Question 1

What is the best strategy if you have a limited time to study some reading material?​

Accepted Answer

A) Spend the whole time reading and rereading the material. 
B) ​Repeatedly interrupt your reading to answer questions about the material. 
C) ​Alternate between reading the material and relaxing. 
D) ​Read the material straight through once, and then relax. 
A) Spend the whole time reading and rereading the material. 
B) ​Repeatedly interrupt your reading to answer questions about the material. 
C) ​Alternate between reading the material and relaxing. 
D) ​Read the material straight through once, and then relax.

Question 2

​What is the name of the principle that forming many associations and many types of associations to a word makes it easier to remember?

Accepted Answer

A) Representativeness heuristic 
B) ​Depth of processing 
C) ​Savings method 
D) ​Confabulation 
A) Representativeness heuristic 
B) ​Depth of processing 
C) ​Savings method 
D) ​Confabulation

Question 3

Immediately after Ebbinghaus memorized a list of nonsense syllables,why did he forget so fast?​

Accepted Answer

A) He was impaired by retroactive interference. 
B) ​He was impaired by proactive interference. 
C) ​He was impaired by retrograde amnesia. 
A) He was impaired by retroactive interference. 
B) ​He was impaired by proactive interference. 
C) ​He was impaired by retrograde amnesia.

Question 4

In addition to producing amnesia,damage to the hippocampus impairs what else?​

Accepted Answer

A) Ability to understand language 
B) ​Ability to coordinate the left hand with the right hand 
C) ​Ability to sing 
D) ​Ability to imagine the future 
A) Ability to understand language 
B) ​Ability to coordinate the left hand with the right hand 
C) ​Ability to sing 
D) ​Ability to imagine the future

Question 5

Of the various types of memory,which one is generally LEAST impaired in Alzheimer's disease?​

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic memory 
B) ​Formation of new declarative memories 
C) ​Procedural memory 
D) ​Memory of historical facts 
A) Episodic memory 
B) ​Formation of new declarative memories 
C) ​Procedural memory 
D) ​Memory of historical facts

Question 6

If you want to memorize a long list of objects,what is the best strategy?​

Accepted Answer

A) Repeat the list over and over. 
B) ​Alternate between reading the list forward and reading it backward. 
C) ​Rate how useful each item would be in a survival situation. 
D) ​For each item, try to think of another word that rhymes with it. 
A) Repeat the list over and over. 
B) ​Alternate between reading the list forward and reading it backward. 
C) ​Rate how useful each item would be in a survival situation. 
D) ​For each item, try to think of another word that rhymes with it.

Question 7

School performance,understanding other people's viewpoint,learning a second language,and resisting risky impulses all correlate positively with what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Confabulation 
B) ​Executive functioning 
C) ​Proactive interference 
D) ​The availability heuristic 
A) Confabulation 
B) ​Executive functioning 
C) ​Proactive interference 
D) ​The availability heuristic

Question 8

​An experimenter reads many series of letters,such as TGWNR,and you try to recall each set later,without rehearsing during the delay.About how long would each memory probably last?

Accepted Answer

A) Less than a second 
B) ​A few seconds but less than 20 
C) ​More than 20 seconds but less than a minute 
D) ​Until you tried to remember a different set of letters 
A) Less than a second 
B) ​A few seconds but less than 20 
C) ​More than 20 seconds but less than a minute 
D) ​Until you tried to remember a different set of letters

Question 9

You are supposed to read a list of objects and try to remember them.Which instruction makes you likely to remember the largest number of them?​

Accepted Answer

A) Imagine writing this word. Then imagine saying it out loud. 
B) ​Try to think of other words that rhyme with this word. 
C) ​Rate how useful this item would be for survival in the wilderness. 
D) ​Use the available time to repeat each word over and over as much as possible. 
A) Imagine writing this word. Then imagine saying it out loud. 
B) ​Try to think of other words that rhyme with this word. 
C) ​Rate how useful this item would be for survival in the wilderness. 
D) ​Use the available time to repeat each word over and over as much as possible.

Question 10

​Which of these is an example of episodic memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Remembering the name of your high school 
B) ​Remembering the names of your high school teachers 
C) ​Remembering how to get from your home to your high school 
D) ​Remembering the events of your high school graduation 
A) Remembering the name of your high school 
B) ​Remembering the names of your high school teachers 
C) ​Remembering how to get from your home to your high school 
D) ​Remembering the events of your high school graduation

Question 11

Suppose you try to remember all the presidents of the United States,but to help,someone provides all their first and last initials.What type of memory test is this?​

Accepted Answer

A) Free recall 
B) ​Cued recall 
C) ​Recognition 
D) ​Savings 
A) Free recall 
B) ​Cued recall 
C) ​Recognition 
D) ​Savings

Question 12

Which of the following is a likely explanation for early childhood amnesia?​

Accepted Answer

A) Children form memories but repress them because of their traumatic content. 
B) ​The hippocampus is not yet mature enough to establish episodic memories. 
C) ​New hippocampal neurons promote learning but also promote forgetting. 
D) ​Head trauma leads to retrograde amnesia. 
A) Children form memories but repress them because of their traumatic content. 
B) ​The hippocampus is not yet mature enough to establish episodic memories. 
C) ​New hippocampal neurons promote learning but also promote forgetting. 
D) ​Head trauma leads to retrograde amnesia.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of early childhood amnesia?​

Accepted Answer

A) It occurs only in Western cultures. 
B) ​It occurs only in children with poor nutrition. 
C) ​It occurs only in people who move away from where they spent their childhood. 
D) ​It occurs in almost all people and even in mice and rats. 
A) It occurs only in Western cultures. 
B) ​It occurs only in children with poor nutrition. 
C) ​It occurs only in people who move away from where they spent their childhood. 
D) ​It occurs in almost all people and even in mice and rats.

Question 14

​What does the depth-of-processing principle relate to?

Accepted Answer

A) How to convert memories into action 
B) ​How to explain something to a child with learning disabilities 
C) ​How to study to make something easy to remember 
D) ​How the brain organizes the synapses important for memory 
A) How to convert memories into action 
B) ​How to explain something to a child with learning disabilities 
C) ​How to study to make something easy to remember 
D) ​How the brain organizes the synapses important for memory

Question 15

Which of these is an example of a mnemonic device?​

Accepted Answer

A) An EEG 
B) ​The implicit association test 
C) ​The method of loci 
D) ​Proactive interference 
A) An EEG 
B) ​The implicit association test 
C) ​The method of loci 
D) ​Proactive interference

Question 16

If you try to repeat a story that you heard last week and now remember poorly,what usually happens?​

Accepted Answer

A) You remember a few random details in no logical order. 
B) ​You add events that weren't in the story, but would have made sense. 
C) ​You remember mainly the odd events that did not make sense. 
D) ​You tell the story slowly, but eventually repeat almost all of it. 
A) You remember a few random details in no logical order. 
B) ​You add events that weren't in the story, but would have made sense. 
C) ​You remember mainly the odd events that did not make sense. 
D) ​You tell the story slowly, but eventually repeat almost all of it.

Question 17

To remember your shopping list,you group items as two vegetables,three fruits,and four things that start with "C." What strategy are you using?​

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Free recall 
C) ​Chunking 
D) ​Repression 
A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Free recall 
C) ​Chunking 
D) ​Repression

Question 18

What are two things you can do after learning something to enhance your memory later?​

Accepted Answer

A) Take caffeine or go to sleep 
B) ​Draw pictures or watch television 
C) ​Drink milk or listen to music 
D) ​Cross your eyes or fold your hands 
A) Take caffeine or go to sleep 
B) ​Draw pictures or watch television 
C) ​Drink milk or listen to music 
D) ​Cross your eyes or fold your hands

Exam 7: Memory

What is the best strategy if you have a limited time to study some reading material?​

​What is the name of the principle that forming many associations and many types of associations to a word makes it easier to remember?

Immediately after Ebbinghaus memorized a list of nonsense syllables,why did he forget so fast?​

In addition to producing amnesia,damage to the hippocampus impairs what else?​

Of the various types of memory,which one is generally LEAST impaired in Alzheimer's disease?​

If you want to memorize a long list of objects,what is the best strategy?​

School performance,understanding other people's viewpoint,learning a second language,and resisting risky impulses all correlate positively with what?​

​An experimenter reads many series of letters,such as TGWNR,and you try to recall each set later,without rehearsing during the delay.About how long would each memory probably last?

You are supposed to read a list of objects and try to remember them.Which instruction makes you likely to remember the largest number of them?​

​Which of these is an example of episodic memory?

Suppose you try to remember all the presidents of the United States,but to help,someone provides all their first and last initials.What type of memory test is this?​

Which of the following is a likely explanation for early childhood amnesia?​

Which of the following is true of early childhood amnesia?​

​What does the depth-of-processing principle relate to?

Which of these is an example of a mnemonic device?​

If you try to repeat a story that you heard last week and now remember poorly,what usually happens?​

To remember your shopping list,you group items as two vegetables,three fruits,and four things that start with "C." What strategy are you using?​

What are two things you can do after learning something to enhance your memory later?​

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What is the best strategy if you have a limited time to study some reading material?

What is the name of the principle that forming many associations and many types of associations to a word makes it easier to remember?

Immediately after Ebbinghaus memorized a list of nonsense syllables,why did he forget so fast?

In addition to producing amnesia,damage to the hippocampus impairs what else?

Of the various types of memory,which one is generally LEAST impaired in Alzheimer's disease?

If you want to memorize a long list of objects,what is the best strategy?

School performance,understanding other people's viewpoint,learning a second language,and resisting risky impulses all correlate positively with what?

An experimenter reads many series of letters,such as TGWNR,and you try to recall each set later,without rehearsing during the delay.About how long would each memory probably last?

You are supposed to read a list of objects and try to remember them.Which instruction makes you likely to remember the largest number of them?

Which of these is an example of episodic memory?

Suppose you try to remember all the presidents of the United States,but to help,someone provides all their first and last initials.What type of memory test is this?

Which of the following is a likely explanation for early childhood amnesia?

Which of the following is true of early childhood amnesia?

What does the depth-of-processing principle relate to?

Which of these is an example of a mnemonic device?

If you try to repeat a story that you heard last week and now remember poorly,what usually happens?

To remember your shopping list,you group items as two vegetables,three fruits,and four things that start with "C." What strategy are you using?

What are two things you can do after learning something to enhance your memory later?