Question 1

A device for improving memory is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) mnemonic. 
B) engram. 
C) consolidator. 
D) retrograde recaller. 
E) neuronal network. 
A) mnemonic. 
B) engram. 
C) consolidator. 
D) retrograde recaller. 
E) neuronal network. A

Question 2

After receiving a cute boy's cell phone number, Tammie mentally repeats the number over and over in her head. This process converts auditory signals into strings of recognizable sounds, and it is called __________ encoding.

Accepted Answer

A) vocal 
B) internal 
C) acoustic 
D) sub-auditory 
E) semantic 
A) vocal 
B) internal 
C) acoustic 
D) sub-auditory 
E) semantic C

Question 3

Lionel takes an exam in his French class. He is presented a word in English and asked to list the French equivalent. What type of memory task is Lionel completing?

Accepted Answer

A) paired-associates recall 
B) free recall 
C) serial recall 
D) recognition 
E) retrieval 
A) paired-associates recall 
B) free recall 
C) serial recall 
D) recognition 
E) retrieval A

Question 4

Flashbulb memories are __________ other long-term memories.

Accepted Answer

A) less vivid and less accurate than 
B) more vivid and more accurate than 
C) more vivid and about the same level of accuracy as 
D) less vivid and about the same level of accuracy as 
E) more vivid and less accurate than 
A) less vivid and less accurate than 
B) more vivid and more accurate than 
C) more vivid and about the same level of accuracy as 
D) less vivid and about the same level of accuracy as 
E) more vivid and less accurate than

Question 5

Even though she was only a toddler at the time, 45-year-old Jean has a vivid picture in her mind of her mother weeping when the television announced that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Jean's experience is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) retrograde amnesia 
B) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
C) overlearning 
D) misinformation effect 
E) flashbulb memory 
A) retrograde amnesia 
B) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
C) overlearning 
D) misinformation effect 
E) flashbulb memory

Question 6

Many researchers believe that memory conversion of short-term memory into long-term memory requires

Accepted Answer

A) the creation of new neurons. 
B) the creation of new synapses. 
C) the development of new neurotransmitters. 
D) long-term potentiation. 
E) weakening neuronal networks. 
A) the creation of new neurons. 
B) the creation of new synapses. 
C) the development of new neurotransmitters. 
D) long-term potentiation. 
E) weakening neuronal networks.

Question 7

Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Eyewitness testimony is often flawed and full of errors. 
B) Eyewitnesses are more likely to make mistakes when identifying members of a race other than their own. 
C) The more confidently an eyewitness expresses his/her testimony, the much higher the accuracy of the person's testimony is likely to be. 
D) People who take longer to answer questions in giving testimony are less likely to be accurate than those who respond quickly. 
E) Highly attractive or highly unattractive faces are more likely to be accurately identified than faces of average attractiveness. 
A) Eyewitness testimony is often flawed and full of errors. 
B) Eyewitnesses are more likely to make mistakes when identifying members of a race other than their own. 
C) The more confidently an eyewitness expresses his/her testimony, the much higher the accuracy of the person's testimony is likely to be. 
D) People who take longer to answer questions in giving testimony are less likely to be accurate than those who respond quickly. 
E) Highly attractive or highly unattractive faces are more likely to be accurately identified than faces of average attractiveness.

Question 8

The process of converting unstable, short-term memory into lasting, stable memories is called

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic engineering. 
B) maintenance rehearsal. 
C) elaborative rehearsal. 
D) consolidation. 
E) chunking. 
A) eidetic engineering. 
B) maintenance rehearsal. 
C) elaborative rehearsal. 
D) consolidation. 
E) chunking.

Question 9

Regarding ideas about where memories are stored, the current belief is that

Accepted Answer

A) engrams do exist in the way Lashley believed. 
B) long-term memories are stored in the amygdala. 
C) engrams exist, but modern technology is unable to identify them. 
D) memories are stored in neuronal networks rather than individual cells. 
E) the engram is housed in the brainstem. 
A) engrams do exist in the way Lashley believed. 
B) long-term memories are stored in the amygdala. 
C) engrams exist, but modern technology is unable to identify them. 
D) memories are stored in neuronal networks rather than individual cells. 
E) the engram is housed in the brainstem.

Question 10

Jeffrey crams for all of his exams. In scientific terms, Jeffrey's approach to memorization is called

Accepted Answer

A) spaced practice. 
B) distributed practice. 
C) massed practice. 
D) delayed practice. 
E) overlearning. 
A) spaced practice. 
B) distributed practice. 
C) massed practice. 
D) delayed practice. 
E) overlearning.

Question 11

Loraine is planning to spend most of her time studying for a physiology class this semester. As a result, she knows that she will have little time to study for her psychology class. She is planning to make up for her limited study time by cramming all night for her psychology exams. Loraine should be told that _____.

Accepted Answer

A) spaced practice is more effective at boosting retention than massed practice. 
B) she should choose an interesting playlist for her iPod while she studies psychology. 
C) chunking may be an effective approach to learning large amounts of information. 
D) she should rely heavily on visual cues and visual imagery to make learning occur faster. 
E) she needs to embed the psychological information in easily remembered rhymes. 
A) spaced practice is more effective at boosting retention than massed practice. 
B) she should choose an interesting playlist for her iPod while she studies psychology. 
C) chunking may be an effective approach to learning large amounts of information. 
D) she should rely heavily on visual cues and visual imagery to make learning occur faster. 
E) she needs to embed the psychological information in easily remembered rhymes.

Question 12

The _____ plays an important role in encoding emotional experiences, such as fear responses.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus 
B) cingulate gyrus 
C) thalamus 
D) amygdala 
E) hypothalamus 
A) hippocampus 
B) cingulate gyrus 
C) thalamus 
D) amygdala 
E) hypothalamus

Question 13

A memory storage system that contains memory of impressions for a very brief time (a few seconds or less)is called

Accepted Answer

A) short-term memory. 
B) limited memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) temporary memory. 
E) echoic memory. 
A) short-term memory. 
B) limited memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) temporary memory. 
E) echoic memory.

Question 14

Procedural long-term memory might best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) knowing when. 
B) knowing what. 
C) knowing how. 
D) knowing which. 
E) knowing that. 
A) knowing when. 
B) knowing what. 
C) knowing how. 
D) knowing which. 
E) knowing that.

Question 15

The serial position effect occurs when people

Accepted Answer

A) remember the first things in a list the best. 
B) remember the last things in a list the best. 
C) remember the first and last things in a list the best. 
D) have difficulty remembering the first and last things in a list. 
E) remember things they learn first better than things they learn last. 
A) remember the first things in a list the best. 
B) remember the last things in a list the best. 
C) remember the first and last things in a list the best. 
D) have difficulty remembering the first and last things in a list. 
E) remember things they learn first better than things they learn last.

Question 16

Maintenance rehearsal involves practice based on __________, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves practice based on _________.

Accepted Answer

A) repetition; rehearsing meaningful associations. 
B) strengthening neural connections; strengthening neural nets. 
C) repeating information as a whole; breaking the information into smaller pieces. 
D) chunking; partial rehearsal. 
E) partial rehearsal; chunking. 
A) repetition; rehearsing meaningful associations. 
B) strengthening neural connections; strengthening neural nets. 
C) repeating information as a whole; breaking the information into smaller pieces. 
D) chunking; partial rehearsal. 
E) partial rehearsal; chunking.

Question 17

Many psychologists think of human memory as a type of information processing system that has _____ basic processes that are called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) 2; declarative memory and procedural memory 
B) 2; implicit memory and explicit memory 
C) 3; consolidation, elaboration, and rehearsal 
D) 3; sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory 
E) 3; encoding, storage, and retrieval 
A) 2; declarative memory and procedural memory 
B) 2; implicit memory and explicit memory 
C) 3; consolidation, elaboration, and rehearsal 
D) 3; sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory 
E) 3; encoding, storage, and retrieval

Question 18

Kandel found that the amount of neurotransmitters released into synapses involved in the gill withdrawal reflex _____ as the animal learned the conditioned response.

Accepted Answer

A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) increased at first, and then decreased 
D) decreased at first, and then increased 
E) stayed the same 
A) increased 
B) decreased 
C) increased at first, and then decreased 
D) decreased at first, and then increased 
E) stayed the same

Question 19

Semantic memory is most analogous to a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) best-selling novel. 
B) diary. 
C) journal. 
D) day planner. 
E) encyclopedia. 
A) best-selling novel. 
B) diary. 
C) journal. 
D) day planner. 
E) encyclopedia.

Question 20

Who invented the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

A) Berners-Lee 
B) Miller 
C) Averhart and Bigler 
D) Loftus 
E) Ebbinghaus 
A) Berners-Lee 
B) Miller 
C) Averhart and Bigler 
D) Loftus 
E) Ebbinghaus

A device for improving memory is a(n)

After receiving a cute boy's cell phone number, Tammie mentally repeats the number over and over in her head. This process converts auditory signals into strings of recognizable sounds, and it is called __________ encoding.

Lionel takes an exam in his French class. He is presented a word in English and asked to list the French equivalent. What type of memory task is Lionel completing?

Flashbulb memories are __________ other long-term memories.

Even though she was only a toddler at the time, 45-year-old Jean has a vivid picture in her mind of her mother weeping when the television announced that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Jean's experience is an example of which of the following?

Many researchers believe that memory conversion of short-term memory into long-term memory requires

Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The process of converting unstable, short-term memory into lasting, stable memories is called

Regarding ideas about where memories are stored, the current belief is that

Jeffrey crams for all of his exams. In scientific terms, Jeffrey's approach to memorization is called

The _____ plays an important role in encoding emotional experiences, such as fear responses.

A memory storage system that contains memory of impressions for a very brief time (a few seconds or less)is called

Procedural long-term memory might best be described as

The serial position effect occurs when people

Maintenance rehearsal involves practice based on __, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves practice based on _.

Many psychologists think of human memory as a type of information processing system that has _ basic processes that are called __.

Kandel found that the amount of neurotransmitters released into synapses involved in the gill withdrawal reflex _____ as the animal learned the conditioned response.

Semantic memory is most analogous to a(n)

Who invented the World Wide Web?

The Science of Psychology

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Thinking Language and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Human Development

Psychology and Health

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Methods of Therapy

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Exam 6: Memory

A device for improving memory is a(n)

After receiving a cute boy's cell phone number, Tammie mentally repeats the number over and over in her head. This process converts auditory signals into strings of recognizable sounds, and it is called __________ encoding.

Lionel takes an exam in his French class. He is presented a word in English and asked to list the French equivalent. What type of memory task is Lionel completing?

Flashbulb memories are __________ other long-term memories.

Even though she was only a toddler at the time, 45-year-old Jean has a vivid picture in her mind of her mother weeping when the television announced that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Jean's experience is an example of which of the following?

Many researchers believe that memory conversion of short-term memory into long-term memory requires

Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The process of converting unstable, short-term memory into lasting, stable memories is called

Regarding ideas about where memories are stored, the current belief is that

Jeffrey crams for all of his exams. In scientific terms, Jeffrey's approach to memorization is called

The _____ plays an important role in encoding emotional experiences, such as fear responses.

A memory storage system that contains memory of impressions for a very brief time (a few seconds or less)is called

Procedural long-term memory might best be described as

The serial position effect occurs when people

Maintenance rehearsal involves practice based on __________, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves practice based on _________.

Many psychologists think of human memory as a type of information processing system that has _____ basic processes that are called ______.

Kandel found that the amount of neurotransmitters released into synapses involved in the gill withdrawal reflex _____ as the animal learned the conditioned response.

Semantic memory is most analogous to a(n)

Who invented the World Wide Web?

The Science of Psychology

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Thinking Language and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Human Development

Psychology and Health

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Methods of Therapy

Filters

Maintenance rehearsal involves practice based on __, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves practice based on _.

Many psychologists think of human memory as a type of information processing system that has _ basic processes that are called __.