Question 1

In _____ amnesia,memory is lost for events preceding an injury or accident; in _____ amnesia,memory is lost for events following an injury or accident.

Accepted Answer

A) retrograde; anterograde 
B) anterograde; retrograde 
C) retroactive; proactive 
D) proactive; retroactive 
A) retrograde; anterograde 
B) anterograde; retrograde 
C) retroactive; proactive 
D) proactive; retroactive

Question 2

Describe three of the techniques your text recommends for improving your memory.Suggest how the techniques you describe could be applied to improve your performance in one or more specific college courses.

Accepted Answer

Students' answers may vary.
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Question 3

Having done "21 for 21" shots,Deanna barely remembers her 21st birthday.That is,her _____ memory is sketchy.

Accepted Answer

A) procedural 
B) semantic 
C) episodic 
D) working 
A) procedural 
B) semantic 
C) episodic 
D) working

Question 4

Trey is studying German vocabulary for an upcoming test.He forms an image corresponding to an English word that sounds similar to the German word he is trying to learn.Trey is using the technique.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Trey is studying German vocabulary for an...

Question 5

Why is it so difficult to retrieve information from long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) The capacity of long-term memory is limited. 
B) The duration of long-term memories is limited. 
C) There is so much information being stored in long-term memory. 
D) The material that makes its way to long-term memory is temporary. 
A) The capacity of long-term memory is limited. 
B) The duration of long-term memories is limited. 
C) There is so much information being stored in long-term memory. 
D) The material that makes its way to long-term memory is temporary.

Question 6

Short-term memory is limited both in the amount of information it can hold at one time,and in how long it can hold that information.Describe several strategies one might use to overcome the capacity and duration limitations of short-term memory.How might one use these strategies when studying for course materials? Provide concrete examples.

Accepted Answer

The answer should contain the following

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A) You'll remember what you learn pretty well for a day or two,but then you'll begin rapidly forgetting the material. 
B) Beginning immediately,you'll slowly forget what you've learned at a relatively constant rate. 
C) You'll forget most of it right away,and you'll keep on forgetting more of it,though at a slower rate. 
D) I forget. 
A) You'll remember what you learn pretty well for a day or two,but then you'll begin rapidly forgetting the material. 
B) Beginning immediately,you'll slowly forget what you've learned at a relatively constant rate. 
C) You'll forget most of it right away,and you'll keep on forgetting more of it,though at a slower rate. 
D) I forget.

Question 8

"You'll probably do better on the test if you put more effort into understanding what the chapter's trying to say in the first place," one of your professors admonishes the class.You are reminded of the theory of memory retrieval.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

"I don't know who told me first,but I heard that Kenny..." Lana begins,sharing gossip on the phone with a friend.Lana is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A) anterograde amnesiA. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) dissociative amnesia. 
D) source amnesia. 
A) anterograde amnesiA. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) dissociative amnesia. 
D) source amnesia.

Question 10

Activating one memory triggers the activation of related memories in a process known as:

Accepted Answer

A) spreading activation. 
B) elaborative rehearsal. 
C) network priming. 
D) rote learning. 
A) spreading activation. 
B) elaborative rehearsal. 
C) network priming. 
D) rote learning.

Question 11

The recency effect refers to the fact that:

Accepted Answer

A) items presented late in a list are remembered better than items presented in the middle of a list. 
B) the first several items on a list are remembered better than the items in the middle of the list. 
C) rehearsed items are more likely to be remembered than unrehearsed items. 
D) the most personally relevant items on a list are most likely to be remembered. 
A) items presented late in a list are remembered better than items presented in the middle of a list. 
B) the first several items on a list are remembered better than the items in the middle of the list. 
C) rehearsed items are more likely to be remembered than unrehearsed items. 
D) the most personally relevant items on a list are most likely to be remembered.

Question 12

A schema is:

Accepted Answer

A) a conceptual framework for interpreting a situation. 
B) a form of proactive interference. 
C) an important result of decay. 
D) an item that has been forgotten. 
A) a conceptual framework for interpreting a situation. 
B) a form of proactive interference. 
C) an important result of decay. 
D) an item that has been forgotten.

Question 13

Which of the following best encapsulates autobiographical memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease. 
B) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than are others. 
C) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease. 
D) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than others. 
A) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease. 
B) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than are others. 
C) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease. 
D) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than others.

Question 14

The process by which we encode,store,and retrieve information is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) perception 
B) memory 
C) rehearsal 
D) cognition 
A) perception 
B) memory 
C) rehearsal 
D) cognition

Question 15

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _____ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about _____ digits correctly.

Accepted Answer

A) short-term; four 
B) short-term; seven 
C) sensory; four 
D) sensory; seven 
A) short-term; four 
B) short-term; seven 
C) sensory; four 
D) sensory; seven

Question 16

Omar experienced a dissociative-fugue state.He suddenly snapped out of it in front of the pet-supplies display in a discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro,NC.Omar's amnesia is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) proactive 
B) anterograde 
C) retroactive 
D) retrograde 
A) proactive 
B) anterograde 
C) retroactive 
D) retrograde

Question 17

In the context of the potential influence of a written language on the recall ability of a culture's members,research has:

Accepted Answer

A) revealed that a written language tends to decrease people's memory ability. 
B) shown that a written language tends to increase people's memory ability. 
C) revealed that a written language probably has little influence on people's memory ability. 
D) not yielded a definitive conclusion as yet. 
A) revealed that a written language tends to decrease people's memory ability. 
B) shown that a written language tends to increase people's memory ability. 
C) revealed that a written language probably has little influence on people's memory ability. 
D) not yielded a definitive conclusion as yet.

Question 18

_____ memory is defined as a memory system that holds information temporarily while actively manipulating and rehearsing that information.

Accepted Answer

A) Declarative 
B) Semantic 
C) Long-term 
D) Working 
A) Declarative 
B) Semantic 
C) Long-term 
D) Working

Question 19

Loftus and Palmer (1974)conducted an experiment in which participants estimated the speed of a car described as either contacting or smashing into another.To which of the following conclusions regarding eyewitness memory is this study most relevant?

Accepted Answer

A) The presence of a weapon attracts witnesses' attention,impairing their memory. 
B) Eyewitnesses' confidence is only weakly related to eyewitness memory. 
C) Eyewitness memory can be heavily influenced by leading questions. 
D) Child eyewitnesses are especially suggestible. 
A) The presence of a weapon attracts witnesses' attention,impairing their memory. 
B) Eyewitnesses' confidence is only weakly related to eyewitness memory. 
C) Eyewitness memory can be heavily influenced by leading questions. 
D) Child eyewitnesses are especially suggestible.

Question 20

The idea that disturbing memories may be repressed derives from:

Accepted Answer

A) Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B) Bartlett's constructive memory approach. 
C) Loftus's notion of false memories. 
D) the three-stage model of memory. 
A) Freud's psychoanalytic theory. 
B) Bartlett's constructive memory approach. 
C) Loftus's notion of false memories. 
D) the three-stage model of memory.

In _ amnesia,memory is lost for events preceding an injury or accident; in _ amnesia,memory is lost for events following an injury or accident.

Describe three of the techniques your text recommends for improving your memory.Suggest how the techniques you describe could be applied to improve your performance in one or more specific college courses.

Having done "21 for 21" shots,Deanna barely remembers her 21st birthday.That is,her _____ memory is sketchy.

Trey is studying German vocabulary for an upcoming test.He forms an image corresponding to an English word that sounds similar to the German word he is trying to learn.Trey is using the technique.

Why is it so difficult to retrieve information from long-term memory?

Which of the following best describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting?

"You'll probably do better on the test if you put more effort into understanding what the chapter's trying to say in the first place," one of your professors admonishes the class.You are reminded of the theory of memory retrieval.

"I don't know who told me first,but I heard that Kenny..." Lana begins,sharing gossip on the phone with a friend.Lana is experiencing:

Activating one memory triggers the activation of related memories in a process known as:

The recency effect refers to the fact that:

A schema is:

Which of the following best encapsulates autobiographical memory?

The process by which we encode,store,and retrieve information is known as _____.

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about _ digits correctly.

Omar experienced a dissociative-fugue state.He suddenly snapped out of it in front of the pet-supplies display in a discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro,NC.Omar's amnesia is best described as:

In the context of the potential influence of a written language on the recall ability of a culture's members,research has:

_____ memory is defined as a memory system that holds information temporarily while actively manipulating and rehearsing that information.

Loftus and Palmer (1974)conducted an experiment in which participants estimated the speed of a car described as either contacting or smashing into another.To which of the following conclusions regarding eyewitness memory is this study most relevant?

The idea that disturbing memories may be repressed derives from:

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Exam 7: Memory

In _____ amnesia,memory is lost for events preceding an injury or accident; in _____ amnesia,memory is lost for events following an injury or accident.

Describe three of the techniques your text recommends for improving your memory.Suggest how the techniques you describe could be applied to improve your performance in one or more specific college courses.

Having done "21 for 21" shots,Deanna barely remembers her 21st birthday.That is,her _____ memory is sketchy.

Trey is studying German vocabulary for an upcoming test.He forms an image corresponding to an English word that sounds similar to the German word he is trying to learn.Trey is using the technique.

Why is it so difficult to retrieve information from long-term memory?

Which of the following best describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting?

"You'll probably do better on the test if you put more effort into understanding what the chapter's trying to say in the first place," one of your professors admonishes the class.You are reminded of the theory of memory retrieval.

"I don't know who told me first,but I heard that Kenny..." Lana begins,sharing gossip on the phone with a friend.Lana is experiencing:

Activating one memory triggers the activation of related memories in a process known as:

The recency effect refers to the fact that:

A schema is:

Which of the following best encapsulates autobiographical memory?

The process by which we encode,store,and retrieve information is known as _____.

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _____ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about _____ digits correctly.

Omar experienced a dissociative-fugue state.He suddenly snapped out of it in front of the pet-supplies display in a discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro,NC.Omar's amnesia is best described as:

In the context of the potential influence of a written language on the recall ability of a culture's members,research has:

_____ memory is defined as a memory system that holds information temporarily while actively manipulating and rehearsing that information.

Loftus and Palmer (1974)conducted an experiment in which participants estimated the speed of a car described as either contacting or smashing into another.To which of the following conclusions regarding eyewitness memory is this study most relevant?

The idea that disturbing memories may be repressed derives from:

Introduction to Psychology

Psychology Research

Neuroscience and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Cognition and Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

Development

Personality

Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Social Psychology

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In _ amnesia,memory is lost for events preceding an injury or accident; in _ amnesia,memory is lost for events following an injury or accident.

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about _ digits correctly.