Question 1

When threatening memories are made inaccessible,____ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A) decay 
B) interference 
C) substitution 
D) repression 
A) decay 
B) interference 
C) substitution 
D) repression

Question 2

Declarative memories are most likely processed by the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus and the frontal lobe 
B) hypothalamus and the temporal lobe 
C) hypothalamus and the occipital lobe 
D) hippocampus and the parietal lobe 
A) hippocampus and the frontal lobe 
B) hypothalamus and the temporal lobe 
C) hypothalamus and the occipital lobe 
D) hippocampus and the parietal lobe

Question 3

What is the best example of the use of explicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A) remembering how to knit a sweater 
B) remembering how to drive a car 
C) remembering the name of an old friend 
D) remembering how to hit a curve ball 
A) remembering how to knit a sweater 
B) remembering how to drive a car 
C) remembering the name of an old friend 
D) remembering how to hit a curve ball

Question 4

Episodic memory is ____.

Accepted Answer

A) memory for the events of one's life 
B) critical thinking memory 
C) emotional memory 
D) skill and muscle memory 
A) memory for the events of one's life 
B) critical thinking memory 
C) emotional memory 
D) skill and muscle memory

Question 5

Implicit memory is to ____ as explicit memory is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious; conscious 
B) conscious; unconscious​ 
C) short-term; long-term 
D) long-term; short-term 
A) unconscious; conscious 
B) conscious; unconscious​ 
C) short-term; long-term 
D) long-term; short-term

Question 6

The duration and capacity of short-term memory are best described as ____.

Accepted Answer

A) large in capacity and long in duration 
B) small in capacity and long in duration 
C) small in capacity and short in duration 
D) large in capacity and short in duration 
A) large in capacity and long in duration 
B) small in capacity and long in duration 
C) small in capacity and short in duration 
D) large in capacity and short in duration

Question 7

You have never paid attention to and cannot think of which wrist your professor wears her watch on (even if you remember many other things about her).Which function of memory has most likely failed you?

Accepted Answer

A) application 
B) retrieval 
C) encoding 
D) storage 
A) application 
B) retrieval 
C) encoding 
D) storage

Question 8

Which statement is TRUE regarding chunking?

Accepted Answer

A) Chunking, if done effectively, can make the capacity of short-term memory virtually unlimited. 
B) Chunking can increase the efficiency of short-term memory, but as the size of the chunks increases, the number of chunks that can be stored effectively will decrease. 
C) Chunking can increase the capacity of short-term memory to an average of 16 bits of information. 
D) Chunking makes it easier to remember seven bits of information in short-term memory, but it does not actually increase the original number of bits of information that can be stored effectively. 
A) Chunking, if done effectively, can make the capacity of short-term memory virtually unlimited. 
B) Chunking can increase the efficiency of short-term memory, but as the size of the chunks increases, the number of chunks that can be stored effectively will decrease. 
C) Chunking can increase the capacity of short-term memory to an average of 16 bits of information. 
D) Chunking makes it easier to remember seven bits of information in short-term memory, but it does not actually increase the original number of bits of information that can be stored effectively.

Question 9

Which example is NOT a memory schema specifically mentioned in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A) stereotypes 
B) scripts 
C) icons and echoes 
D) person schemata 
A) stereotypes 
B) scripts 
C) icons and echoes 
D) person schemata

Question 10

If you cannot remember the events of your life before the age of 15,you may have ____ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) proactive 
B) perpetual 
C) retrograde 
D) anterograde 
A) proactive 
B) perpetual 
C) retrograde 
D) anterograde

Question 11

Which type of forgetting would involve a memory that is neither available nor accessible?

Accepted Answer

A) decay 
B) interference 
C) cue-dependent forgetting 
D) repression 
A) decay 
B) interference 
C) cue-dependent forgetting 
D) repression

Question 12

When Felipe goes to the grocery store,he prefers not to use a written list.However,with advancing age,his ability to remember all the items on the list in his head is decreasing.If he still prefers to use his memory rather than a written list,which strategy will be most effective?

Accepted Answer

A) Repeat the items he wants to buy over and over in his head. 
B) Tie a bow around each finger for each item he wants to buy. 
C) Take a nap before going to the store. 
D) Visualize the items he wants to buy. 
A) Repeat the items he wants to buy over and over in his head. 
B) Tie a bow around each finger for each item he wants to buy. 
C) Take a nap before going to the store. 
D) Visualize the items he wants to buy.

Question 13

When you store information in your long-term memory according to its meaning,your brain is using ____ encoding.

Accepted Answer

A) semantic 
B) lexical 
C) acoustic 
D) visual 
A) semantic 
B) lexical 
C) acoustic 
D) visual

Question 14

Activity in the ____ is especially likely to occur when participants are deeply processing material.

Accepted Answer

A) right frontal lobe 
B) left parietal lobe 
C) ight parietal lobe 
D) left frontal lobe 
A) right frontal lobe 
B) left parietal lobe 
C) ight parietal lobe 
D) left frontal lobe

Question 15

Which type of interference leads to difficulty remembering old information?

Accepted Answer

A) retroactive 
B) cue-dependent 
C) repression 
D) proactive 
A) retroactive 
B) cue-dependent 
C) repression 
D) proactive

Question 16

The fact that you can pronounce the words that you are reading in this sentence before you process them into long-term memory is mostly a problem for the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) working memory model of memory 
B) biological model of memory 
C) three stages model of memory 
D) levels-of-processing model of memory 
A) working memory model of memory 
B) biological model of memory 
C) three stages model of memory 
D) levels-of-processing model of memory

Question 17

According to the three stages model of memory,the explanation for the primacy effect in the serial position curve is that ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the last items are still in short-term memory 
B) the middle items are still in sensory memory 
C) both the first and the last items have been transferred to long-term memory 
D) the first items have been transferred to long-term memory 
A) the last items are still in short-term memory 
B) the middle items are still in sensory memory 
C) both the first and the last items have been transferred to long-term memory 
D) the first items have been transferred to long-term memory

Question 18

When jurors hear detailed descriptions of events from eyewitnesses,it would be valuable for them to know that memory researchers believe that ____.

Accepted Answer

A) memories for faces are very accurate, but memories for other details are not 
B) the details of memories are often filled in by the person both at the time of encoding and at the time of retrieval 
C) memory is like a video recorder with very accurate playback 
D) memories of details of events are very accurate, but memories for faces are not 
A) memories for faces are very accurate, but memories for other details are not 
B) the details of memories are often filled in by the person both at the time of encoding and at the time of retrieval 
C) memory is like a video recorder with very accurate playback 
D) memories of details of events are very accurate, but memories for faces are not

Question 19

When Elizabeth Loftus showed videotapes of car accidents and then asked viewers questions about what they saw,she found that ____.

Accepted Answer

A) viewers were more accurate in their memories of more dramatic accidents than of less dramatic accidents 
B) females were more accurate than males in their memories of accidents 
C) viewers became confused about details when they were shown multiple videos 
D) misinformation and suggestive questioning altered the recall of viewers 
A) viewers were more accurate in their memories of more dramatic accidents than of less dramatic accidents 
B) females were more accurate than males in their memories of accidents 
C) viewers became confused about details when they were shown multiple videos 
D) misinformation and suggestive questioning altered the recall of viewers

Question 20

What is a characteristic of declarative memory?

Accepted Answer

A) It includes procedural memory. 
B) It is a type of explicit memory. 
C) It describes a way that short-term memories are stored. 
D) It is a type of implicit memory. 
A) It includes procedural memory. 
B) It is a type of explicit memory. 
C) It describes a way that short-term memories are stored. 
D) It is a type of implicit memory.

When threatening memories are made inaccessible,____ has occurred.

Declarative memories are most likely processed by the ____.

What is the best example of the use of explicit memory?

Episodic memory is ____.

Implicit memory is to as explicit memory is to .

The duration and capacity of short-term memory are best described as ____.

You have never paid attention to and cannot think of which wrist your professor wears her watch on (even if you remember many other things about her).Which function of memory has most likely failed you?

Which statement is TRUE regarding chunking?

Which example is NOT a memory schema specifically mentioned in your textbook?

If you cannot remember the events of your life before the age of 15,you may have ____ amnesia.

Which type of forgetting would involve a memory that is neither available nor accessible?

When Felipe goes to the grocery store,he prefers not to use a written list.However,with advancing age,his ability to remember all the items on the list in his head is decreasing.If he still prefers to use his memory rather than a written list,which strategy will be most effective?

When you store information in your long-term memory according to its meaning,your brain is using ____ encoding.

Activity in the ____ is especially likely to occur when participants are deeply processing material.

Which type of interference leads to difficulty remembering old information?

The fact that you can pronounce the words that you are reading in this sentence before you process them into long-term memory is mostly a problem for the ____.

According to the three stages model of memory,the explanation for the primacy effect in the serial position curve is that ____.

When jurors hear detailed descriptions of events from eyewitnesses,it would be valuable for them to know that memory researchers believe that ____.

When Elizabeth Loftus showed videotapes of car accidents and then asked viewers questions about what they saw,she found that ____.

What is a characteristic of declarative memory?

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Exam 7: Memory

When threatening memories are made inaccessible,____ has occurred.

Declarative memories are most likely processed by the ____.

What is the best example of the use of explicit memory?

Episodic memory is ____.

Implicit memory is to ____ as explicit memory is to ____.

The duration and capacity of short-term memory are best described as ____.

You have never paid attention to and cannot think of which wrist your professor wears her watch on (even if you remember many other things about her).Which function of memory has most likely failed you?

Which statement is TRUE regarding chunking?

Which example is NOT a memory schema specifically mentioned in your textbook?

If you cannot remember the events of your life before the age of 15,you may have ____ amnesia.

Which type of forgetting would involve a memory that is neither available nor accessible?

When Felipe goes to the grocery store,he prefers not to use a written list.However,with advancing age,his ability to remember all the items on the list in his head is decreasing.If he still prefers to use his memory rather than a written list,which strategy will be most effective?

When you store information in your long-term memory according to its meaning,your brain is using ____ encoding.

Activity in the ____ is especially likely to occur when participants are deeply processing material.

Which type of interference leads to difficulty remembering old information?

The fact that you can pronounce the words that you are reading in this sentence before you process them into long-term memory is mostly a problem for the ____.

According to the three stages model of memory,the explanation for the primacy effect in the serial position curve is that ____.

When jurors hear detailed descriptions of events from eyewitnesses,it would be valuable for them to know that memory researchers believe that ____.

When Elizabeth Loftus showed videotapes of car accidents and then asked viewers questions about what they saw,she found that ____.

What is a characteristic of declarative memory?

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Neuroscience

Sensation and Perception

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Implicit memory is to as explicit memory is to .