Question 1

Anterograde is to __________ as retrograde is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit; implicit 
B)  after; before 
C)  motor; phonological 
D)  episodic; procedural 
E)  hippocampus; temporal lobe 
A)  explicit; implicit 
B)  after; before 
C)  motor; phonological 
D)  episodic; procedural 
E)  hippocampus; temporal lobe B

Question 2

A primary function of sensory memory appears to hold information long enough for it to be transferred to short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The key to the effectiveness of any mnemonic system is that it

Accepted Answer

A)  simplifies the information to be remembered. 
B)  decreases the amount of total information to be stored. 
C)  makes use of information already stored in memory. 
D)  divides information into separate units. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  simplifies the information to be remembered. 
B)  decreases the amount of total information to be stored. 
C)  makes use of information already stored in memory. 
D)  divides information into separate units. 
E)  all of the above C

Question 4

The __________ is an important brain structure in the formation of new __________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus; implicit 
B)  hypothalamus; implicit 
C)  hippocampus; explicit 
D)  hypothalamus; explicit 
E)  hippocampus; implicit and explicit 
A)  hippocampus; implicit 
B)  hypothalamus; implicit 
C)  hippocampus; explicit 
D)  hypothalamus; explicit 
E)  hippocampus; implicit and explicit

Question 5

Ashley suffers from mild conduction aphasia. This suggests that she

Accepted Answer

A)  has difficulty understanding what she hears. 
B)  has difficulty repeating exactly what she hears. 
C)  can produce words but cannot compose sentences. 
D)  can talk but not remember what she has said. 
E)  cannot talk or understand what others are saying. 
A)  has difficulty understanding what she hears. 
B)  has difficulty repeating exactly what she hears. 
C)  can produce words but cannot compose sentences. 
D)  can talk but not remember what she has said. 
E)  cannot talk or understand what others are saying.

Question 6

One of the most famous cases of __________ amnesia is a person simply known as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrograde; Mr. P 
B)  anterograde; H. M. 
C)  retrograde; Jane Doe 
D)  anterograde; Nim 
E)  retrograde; Bill 
A)  retrograde; Mr. P 
B)  anterograde; H. M. 
C)  retrograde; Jane Doe 
D)  anterograde; Nim 
E)  retrograde; Bill

Question 7

The tendency to remember words at the end of a list is called the primacy effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding is a critical feature of our ability to remember information. 
B)  Possessing knowledge always enhances recall. 
C)  Encoding is the process of getting information out of memory. 
D)  How we encode information bears little relation to remembering that information later. 
E)  Humans are able to encode information without attending to it at all. 
A)  Encoding is a critical feature of our ability to remember information. 
B)  Possessing knowledge always enhances recall. 
C)  Encoding is the process of getting information out of memory. 
D)  How we encode information bears little relation to remembering that information later. 
E)  Humans are able to encode information without attending to it at all.

Question 9

Level of processing would have an important effect on information stored in __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  immediate 
B)  explicit 
C)  procedural 
D)  implicit 
E)  sensory 
A)  immediate 
B)  explicit 
C)  procedural 
D)  implicit 
E)  sensory

Question 10

In the case of HM, the removal of part of the temporal lobe interfered with __________ memory but not with __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic; episodic 
B)  implicit; explicit 
C)  explicit; implicit 
D)  procedural; declarative 
E)  short-term; long-term 
A)  semantic; episodic 
B)  implicit; explicit 
C)  explicit; implicit 
D)  procedural; declarative 
E)  short-term; long-term

Question 11

People seem to remember only a few important details of an experience. During recall of that experience, though, they tend to reconstruct missing pieces of the experience according to their own expectations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Research on eyewitness testimony has shown that

Accepted Answer

A)  eyewitness testimony is very accurate. 
B)  leading questions can bias eyewitness accounts. 
C)  women are generally more accurate eyewitnesses than men. 
D)  eyewitness testimony is highly resistant to leading questions. 
E)  eyewitness testimony is influenced by encoding specificity. 
A)  eyewitness testimony is very accurate. 
B)  leading questions can bias eyewitness accounts. 
C)  women are generally more accurate eyewitnesses than men. 
D)  eyewitness testimony is highly resistant to leading questions. 
E)  eyewitness testimony is influenced by encoding specificity.

Question 13

The recency effect occurs because the words in the last part of the list of words that we are trying to memorize

Accepted Answer

A)  are still in short-term memory. 
B)  have been stored in long-term memory. 
C)  have been rehearsed several times. 
D)  are generally the easiest words to memorize. 
E)  are still in sensory memory. 
A)  are still in short-term memory. 
B)  have been stored in long-term memory. 
C)  have been rehearsed several times. 
D)  are generally the easiest words to memorize. 
E)  are still in sensory memory.

Question 14

Based on studies of reconstructive memory, which of the following individuals would most people report as being guilty of theft despite evidence to the contrary?

Accepted Answer

A)  a young woman with no criminal history 
B)  a young man who has received one traffic ticket 
C)  an older married man 
D)  a younger married man 
E)  a member of a street gang 
A)  a young woman with no criminal history 
B)  a young man who has received one traffic ticket 
C)  an older married man 
D)  a younger married man 
E)  a member of a street gang

Question 15

Describe the levels of processing hypothesis and issues raised by critics of this perspective.

Accepted Answer

The student's response should provide an

Question 16

In terms of aiding recall, the best time to make material interesting is during

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory registration. 
B)  retrieval. 
C)  storage. 
D)  encoding. 
E)  There is no "best time" to make information to be learned meaningful. 
A)  sensory registration. 
B)  retrieval. 
C)  storage. 
D)  encoding. 
E)  There is no "best time" to make information to be learned meaningful.

Question 17

When is interference with retrieval most likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  after periods of sleep 
B)  after periods of wakefulness 
C)  during periods of drowsiness 
D)  during dreaming sleep 
E)  during non-dreaming sleep 
A)  after periods of sleep 
B)  after periods of wakefulness 
C)  during periods of drowsiness 
D)  during dreaming sleep 
E)  during non-dreaming sleep

Question 18

Most of the information that enters short-term memory

Accepted Answer

A)  gets transferred to long-term memory. 
B)  stays there. 
C)  is moved back to sensory memory. 
D)  is forgotten. 
E)  is important to the individual. 
A)  gets transferred to long-term memory. 
B)  stays there. 
C)  is moved back to sensory memory. 
D)  is forgotten. 
E)  is important to the individual.

Question 19

Craik and Lockhart challenged which assumption of previous theorists of memory consolidation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Short-term memory and long-term memory appear to be physiologically distinct. 
B)  The time that information spends in short-term memory is the critical factor in information reaching long-term memory. 
C)  All of the information that gets into long-term memory must first pass through short-term memory. 
D)  There are different levels of memory. 
E)  Information in short-term memory comes only from sensory memory. 
A)  Short-term memory and long-term memory appear to be physiologically distinct. 
B)  The time that information spends in short-term memory is the critical factor in information reaching long-term memory. 
C)  All of the information that gets into long-term memory must first pass through short-term memory. 
D)  There are different levels of memory. 
E)  Information in short-term memory comes only from sensory memory.

Question 20

Ellie has to remember a poem for school. She does this by thinking about its meaning and the ways in which its structure enhances that meaning. She is using __________ processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  shallow 
B)  automatic 
C)  maintenance 
D)  mnemonic 
E)  deep 
A)  shallow 
B)  automatic 
C)  maintenance 
D)  mnemonic 
E)  deep

Anterograde is to as retrograde is to .

A primary function of sensory memory appears to hold information long enough for it to be transferred to short-term memory.

The key to the effectiveness of any mnemonic system is that it

The is an important brain structure in the formation of new memories.

Ashley suffers from mild conduction aphasia. This suggests that she

One of the most famous cases of amnesia is a person simply known as .

The tendency to remember words at the end of a list is called the primacy effect.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Level of processing would have an important effect on information stored in __________ memory.

In the case of HM, the removal of part of the temporal lobe interfered with memory but not with memory.

People seem to remember only a few important details of an experience. During recall of that experience, though, they tend to reconstruct missing pieces of the experience according to their own expectations.

Research on eyewitness testimony has shown that

The recency effect occurs because the words in the last part of the list of words that we are trying to memorize

Based on studies of reconstructive memory, which of the following individuals would most people report as being guilty of theft despite evidence to the contrary?

Describe the levels of processing hypothesis and issues raised by critics of this perspective.

In terms of aiding recall, the best time to make material interesting is during

When is interference with retrieval most likely to occur?

Most of the information that enters short-term memory

Craik and Lockhart challenged which assumption of previous theorists of memory consolidation?

Ellie has to remember a poem for school. She does this by thinking about its meaning and the ways in which its structure enhances that meaning. She is using __________ processing.

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Anterograde is to __________ as retrograde is to __________.

A primary function of sensory memory appears to hold information long enough for it to be transferred to short-term memory.

The key to the effectiveness of any mnemonic system is that it

The __________ is an important brain structure in the formation of new __________ memories.

Ashley suffers from mild conduction aphasia. This suggests that she

One of the most famous cases of __________ amnesia is a person simply known as __________.

The tendency to remember words at the end of a list is called the primacy effect.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Level of processing would have an important effect on information stored in __________ memory.

In the case of HM, the removal of part of the temporal lobe interfered with __________ memory but not with __________ memory.

People seem to remember only a few important details of an experience. During recall of that experience, though, they tend to reconstruct missing pieces of the experience according to their own expectations.

Research on eyewitness testimony has shown that

The recency effect occurs because the words in the last part of the list of words that we are trying to memorize

Based on studies of reconstructive memory, which of the following individuals would most people report as being guilty of theft despite evidence to the contrary?

Describe the levels of processing hypothesis and issues raised by critics of this perspective.

In terms of aiding recall, the best time to make material interesting is during

When is interference with retrieval most likely to occur?

Most of the information that enters short-term memory

Craik and Lockhart challenged which assumption of previous theorists of memory consolidation?

Ellie has to remember a poem for school. She does this by thinking about its meaning and the ways in which its structure enhances that meaning. She is using __________ processing.

The Science of Psychology

The Ways and Means of Psychology

Evolution, Heredity, and Behaviour

Biology of Behaviour

Sensation

Perception

Learning and Behaviour

Consciousness

Language

Intelligence and Thinking

Lifespan Development

Motivation and Emotion

Personality

Social Psychology

Lifestyle, Stress, and Health

The Nature and Causes of Psychological Disorders

The Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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Anterograde is to as retrograde is to .

The is an important brain structure in the formation of new memories.

One of the most famous cases of amnesia is a person simply known as .

In the case of HM, the removal of part of the temporal lobe interfered with memory but not with memory.