Question 1

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

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A)  stare at each painting for as long as it is present and then at a white sheet of paper and try to create an afterimage. 
B)  make each artist's name into an object or image and then picture the object in the paintings done by the artist. 
C)  utilize acrostics to remember the painting and artist. 
D)  use maintenance rehearsal and redintegration. 
A)  stare at each painting for as long as it is present and then at a white sheet of paper and try to create an afterimage. 
B)  make each artist's name into an object or image and then picture the object in the paintings done by the artist. 
C)  utilize acrostics to remember the painting and artist. 
D)  use maintenance rehearsal and redintegration.

Question 2

The study that involved participants being shown fake ads depicting Bugs Bunny at Disney World illustrates how people

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A)  do not pay attention or remember print ads as well as they do filmed ads. 
B)  will lie to get attention even as adults. 
C)  actually believe they remember meeting Bugs Bunny in Disney World when the event could not have occurred. 
D)  can remember meeting Bugs Bunny as children but cannot recall meeting the characters as adults, since cartoon characters are more meaningful for children. 
A)  do not pay attention or remember print ads as well as they do filmed ads. 
B)  will lie to get attention even as adults. 
C)  actually believe they remember meeting Bugs Bunny in Disney World when the event could not have occurred. 
D)  can remember meeting Bugs Bunny as children but cannot recall meeting the characters as adults, since cartoon characters are more meaningful for children.

Question 3

An adult in therapy develops a fantasy about being abused as a child.The patient views the fantasy as a true memory.The patient's belief best illustrates which of the following?

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A)  explicit memory decay 
B)  implicit memory decay 
C)  long-term potentiation 
D)  false memory syndrome 
A)  explicit memory decay 
B)  implicit memory decay 
C)  long-term potentiation 
D)  false memory syndrome

Question 4

Although Mr.S.had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages.Mr.S was a professional memorizer, or

Accepted Answer

A)  telepath. 
B)  mnemonist. 
C)  medium. 
D)  psychic. 
A)  telepath. 
B)  mnemonist. 
C)  medium. 
D)  psychic.

Question 5

The hippocampus is important in memory formation because it

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A)  prevents memory decay. 
B)  is a "connecting station" between sensory memory and short-term memory. 
C)  grows new neurons and makes new connections in the brain. 
D)  releases neurotransmitters that inhibit the growth of neurons, preserving memory engrams. 
A)  prevents memory decay. 
B)  is a "connecting station" between sensory memory and short-term memory. 
C)  grows new neurons and makes new connections in the brain. 
D)  releases neurotransmitters that inhibit the growth of neurons, preserving memory engrams.

Question 6

Five-year-old Jaycee learned her "ABCs" by repeating them over and over again.Jaycee learned the alphabet through

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A)  rote learning. 
B)  insight learning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  respondent conditioning. 
A)  rote learning. 
B)  insight learning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  respondent conditioning.

Question 7

The fact that a majority of elderly persons have excellent long-term memories for events that happened when they were young tends to cast doubt on which explanation of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  problems with sensory memory 
B)  consolidation 
C)  disuse 
D)  encoding failure 
A)  problems with sensory memory 
B)  consolidation 
C)  disuse 
D)  encoding failure

Question 8

A brain-injured patient who can still execute a perfect golf swing or a high dive but is unable to recall or relearn even the broad outlines of American history is exhibiting superior function in which type of memory?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Memories may be revealed through recall, recognition, relearning, and

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A)  the tip-of-the-tongue state. 
B)  the serial position effect. 
C)  priming. 
D)  déjà vu. 
A)  the tip-of-the-tongue state. 
B)  the serial position effect. 
C)  priming. 
D)  déjà vu.

Question 10

If you like to study while watching television or instant messaging, beware because dividing your attention like that often leads to forgetting due to

Accepted Answer

A)  disuse. 
B)  memory decay. 
C)  encoding failure. 
D)  redintegration. 
A)  disuse. 
B)  memory decay. 
C)  encoding failure. 
D)  redintegration.

Question 11

When a person is sad and depressed, he or she has a tendency to remember more sad memories, which illustrates __________ learning.

Accepted Answer

state-depe

Question 12

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember the information in one's college studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Words are generally easier to remember than visual pictures and images. 
B)  Acrostics are more effective if you make up your own than using ones suggested by others. 
C)  Bizarre images make stored information more distinctive and easier to retrieve, but mainly help to improve immediate memory. 
D)  College students who used exaggerated mental associations to remember the names of unfamiliar terms outperformed students who just used rote memory. 
A)  Words are generally easier to remember than visual pictures and images. 
B)  Acrostics are more effective if you make up your own than using ones suggested by others. 
C)  Bizarre images make stored information more distinctive and easier to retrieve, but mainly help to improve immediate memory. 
D)  College students who used exaggerated mental associations to remember the names of unfamiliar terms outperformed students who just used rote memory.

Question 13

According to the serial position effect, you are most likely to forget which items on a list?

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A)  first 
B)  middle 
C)  last 
D)  first and last 
A)  first 
B)  middle 
C)  last 
D)  first and last

Question 14

Tony, a high school football player, takes a hard hit at the beginning of the third quarter and momentarily loses consciousness.Tony cannot remember the half-time show that took place before he received the "hard hit," but otherwise he appears fine.Tony has suffered

Accepted Answer

A)  the false memory syndrome. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  anterograde amnesia. 
D)  redintegration. 
A)  the false memory syndrome. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  anterograde amnesia. 
D)  redintegration.

Question 15

If you tend to be absentminded, which theory of forgetting is probably to blame?

Accepted Answer

A)  disuse 
B)  memory decay 
C)  encoding failure 
D)  repression 
A)  disuse 
B)  memory decay 
C)  encoding failure 
D)  repression

Question 16

Regarding research on where long-term memories are stored and activated within the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Procedural memories are stored in the basal ganglia and cerebellum. 
B)  The hippocampus is involved in memory consolidation. 
C)  Semantic memories are stored in the front of the cortex, while episodic memories are stored in the back areas of the cortex. 
D)  Different parts of cortex are activated when we are engaging in memory retrieval and suppression. 
A)  Procedural memories are stored in the basal ganglia and cerebellum. 
B)  The hippocampus is involved in memory consolidation. 
C)  Semantic memories are stored in the front of the cortex, while episodic memories are stored in the back areas of the cortex. 
D)  Different parts of cortex are activated when we are engaging in memory retrieval and suppression.

Question 17

LaTanya is taking a discussion test in history and is having trouble remembering some of the important events she needs to discuss.So, she mentally puts herself back in the situation where she learned the information and tries to mentally recreate and relive the learning experience.She then writes everything that she can remember related to this learning experience, even trivial ideas, and also tries to recall the events in a different order and from different points of view.LaTanya is using a strategy that is very similar to a method used to improve eyewitness recall.This method is called the __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of LaTanya is taking a discussion test in...

Question 18

In a case study reported by Milner, a patient that had damage to the hippocampus

Accepted Answer

A)  showed an inability to retain information in short-term memory. 
B)  had a clear memory of events taking place after the operation. 
C)  found new learning almost impossible. 
D)  suffered from retrograde amnesia. 
A)  showed an inability to retain information in short-term memory. 
B)  had a clear memory of events taking place after the operation. 
C)  found new learning almost impossible. 
D)  suffered from retrograde amnesia.

Question 19

Many people remember happy, positive events better than disappointments and irritations.Remembering the sad events less well is best explained by

Accepted Answer

A)  repression. 
B)  encoding failure. 
C)  retroactive interference. 
D)  proactive interference. 
A)  repression. 
B)  encoding failure. 
C)  retroactive interference. 
D)  proactive interference.

Question 20

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation, it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had divided their study time in which way?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 percent reading and 80 percent recitation 
B)  40 percent reading and 60 percent recitation 
C)  50 percent reading and 50 percent recitation 
D)  70 percent reading and 30 percent recitation 
A)  20 percent reading and 80 percent recitation 
B)  40 percent reading and 60 percent recitation 
C)  50 percent reading and 50 percent recitation 
D)  70 percent reading and 30 percent recitation

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

The study that involved participants being shown fake ads depicting Bugs Bunny at Disney World illustrates how people

An adult in therapy develops a fantasy about being abused as a child.The patient views the fantasy as a true memory.The patient's belief best illustrates which of the following?

Although Mr.S.had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages.Mr.S was a professional memorizer, or

The hippocampus is important in memory formation because it

Five-year-old Jaycee learned her "ABCs" by repeating them over and over again.Jaycee learned the alphabet through

The fact that a majority of elderly persons have excellent long-term memories for events that happened when they were young tends to cast doubt on which explanation of forgetting?

A brain-injured patient who can still execute a perfect golf swing or a high dive but is unable to recall or relearn even the broad outlines of American history is exhibiting superior function in which type of memory?

Memories may be revealed through recall, recognition, relearning, and

If you like to study while watching television or instant messaging, beware because dividing your attention like that often leads to forgetting due to

When a person is sad and depressed, he or she has a tendency to remember more sad memories, which illustrates __________ learning.

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember the information in one's college studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to the serial position effect, you are most likely to forget which items on a list?

Tony, a high school football player, takes a hard hit at the beginning of the third quarter and momentarily loses consciousness.Tony cannot remember the half-time show that took place before he received the "hard hit," but otherwise he appears fine.Tony has suffered

If you tend to be absentminded, which theory of forgetting is probably to blame?

Regarding research on where long-term memories are stored and activated within the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In a case study reported by Milner, a patient that had damage to the hippocampus

Many people remember happy, positive events better than disappointments and irritations.Remembering the sad events less well is best explained by

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation, it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had divided their study time in which way?

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Exam 7: Memory.

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

The study that involved participants being shown fake ads depicting Bugs Bunny at Disney World illustrates how people

An adult in therapy develops a fantasy about being abused as a child.The patient views the fantasy as a true memory.The patient's belief best illustrates which of the following?

Although Mr.S.had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages.Mr.S was a professional memorizer, or

The hippocampus is important in memory formation because it

Five-year-old Jaycee learned her "ABCs" by repeating them over and over again.Jaycee learned the alphabet through

The fact that a majority of elderly persons have excellent long-term memories for events that happened when they were young tends to cast doubt on which explanation of forgetting?

A brain-injured patient who can still execute a perfect golf swing or a high dive but is unable to recall or relearn even the broad outlines of American history is exhibiting superior function in which type of memory?

Memories may be revealed through recall, recognition, relearning, and

If you like to study while watching television or instant messaging, beware because dividing your attention like that often leads to forgetting due to

When a person is sad and depressed, he or she has a tendency to remember more sad memories, which illustrates __________ learning.

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember the information in one's college studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to the serial position effect, you are most likely to forget which items on a list?

Tony, a high school football player, takes a hard hit at the beginning of the third quarter and momentarily loses consciousness.Tony cannot remember the half-time show that took place before he received the "hard hit," but otherwise he appears fine.Tony has suffered

If you tend to be absentminded, which theory of forgetting is probably to blame?

Regarding research on where long-term memories are stored and activated within the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In a case study reported by Milner, a patient that had damage to the hippocampus

Many people remember happy, positive events better than disappointments and irritations.Remembering the sad events less well is best explained by

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation, it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had divided their study time in which way?

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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