Question 1

New information can distort the recollection of information that is already stored in long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Focus on Neuroscience on mapping brain changes in Alzheimer's disease summarized a study that discovered that the disease first attacks the thick bundle of axons called the corpus callosum, which is the main communication link between the two hemispheres.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

-The leader lines point to some of the key brain structures involved in memory. Identify the letter that corresponds to the brain area involved in motor skill memories and simple classically conditioned reflexes, such as the eye-blink reflex.

Accepted Answer

A) prefrontal cortex 
B) amygdala 
C) hippocampus 
D) cerebellum 
A) prefrontal cortex 
B) amygdala 
C) hippocampus 
D) cerebellum

Question 4

Participants waited briefly in a psychology professor's office(pictured below) and were then taken to another room and asked to recall details of the office. The results showed thatmany participants erroneously remembered objects that were not actually present in the office. These memory errors were most likely the result of:

Accepted Answer

A) nervousness and apprehension that the participants experienced due to being left alone in the professor's office. 
B) the use of schemas, which included items that would be consistent with a typical professor's office 
C) imagination inflation as the participants vividly imagined being back in the professor's office during the recall test in the second room. 
D) the misinformation effect because the room where the memory test took place had many false retrieval cues present. 
A) nervousness and apprehension that the participants experienced due to being left alone in the professor's office. 
B) the use of schemas, which included items that would be consistent with a typical professor's office 
C) imagination inflation as the participants vividly imagined being back in the professor's office during the recall test in the second room. 
D) the misinformation effect because the room where the memory test took place had many false retrieval cues present.

Question 5

Much of your sense of self is derived from memories of your unique life experiences. These particular kinds of memoriesare referred to as _____ memories.

Accepted Answer

A) implicit 
B) autobiographical 
C) sensory 
D) semantic 
A) implicit 
B) autobiographical 
C) sensory 
D) semantic

Question 6

Declarative memories are consolidated during _____ sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) REM 
B) non-REM 
C) interrupted 
D) uninterrupted 
A) REM 
B) non-REM 
C) interrupted 
D) uninterrupted

Question 7

Research has consistently shown that the crime informationre called by eyewitnesses is almost always completely accurate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Although Morgan had practiced her speech several times, she had trouble remembering the middle part of the speech when she gave it in speech class. This pattern of forgetting illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) the serial position effect. 
B) prospective memory failure. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) proactive interference. 
A) the serial position effect. 
B) prospective memory failure. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) proactive interference.

Question 9

The inability to recall information that was previously available to memory is called:

Accepted Answer

A) encoding failure. 
B) forgetting. 
C) the misinformation effect. 
D) source confusion. 
A) encoding failure. 
B) forgetting. 
C) the misinformation effect. 
D) source confusion.

Question 10

As you are taking this exam, you are actively retrieving information that you have learned and stored in your long-term memory. The information that you are able to consciously recall is an example of which subsystem of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) explicit memory 
B) implicit memory 
C) procedural memory 
D) nondeclarative memory 
A) explicit memory 
B) implicit memory 
C) procedural memory 
D) nondeclarative memory

Question 11

Plaques and tangles are abnormal brain structures that are present only in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One strategy to increase the amount of information that canbe held in short-term memory is to group related items together into a single unit. This strategy is called:

Accepted Answer

A) the self-referencing technique. 
B) chunking. 
C) clustering. 
D) long-term potentiation. 
A) the self-referencing technique. 
B) chunking. 
C) clustering. 
D) long-term potentiation.

Question 13

The prefrontal cortex seems to play an important memory role for the order of information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Sensory memory is also called working memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Driving home from work, Scott saw a dog hit by a car on the highway, and he tried to put it out of his mind. This is a nexample of repression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a common example of:

Accepted Answer

A) the misinformation effect. 
B) the serial position effect. 
C) encoding failure. 
D) retrieval failure. 
A) the misinformation effect. 
B) the serial position effect. 
C) encoding failure. 
D) retrieval failure.

Question 17

Users of American Sign Language sometimes experience the phenomenon of not being able to retrieve a particular signwhen they feel sure that they know the sign. This phenomenonin users of sign language is called:

Accepted Answer

A) source confusion. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) the tip-of-the-fingers phenomenon. 
D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. 
A) source confusion. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) the tip-of-the-fingers phenomenon. 
D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Question 18

How are flash bulb memories different from ordinary memories?

Accepted Answer

A) Flashbulb memories are immune to interference from other memories, while ordinary memories are susceptible to being distorted by misinformation. 
B) Although people have about the same degree of confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb and ordinary memories, flashbulb memories are much more accurate and reliable than ordinary memories. 
C) People have a higher degree of confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb memories. 
D) Unlike memories of ordinary events, flashbulb memories of extraordinary events don't decay over time. 
A) Flashbulb memories are immune to interference from other memories, while ordinary memories are susceptible to being distorted by misinformation. 
B) Although people have about the same degree of confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb and ordinary memories, flashbulb memories are much more accurate and reliable than ordinary memories. 
C) People have a higher degree of confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb memories. 
D) Unlike memories of ordinary events, flashbulb memories of extraordinary events don't decay over time.

Question 19

When new information is learned, some information is rapidly forgotten relatively quickly. Information that is not forgotten tends to be retained in long-term memory for a long period oftime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why were nonsense syllables used in the earliest studies of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A) so that the stimulus materials were simple enough that even children could read and remember them 
B) so that cross-cultural comparisons of memory could be investigated using speakers of different languages 
C) so that the material did not have preexisting associations in memory 
D) to reduce retroactive interference 
A) so that the stimulus materials were simple enough that even children could read and remember them 
B) so that cross-cultural comparisons of memory could be investigated using speakers of different languages 
C) so that the material did not have preexisting associations in memory 
D) to reduce retroactive interference

New information can distort the recollection of information that is already stored in long-term memory.

The Focus on Neuroscience on mapping brain changes in Alzheimer's disease summarized a study that discovered that the disease first attacks the thick bundle of axons called the corpus callosum, which is the main communication link between the two hemispheres.

-The leader lines point to some of the key brain structures involved in memory. Identify the letter that corresponds to the brain area involved in motor skill memories and simple classically conditioned reflexes, such as the eye-blink reflex.

Much of your sense of self is derived from memories of your unique life experiences. These particular kinds of memoriesare referred to as _____ memories.

Declarative memories are consolidated during _____ sleep.

Research has consistently shown that the crime informationre called by eyewitnesses is almost always completely accurate.

Although Morgan had practiced her speech several times, she had trouble remembering the middle part of the speech when she gave it in speech class. This pattern of forgetting illustrates:

The inability to recall information that was previously available to memory is called:

As you are taking this exam, you are actively retrieving information that you have learned and stored in your long-term memory. The information that you are able to consciously recall is an example of which subsystem of long-term memory?

Plaques and tangles are abnormal brain structures that are present only in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

One strategy to increase the amount of information that canbe held in short-term memory is to group related items together into a single unit. This strategy is called:

The prefrontal cortex seems to play an important memory role for the order of information.

Sensory memory is also called working memory.

Driving home from work, Scott saw a dog hit by a car on the highway, and he tried to put it out of his mind. This is a nexample of repression.

The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a common example of:

Users of American Sign Language sometimes experience the phenomenon of not being able to retrieve a particular signwhen they feel sure that they know the sign. This phenomenonin users of sign language is called:

How are flash bulb memories different from ordinary memories?

When new information is learned, some information is rapidly forgotten relatively quickly. Information that is not forgotten tends to be retained in long-term memory for a long period oftime.

Why were nonsense syllables used in the earliest studies of forgetting?

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Exam 6: Memory

New information can distort the recollection of information that is already stored in long-term memory.

The Focus on Neuroscience on mapping brain changes in Alzheimer's disease summarized a study that discovered that the disease first attacks the thick bundle of axons called the corpus callosum, which is the main communication link between the two hemispheres.

-The leader lines point to some of the key brain structures involved in memory. Identify the letter that corresponds to the brain area involved in motor skill memories and simple classically conditioned reflexes, such as the eye-blink reflex.

Much of your sense of self is derived from memories of your unique life experiences. These particular kinds of memoriesare referred to as _____ memories.

Declarative memories are consolidated during _____ sleep.

Research has consistently shown that the crime informationre called by eyewitnesses is almost always completely accurate.

Although Morgan had practiced her speech several times, she had trouble remembering the middle part of the speech when she gave it in speech class. This pattern of forgetting illustrates:

The inability to recall information that was previously available to memory is called:

As you are taking this exam, you are actively retrieving information that you have learned and stored in your long-term memory. The information that you are able to consciously recall is an example of which subsystem of long-term memory?

Plaques and tangles are abnormal brain structures that are present only in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

One strategy to increase the amount of information that canbe held in short-term memory is to group related items together into a single unit. This strategy is called:

The prefrontal cortex seems to play an important memory role for the order of information.

Sensory memory is also called working memory.

Driving home from work, Scott saw a dog hit by a car on the highway, and he tried to put it out of his mind. This is a nexample of repression.

The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a common example of:

Users of American Sign Language sometimes experience the phenomenon of not being able to retrieve a particular signwhen they feel sure that they know the sign. This phenomenonin users of sign language is called:

How are flash bulb memories different from ordinary memories?

When new information is learned, some information is rapidly forgotten relatively quickly. Information that is not forgotten tends to be retained in long-term memory for a long period oftime.

Why were nonsense syllables used in the earliest studies of forgetting?

Introductionand Research Methods

Neuroscience and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness and Its Variations

Learning

Thinking Language,and Intelegance

Motivation and Emotion

Lifespan Development

Personality

Social Psychology

Stress Health and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

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