Question 1

What happens when we block or interfere with long-term-potentiation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Weterfere with learning 
B)  People do not remember the events that took place before we blocked long-term potentiation out. 
C)  Recall and recognition are enhanced. 
D)  People are not able to concentrate on what they are doing. 
A)  Weterfere with learning 
B)  People do not remember the events that took place before we blocked long-term potentiation out. 
C)  Recall and recognition are enhanced. 
D)  People are not able to concentrate on what they are doing.

Question 2

Which of the following best explains what seems to happen in anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  information from the distant past is forgotten. 
B)  The ability to form memories after the brain surgery is seriously impaired 
C)  There is a failure to recall any events prior to the brain trauma. 
D)  Memories from the distant pastterfere with subsequent memories. 
A)  information from the distant past is forgotten. 
B)  The ability to form memories after the brain surgery is seriously impaired 
C)  There is a failure to recall any events prior to the brain trauma. 
D)  Memories from the distant pastterfere with subsequent memories.

Question 3

Three basic processes involved in the act of remembering are

Accepted Answer

A)  acquisition, application and extinction. 
B)  exposure, attention and retention. 
C)  stimulus,terpretation and response. 
D)  encoding, storage and retrieval 
A)  acquisition, application and extinction. 
B)  exposure, attention and retention. 
C)  stimulus,terpretation and response. 
D)  encoding, storage and retrieval

Question 4

According to the serial position effect, if you learn the following list, which of the following words would you have more difficulty remembering? 
dog, apple, tree, pen, sun, rose, napa. pen

Accepted Answer

A)  pen 
B)  apple 
C)  nap 
D)  dog 
A)  pen 
B)  apple 
C)  nap 
D)  dog

Question 5

Environmental context can affect the number of words recalled by subjects who studied underwater and take a memory test underwater.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  retention 
B)  relearning 
C)  recall 
D)  recognition 
A)  retention 
B)  relearning 
C)  recall 
D)  recognition

Question 7

When 3-year-old Josh counts from one to ten, he is using

Accepted Answer

A)  relearning. 
B)  serial recall 
C)  free recall. 
D)  structured recall. 
A)  relearning. 
B)  serial recall 
C)  free recall. 
D)  structured recall.

Question 8

Various forms of manipulation of information exist that involve more than simply rote rehearsal. The goal of this manipulation is to retain information in long-term memory. These activities are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory rehearsal 
B)  memory strategies 
C)  long-term rehearsal 
D)  sensory strategies 
A)  short-term memory rehearsal 
B)  memory strategies 
C)  long-term rehearsal 
D)  sensory strategies

Question 9

One research study found that divers who learned words either underwater or on land recalled

Accepted Answer

A)  words equally well either context. 
B)  words better the original context which they were learned 
C)  words better the opposite context from which they were learned. 
D)  nothing; no such study was ever conducted. 
A)  words equally well either context. 
B)  words better the original context which they were learned 
C)  words better the opposite context from which they were learned. 
D)  nothing; no such study was ever conducted.

Question 10

What has the study of H.M. revealed about the role of the hippocampus in memory?

Accepted Answer

The case of H.M. reveals that the hippoc

Question 11

Which of the following is not descriptive of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a storehouse of our accumulated knowledge andformation. 
B)  It usually storesformation according to sound 
C)  It has a virtually unlimited capacity. 
D)  It is relatively permanent. 
A)  It is a storehouse of our accumulated knowledge andformation. 
B)  It usually storesformation according to sound 
C)  It has a virtually unlimited capacity. 
D)  It is relatively permanent.

Question 12

The primacy effect occurs most likely because

Accepted Answer

A)  theformation has not yet been displaced. 
B)  first things are remembered first. 
C)  theformation has already been placed long-term memory 
D)  theformation is still sensory memory. 
A)  theformation has not yet been displaced. 
B)  first things are remembered first. 
C)  theformation has already been placed long-term memory 
D)  theformation is still sensory memory.

Question 13

Removing from consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called

Accepted Answer

A)  repression 
B)  proactiveterference. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  regression. 
A)  repression 
B)  proactiveterference. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  regression.

Question 14

Spacing study over several different sessions generally is more effective than massed practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  consolidation failure. 
B)  encoding failure 
C)  motivated forgetting. 
D)  retrieval failure. 
A)  consolidation failure. 
B)  encoding failure 
C)  motivated forgetting. 
D)  retrieval failure.

Question 16

The sensation that one knows a name or a word and can almost recall it is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
B)  out-of-reach effect. 
C)  borderline-memory phenomenon. 
D)  almost-remembered effect. 
A)  tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 
B)  out-of-reach effect. 
C)  borderline-memory phenomenon. 
D)  almost-remembered effect.

Question 17

Hermann Ebbinghaus is associated with all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  plotting the curve of forgetting. 
B)  developing the relearning method. 
C)  proposing theformation processing model
Dventing the nonsense syllable. 
A)  plotting the curve of forgetting. 
B)  developing the relearning method. 
C)  proposing theformation processing model
Dventing the nonsense syllable.

Question 18

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

Accepted Answer

A)  return to the kitchen so the context helps you to recall 
B)  leave the kitchen so that current cues do notterfere with recalling the event. 
C)  think about something else for a while. 
D)  picture yourself the kitchen as you try to recall the event. 
A)  return to the kitchen so the context helps you to recall 
B)  leave the kitchen so that current cues do notterfere with recalling the event. 
C)  think about something else for a while. 
D)  picture yourself the kitchen as you try to recall the event.

Question 19

Don studied Spanish in high school and is currently studying Italian. His recall of a Spanish word when he is trying to write in Italian is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactiveterference. 
B)  anterograde recall. 
C)  retrograde recall. 
D)  proactiveterference 
A)  retroactiveterference. 
B)  anterograde recall. 
C)  retrograde recall. 
D)  proactiveterference

Question 20

Most psychologists accept decay theory as a cause of forgetting in long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What happens when we block or interfere with long-term-potentiation?

Which of the following best explains what seems to happen in anterograde amnesia?

Three basic processes involved in the act of remembering are

According to the serial position effect, if you learn the following list, which of the following words would you have more difficulty remembering? dog, apple, tree, pen, sun, rose, napa. pen

Environmental context can affect the number of words recalled by subjects who studied underwater and take a memory test underwater.

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

When 3-year-old Josh counts from one to ten, he is using

Various forms of manipulation of information exist that involve more than simply rote rehearsal. The goal of this manipulation is to retain information in long-term memory. These activities are known as

One research study found that divers who learned words either underwater or on land recalled

What has the study of H.M. revealed about the role of the hippocampus in memory?

Which of the following is not descriptive of long-term memory?

The primacy effect occurs most likely because

Removing from consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called

Spacing study over several different sessions generally is more effective than massed practice.

The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of:

The sensation that one knows a name or a word and can almost recall it is called the

Hermann Ebbinghaus is associated with all of the following except

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

Don studied Spanish in high school and is currently studying Italian. His recall of a Spanish word when he is trying to write in Italian is an example of

Most psychologists accept decay theory as a cause of forgetting in long-term memory.

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Exam 6: Memory

What happens when we block or interfere with long-term-potentiation?

Which of the following best explains what seems to happen in anterograde amnesia?

Three basic processes involved in the act of remembering are

According to the serial position effect, if you learn the following list, which of the following words would you have more difficulty remembering? dog, apple, tree, pen, sun, rose, napa. pen

Environmental context can affect the number of words recalled by subjects who studied underwater and take a memory test underwater.

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

When 3-year-old Josh counts from one to ten, he is using

Various forms of manipulation of information exist that involve more than simply rote rehearsal. The goal of this manipulation is to retain information in long-term memory. These activities are known as

One research study found that divers who learned words either underwater or on land recalled

What has the study of H.M. revealed about the role of the hippocampus in memory?

Which of the following is not descriptive of long-term memory?

The primacy effect occurs most likely because

Removing from consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called

Spacing study over several different sessions generally is more effective than massed practice.

The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of:

The sensation that one knows a name or a word and can almost recall it is called the

Hermann Ebbinghaus is associated with all of the following except

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

Don studied Spanish in high school and is currently studying Italian. His recall of a Spanish word when he is trying to write in Italian is an example of

Most psychologists accept decay theory as a cause of forgetting in long-term memory.

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Conciousness

Learning

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Development

Motivation and Emotion

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Personality Theory and Assessment

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