Question 1

The serial position effect refers to how:

Accepted Answer

A)  information tends to be remembered better if it is processed more deeply. 
B)  people tend to retrieve an image from long-term memory and incorporate it into a current visualization position. 
C)  people tend to remember words presented at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle. 
D)  elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal for storing information in long-term memory. 
A)  information tends to be remembered better if it is processed more deeply. 
B)  people tend to retrieve an image from long-term memory and incorporate it into a current visualization position. 
C)  people tend to remember words presented at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle. 
D)  elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal for storing information in long-term memory.

Question 2

It is generally thought that the process of memory consolidation occurs in the:

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A)  hippocampus 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  amygdala. 
D)  thalamus. 
A)  hippocampus 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  amygdala. 
D)  thalamus.

Question 3

Elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal for transferring information into long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

You are watching the TV game show "Jeopardy." Contestants are asked to answer a number of factual statements with a question. To play the game, contestants must access

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A)  short-term memory 
B)  explicit memory 
C)  state-dependent memory 
D)  procedural memory 
E)  declarative memory 
A)  short-term memory 
B)  explicit memory 
C)  state-dependent memory 
D)  procedural memory 
E)  declarative memory

Question 5

Short-term memory has a limited capacity, but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

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A)  establishing context dependency. 
B)  effortful processing. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  re-coding. 
E)  associative networking. 
A)  establishing context dependency. 
B)  effortful processing. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  re-coding. 
E)  associative networking.

Question 6

Chunking is thought to be an effective memory enhancing technique because it increases the raw or total amount of information that we can keep active in _.

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memory 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  sensory memory 
D)  long-term memory 
A)  procedural memory 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  sensory memory 
D)  long-term memory

Question 7

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease, you would find an abnormal amount of

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A)  long-term potentiation. 
B)  hippocampus tissue. 
C)  repression. 
D)  serotonin. 
E)  plaques and tangles. 
A)  long-term potentiation. 
B)  hippocampus tissue. 
C)  repression. 
D)  serotonin. 
E)  plaques and tangles.

Question 8

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended, you are experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  declarative memory. 
D)  both declarative memory and episodic memory are correct. 
E)  both declarative memory and semantic memory are correct. 
A)  semantic memory. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  declarative memory. 
D)  both declarative memory and episodic memory are correct. 
E)  both declarative memory and semantic memory are correct.

Question 9

Assume you have been asked to imagine a skier skiing quickly down a mountain. Your visual-spatial working memory would be responsible for storing and temporarily manipulating this image, while allocating the proper amount of attention to this task and allowing you to retrieve an image of a skier from your long-term memory and
Incorporate it into your current visualization would be a(n)

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A)  central executive 
B)  phonological loop process. 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  auditory working memory 
A)  central executive 
B)  phonological loop process. 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  auditory working memory

Question 10

A new restaurant was opening and Alice and Anne were hired to proofread the menu before it went to press. Alice reviewed each page, looking for mistakes in capitalization while Anne read the menu for comprehension. Both spent exactly one hour on the process before declaring the menu ready for print. Later that evening, their mother asked them what kinds of items were on the menu and Anne was able to remember more than
Her sister because she engaged in processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  structural 
B)  phonological 
C)  semantic 
D)  automatic 
A)  structural 
B)  phonological 
C)  semantic 
D)  automatic

Question 11

At a meeting for the Habitat for Humanity Club, you meet a female named Judy who you are interested in getting to know better. You don't have a pen, but you have a good memory and you ask for her phone number. On your way home you memorize the number. You are all set to call her when you get home, but on your way you meet an old high school friend, Jim, who wants to have a get together. He is in a hurry and just shouts his number as he drives away. Once you get home you realize you have forgotten Judy's
Number, but remembered Jim's number. This is due to

Accepted Answer

A)  decay trace. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  early onset of Alzheimer's. 
E)  retroactive interference. 
A)  decay trace. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  early onset of Alzheimer's. 
E)  retroactive interference.

Question 12

The memories of children who were undergoing painful medical procedures reveal that:

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A)  older children showed evidence of memory repression while younger children did not. 
B)  neither younger nor older children showed any evidence of memory repression. 
C)  younger children showed evidence of memory repression while older children did not. 
D)  both younger and older children showed evidence of memory repression. 
A)  older children showed evidence of memory repression while younger children did not. 
B)  neither younger nor older children showed any evidence of memory repression. 
C)  younger children showed evidence of memory repression while older children did not. 
D)  both younger and older children showed evidence of memory repression.

Question 13

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory. One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the ________ are associated with memory problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  amygdale; long-term 
B)  frontal cortex; emotional 
C)  thalamus; procedural 
D)  hippocampus; encoding short-term into long-term 
E)  hippocampus; sensory 
A)  amygdale; long-term 
B)  frontal cortex; emotional 
C)  thalamus; procedural 
D)  hippocampus; encoding short-term into long-term 
E)  hippocampus; sensory

Question 14

The two subcategories of declarative memory are:

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A)  implicit and explicit memory. 
B)  procedural and episodic memory. 
C)  proactive and retroactive memory. 
D)  episodic and semantic memory. 
A)  implicit and explicit memory. 
B)  procedural and episodic memory. 
C)  proactive and retroactive memory. 
D)  episodic and semantic memory.

Question 15

After taking the college entrance exam, Sidney was very upset as she drove home. She felt she had done poorly on the exam. The fact that Sidney was able to drive the familiar route home and arrive safely, even though she was so preoccupied thinking about the
Exam is due to her memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

A proponent of the neural network theory of memory would most likely argue that each in your brain is a node in a network.

Accepted Answer

A)  neuron 
B)  word 
C)  memory trace 
D)  concept 
A)  neuron 
B)  word 
C)  memory trace 
D)  concept

Question 17

A person uses the word "HOMES" to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior). This memory enhancing technique is best viewed as an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  an acronym. 
B)  maintenance rehearsal. 
C)  a hierarchical structure. 
D)  chunking. 
A)  an acronym. 
B)  maintenance rehearsal. 
C)  a hierarchical structure. 
D)  chunking.

Question 18

You want to work on an essay that you have saved on the hard drive of your computer. You search through the hierarchically organized folders on your computer until you find and open the document you want. It appears on the screen of your monitor. Relative to the information-processing system metaphor of human memory, this example is most similar to:

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory memory. 
B)  encoding. 
C)  retrieval. 
D)  storage. 
A)  sensory memory. 
B)  encoding. 
C)  retrieval. 
D)  storage.

Question 19

The method of loci is a memory enhancing technique based on imagery and it is consistent with the predictions of theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  dual coding 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  levels of processing 
D)  decay 
A)  dual coding 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  levels of processing 
D)  decay

Question 20

A patient of Dr. Kalif's is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. What symptoms would you expect this patient to show?

Accepted Answer

A)  repression 
B)  plaques and tangles 
C)  a tip-of-the-tongue effect 
D)  the misinformation effect 
E)  damage to the GABA system 
A)  repression 
B)  plaques and tangles 
C)  a tip-of-the-tongue effect 
D)  the misinformation effect 
E)  damage to the GABA system

The serial position effect refers to how:

It is generally thought that the process of memory consolidation occurs in the:

Elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal for transferring information into long-term memory.

You are watching the TV game show "Jeopardy." Contestants are asked to answer a number of factual statements with a question. To play the game, contestants must access

Short-term memory has a limited capacity, but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

Chunking is thought to be an effective memory enhancing technique because it increases the raw or total amount of information that we can keep active in _.

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease, you would find an abnormal amount of

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended, you are experiencing

The memories of children who were undergoing painful medical procedures reveal that:

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory. One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the ________ are associated with memory problems.

The two subcategories of declarative memory are:

After taking the college entrance exam, Sidney was very upset as she drove home. She felt she had done poorly on the exam. The fact that Sidney was able to drive the familiar route home and arrive safely, even though she was so preoccupied thinking about the Exam is due to her memory.

A proponent of the neural network theory of memory would most likely argue that each in your brain is a node in a network.

A person uses the word "HOMES" to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior). This memory enhancing technique is best viewed as an example of:

The method of loci is a memory enhancing technique based on imagery and it is consistent with the predictions of theory.

A patient of Dr. Kalif's is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. What symptoms would you expect this patient to show?

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The serial position effect refers to how:

It is generally thought that the process of memory consolidation occurs in the:

Elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal for transferring information into long-term memory.

You are watching the TV game show "Jeopardy." Contestants are asked to answer a number of factual statements with a question. To play the game, contestants must access

Short-term memory has a limited capacity, but if I wanted to increase that capacity I might try

Chunking is thought to be an effective memory enhancing technique because it increases the raw or total amount of information that we can keep active in _.

If you were to examine the brain of an individual with Alzheimer's disease, you would find an abnormal amount of

If you remember every detail of the last hockey game you attended, you are experiencing

The memories of children who were undergoing painful medical procedures reveal that:

There are many areas of the brain involved in the role of memory. One clear conclusion seems to be that lesions in the ________ are associated with memory problems.

The two subcategories of declarative memory are:

After taking the college entrance exam, Sidney was very upset as she drove home. She felt she had done poorly on the exam. The fact that Sidney was able to drive the familiar route home and arrive safely, even though she was so preoccupied thinking about the Exam is due to her memory.

A proponent of the neural network theory of memory would most likely argue that each in your brain is a node in a network.

A person uses the word "HOMES" to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior). This memory enhancing technique is best viewed as an example of:

The method of loci is a memory enhancing technique based on imagery and it is consistent with the predictions of theory.

A patient of Dr. Kalif's is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. What symptoms would you expect this patient to show?

Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

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Genes, Evolution, and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning and Adaptation: the Role of Experience

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Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Development Over the Lifespan

Behaviour in a Social Context

Personality

Stress, Coping, and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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