Question 1

To what does Bluck et al.'s (2005)TALE refer?

Accepted Answer

A) A theory concerning autobiographical fluency 
B) Talking About Life Expectations questionnaire 
C) Thinking About Life Expectations questionnaire 
D) Thinking About Life Experiences questionnaire 
E) A therapeutic approach used in psychoanalysis 
A) A theory concerning autobiographical fluency 
B) Talking About Life Expectations questionnaire 
C) Thinking About Life Expectations questionnaire 
D) Thinking About Life Experiences questionnaire 
E) A therapeutic approach used in psychoanalysis D

Question 2

In Brewer's (1988)study, 26% of recorded events:

Accepted Answer

A) Were sampled for the final test 
B) Were recalled incorrectly 
C) Evoked a blank 
D) Were correctly recalled 
E) Were used as additional cues for other events 
A) Were sampled for the final test 
B) Were recalled incorrectly 
C) Evoked a blank 
D) Were correctly recalled 
E) Were used as additional cues for other events D

Question 3

A recent meta-analysis of autobiographical memory studies using neuroimaging in healthy participants by Boccia et al. (2019)showed what set of brain regions activated during autobiographical memory retrieval:

Accepted Answer

A) Left hippocampus and posterior midline cortex 
B) Right hippocampus and precuneus 
C) ACC and ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
D) left and right hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex, the posterior midline cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
E) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ACC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
A) Left hippocampus and posterior midline cortex 
B) Right hippocampus and precuneus 
C) ACC and ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
D) left and right hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex, the posterior midline cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
E) Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ACC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex D

Question 4

Which term is applied to a sudden loss of autobiographical memory which is often accompanied by wandering and often resolves quickly?

Accepted Answer

A) Prosopagnosia 
B) Focal amnesia 
C) Substance-induced amnesia 
D) Multiple personality 
E) Fugue 
A) Prosopagnosia 
B) Focal amnesia 
C) Substance-induced amnesia 
D) Multiple personality 
E) Fugue

Question 5

Catarino et al (2015), concluded that:

Accepted Answer

A) Participants with PTSD showed significantly less suppression-induced forgetting than did control participants 
B) Participants with PTSD showed significantly less suppression- induced forgetting than did control participants 
C) Participants with PTSD showed increased activation in the left and right hippocampus and adjacent parahippocampal cortex 
D) Participants with PTSD showed decreased activation in the left and right hippocampus and adjacent parahippocampal cortex 
E) Participants with PTSD showed reduced spatial imagery 
A) Participants with PTSD showed significantly less suppression-induced forgetting than did control participants 
B) Participants with PTSD showed significantly less suppression- induced forgetting than did control participants 
C) Participants with PTSD showed increased activation in the left and right hippocampus and adjacent parahippocampal cortex 
D) Participants with PTSD showed decreased activation in the left and right hippocampus and adjacent parahippocampal cortex 
E) Participants with PTSD showed reduced spatial imagery

Question 6

According to Brewer (2001), which form of memory is exceptionally vivid during a flashback but cannot be retrieved intentionally?

Accepted Answer

A) Semantic memory 
B) Verbally accessible memory 
C) Visually accessible memory 
D) Episodic memory 
E) Situationally accessible memory 
A) Semantic memory 
B) Verbally accessible memory 
C) Visually accessible memory 
D) Episodic memory 
E) Situationally accessible memory

Question 7

'Reverse temporal gradient' refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) The tendency, in fugue state, for the oldest autobiographical memories to be forgotten less than more recent ones 
B) The amount of time required to forget an autobiographical memory 
C) The tendency, in focal retrograde amnesia, for the oldest autobiographical memories to be forgotten more than more recent ones 
D) The amount of time required to encode an autobiographical memory 
E) The amount of time required for Fugue- to-FRA to resolve 
A) The tendency, in fugue state, for the oldest autobiographical memories to be forgotten less than more recent ones 
B) The amount of time required to forget an autobiographical memory 
C) The tendency, in focal retrograde amnesia, for the oldest autobiographical memories to be forgotten more than more recent ones 
D) The amount of time required to encode an autobiographical memory 
E) The amount of time required for Fugue- to-FRA to resolve

Question 8

Glück and Bluck (2007)observed that participants recalled more _____ during the reminiscence bump.

Accepted Answer

A) Negative events for which they felt they had a low degree of control 
B) Negative events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
C) Neutral events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
D) Positive events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
E) Positive events for which they felt they had a low degree of control 
A) Negative events for which they felt they had a low degree of control 
B) Negative events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
C) Neutral events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
D) Positive events for which they felt they had a high degree of control 
E) Positive events for which they felt they had a low degree of control

Question 9

What limitation did Brewer (1988)attempt to avoid by sampling at random times?

Accepted Answer

A) Participant effects 
B) Biased free recall 
C) Biased selection 
D) Experimenter effects 
E) Demand characteristics 
A) Participant effects 
B) Biased free recall 
C) Biased selection 
D) Experimenter effects 
E) Demand characteristics

Question 10

To what period does infantile amnesia typically apply?

Accepted Answer

A) The first five years 
B) The first six years 
C) The first seven years 
D) The first four years 
E) The first ten years 
A) The first five years 
B) The first six years 
C) The first seven years 
D) The first four years 
E) The first ten years

Question 11

Unlike most people, RM would seem to fit the profile of using which type of framework to organize memories:

Accepted Answer

A) Funnel 
B) Hierarchical 
C) Date-based calendar 
D) Longitudinal 
E) Regressive 
A) Funnel 
B) Hierarchical 
C) Date-based calendar 
D) Longitudinal 
E) Regressive

Question 12

A coherent account of one's life is often referred to as a what?

Accepted Answer

A) Internet blog 
B) Life narrative 
C) Discourse 
D) Content analysis 
E) Working self 
A) Internet blog 
B) Life narrative 
C) Discourse 
D) Content analysis 
E) Working self

Question 13

Which of these definitions best describes autobiographical memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Memory that cannot be stated explicitly 
B) Memory consisting of generalized knowledge about the world 
C) Memory of specific events located at a specific point in time 
D) Memory for how to perform a certain task 
E) Memory consisting of information about ourselves and our interactions 
A) Memory that cannot be stated explicitly 
B) Memory consisting of generalized knowledge about the world 
C) Memory of specific events located at a specific point in time 
D) Memory for how to perform a certain task 
E) Memory consisting of information about ourselves and our interactions

Question 14

Wagenaar found that which of the following memory cues was the LEAST effective at evoking the appropriate memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Who 
B) When 
C) What 
D) Where 
E) All these cues proved equally useful 
A) Who 
B) When 
C) What 
D) Where 
E) All these cues proved equally useful

Question 15

Gilbertson et al. (2002)found that Vietnam veterans who had developed PTSD and which other group both had reduced hippocampal volumes relative to controls, suggesting that the small hippocampus made the PTSD patients more vulnerable to the disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) London taxi drivers 
B) Unexposed twins 
C) World War II veterans 
D) Their spouses 
E) Their children 
A) London taxi drivers 
B) Unexposed twins 
C) World War II veterans 
D) Their spouses 
E) Their children

Question 16

The directive function of autobiographical memories refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) Using past experience to solve problems 
B) Binding people together in a social way 
C) Maintaining the self-image 
D) Remembering pleasant memories when depressed 
E) The control of the central executive over the semantic aspects of autobiographical memories 
A) Using past experience to solve problems 
B) Binding people together in a social way 
C) Maintaining the self-image 
D) Remembering pleasant memories when depressed 
E) The control of the central executive over the semantic aspects of autobiographical memories

Question 17

When discrepancies arise amidst the complex set of active goals and self-images proposed by Conway, this may result in:

Accepted Answer

A) All of these 
B) Delusion 
C) Confabulation 
D) False memories 
E) A disconnection from reality 
A) All of these 
B) Delusion 
C) Confabulation 
D) False memories 
E) A disconnection from reality

Question 18

Autonoetic consciousness refers to what phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) Our ability to reflect on other people's thoughts 
B) Our ability to reflect on our own thoughts 
C) An awareness of how we influence technology 
D) A state between sleep and consciousness when some information can be recalled 
E) A chemically induced state in which memory is hindered 
A) Our ability to reflect on other people's thoughts 
B) Our ability to reflect on our own thoughts 
C) An awareness of how we influence technology 
D) A state between sleep and consciousness when some information can be recalled 
E) A chemically induced state in which memory is hindered

Question 19

What is the main difficulty related to studying autobiographical memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Time of day effects 
B) A lack of control over the test environment 
C) A lack of real-world situations 
D) Participants are always honest about themselves 
E) A lack of control over the learning environment 
A) Time of day effects 
B) A lack of control over the test environment 
C) A lack of real-world situations 
D) Participants are always honest about themselves 
E) A lack of control over the learning environment

Question 20

Which of the following has been proposed as an interpretation of infantile amnesia, according to the text?

Accepted Answer

A) Late development of the hippocampus 
B) Freudian repression 
C) All of these 
D) Underdeveloped nature of a coherent self in infancy 
E) Neurogenesis-induced forgetting 
A) Late development of the hippocampus 
B) Freudian repression 
C) All of these 
D) Underdeveloped nature of a coherent self in infancy 
E) Neurogenesis-induced forgetting

To what does Bluck et al.'s (2005)TALE refer?

In Brewer's (1988)study, 26% of recorded events:

A recent meta-analysis of autobiographical memory studies using neuroimaging in healthy participants by Boccia et al. (2019)showed what set of brain regions activated during autobiographical memory retrieval:

Which term is applied to a sudden loss of autobiographical memory which is often accompanied by wandering and often resolves quickly?

Catarino et al (2015), concluded that:

According to Brewer (2001), which form of memory is exceptionally vivid during a flashback but cannot be retrieved intentionally?

'Reverse temporal gradient' refers to:

Glück and Bluck (2007)observed that participants recalled more _____ during the reminiscence bump.

What limitation did Brewer (1988)attempt to avoid by sampling at random times?

To what period does infantile amnesia typically apply?

Unlike most people, RM would seem to fit the profile of using which type of framework to organize memories:

A coherent account of one's life is often referred to as a what?

Which of these definitions best describes autobiographical memory?

Wagenaar found that which of the following memory cues was the LEAST effective at evoking the appropriate memory?

Gilbertson et al. (2002)found that Vietnam veterans who had developed PTSD and which other group both had reduced hippocampal volumes relative to controls, suggesting that the small hippocampus made the PTSD patients more vulnerable to the disorder?

The directive function of autobiographical memories refers to:

When discrepancies arise amidst the complex set of active goals and self-images proposed by Conway, this may result in:

Autonoetic consciousness refers to what phenomenon?

What is the main difficulty related to studying autobiographical memory?

Which of the following has been proposed as an interpretation of infantile amnesia, according to the text?

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

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

Improving Your Memory

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Exam 11: Autobiographical Memory

To what does Bluck et al.'s (2005)TALE refer?

In Brewer's (1988)study, 26% of recorded events:

A recent meta-analysis of autobiographical memory studies using neuroimaging in healthy participants by Boccia et al. (2019)showed what set of brain regions activated during autobiographical memory retrieval:

Which term is applied to a sudden loss of autobiographical memory which is often accompanied by wandering and often resolves quickly?

Catarino et al (2015), concluded that:

According to Brewer (2001), which form of memory is exceptionally vivid during a flashback but cannot be retrieved intentionally?

'Reverse temporal gradient' refers to:

Glück and Bluck (2007)observed that participants recalled more _____ during the reminiscence bump.

What limitation did Brewer (1988)attempt to avoid by sampling at random times?

To what period does infantile amnesia typically apply?

Unlike most people, RM would seem to fit the profile of using which type of framework to organize memories:

A coherent account of one's life is often referred to as a what?

Which of these definitions best describes autobiographical memory?

Wagenaar found that which of the following memory cues was the LEAST effective at evoking the appropriate memory?

Gilbertson et al. (2002)found that Vietnam veterans who had developed PTSD and which other group both had reduced hippocampal volumes relative to controls, suggesting that the small hippocampus made the PTSD patients more vulnerable to the disorder?

The directive function of autobiographical memories refers to:

When discrepancies arise amidst the complex set of active goals and self-images proposed by Conway, this may result in:

Autonoetic consciousness refers to what phenomenon?

What is the main difficulty related to studying autobiographical memory?

Which of the following has been proposed as an interpretation of infantile amnesia, according to the text?

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

Eyewitness Testimony

Prospective Memory

Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing up

Memory and Aging

When Memory Systems Fail

Improving Your Memory

Filters