Question 1

​What effect,if any,does emotional arousal have on memory storage?

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional arousal almost always interferes with memory storage. 
B) ​Emotional arousal has no measurable effect on memory storage. 
C) ​Moderate emotion improves memory storage, but extreme levels interfere. 
D) ​Emotional arousal of any level improves memory storage. 
A) Emotional arousal almost always interferes with memory storage. 
B) ​Emotional arousal has no measurable effect on memory storage. 
C) ​Moderate emotion improves memory storage, but extreme levels interfere. 
D) ​Emotional arousal of any level improves memory storage.

Question 2

What term refers to the strengthening of a stored memory over time?​

Accepted Answer

A) The law of effect 
B) ​The availability heuristic 
C) ​Consolidation 
D) ​The Stroop effect 
A) The law of effect 
B) ​The availability heuristic 
C) ​Consolidation 
D) ​The Stroop effect

Question 3

What is meant by "hindsight bias"?​

Accepted Answer

A) Expressing too much confidence in our predictions of future events 
B) ​Expressing too little confidence in our predictions of future events 
C) ​Changing our memories of the past to fit with later events 
D) ​Forgetting our memories of the moments that have shaped our lives 
A) Expressing too much confidence in our predictions of future events 
B) ​Expressing too little confidence in our predictions of future events 
C) ​Changing our memories of the past to fit with later events 
D) ​Forgetting our memories of the moments that have shaped our lives

Question 4

A false memory resembles which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hindsight bias 
B) ​Procedural memory 
C) ​Repression 
D) ​The availability heuristic 
A) Hindsight bias 
B) ​Procedural memory 
C) ​Repression 
D) ​The availability heuristic

Question 5

You read a list of all the 74 state parks in Ohio and try to recall them.Which will you be LEAST likely to remember?​

Accepted Answer

A) The first one on the list, Adams Lake 
B) ​One with a common name, such as East Harbor 
C) ​One with an unusual name, such as Mosquito Lake 
D) ​The last one on the list, Wolf Run 
A) The first one on the list, Adams Lake 
B) ​One with a common name, such as East Harbor 
C) ​One with an unusual name, such as Mosquito Lake 
D) ​The last one on the list, Wolf Run

Question 6

​In remembering lists of nonsense syllables,how does the performance of college students compare with that of Ebbinghaus?

Accepted Answer

A) College students remember a list longer than Ebbinghaus did. 
B) ​College students remember short lists better, but long lists worse than Ebbinghaus. 
C) ​College students remember a list about equally as well as Ebbinghaus did. 
D) ​College students remember a list less well than Ebbinghaus did. 
A) College students remember a list longer than Ebbinghaus did. 
B) ​College students remember short lists better, but long lists worse than Ebbinghaus. 
C) ​College students remember a list about equally as well as Ebbinghaus did. 
D) ​College students remember a list less well than Ebbinghaus did.

Question 7

When Peterson and Peterson demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over a delay,why did they ask people to count backward by threes during the delay?

Accepted Answer

A) To develop procedural memory 
B) ​To increase chunking 
C) ​To increase depth of processing 
D) ​To prevent rehearsal 
A) To develop procedural memory 
B) ​To increase chunking 
C) ​To increase depth of processing 
D) ​To prevent rehearsal

Question 8

​If you remember "MSTRDMCPNHGN" as "AMSTERDAM and COPENHAGEN,but without the vowels," you improve your memory by what?

Accepted Answer

A) Confabulation 
B) ​Chunking 
C) ​Procedural memory 
D) ​Hypermnesia 
A) Confabulation 
B) ​Chunking 
C) ​Procedural memory 
D) ​Hypermnesia

Question 9

​If you study something all in one long session,which of these is likely?

Accepted Answer

A) Your long-term retention will be better than if you had spread out your study. 
B) ​You will minimize your need to review the material later. 
C) ​You will forget more than you thought you would. 
D) ​Your retention of the material will actually improve over time. 
A) Your long-term retention will be better than if you had spread out your study. 
B) ​You will minimize your need to review the material later. 
C) ​You will forget more than you thought you would. 
D) ​Your retention of the material will actually improve over time.

Question 10

​If you try to describe your high school graduation,you are engaged in which type of memory test?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Suppose someone tests whether people who have forgotten something can relearn it faster than people who had never learned it at all.Which 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

What does "executive functioning" control?​

Accepted Answer

A) Shifts of attention 
B) ​Coordination of muscles 
C) ​Word order in speech 
D) ​Implicit memory 
A) Shifts of attention 
B) ​Coordination of muscles 
C) ​Word order in speech 
D) ​Implicit memory

Question 13

​To help you remember an event,someone takes you to where it happened at the same time of day,and asks you to think about what you were doing or thinking about at the time.This makes use of what?

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit memory 
B) ​Procedural memory 
C) ​Encoding specificity 
D) ​Law of effect 
A) Implicit memory 
B) ​Procedural memory 
C) ​Encoding specificity 
D) ​Law of effect

Question 14

When you try to remember a list including "candy,sugar,sour,dessert,salty ...," which of these errors are you likely to make?​

Accepted Answer

A) You might omit all the words that start with "s." 
B) ​You might say "sweet," which wasn't on the list. 
C) ​You might repeat the list in backward order. 
D) ​You might insist that the list had only seven words, when it really had far more. 
A) You might omit all the words that start with "s." 
B) ​You might say "sweet," which wasn't on the list. 
C) ​You might repeat the list in backward order. 
D) ​You might insist that the list had only seven words, when it really had far more.

Question 15

If you seem to have forgotten something completely,and you cannot even identify the correct answer from a list of choices,which method might nevertheless indicate some trace of memory?​

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Retroactive interference (or the lack of it)is a possible explanation for which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) The primacy effect in memory 
B) ​The recency effect in memory 
C) ​The availability heuristic 
D) ​The representativeness heuristic 
A) The primacy effect in memory 
B) ​The recency effect in memory 
C) ​The availability heuristic 
D) ​The representativeness heuristic

Question 17

​You study something until you know it well.Then what should you do?

Accepted Answer

A) Quit studying. 
B) ​Continue studying for another half-hour after you decide you know it well enough. 
C) ​Do something else and review later. 
D) ​Stay awake to let the memory consolidate. 
A) Quit studying. 
B) ​Continue studying for another half-hour after you decide you know it well enough. 
C) ​Do something else and review later. 
D) ​Stay awake to let the memory consolidate.

Question 18

Which of the following topics has been the topic of the most heated debate among psychologists?​

Accepted Answer

A) Whether it is better to study something all at once or break it into many short sessions 
B) ​Whether it is ethical to study memory development in elementary school children 
C) ​Whether implicit memories can influence people's behavior without their awareness 
D) ​Whether therapists can help patients accurately recover lost memories 
A) Whether it is better to study something all at once or break it into many short sessions 
B) ​Whether it is ethical to study memory development in elementary school children 
C) ​Whether implicit memories can influence people's behavior without their awareness 
D) ​Whether therapists can help patients accurately recover lost memories

Question 19

Why do most adults remember few if any memories from early childhood?​

Accepted Answer

A) Most adults do not try to remember their early childhood. 
B) ​Very young children do not form memories at all. 
C) ​Very young children form short-term, but not long-term memories. 
D) ​Very young children form long-term memories but forget them. 
A) Most adults do not try to remember their early childhood. 
B) ​Very young children do not form memories at all. 
C) ​Very young children form short-term, but not long-term memories. 
D) ​Very young children form long-term memories but forget them.

Question 20

​When you try to recall an event from long ago,what do you do?

Accepted Answer

A) You consult your memory in a way that is like watching a video. 
B) ​You consult your memory in a way that is like listening to a recording. 
C) ​You fill in the gaps with guesses and expectations. 
D) ​You repeat what you said the last time you tried to recall that event. 
A) You consult your memory in a way that is like watching a video. 
B) ​You consult your memory in a way that is like listening to a recording. 
C) ​You fill in the gaps with guesses and expectations. 
D) ​You repeat what you said the last time you tried to recall that event.

Exam 7: Memory

​What effect,if any,does emotional arousal have on memory storage?

What term refers to the strengthening of a stored memory over time?​

What is meant by "hindsight bias"?​

A false memory resembles which of the following?​

You read a list of all the 74 state parks in Ohio and try to recall them.Which will you be LEAST likely to remember?​

​In remembering lists of nonsense syllables,how does the performance of college students compare with that of Ebbinghaus?

When Peterson and Peterson demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over a delay,why did they ask people to count backward by threes during the delay?

​If you remember "MSTRDMCPNHGN" as "AMSTERDAM and COPENHAGEN,but without the vowels," you improve your memory by what?

​If you study something all in one long session,which of these is likely?

​If you try to describe your high school graduation,you are engaged in which type of memory test?

Suppose someone tests whether people who have forgotten something can relearn it faster than people who had never learned it at all.Which type of memory test is this?​

What does "executive functioning" control?​

​To help you remember an event,someone takes you to where it happened at the same time of day,and asks you to think about what you were doing or thinking about at the time.This makes use of what?

When you try to remember a list including "candy,sugar,sour,dessert,salty ...," which of these errors are you likely to make?​

If you seem to have forgotten something completely,and you cannot even identify the correct answer from a list of choices,which method might nevertheless indicate some trace of memory?​

Retroactive interference (or the lack of it)is a possible explanation for which of the following?​

​You study something until you know it well.Then what should you do?

Which of the following topics has been the topic of the most heated debate among psychologists?​

Why do most adults remember few if any memories from early childhood?​

​When you try to recall an event from long ago,what do you do?

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What effect,if any,does emotional arousal have on memory storage?

What term refers to the strengthening of a stored memory over time?

What is meant by "hindsight bias"?

A false memory resembles which of the following?

You read a list of all the 74 state parks in Ohio and try to recall them.Which will you be LEAST likely to remember?

In remembering lists of nonsense syllables,how does the performance of college students compare with that of Ebbinghaus?

If you remember "MSTRDMCPNHGN" as "AMSTERDAM and COPENHAGEN,but without the vowels," you improve your memory by what?

If you study something all in one long session,which of these is likely?

If you try to describe your high school graduation,you are engaged in which type of memory test?

Suppose someone tests whether people who have forgotten something can relearn it faster than people who had never learned it at all.Which type of memory test is this?

What does "executive functioning" control?

To help you remember an event,someone takes you to where it happened at the same time of day,and asks you to think about what you were doing or thinking about at the time.This makes use of what?

When you try to remember a list including "candy,sugar,sour,dessert,salty ...," which of these errors are you likely to make?

If you seem to have forgotten something completely,and you cannot even identify the correct answer from a list of choices,which method might nevertheless indicate some trace of memory?

Retroactive interference (or the lack of it)is a possible explanation for which of the following?

You study something until you know it well.Then what should you do?

Which of the following topics has been the topic of the most heated debate among psychologists?

Why do most adults remember few if any memories from early childhood?

When you try to recall an event from long ago,what do you do?