Question 1

What research result implies that people should remember traumatic experiences well?​

Accepted Answer

A) Increased heart rate decreases the retroactive interference that might block memory. 
B) ​Emotional experiences release cortisol, which aids memory storage. 
C) ​Pain increases the velocity of action potentials, and therefore promotes storage. 
D) ​Repression depends on inhibitory synapses, and inhibitory synapses are unstable. 
A) Increased heart rate decreases the retroactive interference that might block memory. 
B) ​Emotional experiences release cortisol, which aids memory storage. 
C) ​Pain increases the velocity of action potentials, and therefore promotes storage. 
D) ​Repression depends on inhibitory synapses, and inhibitory synapses are unstable.

Question 2

In Ebbinghaus's research,what was the advantage of using nonsense syllables?​

Accepted Answer

A) Computers can easily generate long lists of nonsense syllables. 
B) ​It is easy to motivate people to memorize a list of nonsense syllables. 
C) ​Nonsense syllables do not generate proactive interference. 
D) ​It is possible to know exactly when someone first learned a list. 
A) Computers can easily generate long lists of nonsense syllables. 
B) ​It is easy to motivate people to memorize a list of nonsense syllables. 
C) ​Nonsense syllables do not generate proactive interference. 
D) ​It is possible to know exactly when someone first learned a list.

Question 3

​Which type of people are most likely to develop Korsakoff's syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A) Professional musicians 
B) ​Football players 
C) ​Vegetarians 
D) ​Chronic alcoholics 
A) Professional musicians 
B) ​Football players 
C) ​Vegetarians 
D) ​Chronic alcoholics

Question 4

​Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What did psychologists learn about memory by studying patient H.M.?​

Accepted Answer

A) Epilepsy causes severe retrograde amnesia. 
B) ​Procedural memories are different from declarative memories. 
C) ​Information can enter long-term memory without entering short-term memory. 
D) ​Memories that appear to be lost can be recovered at a later time. 
A) Epilepsy causes severe retrograde amnesia. 
B) ​Procedural memories are different from declarative memories. 
C) ​Information can enter long-term memory without entering short-term memory. 
D) ​Memories that appear to be lost can be recovered at a later time.

Question 6

​According to research from the 1950s,how much information can short-term memory hold?

Accepted Answer

A) Only one item at a time 
B) ​Two items at a time 
C) ​About seven items at a time 
D) ​A virtually unlimited amount of information 
A) Only one item at a time 
B) ​Two items at a time 
C) ​About seven items at a time 
D) ​A virtually unlimited amount of information

Question 7

What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup?​

Accepted Answer

A) Encourage the witness to identify someone. 
B) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
C) ​Ask for a confidence level percentage instead of a definite yes or no. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect. 
A) Encourage the witness to identify someone. 
B) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
C) ​Ask for a confidence level percentage instead of a definite yes or no. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect.

Question 8

​Amnesia is a loss of what?

Accepted Answer

A) Motivation 
B) ​Hearing 
C) ​Memory 
D) ​Emotional control 
A) Motivation 
B) ​Hearing 
C) ​Memory 
D) ​Emotional control

Question 9

Why did several of Ebbinghaus's findings differ from those of later investigators?​

Accepted Answer

A) Ebbinghaus did all his research on his own memory. 
B) ​Ebbinghaus studied memory of Greek words, which were unfamiliar to later participants. 
C) ​Later studies had to change the procedures for ethical reasons. 
D) ​Most of the later investigators tested mental patients, whose memory was impaired. 
A) Ebbinghaus did all his research on his own memory. 
B) ​Ebbinghaus studied memory of Greek words, which were unfamiliar to later participants. 
C) ​Later studies had to change the procedures for ethical reasons. 
D) ​Most of the later investigators tested mental patients, whose memory was impaired.

Question 10

​Which of these questions has provoked heated controversy among psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A) Are patients with brain damage more likely to lose semantic memory or episodic memory? 
B) ​How effective are the method of loci and other mnemonic devices? 
C) ​Can and should therapists help people recover lost memories of abuse? 
D) ​How does working memory differ from long-term memory? 
A) Are patients with brain damage more likely to lose semantic memory or episodic memory? 
B) ​How effective are the method of loci and other mnemonic devices? 
C) ​Can and should therapists help people recover lost memories of abuse? 
D) ​How does working memory differ from long-term memory?

Question 11

Retrograde amnesia is an impairment of the ability to do what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Walk, talk, and eat 
B) ​Store long-term memories 
C) ​Recall memories from before brain damage 
D) ​Convert memories into action 
A) Walk, talk, and eat 
B) ​Store long-term memories 
C) ​Recall memories from before brain damage 
D) ​Convert memories into action

Question 12

​Which of the following has a strong link to Alzheimer's disease?

Accepted Answer

A) Accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain 
B) ​Prolonged deficiency of vitamin B1 
C) ​Difficulty metabolizing phenylalanine and gluten 
D) ​A low ratio of dopamine to serotonin in the brain 
A) Accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain 
B) ​Prolonged deficiency of vitamin B1 
C) ​Difficulty metabolizing phenylalanine and gluten 
D) ​A low ratio of dopamine to serotonin in the brain

Question 13

​Why are many psychologists skeptical of reports that therapy helps people recover repressed memories of early childhood abusive experiences?

Accepted Answer

A) Abusive experiences in childhood are known to be rare. 
B) ​The recovery techniques could suggest false memories. 
C) ​Only hypnosis can accurately recover memories from early childhood. 
D) ​Repressed memories can never return to consciousness. 
A) Abusive experiences in childhood are known to be rare. 
B) ​The recovery techniques could suggest false memories. 
C) ​Only hypnosis can accurately recover memories from early childhood. 
D) ​Repressed memories can never return to consciousness.

Question 14

In which type of new memory formation did patient H.M.show little or no impairment?​

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic memory 
B) Declarative memor 
C) ​Explicit memory 
D) ​Procedural memory 
A) Episodic memory 
B) Declarative memor 
C) ​Explicit memory 
D) ​Procedural memory

Question 15

Genes have been most strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease in which of these circumstances?​

Accepted Answer

A) Alzheimer's disease with onset before age 60 
B) ​Alzheimer's disease with onset after age 60 
C) ​Alzheimer's disease in women 
D) ​Alzheimer's disease in men 
A) Alzheimer's disease with onset before age 60 
B) ​Alzheimer's disease with onset after age 60 
C) ​Alzheimer's disease in women 
D) ​Alzheimer's disease in men

Question 16

​According to the depth-of-processing principle,what improves your memory of something?

Accepted Answer

A) Repeating it as many times as possible 
B) ​Holding it in short-term memory as long as possible 
C) ​Strengthening synapses in the center of the brain 
D) ​Thinking about its meaning 
A) Repeating it as many times as possible 
B) ​Holding it in short-term memory as long as possible 
C) ​Strengthening synapses in the center of the brain 
D) ​Thinking about its meaning

Question 17

Suppose you have one hour to study an assignment.What will happen if you repeatedly interrupt your reading to try to answer questions about it,compared to someone who spent the whole time reading?​

Accepted Answer

A) You will remember it more poorly at the end of the hour. 
B) ​You will remember it equally well at the end of the hour, but less well later. 
C) ​Your long-term retention will be better than that of the other person. 
D) ​You will remember the questions but not the answers. 
A) You will remember it more poorly at the end of the hour. 
B) ​You will remember it equally well at the end of the hour, but less well later. 
C) ​Your long-term retention will be better than that of the other person. 
D) ​You will remember the questions but not the answers.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) The Stroop effect 
B) ​The episodic specificity effect 
C) ​The primacy effect in memory 
D) ​The recency effect in memory 
A) The Stroop effect 
B) ​The episodic specificity effect 
C) ​The primacy effect in memory 
D) ​The recency effect in memory

Question 19

You read a list of phrases including "bear with me." Later someone asks you which word on the list was the name of an animal,and you fail to think of bear.Why?​

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

​What type of memory enables you to remember that H2O means water?

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Implicit memory 
C) ​Semantic memory 
D) ​Episodic memory 
A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Implicit memory 
C) ​Semantic memory 
D) ​Episodic memory

Exam 7: Memory

What research result implies that people should remember traumatic experiences well?​

In Ebbinghaus's research,what was the advantage of using nonsense syllables?​

​Which type of people are most likely to develop Korsakoff's syndrome?

​Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

What did psychologists learn about memory by studying patient H.M.?​

​According to research from the 1950s,how much information can short-term memory hold?

What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup?​

​Amnesia is a loss of what?

Why did several of Ebbinghaus's findings differ from those of later investigators?​

​Which of these questions has provoked heated controversy among psychologists?

Retrograde amnesia is an impairment of the ability to do what?​

​Which of the following has a strong link to Alzheimer's disease?

​Why are many psychologists skeptical of reports that therapy helps people recover repressed memories of early childhood abusive experiences?

In which type of new memory formation did patient H.M.show little or no impairment?​

Genes have been most strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease in which of these circumstances?​

​According to the depth-of-processing principle,what improves your memory of something?

Suppose you have one hour to study an assignment.What will happen if you repeatedly interrupt your reading to try to answer questions about it,compared to someone who spent the whole time reading?​

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

You read a list of phrases including "bear with me." Later someone asks you which word on the list was the name of an animal,and you fail to think of bear.Why?​

​What type of memory enables you to remember that H2O means water?

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What research result implies that people should remember traumatic experiences well?

In Ebbinghaus's research,what was the advantage of using nonsense syllables?

Which type of people are most likely to develop Korsakoff's syndrome?

Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

What did psychologists learn about memory by studying patient H.M.?

According to research from the 1950s,how much information can short-term memory hold?

What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup?

Amnesia is a loss of what?

Why did several of Ebbinghaus's findings differ from those of later investigators?

Which of these questions has provoked heated controversy among psychologists?

Retrograde amnesia is an impairment of the ability to do what?

Which of the following has a strong link to Alzheimer's disease?

Why are many psychologists skeptical of reports that therapy helps people recover repressed memories of early childhood abusive experiences?

In which type of new memory formation did patient H.M.show little or no impairment?

Genes have been most strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease in which of these circumstances?

According to the depth-of-processing principle,what improves your memory of something?

Suppose you have one hour to study an assignment.What will happen if you repeatedly interrupt your reading to try to answer questions about it,compared to someone who spent the whole time reading?

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

You read a list of phrases including "bear with me." Later someone asks you which word on the list was the name of an animal,and you fail to think of bear.Why?

What type of memory enables you to remember that H2O means water?