Question 1

The "magic number" seven refers to which capacity of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  time 
B)  iconic 
C)  space 
D)  echoic 
A)  time 
B)  iconic 
C)  space 
D)  echoic

Question 2

If you boil down the paragraphs in most textbooks to one or two important terms or ideas, your memory chores have been made more manageable through

Accepted Answer

A)  selection. 
B)  rote learning. 
C)  elaborative processing. 
D)  serial positioning. 
A)  selection. 
B)  rote learning. 
C)  elaborative processing. 
D)  serial positioning.

Question 3

Which of the following is the most sensitive test of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  recall 
B)  relearning 
C)  recognition 
D)  redintegration 
A)  recall 
B)  relearning 
C)  recognition 
D)  redintegration

Question 4

Information in long-term memory is generally stored on the basis of

Accepted Answer

A)  visual images. 
B)  meaning and importance. 
C)  how the words sound. 
D)  patterns of visual and auditory images. 
A)  visual images. 
B)  meaning and importance. 
C)  how the words sound. 
D)  patterns of visual and auditory images.

Question 5

What we remember depends on

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A)  what we pay attention to. 
B)  how we elaborate our memory. 
C)  what we feel strongly about and what we regard as important. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  what we pay attention to. 
B)  how we elaborate our memory. 
C)  what we feel strongly about and what we regard as important. 
D)  all of these.

Question 6

Which part of long-term memory contains factual information, such as the definition of psychology as well as the personal information regarding yourself?

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A)  episodic memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  declarative memory 
D)  procedural memory 
A)  episodic memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  declarative memory 
D)  procedural memory

Question 7

Your long-time friend asks you several questions about a former classmate that you "bumped into" while on vacation.Although you talked to this old classmate for over an hour and know that she told you the name of the town in which she and her family are now living, you can't seem to retrieve the name of the town at this moment in time.This is an example of when a memory is

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural rather than semantic. 
B)  temporary rather than permanent. 
C)  short-term but not long-term. 
D)  available but not accessible. 
A)  procedural rather than semantic. 
B)  temporary rather than permanent. 
C)  short-term but not long-term. 
D)  available but not accessible.

Question 8

Pauline's flashbulb memories of her children's births were caused by these exciting and stressful experiences heightening the activity in the limbic system of her brain, which intensified the formation of long-term memories through the process known as

Accepted Answer

A)  consolidation. 
B)  redintegration. 
C)  habituation. 
D)  sensory gating. 
A)  consolidation. 
B)  redintegration. 
C)  habituation. 
D)  sensory gating.

Question 9

Greg is on the trivia team for his fraternity.When the final deciding question was asked during a competition, Greg was sure he knew the answer since he had answered a similar question during practice, but he just couldn't retrieve the information in time to "buzz in." The other team did "buzz in" with the correct answer and won this match.Greg later said that he felt like the answer was on the "tip of his tongue," but it would just not come to mind.He had experienced a memory that was

Accepted Answer

A)  available but not accessible. 
B)  temporary rather than permanent. 
C)  short-term but not long-term. 
D)  procedural rather than semantic. 
A)  available but not accessible. 
B)  temporary rather than permanent. 
C)  short-term but not long-term. 
D)  procedural rather than semantic.

Question 10

An experiment was conducted in which a person was talking to a young adult stranger, and two workers carried a door between this person and the young man.Another young man was switched with the original stranger.Only half of the participants tested this way noticed the switch.What were the conclusions regarding this experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  More college students did not notice the switch because they were in a hurry and thinking about getting to their next class. 
B)  More older persons did not notice the switch because their brains are beginning to be damaged by the onset of senility. 
C)  More older persons did not notice because they encoded both young men in very general terms as a "college student." 
D)  More older persons did not notice the switch because of poor visual acuity. 
A)  More college students did not notice the switch because they were in a hurry and thinking about getting to their next class. 
B)  More older persons did not notice the switch because their brains are beginning to be damaged by the onset of senility. 
C)  More older persons did not notice because they encoded both young men in very general terms as a "college student." 
D)  More older persons did not notice the switch because of poor visual acuity.

Question 11

Information is remembered with only a minimum of external cues and often verbatim, when which of the following is used to measure memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  recall 
B)  recognition 
C)  relearning 
D)  redintegration 
A)  recall 
B)  recognition 
C)  relearning 
D)  redintegration

Question 12

Remembering your locker combination by relating it to your parents' and sister's birth dates illustrates the use of

Accepted Answer

A)  elaborative processing. 
B)  eidetic imagery. 
C)  rote learning. 
D)  maintenance rehearsal. 
A)  elaborative processing. 
B)  eidetic imagery. 
C)  rote learning. 
D)  maintenance rehearsal.

Question 13

Regarding electroconvulsive shock (ECS)and consolidation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Recent memories are more easily disrupted by ECS than older memories. 
B)  ECS will cause amnesia for memories that occur up to a day after the ECS is administered. 
C)  If enough time is allowed to pass between learning and ECS, the memory will be unaffected because consolidation is already complete. 
D)  The part of the brain known as the hippocampus plays an important role in consolidation. 
A)  Recent memories are more easily disrupted by ECS than older memories. 
B)  ECS will cause amnesia for memories that occur up to a day after the ECS is administered. 
C)  If enough time is allowed to pass between learning and ECS, the memory will be unaffected because consolidation is already complete. 
D)  The part of the brain known as the hippocampus plays an important role in consolidation.

Question 14

Regarding suppression and repression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some psychologists have questioned whether repression exists. 
B)  Clinicians consider true suppression to be an unconscious event. 
C)  If you have experienced a painful emotional event, you will probably avoid all thoughts associated with it, which tend to keep cues out of mind that could trigger a painful memory. 
D)  When a memory is repressed, we may be unaware that forgetting has even occurred. 
A)  Some psychologists have questioned whether repression exists. 
B)  Clinicians consider true suppression to be an unconscious event. 
C)  If you have experienced a painful emotional event, you will probably avoid all thoughts associated with it, which tend to keep cues out of mind that could trigger a painful memory. 
D)  When a memory is repressed, we may be unaware that forgetting has even occurred.

Question 15

The best way to make use of spaced practice is to

Accepted Answer

A)  schedule your time. 
B)  use the progressive-whole method. 
C)  sleep less. 
D)  utilize maintenance rehearsal. 
A)  schedule your time. 
B)  use the progressive-whole method. 
C)  sleep less. 
D)  utilize maintenance rehearsal.

Question 16

For Angela, the memory of her wedding ten years ago is a vivid, lasting, and emotionally-charged memory.This memory would be considered a(n)__________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  eidetic 
B)  acrostic 
C)  implicit 
D)  flashbulb 
A)  eidetic 
B)  acrostic 
C)  implicit 
D)  flashbulb

Question 17

After Barbara was raped, the forensic psychologist took Barbara back to the dorm room in which the crime took place, hoping that aspects of the crime scene, such as sounds, smells, and objects, would provide helpful retrieval cues.The forensic psychologist then had Barbara recall the events in a different order and from different vantage points in the room.Every new memory, no matter how trivial was noted, since it might serve as a cue to trigger the retrieval of even more memories.Barbara is undergoing

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive priming. 
B)  the progressive part method. 
C)  retroactive consolidation. 
D)  a cognitive interview. 
A)  retroactive priming. 
B)  the progressive part method. 
C)  retroactive consolidation. 
D)  a cognitive interview.

Question 18

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw.The memory test being utilized in this instance is

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition. 
B)  relearning. 
C)  recall. 
D)  eidetic. 
A)  recognition. 
B)  relearning. 
C)  recall. 
D)  eidetic.

Question 19

At a police station, the witness of a hit-and-run accident remembers the first two numbers of the license on the car involved.To increase her chances of remembering the other numbers she should

Accepted Answer

A)  read a list of randomly selected license numbers to jog her memory. 
B)  go home and rest, trying again after she has calmed down. 
C)  write down several possible license numbers and see which ones she recognizes. 
D)  immediately return to the site of the accident to provide cues to her memory. 
A)  read a list of randomly selected license numbers to jog her memory. 
B)  go home and rest, trying again after she has calmed down. 
C)  write down several possible license numbers and see which ones she recognizes. 
D)  immediately return to the site of the accident to provide cues to her memory.

Question 20

Which of the following psychologists pioneered the scientific study of forgetting using nonsense syllables and plotted the curve of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herman Ebbinghaus 
B)  Elizabeth Loftus 
C)  Karl Lashley 
D)  George Sperling 
A)  Herman Ebbinghaus 
B)  Elizabeth Loftus 
C)  Karl Lashley 
D)  George Sperling

The "magic number" seven refers to which capacity of short-term memory?

If you boil down the paragraphs in most textbooks to one or two important terms or ideas, your memory chores have been made more manageable through

Which of the following is the most sensitive test of memory?

Information in long-term memory is generally stored on the basis of

What we remember depends on

Which part of long-term memory contains factual information, such as the definition of psychology as well as the personal information regarding yourself?

Pauline's flashbulb memories of her children's births were caused by these exciting and stressful experiences heightening the activity in the limbic system of her brain, which intensified the formation of long-term memories through the process known as

Information is remembered with only a minimum of external cues and often verbatim, when which of the following is used to measure memory?

Remembering your locker combination by relating it to your parents' and sister's birth dates illustrates the use of

Regarding electroconvulsive shock (ECS)and consolidation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding suppression and repression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The best way to make use of spaced practice is to

For Angela, the memory of her wedding ten years ago is a vivid, lasting, and emotionally-charged memory.This memory would be considered a(n)__________ memory.

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw.The memory test being utilized in this instance is

At a police station, the witness of a hit-and-run accident remembers the first two numbers of the license on the car involved.To increase her chances of remembering the other numbers she should

Which of the following psychologists pioneered the scientific study of forgetting using nonsense syllables and plotted the curve of forgetting?

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Exam 7: Memory.

The "magic number" seven refers to which capacity of short-term memory?

If you boil down the paragraphs in most textbooks to one or two important terms or ideas, your memory chores have been made more manageable through

Which of the following is the most sensitive test of memory?

Information in long-term memory is generally stored on the basis of

What we remember depends on

Which part of long-term memory contains factual information, such as the definition of psychology as well as the personal information regarding yourself?

Pauline's flashbulb memories of her children's births were caused by these exciting and stressful experiences heightening the activity in the limbic system of her brain, which intensified the formation of long-term memories through the process known as

Information is remembered with only a minimum of external cues and often verbatim, when which of the following is used to measure memory?

Remembering your locker combination by relating it to your parents' and sister's birth dates illustrates the use of

Regarding electroconvulsive shock (ECS)and consolidation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding suppression and repression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The best way to make use of spaced practice is to

For Angela, the memory of her wedding ten years ago is a vivid, lasting, and emotionally-charged memory.This memory would be considered a(n)__________ memory.

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw.The memory test being utilized in this instance is

At a police station, the witness of a hit-and-run accident remembers the first two numbers of the license on the car involved.To increase her chances of remembering the other numbers she should

Which of the following psychologists pioneered the scientific study of forgetting using nonsense syllables and plotted the curve of forgetting?

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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