Question 1

Massen et al. (2009)found that the method of loci led to better recall when based on a route to work rather than one inside the participant's home, they presume because:

Accepted Answer

A) Work-related thoughts heighten constructive levels of stress 
B) The home is often smaller than a memory palace 
C) Work-related thoughts encourage accuracy 
D) The route to work is generally more constant 
E) One is more practiced at needing to remember things on the way to work 
A) Work-related thoughts heighten constructive levels of stress 
B) The home is often smaller than a memory palace 
C) Work-related thoughts encourage accuracy 
D) The route to work is generally more constant 
E) One is more practiced at needing to remember things on the way to work D

Question 2

Ericsson and Kintsch (1995)introduced the notion of long-term working memory, which would permit someone to access information in long-term memory through _________ in working memory.

Accepted Answer

A) Retrieval cues 
B) Sensory gates 
C) Nodes 
D) Inhibitory interneurons 
E) Stabilization factors 
A) Retrieval cues 
B) Sensory gates 
C) Nodes 
D) Inhibitory interneurons 
E) Stabilization factors A

Question 3

When the list of to-be-memorized street names were presented in a random order, Kalakoski and Saairluoma (2001)found which of the following to be true:

Accepted Answer

A) Place cells fired more often in the students' brains 
B) Taxi drivers recalled more street names correctly 
C) Students recalled more street names correctly 
D) Students crashed the virtual car more often 
E) There was no recall difference between taxi drivers and students 
A) Place cells fired more often in the students' brains 
B) Taxi drivers recalled more street names correctly 
C) Students recalled more street names correctly 
D) Students crashed the virtual car more often 
E) There was no recall difference between taxi drivers and students E

Question 4

Which researcher famously studied the Russian mnemonist, Shereshevskii?

Accepted Answer

A) Freud 
B) Luria 
C) Pavlov 
D) Hebb 
E) Kandel 
A) Freud 
B) Luria 
C) Pavlov 
D) Hebb 
E) Kandel

Question 5

What are Ericsson's (1988)requirements for achieving an exceptional memory skill?

Accepted Answer

A) Flexibility, motivation, and meaning 
B) Practice, practice, and practice 
C) Training, practice, and innate skill 
D) Meaningful encoding, retrieval structure, and speed-up 
E) Retrieval structure, flexibility, and training 
A) Flexibility, motivation, and meaning 
B) Practice, practice, and practice 
C) Training, practice, and innate skill 
D) Meaningful encoding, retrieval structure, and speed-up 
E) Retrieval structure, flexibility, and training

Question 6

Which of the following represents learning techniques ordered from low to high in usefulness, according to Dunlowsky et al.'s (2013)work?

Accepted Answer

A) Summarization, self-explanation, testing effect 
B) Elaborative interrogation, re-reading, imagery for text 
C) Self-explanation, testing effect, summarization 
D) Testing effect, re-reading, self-explanation 
E) Re-reading, interleaved practice, imagery from text 
A) Summarization, self-explanation, testing effect 
B) Elaborative interrogation, re-reading, imagery for text 
C) Self-explanation, testing effect, summarization 
D) Testing effect, re-reading, self-explanation 
E) Re-reading, interleaved practice, imagery from text

Question 7

Schroeder et al. (2018)compared the effectiveness of concept maps with respect to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)subjects with non- STEM subjects. They found that:

Accepted Answer

A) Concept maps are only useful for history and geography 
B) Concept maps have beneficial effects only for non-STEM subjects 
C) Concept maps have beneficial effects only for STEM subjects 
D) Concept maps had comparably detrimental effects for both types of subjects 
E) Concept maps had comparably beneficial effects for both types of subjects 
A) Concept maps are only useful for history and geography 
B) Concept maps have beneficial effects only for non-STEM subjects 
C) Concept maps have beneficial effects only for STEM subjects 
D) Concept maps had comparably detrimental effects for both types of subjects 
E) Concept maps had comparably beneficial effects for both types of subjects

Question 8

Karpicke, Butler, and Roediger (2009)found that most of their student sample selected which of the following as their chosen method to most effectively study material?

Accepted Answer

A) Test themselves on material from the chapter, without restudying 
B) Go back and restudy the entire chapter 
C) Read the chapter aloud quickly 
D) Listen to a recording of the chapter while sleeping 
E) None of these 
A) Test themselves on material from the chapter, without restudying 
B) Go back and restudy the entire chapter 
C) Read the chapter aloud quickly 
D) Listen to a recording of the chapter while sleeping 
E) None of these

Question 9

The finding that there is generally a higher probability that distinctive items will be recalled, relative to non-distinctive ones, has become known as the:

Accepted Answer

A) Simon effect 
B) Generation effect 
C) Spacing effect 
D) von Restorff effect 
E) Gestalt effect 
A) Simon effect 
B) Generation effect 
C) Spacing effect 
D) von Restorff effect 
E) Gestalt effect

Question 10

As Gobet (2016, p. 40)pointed out, "Mnemonics work by using LTM [long- term memory] as a means to compensate for the limited capacity of STM [short- term memory] by creating what are known as:

Accepted Answer

A) Retrieval structures 
B) Retrieval cues 
C) Memory structures 
D) Forgetting barriers 
E) Retrieval facilitation effects 
A) Retrieval structures 
B) Retrieval cues 
C) Memory structures 
D) Forgetting barriers 
E) Retrieval facilitation effects

Question 11

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

Accepted Answer

A) Auditory 
B) Verbal 
C) Spatial 
D) Olfactory 
E) Synesthetic 
A) Auditory 
B) Verbal 
C) Spatial 
D) Olfactory 
E) Synesthetic

Question 12

Hu, Ericsson, Yang, and Lu (2009)reported that mnemonist Chao Lu's ability to recite so many digits of pi was based primarily on which type of strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Pegword 
B) Story mnemonic 
C) Onamonapia 
D) Acronym 
E) Method of loci 
A) Pegword 
B) Story mnemonic 
C) Onamonapia 
D) Acronym 
E) Method of loci

Question 13

When Massen and Vaterrodt-Plünnecke (2006)asked participants to use the method of loci on multiple lists, each of which consisted of words drawn from different categories:

Accepted Answer

A) There was significantly greater proactive interference than with other strategies 
B) There was little or no evidence of proactive interference 
C) Participants were especially bad at learning words on later lists 
D) Participants reported great difficulty using the method of loci 
E) None of these 
A) There was significantly greater proactive interference than with other strategies 
B) There was little or no evidence of proactive interference 
C) Participants were especially bad at learning words on later lists 
D) Participants reported great difficulty using the method of loci 
E) None of these

Question 14

The Deese- Roediger-McDermott paradigm has been used to study:

Accepted Answer

A) The effects of vagueness on memory performance 
B) The effects of emotions on forgetting 
C) The effects of distinctiveness on memory performance 
D) The effects of PTSD on memory recall 
E) The effects of alcohol on memory performance 
A) The effects of vagueness on memory performance 
B) The effects of emotions on forgetting 
C) The effects of distinctiveness on memory performance 
D) The effects of PTSD on memory recall 
E) The effects of alcohol on memory performance

Question 15

"Heaven" is the pegword provided in the text for which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) Five 
B) One 
C) Three 
D) Two 
E) None of these 
A) Five 
B) One 
C) Three 
D) Two 
E) None of these

Question 16

Shipstead et al.'s (2012)review of the literature on working memory training suggested which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) Training effects on long-term recall were often small and non-significant 
B) Training effects on attention were often small and non-significant 
C) There is a substantial positive training effect on the trained tasks 
D) There is no evidence of transfer to non-trained measures 
E) All of these 
A) Training effects on long-term recall were often small and non-significant 
B) Training effects on attention were often small and non-significant 
C) There is a substantial positive training effect on the trained tasks 
D) There is no evidence of transfer to non-trained measures 
E) All of these

Question 17

Beni, Moè, and Cornoldi (1997)found that:

Accepted Answer

A) There was no difference learning strategy when the text was in written form at the long delay 
B) The method of loci was better than rehearsal following oral presentation at a short delay 
C) The method of loci was better than rehearsal following oral presentation at a long delay 
D) There was no difference learning strategy when the text was in written form at the short delay 
E) All of these 
A) There was no difference learning strategy when the text was in written form at the long delay 
B) The method of loci was better than rehearsal following oral presentation at a short delay 
C) The method of loci was better than rehearsal following oral presentation at a long delay 
D) There was no difference learning strategy when the text was in written form at the short delay 
E) All of these

Question 18

All of the following are LIMITATIONS associated with the story mnemonic explicitly discussed in the text, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) You have to work through the list serially 
B) It requires extensive training 
C) It is exceptionally prone to proactive interference 
D) It is not suitable for rapid information presentation 
E) It may take 10 seconds or longer to develop a suitable story 
A) You have to work through the list serially 
B) It requires extensive training 
C) It is exceptionally prone to proactive interference 
D) It is not suitable for rapid information presentation 
E) It may take 10 seconds or longer to develop a suitable story

Question 19

Which of the following did Waiter and Collin (2012)find?

Accepted Answer

A) Judgments of future memory performance were more accurate with distinctive materials 
B) Faces are more likely recognized when paired with a distinctive name 
C) Names were more likely to be recognized when paired with a distinctive face 
D) Names were more likely to be recalled when paired with a distinctive face 
E) All of these 
A) Judgments of future memory performance were more accurate with distinctive materials 
B) Faces are more likely recognized when paired with a distinctive name 
C) Names were more likely to be recognized when paired with a distinctive face 
D) Names were more likely to be recalled when paired with a distinctive face 
E) All of these

Question 20

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

Accepted Answer

A) Auditory 
B) Verbal 
C) Visuo-Spatial 
D) Olfactory 
E) Synesthetic 
A) Auditory 
B) Verbal 
C) Visuo-Spatial 
D) Olfactory 
E) Synesthetic

Massen et al. (2009)found that the method of loci led to better recall when based on a route to work rather than one inside the participant's home, they presume because:

Ericsson and Kintsch (1995)introduced the notion of long-term working memory, which would permit someone to access information in long-term memory through _________ in working memory.

When the list of to-be-memorized street names were presented in a random order, Kalakoski and Saairluoma (2001)found which of the following to be true:

Which researcher famously studied the Russian mnemonist, Shereshevskii?

What are Ericsson's (1988)requirements for achieving an exceptional memory skill?

Which of the following represents learning techniques ordered from low to high in usefulness, according to Dunlowsky et al.'s (2013)work?

Schroeder et al. (2018)compared the effectiveness of concept maps with respect to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)subjects with non- STEM subjects. They found that:

Karpicke, Butler, and Roediger (2009)found that most of their student sample selected which of the following as their chosen method to most effectively study material?

The finding that there is generally a higher probability that distinctive items will be recalled, relative to non-distinctive ones, has become known as the:

As Gobet (2016, p. 40)pointed out, "Mnemonics work by using LTM [long- term memory] as a means to compensate for the limited capacity of STM [short- term memory] by creating what are known as:

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

Hu, Ericsson, Yang, and Lu (2009)reported that mnemonist Chao Lu's ability to recite so many digits of pi was based primarily on which type of strategy?

When Massen and Vaterrodt-Plünnecke (2006)asked participants to use the method of loci on multiple lists, each of which consisted of words drawn from different categories:

The Deese- Roediger-McDermott paradigm has been used to study:

"Heaven" is the pegword provided in the text for which of the following:

Shipstead et al.'s (2012)review of the literature on working memory training suggested which of the following:

Beni, Moè, and Cornoldi (1997)found that:

All of the following are LIMITATIONS associated with the story mnemonic explicitly discussed in the text, EXCEPT:

Which of the following did Waiter and Collin (2012)find?

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

What Is Memory

Memory and the Brain

Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Learning

Episodic Memory: Organizing and Remembering

Semantic Memory and Stored Knowledge

Retrieval

Incidental Forgetting

Motivated Forgetting

Autobiographical Memory

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

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Exam 17: Improving Your Memory

Massen et al. (2009)found that the method of loci led to better recall when based on a route to work rather than one inside the participant's home, they presume because:

Ericsson and Kintsch (1995)introduced the notion of long-term working memory, which would permit someone to access information in long-term memory through _________ in working memory.

When the list of to-be-memorized street names were presented in a random order, Kalakoski and Saairluoma (2001)found which of the following to be true:

Which researcher famously studied the Russian mnemonist, Shereshevskii?

What are Ericsson's (1988)requirements for achieving an exceptional memory skill?

Which of the following represents learning techniques ordered from low to high in usefulness, according to Dunlowsky et al.'s (2013)work?

Schroeder et al. (2018)compared the effectiveness of concept maps with respect to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)subjects with non- STEM subjects. They found that:

Karpicke, Butler, and Roediger (2009)found that most of their student sample selected which of the following as their chosen method to most effectively study material?

The finding that there is generally a higher probability that distinctive items will be recalled, relative to non-distinctive ones, has become known as the:

As Gobet (2016, p. 40)pointed out, "Mnemonics work by using LTM [long- term memory] as a means to compensate for the limited capacity of STM [short- term memory] by creating what are known as:

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

Hu, Ericsson, Yang, and Lu (2009)reported that mnemonist Chao Lu's ability to recite so many digits of pi was based primarily on which type of strategy?

When Massen and Vaterrodt-Plünnecke (2006)asked participants to use the method of loci on multiple lists, each of which consisted of words drawn from different categories:

The Deese- Roediger-McDermott paradigm has been used to study:

"Heaven" is the pegword provided in the text for which of the following:

Shipstead et al.'s (2012)review of the literature on working memory training suggested which of the following:

Beni, Moè, and Cornoldi (1997)found that:

All of the following are LIMITATIONS associated with the story mnemonic explicitly discussed in the text, EXCEPT:

Which of the following did Waiter and Collin (2012)find?

The use of visual imagery can be particularly hampered by introducing an interfering task of which sort?

What Is Memory

Memory and the Brain

Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Learning

Episodic Memory: Organizing and Remembering

Semantic Memory and Stored Knowledge

Retrieval

Incidental Forgetting

Motivated Forgetting

Autobiographical Memory

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

Filters