Question 1

People who suffer from amnesia exhibit the effects of priming like normal individuals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Baddeley's model of working memory includes

Accepted Answer

A) a phonological loop 
B) a visual-spatial scratch pad 
C) an executive control system 
D) all of the above 
A) a phonological loop 
B) a visual-spatial scratch pad 
C) an executive control system 
D) all of the above D

Question 3

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides transient storage of verbal representations and maintains active memory via rehearsal

Accepted Answer

A) visual-spatial sketch pad 
B) episodic buffer 
C) phonological loop 
D) central executive 
A) visual-spatial sketch pad 
B) episodic buffer 
C) phonological loop 
D) central executive C

Question 4

In contrast to Freud, Loftus and others have proposed that early experiences from infancy cannot be remembered because

Accepted Answer

A) the memories do not exist because they were not encoded or were lost through decay 
B) the memories are repressed 
C) the memories exist only as emotional experiences that cannot be verbally expressed 
D) the memories are too emotionally upsetting to recall 
A) the memories do not exist because they were not encoded or were lost through decay 
B) the memories are repressed 
C) the memories exist only as emotional experiences that cannot be verbally expressed 
D) the memories are too emotionally upsetting to recall

Question 5

Successfully recall a word from a particular serial position could reflect retrieval from either the short or long-term memory store.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A record of things just attended to is called

Accepted Answer

A) sensory memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) implicit memory 
A) sensory memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) implicit memory

Question 7

One's general knowledge of facts and concepts is often referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) short-term memory 
B) episodic memory 
C) procedural memory 
D) semantic memory 
A) short-term memory 
B) episodic memory 
C) procedural memory 
D) semantic memory

Question 8

What do Sternberg's results indicate about retrieval from short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) retrieval involves a serial self-terminating search 
B) retrieval involves a serial exhaustive search 
C) retrieval involves a parallel self-terminating search 
D) retrieval involves a parallel exhaustive search 
A) retrieval involves a serial self-terminating search 
B) retrieval involves a serial exhaustive search 
C) retrieval involves a parallel self-terminating search 
D) retrieval involves a parallel exhaustive search

Question 9

Researchers presented Elizabeth's right eye with a 10,000-dot pattern for 1 minute.A few seconds later, they presented a slightly different 10,000-dot pattern to her left eye, and asked her to superimpose the two patterns to perceive a three-dimensional object.Elizabeth's ability to do this successfully indicated

Accepted Answer

A) her iconic memory was abnormally persistent 
B) her long-term memory was abnormally three-dimensional 
C) her eidetic imagery was typical of most people 
D) echoic memory was abnormally transient 
A) her iconic memory was abnormally persistent 
B) her long-term memory was abnormally three-dimensional 
C) her eidetic imagery was typical of most people 
D) echoic memory was abnormally transient

Question 10

Describe three of the following types of memory: echoic sensory memory, iconic sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory.Remember to include characteristics such as capacity and duration.

Accepted Answer

1. Echoic Sensory Memory:
- Echoic senso

Question 11

Storage and retrieval of personally dated, autobiographical experiences is called

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) schematic memory 
D) episodic memory 
A) long-term memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) schematic memory 
D) episodic memory

Question 12

Which of the following is evidence that there is a distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) partial report is greater than whole report 
B) physical cues work best for the primary effect 
C) the recency effect disappears when a subject must count backwards before recall 
D) the primacy effect disappears when a subject must count backwards before recall 
A) partial report is greater than whole report 
B) physical cues work best for the primary effect 
C) the recency effect disappears when a subject must count backwards before recall 
D) the primacy effect disappears when a subject must count backwards before recall

Question 13

A fundamental objection to the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory is based on

Accepted Answer

A) failure to replicate the Brown-Peterson data 
B) the lack of attention to processing assumptions in the modal model 
C) the lack of any convincing evidence that the principles of memory differ as a function of the retention interval 
D) the failure to locate precise physiological mechanisms corresponding to the two memory systems 
A) failure to replicate the Brown-Peterson data 
B) the lack of attention to processing assumptions in the modal model 
C) the lack of any convincing evidence that the principles of memory differ as a function of the retention interval 
D) the failure to locate precise physiological mechanisms corresponding to the two memory systems

Question 14

Iconic and echoic are both types of ______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) long-term 
B) epidodic 
C) sensory 
D) short-term 
A) long-term 
B) epidodic 
C) sensory 
D) short-term

Question 15

Which memory system shows decay in 2 or 3 seconds?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Current evidence on childhood memory shows that

Accepted Answer

A)  all early experience is repressed 
B)  2-year-olds can recall events from 6 months in the past 
C)  most all of the first year of life is remembered 
D)  birth experiences are remembered accurately under hypnosis 
A)  all early experience is repressed 
B)  2-year-olds can recall events from 6 months in the past 
C)  most all of the first year of life is remembered 
D)  birth experiences are remembered accurately under hypnosis

Question 17

The loss of a recency effect that is observed while performing distracting tasks, such as counting backwards, in a memory experiment demonstrates

Accepted Answer

A) that short-term memory is different from iconic memory 
B) that long-term memory is different from permastore 
C) that short-term memory is different from long-term memory 
D) that long-term memory is different from PAS 
A) that short-term memory is different from iconic memory 
B) that long-term memory is different from permastore 
C) that short-term memory is different from long-term memory 
D) that long-term memory is different from PAS

Question 18

Which model of working memory predicts that both irrelevant speech and bursts of white noise would disrupt recall of letters from the verbal short-term memory store?

Accepted Answer

A) Baddeley's multicomponent model 
B) Jones' episodic buffer model 
C) Wicken's proactive interference model 
D) Cowan's embedded process model 
A) Baddeley's multicomponent model 
B) Jones' episodic buffer model 
C) Wicken's proactive interference model 
D) Cowan's embedded process model

Question 19

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides supervisory control, focuses and switches attention, and retrieves representations from long-term memory

Accepted Answer

A) visual-spatial sketch pad 
B) episodic buffer 
C) phonological loop 
D) central executive 
A) visual-spatial sketch pad 
B) episodic buffer 
C) phonological loop 
D) central executive

Question 20

Explain the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

Accepted Answer

Anterograde amnesia is the inability to

People who suffer from amnesia exhibit the effects of priming like normal individuals.

Baddeley's model of working memory includes

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides transient storage of verbal representations and maintains active memory via rehearsal

In contrast to Freud, Loftus and others have proposed that early experiences from infancy cannot be remembered because

Successfully recall a word from a particular serial position could reflect retrieval from either the short or long-term memory store.

A record of things just attended to is called

One's general knowledge of facts and concepts is often referred to as

What do Sternberg's results indicate about retrieval from short-term memory?

Describe three of the following types of memory: echoic sensory memory, iconic sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory.Remember to include characteristics such as capacity and duration.

Storage and retrieval of personally dated, autobiographical experiences is called

Which of the following is evidence that there is a distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory?

A fundamental objection to the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory is based on

Iconic and echoic are both types of ______ memory.

Which memory system shows decay in 2 or 3 seconds?

Current evidence on childhood memory shows that

The loss of a recency effect that is observed while performing distracting tasks, such as counting backwards, in a memory experiment demonstrates

Which model of working memory predicts that both irrelevant speech and bursts of white noise would disrupt recall of letters from the verbal short-term memory store?

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides supervisory control, focuses and switches attention, and retrieves representations from long-term memory

Explain the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

Introduction

Perception

Attention

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

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Exam 4: Memory Systems

People who suffer from amnesia exhibit the effects of priming like normal individuals.

Baddeley's model of working memory includes

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides transient storage of verbal representations and maintains active memory via rehearsal

In contrast to Freud, Loftus and others have proposed that early experiences from infancy cannot be remembered because

Successfully recall a word from a particular serial position could reflect retrieval from either the short or long-term memory store.

A record of things just attended to is called

One's general knowledge of facts and concepts is often referred to as

What do Sternberg's results indicate about retrieval from short-term memory?

Describe three of the following types of memory: echoic sensory memory, iconic sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory.Remember to include characteristics such as capacity and duration.

Storage and retrieval of personally dated, autobiographical experiences is called

Which of the following is evidence that there is a distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory?

A fundamental objection to the distinction between short-term memory and long-term memory is based on

Iconic and echoic are both types of ______ memory.

Which memory system shows decay in 2 or 3 seconds?

Current evidence on childhood memory shows that

The loss of a recency effect that is observed while performing distracting tasks, such as counting backwards, in a memory experiment demonstrates

Which model of working memory predicts that both irrelevant speech and bursts of white noise would disrupt recall of letters from the verbal short-term memory store?

This component of Baddeley's multicomponent model of working memory provides supervisory control, focuses and switches attention, and retrieves representations from long-term memory

Explain the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

Introduction

Perception

Attention

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Language

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters