Question 1

"Savings" is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the failure to recall experimental stimuli 
B)  the degree to which an individual improves their recall ability from a first memory test to a second one 
C)  the degree to which an individual comes to demonstrate better recall for meaningful over nonsense syllables 
D)  recalling information that one has never been exposed to 
A)  the failure to recall experimental stimuli 
B)  the degree to which an individual improves their recall ability from a first memory test to a second one 
C)  the degree to which an individual comes to demonstrate better recall for meaningful over nonsense syllables 
D)  recalling information that one has never been exposed to

Question 2

Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  using college students as experiment participants 
B)  using amnesic individuals as experiment participants 
C)  using a word-fragment task instead of free recall 
D)  using a free recall task instead of a word-fragment task 
A)  using college students as experiment participants 
B)  using amnesic individuals as experiment participants 
C)  using a word-fragment task instead of free recall 
D)  using a free recall task instead of a word-fragment task

Question 3

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

Accepted Answer

A)  prior knowledge 
B)  preexisting associations 
C)  cognitive elaboration 
D)  all of the above 
A)  prior knowledge 
B)  preexisting associations 
C)  cognitive elaboration 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

Accepted Answer

A)  enhance one's generalization ability 
B)  enhance one's discrimination ability 
C)  inhibit one's generalization ability 
D)  lead to high amounts of retroactive interference 
A)  enhance one's generalization ability 
B)  enhance one's discrimination ability 
C)  inhibit one's generalization ability 
D)  lead to high amounts of retroactive interference

"Savings" is best described as:

Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

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

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Exam 6: Verbal Learning

"Savings" is best described as:

Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

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