Question 1

Using visual imagery is a good way to improve memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a common strategy used to test for recall of information from long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) recognition 
B) source monitoring 
C) free recall 
D) cued recall 
A) recognition 
B) source monitoring 
C) free recall 
D) cued recall

Question 3

As you are reading this question right now, you are consciously processing the meaning of the words in which stage of memory?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

As a general rule, the longer people take to memorize new information, the longer they will retain the information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements about sensory memory isFALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Memory researchers believe there is a separate sensory memory for each sense. 
B) One function of sensory memory is to briefly store our sensory impressions . 
C) Visual sensory memory holds information longer than auditory sensory memory. 
D) Visual sensory memory only lasts for about half a second. 
A) Memory researchers believe there is a separate sensory memory for each sense. 
B) One function of sensory memory is to briefly store our sensory impressions . 
C) Visual sensory memory holds information longer than auditory sensory memory. 
D) Visual sensory memory only lasts for about half a second.

Question 6

Exactly three years ago today Denise was eating lunch with two friends at a restaurant when a very confused man cameinto the restaurant and began firing a gun at the pictures hanging on the walls. Denise remembers many details of that day, including the clothes she was wearing and what she ate for lunch. Denise has such clear memories of that day partly because those memories are characterized by a high degree of:

Accepted Answer

A) mood congruence. 
B) distinctiveness. 
C) semantic information. 
D) state-dependent retrieval. 
A) mood congruence. 
B) distinctiveness. 
C) semantic information. 
D) state-dependent retrieval.

Question 7

Procedural 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 8

Karl Lashley originally believed that the engram, or memory trace, was stored in a particular area of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Following the death of his father, Scott was extremely despondent for several weeks. During this time, Scott seemedto dwell on other unpleasant memories and other sad experiences in his life. Scott's recall of other sad memories isan example of:

Accepted Answer

A) mood congruence. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) the context effect. 
D) memory consolidation. 
A) mood congruence. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) the context effect. 
D) memory consolidation.

Question 10

As a general rule, the more closely retrieval cues match the original learning conditions, the more likely it is that retrieval will occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Hermann Ebbinghaus:

Accepted Answer

A) was both the experimenter and the only participant in his pioneering research on forgetting. 
B) was the psychologist who discovered that the duration of short-term memory was seven items, plus or minus two. 
C) received the Nobel Prize for his landmark studies describing how the structure and function of neurons change when new memories are formed. 
D) was the physiological psychologist who attempted to find the specific brain location of particular memories. 
A) was both the experimenter and the only participant in his pioneering research on forgetting. 
B) was the psychologist who discovered that the duration of short-term memory was seven items, plus or minus two. 
C) received the Nobel Prize for his landmark studies describing how the structure and function of neurons change when new memories are formed. 
D) was the physiological psychologist who attempted to find the specific brain location of particular memories.

Question 12

Some sensory neurons that are involved with the initialperception of a stimulus are later reactivated when the memory of the stimulus is recalled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Episodic memory and semantic memory are components of Baddeley's working memory model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In a cross-cultural study comparing the earliest memories of college students, researchers found that the average age for earliest memory was much earlier for the U.S.-born students than for the Taiwanese or Chinese students.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Dementia is a term that refers specifically to the progressive deterioration and impairment of memory, reasoning ability,and other cognitive functions as a result of a disease orcondition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

It was only after years of extended repetitions of information that the amnesia patient H.M. acquired some bits and pieces of new knowledge about a few famous people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The peg-word method and method of loci are:

Accepted Answer

A) techniques that have been used to induce false memories in participants in research studies. 
B) retrieval cue strategies to help you recall a blocked word or name during tip-of-the-tongue experiences. 
C) suggestive techniques that can be used to recover repressed memories. 
D) mnemonic devices to help you remember information. 
A) techniques that have been used to induce false memories in participants in research studies. 
B) retrieval cue strategies to help you recall a blocked word or name during tip-of-the-tongue experiences. 
C) suggestive techniques that can be used to recover repressed memories. 
D) mnemonic devices to help you remember information.

Question 18

Long-term memory functions much like a tape recorder or camera; it captures, stores, and maintains a perfect record of everything that a person experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

You can increase the likelihood of developing a pseudomemory of an event that never occurred by vividly imagining the event.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

New research suggests that the true "magical number" for the capacity of short-term memory is more likely to be four, plusor minus one, than seven, plus or minus two.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Using visual imagery is a good way to improve memory.

Which of the following is NOT a common strategy used to test for recall of information from long-term memory?

As you are reading this question right now, you are consciously processing the meaning of the words in which stage of memory?

As a general rule, the longer people take to memorize new information, the longer they will retain the information.

Which of the following statements about sensory memory isFALSE?

Procedural memories are consolidated during _____ sleep.

Karl Lashley originally believed that the engram, or memory trace, was stored in a particular area of the brain.

Following the death of his father, Scott was extremely despondent for several weeks. During this time, Scott seemedto dwell on other unpleasant memories and other sad experiences in his life. Scott's recall of other sad memories isan example of:

As a general rule, the more closely retrieval cues match the original learning conditions, the more likely it is that retrieval will occur.

Hermann Ebbinghaus:

Some sensory neurons that are involved with the initialperception of a stimulus are later reactivated when the memory of the stimulus is recalled.

Episodic memory and semantic memory are components of Baddeley's working memory model.

In a cross-cultural study comparing the earliest memories of college students, researchers found that the average age for earliest memory was much earlier for the U.S.-born students than for the Taiwanese or Chinese students.

Dementia is a term that refers specifically to the progressive deterioration and impairment of memory, reasoning ability,and other cognitive functions as a result of a disease orcondition.

It was only after years of extended repetitions of information that the amnesia patient H.M. acquired some bits and pieces of new knowledge about a few famous people.

The peg-word method and method of loci are:

Long-term memory functions much like a tape recorder or camera; it captures, stores, and maintains a perfect record of everything that a person experiences.

You can increase the likelihood of developing a pseudomemory of an event that never occurred by vividly imagining the event.

New research suggests that the true "magical number" for the capacity of short-term memory is more likely to be four, plusor minus one, than seven, plus or minus two.

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Exam 6: Memory

Using visual imagery is a good way to improve memory.

Which of the following is NOT a common strategy used to test for recall of information from long-term memory?

As you are reading this question right now, you are consciously processing the meaning of the words in which stage of memory?

As a general rule, the longer people take to memorize new information, the longer they will retain the information.

Which of the following statements about sensory memory isFALSE?

Procedural memories are consolidated during _____ sleep.

Karl Lashley originally believed that the engram, or memory trace, was stored in a particular area of the brain.

Following the death of his father, Scott was extremely despondent for several weeks. During this time, Scott seemedto dwell on other unpleasant memories and other sad experiences in his life. Scott's recall of other sad memories isan example of:

As a general rule, the more closely retrieval cues match the original learning conditions, the more likely it is that retrieval will occur.

Hermann Ebbinghaus:

Some sensory neurons that are involved with the initialperception of a stimulus are later reactivated when the memory of the stimulus is recalled.

Episodic memory and semantic memory are components of Baddeley's working memory model.

In a cross-cultural study comparing the earliest memories of college students, researchers found that the average age for earliest memory was much earlier for the U.S.-born students than for the Taiwanese or Chinese students.

Dementia is a term that refers specifically to the progressive deterioration and impairment of memory, reasoning ability,and other cognitive functions as a result of a disease orcondition.

It was only after years of extended repetitions of information that the amnesia patient H.M. acquired some bits and pieces of new knowledge about a few famous people.

The peg-word method and method of loci are:

Long-term memory functions much like a tape recorder or camera; it captures, stores, and maintains a perfect record of everything that a person experiences.

You can increase the likelihood of developing a pseudomemory of an event that never occurred by vividly imagining the event.

New research suggests that the true "magical number" for the capacity of short-term memory is more likely to be four, plusor minus one, than seven, plus or minus two.

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

Filters