Question 1

Which of the following is not an effect that organization has on memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  directs memory search during recall 
B)  provides stronger primacy and recency effects 
C)  reduces one's memory load 
D)  influences the sequence in which items are recalled 
A)  directs memory search during recall 
B)  provides stronger primacy and recency effects 
C)  reduces one's memory load 
D)  influences the sequence in which items are recalled

Question 2

Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for the serial position effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  anchoring 
B)  differential rehearsal patterns 
C)  interference 
D)  all of the above 
A)  anchoring 
B)  differential rehearsal patterns 
C)  interference 
D)  all of the above

Question 3

Ernie's car has an automatic transmission with the gear shift behind the steering wheel. Earlier today, however, he drove his mom's car, which has its automatic transmission gear shift on the floor of the car. As he tried to drive his mom's car out of her driveway, he reached for the gear shift behind the steering wheel, although it wasn't there. Ernie's behavior in this situation is illustrative of:

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive interference 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  anchoring 
D)  remote associations 
A)  retroactive interference 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  anchoring 
D)  remote associations

Question 4

When presented with the stimulus word "BASKET" and asked for a response, Jody replies "BALL." This response is typical of research looking into which aspect of paired-associate learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  S-R mapping 
B)  cognitive elaboration 
C)  prior knowledge 
D)  direction of associations 
A)  S-R mapping 
B)  cognitive elaboration 
C)  prior knowledge 
D)  direction of associations

Question 5

Mandy is one of 10 individuals interviewing for a new position in the ABC Advertising Agency. If she wants her interviewers to remember her best, according to the serial position effect, when should she be interviewed, in relation to the other 9 applicants?

Accepted Answer

A)  fifth 
B)  fourth 
C)  seventh 
D)  tenth 
A)  fifth 
B)  fourth 
C)  seventh 
D)  tenth

Question 6

Multiple-choice questions on an exam illustrate which type of questioning style?

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition 
B)  cued overload 
C)  anchoring 
D)  cued-recall 
A)  recognition 
B)  cued overload 
C)  anchoring 
D)  cued-recall

Question 7

The existence of short-term memory can be said to be supported by the occurrence of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the recency effect 
B)  the primacy effect 
C)  anchoring 
D)  paired-associate learning 
A)  the recency effect 
B)  the primacy effect 
C)  anchoring 
D)  paired-associate learning

Question 8

Subjects is a memory experiment are presented with the following words to memorize: cat, automobile, phone, light, word, garbage, wood, television, basket, carpet, and apple. Joe, one of the subjects, remembers PHONE, TELEVISION, and CARPET, saying they go together well, while Kim, another subject, recalls PHONE, LIGHT, and APPLE, stating that she sees a pattern in these words. This differential recall can be attributed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall 
A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall

Question 9

Recalling the words DOG, CAR, SNEAKER, BIKE, CAT, and SANDAL as "DOG, CAT, CAR, BIKE, SNEAKER and SANDAL" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall 
A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall

Question 10

Historically, the term "verbal learning" has come to be associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus-response learning 
B)  association learning 
C)  mental imagery 
D)  the memorization of word lists 
A)  stimulus-response learning 
B)  association learning 
C)  mental imagery 
D)  the memorization of word lists

Question 11

Recency effects can only be found for:

Accepted Answer

A)  spatial memory 
B)  long -term personal memories 
C)  long-term skill retention 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  spatial memory 
B)  long -term personal memories 
C)  long-term skill retention 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 12

Response learning can be enhanced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  rank-ordering response items 
B)  using non-meaningful response items 
C)  presenting the response as a word 
D)  all of the above 
A)  rank-ordering response items 
B)  using non-meaningful response items 
C)  presenting the response as a word 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

A problem with the term "verbal learning" is that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  suggests that subjects are not as active in the learning process as they truly are 
B)  forces subjects to be passive observers in the learning process 
C)  leads experimenters to only study the memorization of word lists 
D)  all of the above 
A)  suggests that subjects are not as active in the learning process as they truly are 
B)  forces subjects to be passive observers in the learning process 
C)  leads experimenters to only study the memorization of word lists 
D)  all of the above

Question 14

Josh has just finished studying for his final exam in physics. According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, if Josh it to forget any of the material he just studied, his degree of forgetting will be at its highest level:

Accepted Answer

A)  today 
B)  tomorrow 
C)  next week 
D)  next month 
A)  today 
B)  tomorrow 
C)  next week 
D)  next month

Question 15

The idea that words from the same semantic category can be recalled together even if they were not presented as part of the same list is the core idea underlying:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall 
A)  categorical clustering 
B)  subjective organization 
C)  associative clustering 
D)  matrix recall

Question 16

What type of mnemonic is the peg word method?

Accepted Answer

A)  keyword 
B)  imagery 
C)  tactile 
D)  implicit 
A)  keyword 
B)  imagery 
C)  tactile 
D)  implicit

Question 17

The stimulus-response nature of learning can be seen most directly in which of the following memory tasks?

Accepted Answer

A)  the serial position effect 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  anchoring 
D)  paired associate learning 
A)  the serial position effect 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  anchoring 
D)  paired associate learning

Question 18

Memories that are present in a given memory store are considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  accessible 
B)  available 
C)  recognizable 
D)  recallable 
A)  accessible 
B)  available 
C)  recognizable 
D)  recallable

Question 19

When studying for an upcoming debate for student body President at her high school, Mandy has 8 critical points that she wants to make. She mentally organizes these points into 31 different conceptual relationships (CRs), and then begins the debate. Her 3 opponents also have 8 points, each, to make, and they have organized their ideas accordingly: Josh-20 CRs; Jodi-22 CRs; James-15 CRs. According to the relationship construction hypothesis, who will most likely have the best memory for their critical points?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mandy 
B)  Josh 
C)  Jodi 
D)  James 
A)  Mandy 
B)  Josh 
C)  Jodi 
D)  James

Question 20

As you are sitting here taking this exam, and answering the questions, you can't remember exactly where you heard the answers, but they just seem to be the correct ones. This type of remembering is illustrative of:

Accepted Answer

A)  remembering 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  knowing 
D)  imagery mnemonics 
A)  remembering 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  knowing 
D)  imagery mnemonics

Which of the following is not an effect that organization has on memory?

Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for the serial position effect?

When presented with the stimulus word "BASKET" and asked for a response, Jody replies "BALL." This response is typical of research looking into which aspect of paired-associate learning?

Mandy is one of 10 individuals interviewing for a new position in the ABC Advertising Agency. If she wants her interviewers to remember her best, according to the serial position effect, when should she be interviewed, in relation to the other 9 applicants?

Multiple-choice questions on an exam illustrate which type of questioning style?

The existence of short-term memory can be said to be supported by the occurrence of:

Recalling the words DOG, CAR, SNEAKER, BIKE, CAT, and SANDAL as "DOG, CAT, CAR, BIKE, SNEAKER and SANDAL" is an example of:

Historically, the term "verbal learning" has come to be associated with:

Recency effects can only be found for:

Response learning can be enhanced by:

A problem with the term "verbal learning" is that it:

Josh has just finished studying for his final exam in physics. According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, if Josh it to forget any of the material he just studied, his degree of forgetting will be at its highest level:

The idea that words from the same semantic category can be recalled together even if they were not presented as part of the same list is the core idea underlying:

What type of mnemonic is the peg word method?

The stimulus-response nature of learning can be seen most directly in which of the following memory tasks?

Memories that are present in a given memory store are considered:

As you are sitting here taking this exam, and answering the questions, you can't remember exactly where you heard the answers, but they just seem to be the correct ones. This type of remembering is illustrative of:

Introduction

Habituation and Other Forms of Simple Stimulus Learning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Learning: Reward

Instrumental Conditioning: Nonreward, Punishment, and Avoidance

Human Memory: Conceptual Approaches

Short-Term Retention

Encoding

Storage and Retrieval

Spatial, Motor-Skill, and Implicit Learning

Individual Differences in Learning and Memory

Filters

Exam 6: Verbal Learning

Which of the following is not an effect that organization has on memory?

Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for the serial position effect?

When presented with the stimulus word "BASKET" and asked for a response, Jody replies "BALL." This response is typical of research looking into which aspect of paired-associate learning?

Mandy is one of 10 individuals interviewing for a new position in the ABC Advertising Agency. If she wants her interviewers to remember her best, according to the serial position effect, when should she be interviewed, in relation to the other 9 applicants?

Multiple-choice questions on an exam illustrate which type of questioning style?

The existence of short-term memory can be said to be supported by the occurrence of:

Recalling the words DOG, CAR, SNEAKER, BIKE, CAT, and SANDAL as "DOG, CAT, CAR, BIKE, SNEAKER and SANDAL" is an example of:

Historically, the term "verbal learning" has come to be associated with:

Recency effects can only be found for:

Response learning can be enhanced by:

A problem with the term "verbal learning" is that it:

Josh has just finished studying for his final exam in physics. According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, if Josh it to forget any of the material he just studied, his degree of forgetting will be at its highest level:

The idea that words from the same semantic category can be recalled together even if they were not presented as part of the same list is the core idea underlying:

What type of mnemonic is the peg word method?

The stimulus-response nature of learning can be seen most directly in which of the following memory tasks?

Memories that are present in a given memory store are considered:

As you are sitting here taking this exam, and answering the questions, you can't remember exactly where you heard the answers, but they just seem to be the correct ones. This type of remembering is illustrative of:

Introduction

Habituation and Other Forms of Simple Stimulus Learning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Learning: Reward

Instrumental Conditioning: Nonreward, Punishment, and Avoidance

Human Memory: Conceptual Approaches

Short-Term Retention

Encoding

Storage and Retrieval

Spatial, Motor-Skill, and Implicit Learning

Individual Differences in Learning and Memory

Filters