Question 1

Memory research suggests that sleep may serve two important functions: _____ of memories that strengthen memory formation, and preventing _____ from taking place.

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding; decay 
B)  consolidation; interference 
C)  processing; consolidation 
D)  encoding; learning-related disorders 
A)  encoding; decay 
B)  consolidation; interference 
C)  processing; consolidation 
D)  encoding; learning-related disorders

Question 2

According to the information processing model, the three steps of memory occur in this order:

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding → retrieval → storage 
B)  storage → retrieval → acquisition 
C)  encoding → storage → retrieval 
D)  acquisition → encoding → retrieval 
A)  encoding → retrieval → storage 
B)  storage → retrieval → acquisition 
C)  encoding → storage → retrieval 
D)  acquisition → encoding → retrieval

Question 3

Which statement would be the MOST likely to be made by a person suffering from anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  I have no recollection of anything from before the surgery. 
B)  I can't remember the fastest route to the hospital. 
C)  I know where the event is but I have no idea who told me. 
D)  I can't seem to remember anything since the accident. 
A)  I have no recollection of anything from before the surgery. 
B)  I can't remember the fastest route to the hospital. 
C)  I know where the event is but I have no idea who told me. 
D)  I can't seem to remember anything since the accident.

Question 4

Amnesia is BEST defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the tendency of misleading information presented after the fact to become incorporated into memory. 
B)  problems remembering older information caused by storing of newer information. 
C)  the inability to remember some or all information, either temporarily or permanently. 
D)  the tendency to remember the first items in a series particularly well. 
A)  the tendency of misleading information presented after the fact to become incorporated into memory. 
B)  problems remembering older information caused by storing of newer information. 
C)  the inability to remember some or all information, either temporarily or permanently. 
D)  the tendency to remember the first items in a series particularly well.

Question 5

Which statement is FALSE about explicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is also known as declarative memory. 
B)  Much of it is procedural memory. 
C)  There are two basic types: semantic memory and episodic memory. 
D)  It is memory of which you are consciously aware. 
A)  It is also known as declarative memory. 
B)  Much of it is procedural memory. 
C)  There are two basic types: semantic memory and episodic memory. 
D)  It is memory of which you are consciously aware.

Question 6

Involuntary memory is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the tendency to ruminate about the negative events in one's life. 
B)  inaccurate memory for things because of the labels others use for them. 
C)  the spontaneous retrieval of information without any intention of retrieving it. 
D)  the unconscious choice to forget particularly unpleasant experiences. 
A)  the tendency to ruminate about the negative events in one's life. 
B)  inaccurate memory for things because of the labels others use for them. 
C)  the spontaneous retrieval of information without any intention of retrieving it. 
D)  the unconscious choice to forget particularly unpleasant experiences.

Question 7

An example of retroactive interference is:

Accepted Answer

A)  calling your current significant other by your ex's name. 
B)  forgetting how to do a calculus problem because you haven't done one in a long time. 
C)  learning a new song and forgetting lyrics to a song you previously knew. 
D)  moving to a new house but driving to your old house out of habit. 
A)  calling your current significant other by your ex's name. 
B)  forgetting how to do a calculus problem because you haven't done one in a long time. 
C)  learning a new song and forgetting lyrics to a song you previously knew. 
D)  moving to a new house but driving to your old house out of habit.

Question 8

Oftentimes, American adults can barely recall what they were doing at a certain time even just a week ago. However, they can clearly recall details of the moment when they first heard about 9/11, which happened almost two decades ago. Which statement BEST explains this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  9/11 can be considered a society-wide flashbulb memory. 
B)  People tend to mentally rehearse tragic events like 9/11. 
C)  Individuals are primed to think of 9/11 on a regular basis. 
D)  Information related to tragic events is stored as implicit memory. 
A)  9/11 can be considered a society-wide flashbulb memory. 
B)  People tend to mentally rehearse tragic events like 9/11. 
C)  Individuals are primed to think of 9/11 on a regular basis. 
D)  Information related to tragic events is stored as implicit memory.

Question 9

_____ is correlated with enhanced memory, whereas _____ is correlated with forgetting.

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-term potentiation; long-term depression 
B)  Decreased neural connectivity; increased neural connectivity 
C)  Maintenance rehearsal; elaborative rehearsal 
D)  Shallow processing; deep processing 
A)  Long-term potentiation; long-term depression 
B)  Decreased neural connectivity; increased neural connectivity 
C)  Maintenance rehearsal; elaborative rehearsal 
D)  Shallow processing; deep processing

Question 10

The tendency to have better long-term memory for information when you learn it through consistent, repeated exposures spread out over time is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the primacy effect. 
B)  massed practice. 
C)  encoding specificity. 
D)  the spacing effect. 
A)  the primacy effect. 
B)  massed practice. 
C)  encoding specificity. 
D)  the spacing effect.

Question 11

_____ involves many repetitions or short training sessions spread out over time, whereas _____ involves fewer but longer training sessions.

Accepted Answer

A)  Spacing; distributed practice 
B)  Maintenance rehearsal; spacing 
C)  Distributed practice; massed practice 
D)  Relearning; spacing 
A)  Spacing; distributed practice 
B)  Maintenance rehearsal; spacing 
C)  Distributed practice; massed practice 
D)  Relearning; spacing

Question 12

Which occurrence is an example of recall?

Accepted Answer

A)  having trouble remembering someone's name at a meeting, but being able to pick it out from a list on the agenda 
B)  going to a restaurant and at first being unable to remember the name of your favorite dish, but then remembering after you see it on the menu 
C)  someone asking you the name of your kindergarten teacher, and then your being able to respond after briefly thinking about it 
D)  needing to make an appointment for your pet, but having to Google "local veterinarians" to retrieve the name of the vet's office 
A)  having trouble remembering someone's name at a meeting, but being able to pick it out from a list on the agenda 
B)  going to a restaurant and at first being unable to remember the name of your favorite dish, but then remembering after you see it on the menu 
C)  someone asking you the name of your kindergarten teacher, and then your being able to respond after briefly thinking about it 
D)  needing to make an appointment for your pet, but having to Google "local veterinarians" to retrieve the name of the vet's office

Question 13

Memory outside of conscious awareness is known as _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit 
B)  declarative 
C)  implicit 
D)  flashbulb 
A)  explicit 
B)  declarative 
C)  implicit 
D)  flashbulb

Question 14

Klaus is of European descent. Waiyin is of Asian descent. According to research on cultural influences on memory, which statement would Klaus be MORE likely than Waiyin to make when telling a story about the time their soccer team won the national championship?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fans were at the edge of their seats when the match was close at half-time, but they stuck with us and were thrilled to support the winning team! 
B)  The moment the winning goal was scored, the coaches and players all jumped with joy and excitement! 
C)  I was worried at first when we were behind at halftime, but I was so excited and very proud of our victory in the end! 
D)  There were so many of our fans in the stadium and they were all incredibly happy for our victory! 
A)  The fans were at the edge of their seats when the match was close at half-time, but they stuck with us and were thrilled to support the winning team! 
B)  The moment the winning goal was scored, the coaches and players all jumped with joy and excitement! 
C)  I was worried at first when we were behind at halftime, but I was so excited and very proud of our victory in the end! 
D)  There were so many of our fans in the stadium and they were all incredibly happy for our victory!

Question 15

The capacity of long-term memory is assumed by most experts to:

Accepted Answer

A)  depend entirely on one's age. 
B)  depend on one's gender. 
C)  be finite like a computer memory storage device. 
D)  be limitless. 
A)  depend entirely on one's age. 
B)  depend on one's gender. 
C)  be finite like a computer memory storage device. 
D)  be limitless.

Question 16

An example of explicit memory is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the way you naturally blink when sneezing. 
B)  how you can drive a car without much thought. 
C)  factual knowledge you have learned in classes. 
D)  your ability to type on a computer. 
A)  the way you naturally blink when sneezing. 
B)  how you can drive a car without much thought. 
C)  factual knowledge you have learned in classes. 
D)  your ability to type on a computer.

Question 17

As Janna is studying for a test, she carefully reviews the textbook and her notes from class, and does so several times. At the time of the test, however, she is unable to pull the information out from her memory, which indicates a problem with which step of the memory process?

Accepted Answer

A)  storage 
B)  retrieval 
C)  encoding 
D)  rehearsal 
A)  storage 
B)  retrieval 
C)  encoding 
D)  rehearsal

Question 18

Source amnesia is the inability to:

Accepted Answer

A)  form new memories after a certain point in time. 
B)  remember how you obtained a particular memory, but not the memory itself. 
C)  recall anything related to a particularly traumatic event. 
D)  retrieve information that took place prior to a certain point in time. 
A)  form new memories after a certain point in time. 
B)  remember how you obtained a particular memory, but not the memory itself. 
C)  recall anything related to a particularly traumatic event. 
D)  retrieve information that took place prior to a certain point in time.

Question 19

Which statement is TRUE about research on the extremes of memory impairment and memory excellence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Research has found that memory impairment is due primarily to Alzheimer's disease. 
B)  Much of the research that psychologists conduct on memory falls between the two extremes. 
C)  Research reveals that memory excellence depends primarily on inborn ability. 
D)  Memory impairment and memory excellence are the primary focal points of memory research. 
A)  Research has found that memory impairment is due primarily to Alzheimer's disease. 
B)  Much of the research that psychologists conduct on memory falls between the two extremes. 
C)  Research reveals that memory excellence depends primarily on inborn ability. 
D)  Memory impairment and memory excellence are the primary focal points of memory research.

Question 20

Eve has schizophrenia. Statistically speaking, she is more likely to remember _____ than _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  events in her life; skills she once learned 
B)  how to do things; what she did 
C)  book knowledge; her personal history 
D)  her childhood; how to do things 
A)  events in her life; skills she once learned 
B)  how to do things; what she did 
C)  book knowledge; her personal history 
D)  her childhood; how to do things

Memory research suggests that sleep may serve two important functions: _ of memories that strengthen memory formation, and preventing _ from taking place.

According to the information processing model, the three steps of memory occur in this order:

Which statement would be the MOST likely to be made by a person suffering from anterograde amnesia?

Amnesia is BEST defined as:

Which statement is FALSE about explicit memory?

Involuntary memory is defined as:

An example of retroactive interference is:

Oftentimes, American adults can barely recall what they were doing at a certain time even just a week ago. However, they can clearly recall details of the moment when they first heard about 9/11, which happened almost two decades ago. Which statement BEST explains this phenomenon?

_ is correlated with enhanced memory, whereas _ is correlated with forgetting.

The tendency to have better long-term memory for information when you learn it through consistent, repeated exposures spread out over time is known as:

_ involves many repetitions or short training sessions spread out over time, whereas _ involves fewer but longer training sessions.

Which occurrence is an example of recall?

Memory outside of conscious awareness is known as _____ memory.

Klaus is of European descent. Waiyin is of Asian descent. According to research on cultural influences on memory, which statement would Klaus be MORE likely than Waiyin to make when telling a story about the time their soccer team won the national championship?

The capacity of long-term memory is assumed by most experts to:

An example of explicit memory is:

As Janna is studying for a test, she carefully reviews the textbook and her notes from class, and does so several times. At the time of the test, however, she is unable to pull the information out from her memory, which indicates a problem with which step of the memory process?

Source amnesia is the inability to:

Which statement is TRUE about research on the extremes of memory impairment and memory excellence?

Eve has schizophrenia. Statistically speaking, she is more likely to remember _ than _.

The Science of Psychology

Brain and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Development Across the Life Span

Diversity in Psychology: Multiculturalism, Gender, and Sexuality

Stress and Health

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Therapy

Understanding Measures of Central Tendency and Distribution Skewness in Statistical Analysis

Filters

Exam 5: Memory

Memory research suggests that sleep may serve two important functions: _____ of memories that strengthen memory formation, and preventing _____ from taking place.

According to the information processing model, the three steps of memory occur in this order:

Which statement would be the MOST likely to be made by a person suffering from anterograde amnesia?

Amnesia is BEST defined as:

Which statement is FALSE about explicit memory?

Involuntary memory is defined as:

An example of retroactive interference is:

Oftentimes, American adults can barely recall what they were doing at a certain time even just a week ago. However, they can clearly recall details of the moment when they first heard about 9/11, which happened almost two decades ago. Which statement BEST explains this phenomenon?

_____ is correlated with enhanced memory, whereas _____ is correlated with forgetting.

The tendency to have better long-term memory for information when you learn it through consistent, repeated exposures spread out over time is known as:

_____ involves many repetitions or short training sessions spread out over time, whereas _____ involves fewer but longer training sessions.

Which occurrence is an example of recall?

Memory outside of conscious awareness is known as _____ memory.

Klaus is of European descent. Waiyin is of Asian descent. According to research on cultural influences on memory, which statement would Klaus be MORE likely than Waiyin to make when telling a story about the time their soccer team won the national championship?

The capacity of long-term memory is assumed by most experts to:

An example of explicit memory is:

As Janna is studying for a test, she carefully reviews the textbook and her notes from class, and does so several times. At the time of the test, however, she is unable to pull the information out from her memory, which indicates a problem with which step of the memory process?

Source amnesia is the inability to:

Which statement is TRUE about research on the extremes of memory impairment and memory excellence?

Eve has schizophrenia. Statistically speaking, she is more likely to remember _____ than _____.

The Science of Psychology

Brain and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Development Across the Life Span

Diversity in Psychology: Multiculturalism, Gender, and Sexuality

Stress and Health

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Therapy

Understanding Measures of Central Tendency and Distribution Skewness in Statistical Analysis

Filters

Memory research suggests that sleep may serve two important functions: _ of memories that strengthen memory formation, and preventing _ from taking place.

_ is correlated with enhanced memory, whereas _ is correlated with forgetting.

_ involves many repetitions or short training sessions spread out over time, whereas _ involves fewer but longer training sessions.

Eve has schizophrenia. Statistically speaking, she is more likely to remember _ than _.