Question 1

According to Sperling (1963), What effect did bright lights during testing intervals have on performance?

Accepted Answer

A) Had no effect 
B) Increased capacity 
C) Increased accuracy 
D) Caused drowsiness 
E) Impaired performance 
A) Had no effect 
B) Increased capacity 
C) Increased accuracy 
D) Caused drowsiness 
E) Impaired performance E

Question 2

Ulric Neisser gave the opening address at an international conference in South Wales in the late 1970s primarily concerned with advancing the study of which aspect of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Practical 
B) Innate 
C) In vitro 
D) Computational 
E) Evolutionary 
A) Practical 
B) Innate 
C) In vitro 
D) Computational 
E) Evolutionary A

Question 3

Which branch of psychology, developed in 1930s Germany, largely applied ideas from the study of perception to the understanding of human memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Freudianism 
B) Behaviorism 
C) Gestalt 
D) Connectionism 
E) Phrenology 
A) Freudianism 
B) Behaviorism 
C) Gestalt 
D) Connectionism 
E) Phrenology C

Question 4

From the highest to lowest, what is the correct order of these levels according to reductionism?

Accepted Answer

A) Social behavior, biochemistry, cognition, physics, physiology 
B) Cognition, social behavior, physiology, biochemistry, physics 
C) Social behavior, cognition, biochemistry, physiology, physics 
D) Physiology, biochemistry, cognition, social behavior, physics 
E) Social behavior, cognition, physiology, biochemistry, physics 
A) Social behavior, biochemistry, cognition, physics, physiology 
B) Cognition, social behavior, physiology, biochemistry, physics 
C) Social behavior, cognition, biochemistry, physiology, physics 
D) Physiology, biochemistry, cognition, social behavior, physics 
E) Social behavior, cognition, physiology, biochemistry, physics

Question 5

Who of the following is most associated with early information-processing accounts of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Bartlett 
B) Broadbent 
C) Tulving 
D) Hull 
E) Tolman 
A) Bartlett 
B) Broadbent 
C) Tulving 
D) Hull 
E) Tolman

Question 6

Warrington and Weiskrantz (1968)demonstrated that which type of learning was preserved in densely amnesic patients under certain conditions?

Accepted Answer

A) Autobiographical 
B) Explicit 
C) Retroactive 
D) Perserverative 
E) Implicit 
A) Autobiographical 
B) Explicit 
C) Retroactive 
D) Perserverative 
E) Implicit

Question 7

Which element of Clive Wearing's memory remained relatively intact?

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic memory formation 
B) Delayed recall 
C) Memory for music 
D) Associative memory encoding 
E) Declarative memory formation 
A) Episodic memory formation 
B) Delayed recall 
C) Memory for music 
D) Associative memory encoding 
E) Declarative memory formation

Question 8

Crowder and Morton proposed which of the following stores to account for the auditory recency effect?

Accepted Answer

A) Precategorical acoustic 
B) Postprocessing audition 
C) Visuospatial sketchpad 
D) Perceptive loop 
E) Acoustic priming 
A) Precategorical acoustic 
B) Postprocessing audition 
C) Visuospatial sketchpad 
D) Perceptive loop 
E) Acoustic priming

Question 9

Who devised the multicomponent model of working memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Schacter 
B) Baddeley and Hitch 
C) Conrad 
D) Crowder and Raeburn 
E) Deutsch 
A) Schacter 
B) Baddeley and Hitch 
C) Conrad 
D) Crowder and Raeburn 
E) Deutsch

Question 10

Iconic memory is a key element of which memory system?

Accepted Answer

A) Long-term 
B) Short-term 
C) Episodic 
D) Sensory 
E) Semantic 
A) Long-term 
B) Short-term 
C) Episodic 
D) Sensory 
E) Semantic

Question 11

With visual presentation of a series of digits, the likelihood of a memory error is generally highest where in the list?

Accepted Answer

A) It is constant throughout 
B) At the beginning 
C) In the middle 
D) At the end 
E) Every other item 
A) It is constant throughout 
B) At the beginning 
C) In the middle 
D) At the end 
E) Every other item

Question 12

What term refers to Bartlett's idea of how our memories are structured?

Accepted Answer

A) Schema 
B) Model 
C) Node 
D) Store 
E) Map 
A) Schema 
B) Model 
C) Node 
D) Store 
E) Map

Question 13

Bartlett (1932)is famous for utilizing which of the following to study memory and the rememberer's "effort after meaning?"

Accepted Answer

A) Nonsense syllables 
B) Folk tales 
C) Visual illusions 
D) Visual masks 
E) Placebos 
A) Nonsense syllables 
B) Folk tales 
C) Visual illusions 
D) Visual masks 
E) Placebos

Question 14

Who is credited as inventing what has come to be known as the nonsense syllable to study memory experimentally?

Accepted Answer

A) Hull 
B) Freud 
C) Piaget 
D) Ebbinghaus 
E) Tolman 
A) Hull 
B) Freud 
C) Piaget 
D) Ebbinghaus 
E) Tolman

Question 15

Endel Tulving (1972)highlighted a distinction between which forms of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Declarative and procedural 
B) Short-term and long-term 
C) Implicit and explicit 
D) Schemata and mental maps 
E) Semantic and episodic 
A) Declarative and procedural 
B) Short-term and long-term 
C) Implicit and explicit 
D) Schemata and mental maps 
E) Semantic and episodic

Question 16

Echoic memory refers to which sensory modality?

Accepted Answer

A) Smell 
B) Vision 
C) Taste 
D) Hearing 
E) Extrasensory 
A) Smell 
B) Vision 
C) Taste 
D) Hearing 
E) Extrasensory

Question 17

Which type of masking, studied by Turvey (1973), occurs when targets are followed by a mask comprising of broadly similar features to the target?

Accepted Answer

A) Deterministic 
B) Brightness 
C) Seismic 
D) Confirmation 
E) Pattern 
A) Deterministic 
B) Brightness 
C) Seismic 
D) Confirmation 
E) Pattern

Question 18

Remembering to do things in the future is most associated with which form of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Foregoing 
B) Prospective 
C) Advanced 
D) Perspective 
E) Foremost 
A) Foregoing 
B) Prospective 
C) Advanced 
D) Perspective 
E) Foremost

Question 19

According to Sperling (1960), how many items could people keep in sensory memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Two or three 
B) Four or five 
C) Five or six 
D) Six or seven 
E) Eight or nine 
A) Two or three 
B) Four or five 
C) Five or six 
D) Six or seven 
E) Eight or nine

Question 20

The modal mode of memory assumed:

Accepted Answer

A) Long-term memories cannot be retrieved into the short-term store 
B) A single memory system 
C) Only simple stimulus-response associations 
D) Memory cannot be studied empirically 
E) Sensory systems provide the interface between perception and memory 
A) Long-term memories cannot be retrieved into the short-term store 
B) A single memory system 
C) Only simple stimulus-response associations 
D) Memory cannot be studied empirically 
E) Sensory systems provide the interface between perception and memory

According to Sperling (1963), What effect did bright lights during testing intervals have on performance?

Ulric Neisser gave the opening address at an international conference in South Wales in the late 1970s primarily concerned with advancing the study of which aspect of memory?

Which branch of psychology, developed in 1930s Germany, largely applied ideas from the study of perception to the understanding of human memory?

From the highest to lowest, what is the correct order of these levels according to reductionism?

Who of the following is most associated with early information-processing accounts of memory?

Warrington and Weiskrantz (1968)demonstrated that which type of learning was preserved in densely amnesic patients under certain conditions?

Which element of Clive Wearing's memory remained relatively intact?

Crowder and Morton proposed which of the following stores to account for the auditory recency effect?

Who devised the multicomponent model of working memory?

Iconic memory is a key element of which memory system?

With visual presentation of a series of digits, the likelihood of a memory error is generally highest where in the list?

What term refers to Bartlett's idea of how our memories are structured?

Bartlett (1932)is famous for utilizing which of the following to study memory and the rememberer's "effort after meaning?"

Who is credited as inventing what has come to be known as the nonsense syllable to study memory experimentally?

Endel Tulving (1972)highlighted a distinction between which forms of memory?

Echoic memory refers to which sensory modality?

Which type of masking, studied by Turvey (1973), occurs when targets are followed by a mask comprising of broadly similar features to the target?

Remembering to do things in the future is most associated with which form of memory?

According to Sperling (1960), how many items could people keep in sensory memory?

The modal mode of memory assumed:

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

Improving Your Memory

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Exam 1: What Is Memory

According to Sperling (1963), What effect did bright lights during testing intervals have on performance?

Ulric Neisser gave the opening address at an international conference in South Wales in the late 1970s primarily concerned with advancing the study of which aspect of memory?

Which branch of psychology, developed in 1930s Germany, largely applied ideas from the study of perception to the understanding of human memory?

From the highest to lowest, what is the correct order of these levels according to reductionism?

Who of the following is most associated with early information-processing accounts of memory?

Warrington and Weiskrantz (1968)demonstrated that which type of learning was preserved in densely amnesic patients under certain conditions?

Which element of Clive Wearing's memory remained relatively intact?

Crowder and Morton proposed which of the following stores to account for the auditory recency effect?

Who devised the multicomponent model of working memory?

Iconic memory is a key element of which memory system?

With visual presentation of a series of digits, the likelihood of a memory error is generally highest where in the list?

What term refers to Bartlett's idea of how our memories are structured?

Bartlett (1932)is famous for utilizing which of the following to study memory and the rememberer's "effort after meaning?"

Who is credited as inventing what has come to be known as the nonsense syllable to study memory experimentally?

Endel Tulving (1972)highlighted a distinction between which forms of memory?

Echoic memory refers to which sensory modality?

Which type of masking, studied by Turvey (1973), occurs when targets are followed by a mask comprising of broadly similar features to the target?

Remembering to do things in the future is most associated with which form of memory?

According to Sperling (1960), how many items could people keep in sensory memory?

The modal mode of memory assumed:

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

Improving Your Memory

Filters