Question 1

The testing effect produces the effect it does because:

Accepted Answer

A)  testing is less challenging than continued studying 
B)  transfer-appropriate processing mechanisms are engaged 
C)  testing is not connected to studying 
D)  none of the above 
A)  testing is less challenging than continued studying 
B)  transfer-appropriate processing mechanisms are engaged 
C)  testing is not connected to studying 
D)  none of the above

Question 2

The ability to easily acquire information about a domain that one is personally interested in has been said to be due to:

Accepted Answer

A)  being an expert in that domain 
B)  physiological arousal 
C)  incidental learning 
D)  all of the above 
A)  being an expert in that domain 
B)  physiological arousal 
C)  incidental learning 
D)  all of the above

Question 3

Michelle has just finished the first pass through her notes for her upcoming History exam, and is deciding how to continue her studying tomorrow. The testing effect would suggest that Michelle should engage in which of the following to enhance her exam performance?

Accepted Answer

A)  continue studying now, instead of waiting for tomorrow 
B)  review the material in a manner identical to how she just studied 
C)  take a practice exam instead of reviewing the material again 
D)  create images of to-be-remembered information 
A)  continue studying now, instead of waiting for tomorrow 
B)  review the material in a manner identical to how she just studied 
C)  take a practice exam instead of reviewing the material again 
D)  create images of to-be-remembered information

Question 4

High amounts of domain-specific knowledge can lead to the development of:

Accepted Answer

A)  novice ability 
B)  expert ability 
C)  implicit memory 
D)  procedural memory 
A)  novice ability 
B)  expert ability 
C)  implicit memory 
D)  procedural memory

Question 5

The weapon -focus phenomenon is associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional arousal 
B)  variable attention 
C)  eyewitness memory 
D)  all of the above 
A)  emotional arousal 
B)  variable attention 
C)  eyewitness memory 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

Research suggests that incentives for memory performance:

Accepted Answer

A)  actually enhance one's general memory ability 
B)  enhance the behaviors that lead to improved memory 
C)  have no effect whatsoever on memory 
D)  are only effective on implicit memory tasks 
A)  actually enhance one's general memory ability 
B)  enhance the behaviors that lead to improved memory 
C)  have no effect whatsoever on memory 
D)  are only effective on implicit memory tasks

Question 7

As a stimulant, caffeine always has which effect on memory ability?

Accepted Answer

A)  enhancing 
B)  inhibiting 
C)  neutral 
D)  none of the above 
A)  enhancing 
B)  inhibiting 
C)  neutral 
D)  none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following tends to have the exact same impact on explicit and implicit abilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  the serial position effect 
B)  the generation effect 
C)  depth of processing 
D)  none of the above 
A)  the serial position effect 
B)  the generation effect 
C)  depth of processing 
D)  none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is a problem associated with determining whether or not emotional events are better remembered than neutral events?

Accepted Answer

A)  the mood of the person doing the remembering 
B)  determining the accuracy of a recalled memory 
C)  assessing the amount of time that has passed since the memory was encoded 
D)  all of the above 
A)  the mood of the person doing the remembering 
B)  determining the accuracy of a recalled memory 
C)  assessing the amount of time that has passed since the memory was encoded 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

The spacing effect suggests that:

Accepted Answer

A)  massed practice is better than distributed practice 
B)  distributed practice is better than massed practice 
C)  massed and distributed practice are equal in their utility 
D)  none of the above 
A)  massed practice is better than distributed practice 
B)  distributed practice is better than massed practice 
C)  massed and distributed practice are equal in their utility 
D)  none of the above

Question 11

Joe (who sleeps at night and is awake during the day) is having his digit span tested as part of an employment screening exam. If he wants to maximize his chances of doing well on this exam (which then gives him a good chance of getting the job), he should taken the digit span test at:

Accepted Answer

A)  10 pm 
B)  8 am 
C)  3 pm 
D)  11 am 
A)  10 pm 
B)  8 am 
C)  3 pm 
D)  11 am

Question 12

One reason why textbooks place critical terms in bold-face is due to the premises of:

Accepted Answer

A)  maintenance rehearsal 
B)  the recency effect 
C)  the formation of an implicit memory 
D)  the von Restorff effect 
A)  maintenance rehearsal 
B)  the recency effect 
C)  the formation of an implicit memory 
D)  the von Restorff effect

Question 13

Meaningfulness is the result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  poor pronounceability 
B)  limited associations to other ideas 
C)  increased potential for image formation 
D)  all of the above 
A)  poor pronounceability 
B)  limited associations to other ideas 
C)  increased potential for image formation 
D)  all of the above

Question 14

Research shows that flashbulb memories are recalled at the same rate as everyday memories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Mary finished studying for her physics exam at 10 pm last night. Upon returning to the library to continue studying this morning, Mary found it difficult to focus on the task at hand. This is illustrative of which explanation of the spacing effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding variability 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  attention deficit 
D)  anterograde amnesia 
A)  encoding variability 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  attention deficit 
D)  anterograde amnesia

Question 16

Professor Davis places a map of Europe on his blackboard, and Bill, a student in the class, encodes the map by reciting, out loud, the names and locations of the different countries on the map. Bill's later inability to recall the spatial elements of the map can be said to be most directly stemming from:

Accepted Answer

A)  the primacy effect 
B)  the serial position effect 
C)  the generation effect 
D)  verbal overshadowing 
A)  the primacy effect 
B)  the serial position effect 
C)  the generation effect 
D)  verbal overshadowing

Question 17

REM sleep tends to
Memory formation.

Accepted Answer

A)  inhibit 
B)  enhance 
C)  have no effect on 
D)  none of the above 
A)  inhibit 
B)  enhance 
C)  have no effect on 
D)  none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is a valid reason as to why elaborative rehearsal tends to be better than maintenance rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A)  elaboration allows different memories to blend together 
B)  elaboration decreases interference from associations with other ideas 
C)  elaboration requires more cognitive effort than maintenance rehearsal 
D)  none of the above 
A)  elaboration allows different memories to blend together 
B)  elaboration decreases interference from associations with other ideas 
C)  elaboration requires more cognitive effort than maintenance rehearsal 
D)  none of the above

Question 19

Which of the following words has the best chance of being recalled?

Accepted Answer

A)  JUSTICE 
B)  HOUSE 
C)  HAPPINESS 
D)  LIFE 
A)  JUSTICE 
B)  HOUSE 
C)  HAPPINESS 
D)  LIFE

Question 20

The generation effect gets its name from:

Accepted Answer

A)  comparing performances on a memory test between groups from older and younger generations 
B)  forcing an experimenter to generate stimuli that a subject must attend to 
C)  forcing a subject to generate their own stimuli in a memory experiment 
D)  none of the 
A)  comparing performances on a memory test between groups from older and younger generations 
B)  forcing an experimenter to generate stimuli that a subject must attend to 
C)  forcing a subject to generate their own stimuli in a memory experiment 
D)  none of the

The testing effect produces the effect it does because:

The ability to easily acquire information about a domain that one is personally interested in has been said to be due to:

Michelle has just finished the first pass through her notes for her upcoming History exam, and is deciding how to continue her studying tomorrow. The testing effect would suggest that Michelle should engage in which of the following to enhance her exam performance?

High amounts of domain-specific knowledge can lead to the development of:

The weapon -focus phenomenon is associated with:

Research suggests that incentives for memory performance:

As a stimulant, caffeine always has which effect on memory ability?

Which of the following tends to have the exact same impact on explicit and implicit abilities?

Which of the following is a problem associated with determining whether or not emotional events are better remembered than neutral events?

The spacing effect suggests that:

Joe (who sleeps at night and is awake during the day) is having his digit span tested as part of an employment screening exam. If he wants to maximize his chances of doing well on this exam (which then gives him a good chance of getting the job), he should taken the digit span test at:

One reason why textbooks place critical terms in bold-face is due to the premises of:

Meaningfulness is the result of:

Research shows that flashbulb memories are recalled at the same rate as everyday memories.

Mary finished studying for her physics exam at 10 pm last night. Upon returning to the library to continue studying this morning, Mary found it difficult to focus on the task at hand. This is illustrative of which explanation of the spacing effect?

REM sleep tends to Memory formation.

Which of the following is a valid reason as to why elaborative rehearsal tends to be better than maintenance rehearsal?

Which of the following words has the best chance of being recalled?

The generation effect gets its name from:

Introduction

Habituation and Other Forms of Simple Stimulus Learning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Learning: Reward

Instrumental Conditioning: Nonreward, Punishment, and Avoidance

Verbal Learning

Human Memory: Conceptual Approaches

Short-Term Retention

Storage and Retrieval

Spatial, Motor-Skill, and Implicit Learning

Individual Differences in Learning and Memory

Filters

Exam 9: Encoding

The testing effect produces the effect it does because:

The ability to easily acquire information about a domain that one is personally interested in has been said to be due to:

Michelle has just finished the first pass through her notes for her upcoming History exam, and is deciding how to continue her studying tomorrow. The testing effect would suggest that Michelle should engage in which of the following to enhance her exam performance?

High amounts of domain-specific knowledge can lead to the development of:

The weapon -focus phenomenon is associated with:

Research suggests that incentives for memory performance:

As a stimulant, caffeine always has which effect on memory ability?

Which of the following tends to have the exact same impact on explicit and implicit abilities?

Which of the following is a problem associated with determining whether or not emotional events are better remembered than neutral events?

The spacing effect suggests that:

Joe (who sleeps at night and is awake during the day) is having his digit span tested as part of an employment screening exam. If he wants to maximize his chances of doing well on this exam (which then gives him a good chance of getting the job), he should taken the digit span test at:

One reason why textbooks place critical terms in bold-face is due to the premises of:

Meaningfulness is the result of:

Research shows that flashbulb memories are recalled at the same rate as everyday memories.

Mary finished studying for her physics exam at 10 pm last night. Upon returning to the library to continue studying this morning, Mary found it difficult to focus on the task at hand. This is illustrative of which explanation of the spacing effect?

REM sleep tends to Memory formation.

Which of the following is a valid reason as to why elaborative rehearsal tends to be better than maintenance rehearsal?

Which of the following words has the best chance of being recalled?

The generation effect gets its name from:

Introduction

Habituation and Other Forms of Simple Stimulus Learning

Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Learning: Reward

Instrumental Conditioning: Nonreward, Punishment, and Avoidance

Verbal Learning

Human Memory: Conceptual Approaches

Short-Term Retention

Storage and Retrieval

Spatial, Motor-Skill, and Implicit Learning

Individual Differences in Learning and Memory

Filters