Question 1

Research on memory suggests that damage to the hippocampus

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A) is less likely to interfere with remembering details. 
B) is more likely to interfere with simple memory tasks. 
C) is more likely to interfere with difficult memory tasks. 
D) is equally likely to interfere with both complex and simple memory tasks. 
A) is less likely to interfere with remembering details. 
B) is more likely to interfere with simple memory tasks. 
C) is more likely to interfere with difficult memory tasks. 
D) is equally likely to interfere with both complex and simple memory tasks.

Question 2

Your favorite sports team unexpectedly wins a big game against a bitter rival.Your roommate informs you that he knew they were going to win because your team has been playing well,the rival team is overrated,etc.Your roommate's comments are an example of the hindsight bias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What memory problem is characteristic of people with Korsakoff's syndrome or prefrontal cortex damage?

Accepted Answer

A) They forget material that is presented visually,but they have normal memory for material they hear. 
B) They fill in the gaps in their memory with a mixture of old information and wild guesses. 
C) They have normal long-term memory,but essentially no short-term memory. 
D) They remember facts,but they forget skills. 
A) They forget material that is presented visually,but they have normal memory for material they hear. 
B) They fill in the gaps in their memory with a mixture of old information and wild guesses. 
C) They have normal long-term memory,but essentially no short-term memory. 
D) They remember facts,but they forget skills.

Question 4

Your history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S.presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names.What kind of memory test is this?

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

Question 5

You memorize a list of paired associates including "RUBBER-BAND." Later someone asks you what word on the list refers to a group that plays music,and you do not think of the word BAND.Why not?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

To use the method of loci in order to memorize a list of names,what is the first thing to do?

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A) Arrange the list of names in some logical order. 
B) Memorize a list of places in order. 
C) Find out as much as possible about each of the named people. 
D) Recite the list out loud a few times. 
A) Arrange the list of names in some logical order. 
B) Memorize a list of places in order. 
C) Find out as much as possible about each of the named people. 
D) Recite the list out loud a few times.

Question 7

What is a mnemonic device?

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A) a machine that measures brain waves 
B) a method for increasing speed of reading 
C) a method for improving memorization 
D) a machine that tests memory 
A) a machine that measures brain waves 
B) a method for increasing speed of reading 
C) a method for improving memorization 
D) a machine that tests memory

Question 8

The cause of Alzheimer's disease

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A) appears to be a prolonged deficiency of vitamin B-1. 
B) is the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain and a deterioration of brain cells. 
C) is entirely genetic,although the specific gene has yet to be identified. 
D) appears to be related to the consumption of alcohol. 
A) appears to be a prolonged deficiency of vitamin B-1. 
B) is the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain and a deterioration of brain cells. 
C) is entirely genetic,although the specific gene has yet to be identified. 
D) appears to be related to the consumption of alcohol.

Question 9

A mnemonic device is any memory aid that relies on encoding each item in a special way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Certain clinical psychologists claim they can help their clients to recover repressed memories of early sexual abuse and other painful experiences.Other skeptical psychologists doubt this claim because

Accepted Answer

A) people tend to forget their emotionally intense memories quickly. 
B) many suggestible people report memories of events that in fact never happened. 
C) repressed memories can be accurately recovered only with the use of hypnosis. 
D) repression occurs only after age ten. 
A) people tend to forget their emotionally intense memories quickly. 
B) many suggestible people report memories of events that in fact never happened. 
C) repressed memories can be accurately recovered only with the use of hypnosis. 
D) repression occurs only after age ten.

Question 11

Someone asks you what time it is.You check your watch and answer.A few seconds later,after you have been distracted,someone asks what time you said it was.You have forgotten.According to the traditional information-processing view,what type of memory was this?

Accepted Answer

A) procedural 
B) short-term 
C) long-term 
D) semantic 
A) procedural 
B) short-term 
C) long-term 
D) semantic

Question 12

If you remember the events of moving into your current home,what type of memory is that?

Accepted Answer

A) semantic 
B) implicit 
C) episodic 
D) short-term 
A) semantic 
B) implicit 
C) episodic 
D) short-term

Question 13

Research on implanted (false)memories suggest that

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A) it is almost impossible to implant a false memory. 
B) repeatedly suggesting that something "might have" occurred may implant or distort a memory. 
C) all reports of childhood sexual abuse are implanted. 
D) courts should be willing to accept all memories that are recovered by licensed therapists. 
A) it is almost impossible to implant a false memory. 
B) repeatedly suggesting that something "might have" occurred may implant or distort a memory. 
C) all reports of childhood sexual abuse are implanted. 
D) courts should be willing to accept all memories that are recovered by licensed therapists.

Question 14

Many clinicians now use the term dissociation to refer to

Accepted Answer

A) the hypnotic technique used to recover a repressed memory. 
B) the mental process of recovering a repressed memory. 
C) the process of stripping emotion from a traumatic memory. 
D) a memory that is stored but that cannot be retrieved. 
A) the hypnotic technique used to recover a repressed memory. 
B) the mental process of recovering a repressed memory. 
C) the process of stripping emotion from a traumatic memory. 
D) a memory that is stored but that cannot be retrieved.

Question 15

When you remember the rules of tennis,what type of memory is that?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

After you witness a robbery,you have trouble describing the thief.The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief.They are checking your memory by which method?

Accepted Answer

A) implicit memory 
B) cued recall 
C) savings 
D) recognition 
A) implicit memory 
B) cued recall 
C) savings 
D) recognition

Question 17

The tendency to remember something better if your body is in the same condition during recall as it was during original learning is known as

Accepted Answer

A) flashbulb memory. 
B) biological memory. 
C) episodic memory. 
D) state-dependent memory. 
A) flashbulb memory. 
B) biological memory. 
C) episodic memory. 
D) state-dependent memory.

Question 18

Participants in an experiment heard a description of the military conflicts between the British and the Gurkas in India.Some were told the true outcome and others were told false outcomes.Most participants insisted that they would have correctly predicted the outcome that they were told about.This effect is known as

Accepted Answer

A) confabulation. 
B) repression. 
C) hindsight bias. 
D) procedural memory. 
A) confabulation. 
B) repression. 
C) hindsight bias. 
D) procedural memory.

Question 19

People memorize a list of words best if they think about each word and form as many associations as possible with each word.This is known as the ____________________ principle.
levels-of-processing

Accepted Answer

levels-of-

Question 20

In psychology,the term memory refers to,

Accepted Answer

A) generally,the retention of information. 
B) specifically,the retention of facts that rarely change. 
C) specifically,the retention of facts that seldom change. 
D) specifically,the retention of facts that never change. 
A) generally,the retention of information. 
B) specifically,the retention of facts that rarely change. 
C) specifically,the retention of facts that seldom change. 
D) specifically,the retention of facts that never change.

Research on memory suggests that damage to the hippocampus

Your favorite sports team unexpectedly wins a big game against a bitter rival.Your roommate informs you that he knew they were going to win because your team has been playing well,the rival team is overrated,etc.Your roommate's comments are an example of the hindsight bias.

What memory problem is characteristic of people with Korsakoff's syndrome or prefrontal cortex damage?

Your history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S.presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names.What kind of memory test is this?

You memorize a list of paired associates including "RUBBER-BAND." Later someone asks you what word on the list refers to a group that plays music,and you do not think of the word BAND.Why not?

To use the method of loci in order to memorize a list of names,what is the first thing to do?

What is a mnemonic device?

The cause of Alzheimer's disease

A mnemonic device is any memory aid that relies on encoding each item in a special way.

Certain clinical psychologists claim they can help their clients to recover repressed memories of early sexual abuse and other painful experiences.Other skeptical psychologists doubt this claim because

Someone asks you what time it is.You check your watch and answer.A few seconds later,after you have been distracted,someone asks what time you said it was.You have forgotten.According to the traditional information-processing view,what type of memory was this?

If you remember the events of moving into your current home,what type of memory is that?

Research on implanted (false)memories suggest that

Many clinicians now use the term dissociation to refer to

When you remember the rules of tennis,what type of memory is that?

After you witness a robbery,you have trouble describing the thief.The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief.They are checking your memory by which method?

The tendency to remember something better if your body is in the same condition during recall as it was during original learning is known as

People memorize a list of words best if they think about each word and form as many associations as possible with each word.This is known as the ____________________ principle. levels-of-processing

In psychology,the term memory refers to,

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Exam 7: Memory

Research on memory suggests that damage to the hippocampus

Your favorite sports team unexpectedly wins a big game against a bitter rival.Your roommate informs you that he knew they were going to win because your team has been playing well,the rival team is overrated,etc.Your roommate's comments are an example of the hindsight bias.

What memory problem is characteristic of people with Korsakoff's syndrome or prefrontal cortex damage?

Your history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S.presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names.What kind of memory test is this?

You memorize a list of paired associates including "RUBBER-BAND." Later someone asks you what word on the list refers to a group that plays music,and you do not think of the word BAND.Why not?

To use the method of loci in order to memorize a list of names,what is the first thing to do?

What is a mnemonic device?

The cause of Alzheimer's disease

A mnemonic device is any memory aid that relies on encoding each item in a special way.

Certain clinical psychologists claim they can help their clients to recover repressed memories of early sexual abuse and other painful experiences.Other skeptical psychologists doubt this claim because

Someone asks you what time it is.You check your watch and answer.A few seconds later,after you have been distracted,someone asks what time you said it was.You have forgotten.According to the traditional information-processing view,what type of memory was this?

If you remember the events of moving into your current home,what type of memory is that?

Research on implanted (false)memories suggest that

Many clinicians now use the term dissociation to refer to

When you remember the rules of tennis,what type of memory is that?

After you witness a robbery,you have trouble describing the thief.The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief.They are checking your memory by which method?

The tendency to remember something better if your body is in the same condition during recall as it was during original learning is known as

People memorize a list of words best if they think about each word and form as many associations as possible with each word.This is known as the ____________________ principle. levels-of-processing

In psychology,the term memory refers to,

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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