Question 1

A brief continuation of sensory activity in the auditory system after a sound is first heard is referred to as __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) echoic 
B) iconic 
C) short-term 
D) working 
A) echoic 
B) iconic 
C) short-term 
D) working

Question 2

Keeping a short-term memory alive by silently repeating it is called

Accepted Answer

A) redintegration. 
B) maintenance rehearsal. 
C) chunking. 
D) elaborative processing. 
A) redintegration. 
B) maintenance rehearsal. 
C) chunking. 
D) elaborative processing.

Question 3

Regarding how sleeping and eating affect memory, which of the following statements is\are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Sleeping after studying increases interference. 
B) People who are hungry almost always score lower on memory tests. 
C) Drinking coffee tends to hurt test performance. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Sleeping after studying increases interference. 
B) People who are hungry almost always score lower on memory tests. 
C) Drinking coffee tends to hurt test performance. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 4

In sensory memory, the visual image that persists for about one-half second after being seen is called an engram.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the "Card Magic" demonstration, after you focused on one card out of the six, you were then shown five more cards, and your card seemed to disappear. What had actually occurred?

Accepted Answer

A) Most people tended to focus on the middle card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. 
B) Most people tended to focus on the second card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. 
C) Most people focused so intently on their choice that they did not notice that all five cards in the second presentation were new. 
D) A quick loss of memory has occurred verifying Ebbinghaus' curve of forgetting. 
A) Most people tended to focus on the middle card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. 
B) Most people tended to focus on the second card, and this one was the one that seemed to disappear. 
C) Most people focused so intently on their choice that they did not notice that all five cards in the second presentation were new. 
D) A quick loss of memory has occurred verifying Ebbinghaus' curve of forgetting.

Question 6

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

Accepted Answer

A) stare at each painting for as long as it is present and then at a white sheet of paper and try to create an afterimage. 
B) make each artist's name into an object or image and then picture the object in the paintings done by the artist. 
C) utilize acrostics to remember the painting and artist. 
D) use maintenance rehearsal and redintegration. 
A) stare at each painting for as long as it is present and then at a white sheet of paper and try to create an afterimage. 
B) make each artist's name into an object or image and then picture the object in the paintings done by the artist. 
C) utilize acrostics to remember the painting and artist. 
D) use maintenance rehearsal and redintegration.

Question 7

On a trivia computer game, you are asked to name the seven dwarfs from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with no hints or clues. Your memory is being tested through

Accepted Answer

A) serial position. 
B) relearning. 
C) recall. 
D) recognition. 
A) serial position. 
B) relearning. 
C) recall. 
D) recognition.

Question 8

Research with people who have brain damage and are unable to store new memories points to the importance of which brain part in the process of consolidation?

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus 
B) thalamus 
C) pons 
D) reticular formation 
A) hippocampus 
B) thalamus 
C) pons 
D) reticular formation

Question 9

Underlining too much rather than too little in your textbook is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) poor rehearsal. 
B) poor selection. 
C) massed practice. 
D) overlearning. 
A) poor rehearsal. 
B) poor selection. 
C) massed practice. 
D) overlearning.

Question 10

Memory is often characterized as being similar to a computer because

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memories are exact copies, like files on a hard drive. 
B) memories are encoded, stored, and later retrieved. 
C) the space available for memory storage is limited as is the storage capacity of a computer. 
D) computers and the human mind both process information in a serial fashion. 
A) long-term memories are exact copies, like files on a hard drive. 
B) memories are encoded, stored, and later retrieved. 
C) the space available for memory storage is limited as is the storage capacity of a computer. 
D) computers and the human mind both process information in a serial fashion.

Question 11

Which study sequence would generally produce the LEAST interference and the best retention?

Accepted Answer

A) Study for psychology class, go to work, sleep, and take the test. 
B) Go to work, study for psychology class, sleep, and take the test. 
C) Sleep, study for psychology class, go to work, and take the test. 
D) Study for psychology, sleep, go to work, and take the test. 
A) Study for psychology class, go to work, sleep, and take the test. 
B) Go to work, study for psychology class, sleep, and take the test. 
C) Sleep, study for psychology class, go to work, and take the test. 
D) Study for psychology, sleep, go to work, and take the test.

Question 12

Which of the following is a mnemonic technique?

Accepted Answer

A) Making a rhyme out of the last letter of all items in a list to be recalled. 
B) Using maintenance rehearsal to keep information in long-term memory. 
C) Making bizarre and unusual associations. 
D) Using the tip-of-the-tongue effect. 
A) Making a rhyme out of the last letter of all items in a list to be recalled. 
B) Using maintenance rehearsal to keep information in long-term memory. 
C) Making bizarre and unusual associations. 
D) Using the tip-of-the-tongue effect.

Question 13

Ebbinghaus plotted a graph that showed the amount of information remembered after varying lengths of time with this graph being called the ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ebbinghaus plotted a graph that showed the...

Question 14

When a group of European-American adults and a group of Chinese adults were asked to recall 20 memories from any time in their lives, which group(s)tended to be self-centered with most people remembering surprising events and what they did during these events?

Accepted Answer

A) neither group of adults 
B) both groups of adults 
C) the European-American adults 
D) the Chinese adults 
A) neither group of adults 
B) both groups of adults 
C) the European-American adults 
D) the Chinese adults

Question 15

When conducting a police line-up, it is best to have all the distractors look like the person witnesses described and also to warn the witnesses that the suspect may not be present in the line-up. These steps will reduce the occurrence of

Accepted Answer

A) false positives. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) the serial position effect. 
D) memory consolidation. 
A) false positives. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) the serial position effect. 
D) memory consolidation.

Question 16

New memories either alter existing memory traces or make it harder to "locate" earlier memories, according to which explanation of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A) interference 
B) memory decay 
C) eidetic imaging 
D) encoding failure 
A) interference 
B) memory decay 
C) eidetic imaging 
D) encoding failure

Question 17

To remember a list of unrelated words in order ("dog," "truck," "store," "eggs," "blue," "bush," "park," "dentist," "house"), you connect them by saying, "The dog jumped in the truck and rode to the store with his master to get some eggs that they dyed blue and hid in a bush at the park and were found by the dentist , who sent them back to their house ." You are using the mnemonic method known as forming a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of To remember a list of unrelated words...

Question 18

Redintegration is the reason that one small stimulus, such as hearing an old song, can cause you to have vivid and detailed memories of your senior prom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

"Taking a mental walk" involves associating topics with the images of objects found along the walk. This mnemonic technique was first used by

Accepted Answer

A) Ancient Greek orators. 
B) European musicians. 
C) Renaissance painters. 
D) English scholars, such as John Locke. 
A) Ancient Greek orators. 
B) European musicians. 
C) Renaissance painters. 
D) English scholars, such as John Locke.

Question 20

Although Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages. Mr. S was a professional memorizer, or

Accepted Answer

A) telepath. 
B) mnemonist. 
C) medium. 
D) psychic. 
A) telepath. 
B) mnemonist. 
C) medium. 
D) psychic.

A brief continuation of sensory activity in the auditory system after a sound is first heard is referred to as __________ memory.

Keeping a short-term memory alive by silently repeating it is called

Regarding how sleeping and eating affect memory, which of the following statements is\are TRUE?

In sensory memory, the visual image that persists for about one-half second after being seen is called an engram.

In the "Card Magic" demonstration, after you focused on one card out of the six, you were then shown five more cards, and your card seemed to disappear. What had actually occurred?

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

On a trivia computer game, you are asked to name the seven dwarfs from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with no hints or clues. Your memory is being tested through

Research with people who have brain damage and are unable to store new memories points to the importance of which brain part in the process of consolidation?

Underlining too much rather than too little in your textbook is an example of

Memory is often characterized as being similar to a computer because

Which study sequence would generally produce the LEAST interference and the best retention?

Which of the following is a mnemonic technique?

Ebbinghaus plotted a graph that showed the amount of information remembered after varying lengths of time with this graph being called the ___________.

When a group of European-American adults and a group of Chinese adults were asked to recall 20 memories from any time in their lives, which group(s)tended to be self-centered with most people remembering surprising events and what they did during these events?

When conducting a police line-up, it is best to have all the distractors look like the person witnesses described and also to warn the witnesses that the suspect may not be present in the line-up. These steps will reduce the occurrence of

New memories either alter existing memory traces or make it harder to "locate" earlier memories, according to which explanation of forgetting?

Redintegration is the reason that one small stimulus, such as hearing an old song, can cause you to have vivid and detailed memories of your senior prom.

"Taking a mental walk" involves associating topics with the images of objects found along the walk. This mnemonic technique was first used by

Although Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages. Mr. S was a professional memorizer, or

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Exam 7: Memory

A brief continuation of sensory activity in the auditory system after a sound is first heard is referred to as __________ memory.

Keeping a short-term memory alive by silently repeating it is called

Regarding how sleeping and eating affect memory, which of the following statements is\are TRUE?

In sensory memory, the visual image that persists for about one-half second after being seen is called an engram.

In the "Card Magic" demonstration, after you focused on one card out of the six, you were then shown five more cards, and your card seemed to disappear. What had actually occurred?

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class, the most effective way to remember this information is to

On a trivia computer game, you are asked to name the seven dwarfs from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with no hints or clues. Your memory is being tested through

Research with people who have brain damage and are unable to store new memories points to the importance of which brain part in the process of consolidation?

Underlining too much rather than too little in your textbook is an example of

Memory is often characterized as being similar to a computer because

Which study sequence would generally produce the LEAST interference and the best retention?

Which of the following is a mnemonic technique?

Ebbinghaus plotted a graph that showed the amount of information remembered after varying lengths of time with this graph being called the ___________.

When a group of European-American adults and a group of Chinese adults were asked to recall 20 memories from any time in their lives, which group(s)tended to be self-centered with most people remembering surprising events and what they did during these events?

When conducting a police line-up, it is best to have all the distractors look like the person witnesses described and also to warn the witnesses that the suspect may not be present in the line-up. These steps will reduce the occurrence of

New memories either alter existing memory traces or make it harder to "locate" earlier memories, according to which explanation of forgetting?

Redintegration is the reason that one small stimulus, such as hearing an old song, can cause you to have vivid and detailed memories of your senior prom.

"Taking a mental walk" involves associating topics with the images of objects found along the walk. This mnemonic technique was first used by

Although Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages. Mr. S was a professional memorizer, or

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Personality

Health, Stress, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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