Question 1

The ability to predict beforehand whether one will be able to remember something is called

Accepted Answer

A)  déjà vu. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  consolidation. 
D)  the feeling of knowing. 
A)  déjà vu. 
B)  episodic memory. 
C)  consolidation. 
D)  the feeling of knowing. D

Question 2

Eidetic images are usually viewed by people with their eyes closed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Regarding the three stages of memory, the memories that are stored on the basis of meaningfulness and importance are called __________ memories.

Accepted Answer

long-term
long term

Question 4

Jerry uses rote learning to study the concept of reinforcement, while Erica uses elaborative processing.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jerry will understand the concept of reinforcement and will be more likely to directly retrieve the information he needs. 
B)  Erica will understand the concept of reinforcement and will be more likely to directly retrieve the information she needs. 
C)  Both will understand the concept and be able to readily retrieve the needed information. 
D)  Neither will understand the concept nor will they be able to readily retrieve the needed information. 
A)  Jerry will understand the concept of reinforcement and will be more likely to directly retrieve the information he needs. 
B)  Erica will understand the concept of reinforcement and will be more likely to directly retrieve the information she needs. 
C)  Both will understand the concept and be able to readily retrieve the needed information. 
D)  Neither will understand the concept nor will they be able to readily retrieve the needed information.

Question 5

Dan suffered a concussion and experienced a loss of memory for events that occurred just before his head injury, which illustrates forgetting due to anterograde amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

You remember sitting in a circle on the big reading rug in kindergarten while your teacher Mrs.Boyer read The Cat in the Hat to the class.This illustrates __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  skill 
B)  episodic 
C)  eidetic 
D)  semantic 
A)  skill 
B)  episodic 
C)  eidetic 
D)  semantic

Question 7

Regarding short-term memory (STM), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although information can be stored phonetically in STM, it is most often stored in images. 
B)  In memory experiments, information in short-term memory is gone in 12 to 18 seconds without rehearsal. 
C)  It is very difficult to do more than one task at a time in STM. 
D)  STM is very sensitive to interruption, or displacement. 
A)  Although information can be stored phonetically in STM, it is most often stored in images. 
B)  In memory experiments, information in short-term memory is gone in 12 to 18 seconds without rehearsal. 
C)  It is very difficult to do more than one task at a time in STM. 
D)  STM is very sensitive to interruption, or displacement.

Question 8

Even if you encode and store the information, which of the following can still be a cause of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  decay 
B)  disuse 
C)  retrieval 
D)  redintegration 
A)  decay 
B)  disuse 
C)  retrieval 
D)  redintegration

Question 9

Unlike the average North American, a Piaroa Indian shaman from Venezuela is able to remember detailed information about the locations, appearances, and names of the numerous plants in the region, whichillustrates the

Accepted Answer

A)  ​individualistic view of the Piaroa Indian culture. 
B)  ​importance of these plants to the Piaroa Indian culture. 
C)  ​collectivist view of the Piaroa Indian culture. 
D)  ​innate intelligence of the Piaroa Indians. 
A)  ​individualistic view of the Piaroa Indian culture. 
B)  ​importance of these plants to the Piaroa Indian culture. 
C)  ​collectivist view of the Piaroa Indian culture. 
D)  ​innate intelligence of the Piaroa Indians.

Question 10

Regarding long-term memories, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gaps in one's memory are common. 
B)  It is possible to have false memories that seem accurate but really never happened. 
C)  As new long-term memories are stored, older memories are often updated, changed, lost, or revised. 
D)  When we fill in gaps in memory with logic, guessing, or new information, it is due to the process of chunking or recoding. 
A)  Gaps in one's memory are common. 
B)  It is possible to have false memories that seem accurate but really never happened. 
C)  As new long-term memories are stored, older memories are often updated, changed, lost, or revised. 
D)  When we fill in gaps in memory with logic, guessing, or new information, it is due to the process of chunking or recoding.

Question 11

Regarding how culture affects memories, European-Americans tend to emphasize

Accepted Answer

A)  ​recent events. 
B)  ​social and historical events. 
C)  personal memories about themselves. 
D)  memories involving their interactions in groups. 
A)  ​recent events. 
B)  ​social and historical events. 
C)  personal memories about themselves. 
D)  memories involving their interactions in groups.

Question 12

In the "Card Magic" demonstration in your textbook, your card appeared to disappear due to which type of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding failure 
B)  disuse 
C)  retroactive interference 
D)  proactive interference 
A)  encoding failure 
B)  disuse 
C)  retroactive interference 
D)  proactive interference

Question 13

People growing senile may become so forgetful that they can't remember what happened a week ago, although they may have vivid memories of trivial and long-forgotten events from the past.This senility is often due to

Accepted Answer

A)  Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 
B)  accelerated repression. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  cue-dependent forgetting. 
A)  Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 
B)  accelerated repression. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  cue-dependent forgetting.

Question 14

Recall, recognition, and the tests you take in school rely on __________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  primed 
B)  implicit 
C)  explicit 
D)  eidetic 
A)  primed 
B)  implicit 
C)  explicit 
D)  eidetic

Question 15

If the stimuli associated with the memory are missing when the time comes to retrieve the information, which of the following often occurs?

Accepted Answer

A)  memory decay 
B)  cue-dependent forgetting 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  suppression 
A)  memory decay 
B)  cue-dependent forgetting 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  suppression

Question 16

In his studies of memory, Ebbinghaus wanted to be sure he would not be swayed by prior learning, so he used

Accepted Answer

A)  common everyday words. 
B)  nonsense syllables. 
C)  short, easily pronounced words. 
D)  individual letters. 
A)  common everyday words. 
B)  nonsense syllables. 
C)  short, easily pronounced words. 
D)  individual letters.

Question 17

Kasey is having trouble learning French because she finds that having learned Spanish earlier makes it more difficult for her to now learn French.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  memory decay. 
D)  encoding failure. 
A)  proactive interference. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  memory decay. 
D)  encoding failure.

Question 18

A memory that a person is aware of having and which can be consciously retrieved is a(n)__________ memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A memory that a person is aware...

Question 19

While studying, Nadia tries to visualize the room where she will be tested.Nadia's method of studying will

Accepted Answer

A)  enhance retrieval cues and improve her test performance. 
B)  lead to source confusion and impair her test performance. 
C)  cause retroactive interference and impair her test performance. 
D)  have no effect on her test performance, either positive or negative. 
A)  enhance retrieval cues and improve her test performance. 
B)  lead to source confusion and impair her test performance. 
C)  cause retroactive interference and impair her test performance. 
D)  have no effect on her test performance, either positive or negative.

Question 20

At first, you remembered when and where you were when you learned the names of the seasons.Then, over time, you forget when and where you were when you learned this information and only remember the names of the seasons.Thus, the forgetting of

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memories results in the formation of episodic memories. 
B)  semantic memories results in the formation of episodic memories. 
C)  episodic memories results in the formation of semantic memories. 
D)  semantic memories result in the formation of procedural memories. 
A)  procedural memories results in the formation of episodic memories. 
B)  semantic memories results in the formation of episodic memories. 
C)  episodic memories results in the formation of semantic memories. 
D)  semantic memories result in the formation of procedural memories.

The ability to predict beforehand whether one will be able to remember something is called

Eidetic images are usually viewed by people with their eyes closed.

Regarding the three stages of memory, the memories that are stored on the basis of meaningfulness and importance are called __________ memories.

Jerry uses rote learning to study the concept of reinforcement, while Erica uses elaborative processing.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Dan suffered a concussion and experienced a loss of memory for events that occurred just before his head injury, which illustrates forgetting due to anterograde amnesia.

You remember sitting in a circle on the big reading rug in kindergarten while your teacher Mrs.Boyer read The Cat in the Hat to the class.This illustrates __________ memory.

Regarding short-term memory (STM), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Even if you encode and store the information, which of the following can still be a cause of forgetting?

Unlike the average North American, a Piaroa Indian shaman from Venezuela is able to remember detailed information about the locations, appearances, and names of the numerous plants in the region, whichillustrates the

Regarding long-term memories, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding how culture affects memories, European-Americans tend to emphasize

In the "Card Magic" demonstration in your textbook, your card appeared to disappear due to which type of forgetting?

People growing senile may become so forgetful that they can't remember what happened a week ago, although they may have vivid memories of trivial and long-forgotten events from the past.This senility is often due to

Recall, recognition, and the tests you take in school rely on __________ memories.

If the stimuli associated with the memory are missing when the time comes to retrieve the information, which of the following often occurs?

In his studies of memory, Ebbinghaus wanted to be sure he would not be swayed by prior learning, so he used

Kasey is having trouble learning French because she finds that having learned Spanish earlier makes it more difficult for her to now learn French.This is known as

A memory that a person is aware of having and which can be consciously retrieved is a(n)__________ memory.

While studying, Nadia tries to visualize the room where she will be tested.Nadia's method of studying will

At first, you remembered when and where you were when you learned the names of the seasons.Then, over time, you forget when and where you were when you learned this information and only remember the names of the seasons.Thus, the forgetting of

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Exam 7: Memory.

The ability to predict beforehand whether one will be able to remember something is called

Eidetic images are usually viewed by people with their eyes closed.

Regarding the three stages of memory, the memories that are stored on the basis of meaningfulness and importance are called __________ memories.

Jerry uses rote learning to study the concept of reinforcement, while Erica uses elaborative processing.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Dan suffered a concussion and experienced a loss of memory for events that occurred just before his head injury, which illustrates forgetting due to anterograde amnesia.

You remember sitting in a circle on the big reading rug in kindergarten while your teacher Mrs.Boyer read The Cat in the Hat to the class.This illustrates __________ memory.

Regarding short-term memory (STM), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Even if you encode and store the information, which of the following can still be a cause of forgetting?

Unlike the average North American, a Piaroa Indian shaman from Venezuela is able to remember detailed information about the locations, appearances, and names of the numerous plants in the region, whichillustrates the

Regarding long-term memories, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding how culture affects memories, European-Americans tend to emphasize

In the "Card Magic" demonstration in your textbook, your card appeared to disappear due to which type of forgetting?

People growing senile may become so forgetful that they can't remember what happened a week ago, although they may have vivid memories of trivial and long-forgotten events from the past.This senility is often due to

Recall, recognition, and the tests you take in school rely on __________ memories.

If the stimuli associated with the memory are missing when the time comes to retrieve the information, which of the following often occurs?

In his studies of memory, Ebbinghaus wanted to be sure he would not be swayed by prior learning, so he used

Kasey is having trouble learning French because she finds that having learned Spanish earlier makes it more difficult for her to now learn French.This is known as

A memory that a person is aware of having and which can be consciously retrieved is a(n)__________ memory.

While studying, Nadia tries to visualize the room where she will be tested.Nadia's method of studying will

At first, you remembered when and where you were when you learned the names of the seasons.Then, over time, you forget when and where you were when you learned this information and only remember the names of the seasons.Thus, the forgetting of

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

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