and state-dependent learning effects occur for ______.

If you were to use the method of loci to try to remember a list of words,you might imagine ______.

Techniques designed to improve memory,often involving the use of visual imagery,are called ______.

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

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

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 6: Retrieving Memories From Long-Term Storage

Encoding specificity has been shown to affect ______ memory but not ______.

Based on principles of encoding specificity,information is best remembered when the encoding context ______ the retrieval context.

Ebbinghaus is associated with which of the following in the study of memory?

Which of the following is NOT a principle feature of anterograde amnesia?

The fan effect appears to occur because ______.

When we are unable to recall something that was previously stored in long-term memory,this is most likely because ______.

Bower claimed that a person would recall more information if he/she were in the same mood at recall time as at encoding time.This phenomenon is referred to as ______.

Memories that are consciously recollected are called ______ memories.

What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory? Give examples of each.

Repeated ______ increases memory for information compared to repeated ______.

Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of ______ memory.

What piece of information give us some clue as to how large the storage of long-term memory might be?

In addition to its original description in Atkinson and Shiffrin's modal model of memory,long-term memory can be characterized as having ______.

Research on long-term memory has shown that it is more difficult to recall a list of words that are semantically similar to one another rather than acoustically similar.

Which of the following is a feature of anterograde amnesia?

Learning a rhyme that begins "One is a bun,two is a shoe" is part of the mnemonic technique called the ______.

Context effects and state-dependent learning effects occur for ______.

If you were to use the method of loci to try to remember a list of words,you might imagine ______.

Techniques designed to improve memory,often involving the use of visual imagery,are called ______.

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

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

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

Encoding specificity has been shown to affect memory but not .

Repeated increases memory for information compared to repeated .