Question 1

Many clinicians now use the term ____________________ instead of repression,to refer to a memory that is stored but cannot be retrieved.
retrieval

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many clinicians now use the term ____________________...

Question 2

Researchers gave participants four paragraphs describing childhood events.Three of the stories were true (provided by the participants' parents)and the fourth was false,but plausible (being lost on a family outing).When asked to provide further details,

Accepted Answer

A) most of the participants said all four events were untrue. 
B) most of the participants said all four events were true. 
C) all of the participants recognized the suggested (false)event as being untrue. 
D) some of the participants remembered the suggested (false)event in some detail. 
A) most of the participants said all four events were untrue. 
B) most of the participants said all four events were true. 
C) all of the participants recognized the suggested (false)event as being untrue. 
D) some of the participants remembered the suggested (false)event in some detail.

Question 3

If you learn four sets of material that are similar to one another (for example,four European languages),you are more likely to forget them than if you had learned four entirely different kinds of information (for example,French,botany,geography,and chess).Why are you more likely to forget the similar sets of information?

Accepted Answer

A) interference 
B) amnesia 
C) serial-order effect 
D) context-dependent memory 
A) interference 
B) amnesia 
C) serial-order effect 
D) context-dependent memory

Question 4

Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables in his memory experiments?

Accepted Answer

A) People have no previous learning of nonsense syllables. 
B) It is easy for computers to generate nonsense syllables. 
C) Nonsense syllables are distinctive and meaningful. 
D) Nonsense syllables do not generate proactive or retroactive interference. 
A) People have no previous learning of nonsense syllables. 
B) It is easy for computers to generate nonsense syllables. 
C) Nonsense syllables are distinctive and meaningful. 
D) Nonsense syllables do not generate proactive or retroactive interference.

Question 5

The neurological patient H.M.has suffered a severe form of which kind of amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) anterograde amnesia for declarative memories 
B) retrograde amnesia for short-term memories 
C) retrograde amnesia for implicit memories 
D) anterograde amnesia for procedural memories 
A) anterograde amnesia for declarative memories 
B) retrograde amnesia for short-term memories 
C) retrograde amnesia for implicit memories 
D) anterograde amnesia for procedural memories

Question 6

Professor Lord gives you a list of 400 names and asks you to check the ones that appeared in the book of Deuteronomy.What kind of memory test is this?

Accepted Answer

A) free recall 
B) cued recall 
C) recognition 
D) savings 
A) free recall 
B) cued recall 
C) recognition 
D) savings

Question 7

According to research,our short term memory store

Accepted Answer

A) can hold only one item at a time. 
B) can hold about seven items. 
C) can hold about 25 (5x5 matrix)items. 
D) has nearly unlimited capacity. 
A) can hold only one item at a time. 
B) can hold about seven items. 
C) can hold about 25 (5x5 matrix)items. 
D) has nearly unlimited capacity.

Question 8

People with Korsakoff's syndrome suffer from

Accepted Answer

A) retrograde,but not anterograde amnesia. 
B) anterograde,but not retrograde amnesia. 
C) both retrograde and anterograde amnesia. 
D) neither retrograde nor anterograde amnesia. 
A) retrograde,but not anterograde amnesia. 
B) anterograde,but not retrograde amnesia. 
C) both retrograde and anterograde amnesia. 
D) neither retrograde nor anterograde amnesia.

Question 9

The patient H.M.suffered memory problems after damage to his ____________________.
hippocampus

Accepted Answer

The answer of The patient H.M.suffered memory problems after damage...

Question 10

One unusual feature of implicit memory is that

Accepted Answer

A) implicit memory,unlike any other kind of memory,grows stronger after the passage of time. 
B) people can display this kind of memory without consciously realizing that they are using their memory. 
C) implicit memory is absent in early childhood and begins to develop after about age five. 
D) almost any kind of brain damage impairs implicit memory,even if the damage does not affect any other kind of memory. 
A) implicit memory,unlike any other kind of memory,grows stronger after the passage of time. 
B) people can display this kind of memory without consciously realizing that they are using their memory. 
C) implicit memory is absent in early childhood and begins to develop after about age five. 
D) almost any kind of brain damage impairs implicit memory,even if the damage does not affect any other kind of memory.

Question 11

SPAR is a method for improving?

Accepted Answer

A) how fast you read. 
B) recovery from source amnesia. 
C) the number of items you can hold in short-term memory. 
D) understanding what you read. 
A) how fast you read. 
B) recovery from source amnesia. 
C) the number of items you can hold in short-term memory. 
D) understanding what you read.

Question 12

Forgetting where or how you learned something is source amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The main contribution of the levels-of-processing principle is that it accounts for

Accepted Answer

A) retroactive and proactive interference. 
B) the capacity limits of short-term memory. 
C) the varying strengths of long-term memories. 
D) the location of memory storage within the brain. 
A) retroactive and proactive interference. 
B) the capacity limits of short-term memory. 
C) the varying strengths of long-term memories. 
D) the location of memory storage within the brain.

Question 14

If you are trying to memorize a list of words,which of the following would be the best advice?

Accepted Answer

A) Make the conditions of learning and recall as different as possible. 
B) Ensure that the list of words are always studied in the same exact order. 
C) Simply recite the list a few extra times. 
D) Go through the list thinking about the meaning of each word. 
A) Make the conditions of learning and recall as different as possible. 
B) Ensure that the list of words are always studied in the same exact order. 
C) Simply recite the list a few extra times. 
D) Go through the list thinking about the meaning of each word.

Question 15

Which cause of forgetting has been least supported by research?

Accepted Answer

A) interference 
B) decay 
C) lack of retrieval cues 
D) repression 
A) interference 
B) decay 
C) lack of retrieval cues 
D) repression

Question 16

When should students use the SPAR method described in the text?

Accepted Answer

A) when selecting the correct multiple choice answer 
B) when reading a textbook 
C) when taking an essay test 
D) during fencing class 
A) when selecting the correct multiple choice answer 
B) when reading a textbook 
C) when taking an essay test 
D) during fencing class

Question 17

Which of these types of memory can store the largest amount of information? That is,which one has the greatest capacity?

Accepted Answer

A) the sensory store 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) All three have an equal capacity 
A) the sensory store 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) All three have an equal capacity

Question 18

Your memory will be more reliable if you use the same cue when you try to retrieve a memory that you used when you stored it.This is a statement of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) encoding specificity principle 
B) law of effect 
C) von Restorff effect 
D) depth-of-processing principle 
A) encoding specificity principle 
B) law of effect 
C) von Restorff effect 
D) depth-of-processing principle

Question 19

Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

Accepted Answer

A) free recall 
B) cued recall 
C) recognition 
D) savings 
A) free recall 
B) cued recall 
C) recognition 
D) savings

Question 20

One unusual feature of implicit memories is that

Accepted Answer

A) unlike explicit memories,implicit memories grow stronger and stronger over time. 
B) implicit memories relate only to actions or skills,not to words. 
C) a person can have an implicit memory without having any conscious recognition of a memory. 
D) they are the memories most likely to be damaged in people with amnesia. 
A) unlike explicit memories,implicit memories grow stronger and stronger over time. 
B) implicit memories relate only to actions or skills,not to words. 
C) a person can have an implicit memory without having any conscious recognition of a memory. 
D) they are the memories most likely to be damaged in people with amnesia.

Many clinicians now use the term ____________________ instead of repression,to refer to a memory that is stored but cannot be retrieved. retrieval

Researchers gave participants four paragraphs describing childhood events.Three of the stories were true (provided by the participants' parents)and the fourth was false,but plausible (being lost on a family outing).When asked to provide further details,

Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables in his memory experiments?

The neurological patient H.M.has suffered a severe form of which kind of amnesia?

Professor Lord gives you a list of 400 names and asks you to check the ones that appeared in the book of Deuteronomy.What kind of memory test is this?

According to research,our short term memory store

People with Korsakoff's syndrome suffer from

The patient H.M.suffered memory problems after damage to his ____________________. hippocampus

One unusual feature of implicit memory is that

SPAR is a method for improving?

Forgetting where or how you learned something is source amnesia.

The main contribution of the levels-of-processing principle is that it accounts for

If you are trying to memorize a list of words,which of the following would be the best advice?

Which cause of forgetting has been least supported by research?

When should students use the SPAR method described in the text?

Which of these types of memory can store the largest amount of information? That is,which one has the greatest capacity?

Your memory will be more reliable if you use the same cue when you try to retrieve a memory that you used when you stored it.This is a statement of which of the following?

Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

One unusual feature of implicit memories is that

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Exam 7: Memory

Many clinicians now use the term ____________________ instead of repression,to refer to a memory that is stored but cannot be retrieved. retrieval

Researchers gave participants four paragraphs describing childhood events.Three of the stories were true (provided by the participants' parents)and the fourth was false,but plausible (being lost on a family outing).When asked to provide further details,

Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables in his memory experiments?

The neurological patient H.M.has suffered a severe form of which kind of amnesia?

Professor Lord gives you a list of 400 names and asks you to check the ones that appeared in the book of Deuteronomy.What kind of memory test is this?

According to research,our short term memory store

People with Korsakoff's syndrome suffer from

The patient H.M.suffered memory problems after damage to his ____________________. hippocampus

One unusual feature of implicit memory is that

SPAR is a method for improving?

Forgetting where or how you learned something is source amnesia.

The main contribution of the levels-of-processing principle is that it accounts for

If you are trying to memorize a list of words,which of the following would be the best advice?

Which cause of forgetting has been least supported by research?

When should students use the SPAR method described in the text?

Which of these types of memory can store the largest amount of information? That is,which one has the greatest capacity?

Your memory will be more reliable if you use the same cue when you try to retrieve a memory that you used when you stored it.This is a statement of which of the following?

Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

One unusual feature of implicit memories is that

What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Nature,nurture,and Human Development

Learning

Cognition and Language

Intelligence

Consciousness

Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors,stress,and Health

Social Psychology

Personality

Abnormality,therapy,and Social Issues

Specific Disorders and Treatments

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