Exam 8: Remembering and Judging

With respect to the memory measures described in your text, which of the following statements is true

The conscious repetition of information to ensure its survival in short-term memory is termed ________ rehearsal.

Which of the following alternatives best captures the relationship between the concept of a schema and that of a stereotype

Knowing how to serve a badminton birdie is an example of a (n) ________ memory.

Which of the following defines retrograde amnesia

The central executive is:

Which of the following is true about recognition memory

Which of these statements does NOT accurately identify a general difference between computers and the human brain

In the words of George Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is the "magical number _________."

One evening, you examine the schedule for your favorite football team. The team plays sixteen games each season. Later you try recalling that schedule for a friend who likes the same team you do. Chances are, you will recall opponents at the beginning of the schedule particularly well. What is this phenomenon called

The study of the influence of misinformation on memory is associated with:

Dr. Tranh has given so many lectures that he gives little thought to what he expects might happen: He assumes students will assemble, take notes, and occasionally ask a question. That Dr. Tranh finds the process so routine most clearly reflects the development of:

An investigator asks some participants to count the number of letters in each of the names on a long list of Russian rivers. She asks other participants to pronounce each river's name and asks, for instance, "Does it rhyme with Vienna" (for Lenna). She asks a third group of participants to place the river on a map and to observe into which larger body of water it flows. Which approach memory concept is this investigator most likely interested in

When people are asked which is more common, death by homicide or death by stroke, they often choose homicide because they simply hear more about murders than they do about strokes. In this instance, people are led astray in their judgments by:

The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________.

"It's like riding a bike; once you know how, you don't forget." This adage suggests that procedural memories do not require conscious attempts at recall; that is, procedural memories are often ________.

An advertising agency creates advertisements containing bright colors, plenty of motion, and unexpected events. A psychologist might remark that the advertisements contain________ objects.

Participants are asked to judge whether a string of letters forms a word in English. The first string they receive is the word VIOLIN. On a subsequent list of words, results show that the participants are substantially faster at answering "Yes" to the word PIANO than to the word TOILET or BASKET. Which concept does this result most clearly illustrate

Which of the following is the best definition of the confirmation bias

Sensory memory can hold only a small amount of information.