Question 1

Habituation is best described as learning

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A)  a reflex. 
B)  a new response. 
C)  not to respond. 
D)  in reaction to reinforcement. 
A)  a reflex. 
B)  a new response. 
C)  not to respond. 
D)  in reaction to reinforcement.

Question 2

Memories for our own specific life experiences are called _____ memories.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Memories for our own specific life experiences...

Question 3

What factors contribute to declines in cognitive abilities in old age?

Accepted Answer

There are several factors that contribut

Question 4

An autobiographical memory is a memory for

Accepted Answer

A)  historical events that occurred before your conception. 
B)  other people's lives. 
C)  past personal experiences. 
D)  future possible events in one's life. 
A)  historical events that occurred before your conception. 
B)  other people's lives. 
C)  past personal experiences. 
D)  future possible events in one's life.

Question 5

Which is the best description of a typical short-term memory?

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A)  Fairly brief duration (seconds) and small capacity (seven or so items) 
B)  Fairly long duration (minutes) and small capacity (seven or so items) 
C)  Fairly brief duration (seconds) and large capacity (seventy or so items) 
D)  Fairly long duration (minutes) and large capacity (seventy or so items) 
A)  Fairly brief duration (seconds) and small capacity (seven or so items) 
B)  Fairly long duration (minutes) and small capacity (seven or so items) 
C)  Fairly brief duration (seconds) and large capacity (seventy or so items) 
D)  Fairly long duration (minutes) and large capacity (seventy or so items)

Question 6

If information fails to be encoded, it is _____ to remember.

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A)  easy 
B)  a little difficult 
C)  very difficult 
D)  impossible 
A)  easy 
B)  a little difficult 
C)  very difficult 
D)  impossible

Question 7

Deferred imitation always

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A)  involves a reflex action. 
B)  occurs after a delay between seeing an action and the response. 
C)  reflects the method of loci. 
D)  indicates that an implicit memory has been activated. 
A)  involves a reflex action. 
B)  occurs after a delay between seeing an action and the response. 
C)  reflects the method of loci. 
D)  indicates that an implicit memory has been activated.

Question 8

Which statement on children's eyewitness testimony is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Older children tend to be more suggestible than young children. 
B)  Preschoolers tend to initially offer more information on open-ended questions than older children. 
C)  Frequently repeating the same close-ended question tends to increase the accuracy of memory in both young and old children. 
D)  Preschool children tend to recall less information about an event than do older children. 
A)  Older children tend to be more suggestible than young children. 
B)  Preschoolers tend to initially offer more information on open-ended questions than older children. 
C)  Frequently repeating the same close-ended question tends to increase the accuracy of memory in both young and old children. 
D)  Preschool children tend to recall less information about an event than do older children.

Question 9

Professor Sotomayor gives the students in her law class a multiple-choice test on Supreme Court Justices. This method of assessment requires students to use _____ memory.

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A)  recall 
B)  cued-recall 
C)  repressed 
D)  recognition 
A)  recall 
B)  cued-recall 
C)  repressed 
D)  recognition

Question 10

Ten-year-old Elisa has several accurate, well-developed scripts, including one for grocery shopping. Which is the most likely example of her shopping script?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enter store; see piece of candy; beg for candy; parent buys candy 
B)  Realize that people work to earn money; look at them buying things in a store 
C)  Envision the size of the candy bar that she ate yesterday; compare it to the candy bars in the store 
D)  Remember that she needs to buy a carton of chocolate milk; mentally picture a brown cow drinking out of a glass 
A)  Enter store; see piece of candy; beg for candy; parent buys candy 
B)  Realize that people work to earn money; look at them buying things in a store 
C)  Envision the size of the candy bar that she ate yesterday; compare it to the candy bars in the store 
D)  Remember that she needs to buy a carton of chocolate milk; mentally picture a brown cow drinking out of a glass

Question 11

Metamemory awareness is most likely to be displayed in young children

Accepted Answer

A)  who have often been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find relevant. 
B)  who have never been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find relevant. 
C)  who have often been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find irrelevant. 
D)  who have never been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find irrelevant. 
A)  who have often been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find relevant. 
B)  who have never been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find relevant. 
C)  who have often been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find irrelevant. 
D)  who have never been in situations in which they had to remember something and they are facing a task that they find irrelevant.

Question 12

A memory that occurs without any conscious effort is best referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit. 
B)  implicit. 
C)  scripted. 
D)  autobiographical. 
A)  explicit. 
B)  implicit. 
C)  scripted. 
D)  autobiographical.

Question 13

Wayne has trouble remembering the last four digits of his new phone number (4422) until he makes the connection that the last two digits are exactly half of the first two digits. Once he makes this connection, he has no trouble remembering the number! This best demonstrates the memory concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking. 
B)  elaboration. 
C)  organization. 
D)  rehearsal. 
A)  chunking. 
B)  elaboration. 
C)  organization. 
D)  rehearsal.

Question 14

As Josephine has a production deficiency, she

Accepted Answer

A)  cannot solve any problems. 
B)  doesn't produce useful strategies on her own. 
C)  spontaneously produces useless strategies. 
D)  spontaneously produces effective strategies. 
A)  cannot solve any problems. 
B)  doesn't produce useful strategies on her own. 
C)  spontaneously produces useless strategies. 
D)  spontaneously produces effective strategies.

Question 15

As a typical 80-year-old, Irvine would have the greatest number of autobiographical memories from his

Accepted Answer

A)  early childhood. 
B)  teens and 20s. 
C)  30s and 40s. 
D)  50s and 60s. 
A)  early childhood. 
B)  teens and 20s. 
C)  30s and 40s. 
D)  50s and 60s.

Question 16

The key to the "fuzzy trace" theory of infantile amnesia is the belief that _____ is/are stored separately in memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  visual and auditory information 
B)  emotional and behavioral memories 
C)  verbatim and general accounts of events 
D)  tactile and spatial events 
A)  visual and auditory information 
B)  emotional and behavioral memories 
C)  verbatim and general accounts of events 
D)  tactile and spatial events

Question 17

Explicit memories occur unintentionally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Children who cannot benefit from a strategy, even when taught it, are best classified as having a(n) _____ deficiency.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Children who cannot benefit from a strategy,...

Question 19

On an everyday problem such as what to do if you cannot pay your electric bill, _____ tend to out-perform other groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  teenagers 
B)  young adults 
C)  middle-aged adults 
D)  elderly adults 
A)  teenagers 
B)  young adults 
C)  middle-aged adults 
D)  elderly adults

Question 20

Justine is a typically developing human. What information-processing advances would you expect her to experience between the start of her middle school years and the end of her senior year of high school?

Accepted Answer

During the transition from middle school

Habituation is best described as learning

Memories for our own specific life experiences are called _____ memories.

What factors contribute to declines in cognitive abilities in old age?

An autobiographical memory is a memory for

Which is the best description of a typical short-term memory?

If information fails to be encoded, it is _____ to remember.

Deferred imitation always

Which statement on children's eyewitness testimony is true?

Professor Sotomayor gives the students in her law class a multiple-choice test on Supreme Court Justices. This method of assessment requires students to use _____ memory.

Ten-year-old Elisa has several accurate, well-developed scripts, including one for grocery shopping. Which is the most likely example of her shopping script?

Metamemory awareness is most likely to be displayed in young children

A memory that occurs without any conscious effort is best referred to as

Wayne has trouble remembering the last four digits of his new phone number (4422) until he makes the connection that the last two digits are exactly half of the first two digits. Once he makes this connection, he has no trouble remembering the number! This best demonstrates the memory concept of

As Josephine has a production deficiency, she

As a typical 80-year-old, Irvine would have the greatest number of autobiographical memories from his

The key to the "fuzzy trace" theory of infantile amnesia is the belief that _____ is/are stored separately in memory.

Explicit memories occur unintentionally.

Children who cannot benefit from a strategy, even when taught it, are best classified as having a(n) _____ deficiency.

On an everyday problem such as what to do if you cannot pay your electric bill, _____ tend to out-perform other groups.

Justine is a typically developing human. What information-processing advances would you expect her to experience between the start of her middle school years and the end of her senior year of high school?

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Habituation is best described as learning

Memories for our own specific life experiences are called _____ memories.

What factors contribute to declines in cognitive abilities in old age?

An autobiographical memory is a memory for

Which is the best description of a typical short-term memory?

If information fails to be encoded, it is _____ to remember.

Deferred imitation always

Which statement on children's eyewitness testimony is true?

Professor Sotomayor gives the students in her law class a multiple-choice test on Supreme Court Justices. This method of assessment requires students to use _____ memory.

Ten-year-old Elisa has several accurate, well-developed scripts, including one for grocery shopping. Which is the most likely example of her shopping script?

Metamemory awareness is most likely to be displayed in young children

A memory that occurs without any conscious effort is best referred to as

Wayne has trouble remembering the last four digits of his new phone number (4422) until he makes the connection that the last two digits are exactly half of the first two digits. Once he makes this connection, he has no trouble remembering the number! This best demonstrates the memory concept of

As Josephine has a production deficiency, she

As a typical 80-year-old, Irvine would have the greatest number of autobiographical memories from his

The key to the "fuzzy trace" theory of infantile amnesia is the belief that _____ is/are stored separately in memory.

Explicit memories occur unintentionally.

Children who cannot benefit from a strategy, even when taught it, are best classified as having a(n) _____ deficiency.

On an everyday problem such as what to do if you cannot pay your electric bill, _____ tend to out-perform other groups.

Justine is a typically developing human. What information-processing advances would you expect her to experience between the start of her middle school years and the end of her senior year of high school?

Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Theories of Human Development

Genes, Environment, and Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Body, Brain, Health

Sensation, Perception, and Action

Cognition

Intelligence and Creativity

Language and Education

Self and Personality

Gender Roles and Sexuality

Social Cognition and Moral Development

Emotions, Attachment, and Social Relationships

The Family

Developmental Psychopathology

The Final Challenge: Death and Dying

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