Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Present the lineup sequentially, with no opportunity to reexamine a photo. 
B) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
C) ​Encourage the witness to identify someone. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect. 
A) Present the lineup sequentially, with no opportunity to reexamine a photo. 
B) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
C) ​Encourage the witness to identify someone. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect.

Question 2

What enables some people to have more capacity of working memory than other people do?​
Greater proactive interference

Accepted Answer

A) Greater peripheral vision 
B) ​Focusing attention on just the relevant information 
C) ​Greater total volume of the cerebral cortex 
D) ​Greater proactive interference 
A) Greater peripheral vision 
B) ​Focusing attention on just the relevant information 
C) ​Greater total volume of the cerebral cortex 
D) ​Greater proactive interference

Question 3

Which effect refers to the tendency to remember the first item on a list?​

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic effect 
B) ​Stroop effect 
C) ​Recency effect 
D) ​Primacy effect 
A) Episodic effect 
B) ​Stroop effect 
C) ​Recency effect 
D) ​Primacy effect

Question 4

​Early childhood amnesia refers to the loss of which type of memories from early life?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

A police lineup resembles a multiple-choice test in what way?​

Accepted Answer

A) Both are recognition tests of memory. 
B) ​Both are implicit tests of memory. 
C) ​Both are recall tests of memory. 
D) ​Both are tests of procedural memory. 
A) Both are recognition tests of memory. 
B) ​Both are implicit tests of memory. 
C) ​Both are recall tests of memory. 
D) ​Both are tests of procedural memory.

Question 6

If overhearing a word primes you to say it yourself,what type of memory has occurred?​

Accepted Answer

A) Declarative 
B) ​Implicit 
C) ​Semantic 
D) ​Episodic 
A) Declarative 
B) ​Implicit 
C) ​Semantic 
D) ​Episodic

Question 7

What did Bahrick's studies show about college students' memory of a language they studied?​

Accepted Answer

A) Their memory of the language remained stable from graduation onward. 
B) ​Their memory of the language faded almost completely within a year after graduation. 
C) ​Their memory faded slowly at first, but then more and more rapidly. 
D) ​Their memory faded for the first few years, but then became fairly stable. 
A) Their memory of the language remained stable from graduation onward. 
B) ​Their memory of the language faded almost completely within a year after graduation. 
C) ​Their memory faded slowly at first, but then more and more rapidly. 
D) ​Their memory faded for the first few years, but then became fairly stable.

Question 8

Because you are having trouble remembering the name of your lab instructor,you scan a list of all the instructors in the department,hoping it will remind you.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 9

Your geography professor gives you a list of the countries of Africa and asks for the capital of each,but provides the first letter of each capital.What kind 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 10

Why is it difficult to determine the exact information capacity of short-term memory?​

Accepted Answer

A) The capacity of short-term memory is proportional to brain volume. 
B) ​We can trade accuracy for greater capacity. 
C) ​Short-term memory decays in less than a second. 
D) ​Short-term memory can hold a nearly infinite amount of information. 
A) The capacity of short-term memory is proportional to brain volume. 
B) ​We can trade accuracy for greater capacity. 
C) ​Short-term memory decays in less than a second. 
D) ​Short-term memory can hold a nearly infinite amount of information.

Question 11

When you demonstrate how to hit a golf ball,what type of memory do you display?​

Accepted Answer

A) State dependent 
B) ​Episodic 
C) ​Semantic 
D) ​Procedural 
A) State dependent 
B) ​Episodic 
C) ​Semantic 
D) ​Procedural

Question 12

Which of these currently appears to be the best explanation for early childhood amnesia?​

Accepted Answer

A) Growth of new neurons enhances learning but also leads to forgetting. 
B) ​Slow development of the hippocampus impairs formation of episodic memories. 
C) ​Young children do not form episodic memories because of their lack of language. 
D) ​Young children do not form episodic memories because of short attention span. 
A) Growth of new neurons enhances learning but also leads to forgetting. 
B) ​Slow development of the hippocampus impairs formation of episodic memories. 
C) ​Young children do not form episodic memories because of their lack of language. 
D) ​Young children do not form episodic memories because of short attention span.

Question 13

According to the principle of encoding specificity,what would help you do well on a test?​

Accepted Answer

A) Study at the same place and time of day at the test. 
B) ​Study in a wide variety of locations and times of day. 
C) ​Repeat the material forward and then backward. 
D) ​Do all your studying in one long session. 
A) Study at the same place and time of day at the test. 
B) ​Study in a wide variety of locations and times of day. 
C) ​Repeat the material forward and then backward. 
D) ​Do all your studying in one long session.

Question 14

A proposed explanation for infant amnesia is that the hippocampus of young children is not mature enough to form long-term memories.What evidence argues against this proposal? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Damage to the hippocampus has little effect on recall of episodic memories. 
B) ​Three- and four-year-olds remember events from months ago. 
C) ​Under hypnosis, people can accurately remember events from early childhood. 
D) ​Electrically stimulating a child's hippocampus leads to improved memory. 
A) Damage to the hippocampus has little effect on recall of episodic memories. 
B) ​Three- and four-year-olds remember events from months ago. 
C) ​Under hypnosis, people can accurately remember events from early childhood. 
D) ​Electrically stimulating a child's hippocampus leads to improved memory.

Question 15

​Which of these is an example of source amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) "I forget where I read that a UFO landed in Canada." 
B) ​"I forget what I read is the current population of Canada." 
C) ​"I forget who is the prime minister of Canada." 
D) ​"I forget why the United States fought Canada in the War of 1812." 
A) "I forget where I read that a UFO landed in Canada." 
B) ​"I forget what I read is the current population of Canada." 
C) ​"I forget who is the prime minister of Canada." 
D) ​"I forget why the United States fought Canada in the War of 1812."

Question 16

Anterograde 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 17

The information-processing model compares memory to which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) A video camera 
B) ​A computer 
C) ​A telephone 
D) ​A map 
A) A video camera 
B) ​A computer 
C) ​A telephone 
D) ​A map

Question 18

​In memory research,what does the savings method measure?

Accepted Answer

A) How rapidly you can remember something 
B) ​How rapidly you can relearn something apparently forgotten 
C) ​How long you can remember something before you forget it 
D) ​How many memories you can store within a short time 
A) How rapidly you can remember something 
B) ​How rapidly you can relearn something apparently forgotten 
C) ​How long you can remember something before you forget it 
D) ​How many memories you can store within a short time

Question 19

It is more difficult to learn four lists of names than to learn one list of names,one list of fruits,one list of cities,and one list of cars.Why?​

Accepted Answer

A) Serial-order effect 
B) ​Interference 
C) ​The law of effect 
D) ​Confabulation 
A) Serial-order effect 
B) ​Interference 
C) ​The law of effect 
D) ​Confabulation

Question 20

​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) ​Use a supervising officer who does not know which person the police suspect. 
C) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect. 
A) Encourage the witness to identify someone. 
B) ​Use a supervising officer who does not know which person the police suspect. 
C) ​Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. 
D) ​Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect.

Exam 7: Memory

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

What enables some people to have more capacity of working memory than other people do?​ Greater proactive interference

Which effect refers to the tendency to remember the first item on a list?​

​Early childhood amnesia refers to the loss of which type of memories from early life?

A police lineup resembles a multiple-choice test in what way?​

If overhearing a word primes you to say it yourself,what type of memory has occurred?​

What did Bahrick's studies show about college students' memory of a language they studied?​

Because you are having trouble remembering the name of your lab instructor,you scan a list of all the instructors in the department,hoping it will remind you.What type of memory test is this?​

Your geography professor gives you a list of the countries of Africa and asks for the capital of each,but provides the first letter of each capital.What kind of memory test is this?​

Why is it difficult to determine the exact information capacity of short-term memory?​

When you demonstrate how to hit a golf ball,what type of memory do you display?​

Which of these currently appears to be the best explanation for early childhood amnesia?​

According to the principle of encoding specificity,what would help you do well on a test?​

A proposed explanation for infant amnesia is that the hippocampus of young children is not mature enough to form long-term memories.What evidence argues against this proposal? ​

​Which of these is an example of source amnesia?

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

The information-processing model compares memory to which of the following?​

​In memory research,what does the savings method measure?

It is more difficult to learn four lists of names than to learn one list of names,one list of fruits,one list of cities,and one list of cars.Why?​

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

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

What enables some people to have more capacity of working memory than other people do? Greater proactive interference

Which effect refers to the tendency to remember the first item on a list?

Early childhood amnesia refers to the loss of which type of memories from early life?

A police lineup resembles a multiple-choice test in what way?

If overhearing a word primes you to say it yourself,what type of memory has occurred?

What did Bahrick's studies show about college students' memory of a language they studied?

Because you are having trouble remembering the name of your lab instructor,you scan a list of all the instructors in the department,hoping it will remind you.What type of memory test is this?

Your geography professor gives you a list of the countries of Africa and asks for the capital of each,but provides the first letter of each capital.What kind of memory test is this?

Why is it difficult to determine the exact information capacity of short-term memory?

When you demonstrate how to hit a golf ball,what type of memory do you display?

Which of these currently appears to be the best explanation for early childhood amnesia?

According to the principle of encoding specificity,what would help you do well on a test?

A proposed explanation for infant amnesia is that the hippocampus of young children is not mature enough to form long-term memories.What evidence argues against this proposal?

Which of these is an example of source amnesia?

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

The information-processing model compares memory to which of the following?

In memory research,what does the savings method measure?

It is more difficult to learn four lists of names than to learn one list of names,one list of fruits,one list of cities,and one list of cars.Why?

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