Question 1

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by the levels-of-processing model?

Accepted Answer

A)  repeating a word aloud ten times 
B)  attending to the sound of a word 
C)  thinking about the meaning of a word 
D)  looking at the shapes of the letters in a word 
E)  considering what words a sound "sounds like" 
A)  repeating a word aloud ten times 
B)  attending to the sound of a word 
C)  thinking about the meaning of a word 
D)  looking at the shapes of the letters in a word 
E)  considering what words a sound "sounds like"

Question 2

A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. Although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. The officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries. When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive amnesia 
B)  anterograde amnesia 
C)  retrograde amnesia 
D)  retroactive amnesia 
E)  pernicious amnesia 
A)  proactive amnesia 
B)  anterograde amnesia 
C)  retrograde amnesia 
D)  retroactive amnesia 
E)  pernicious amnesia

Question 3

Memory is considered to

Accepted Answer

A)  involve storage of information as in a bank vault. 
B)  operate just like a video recorder. 
C)  be a perfect replication of our experiences. 
D)  be an interpretative process. 
E)  be a permanent form of information storage. 
A)  involve storage of information as in a bank vault. 
B)  operate just like a video recorder. 
C)  be a perfect replication of our experiences. 
D)  be an interpretative process. 
E)  be a permanent form of information storage.

Question 4

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of iconic memory was to

Accepted Answer

A)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could. 
B)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after presentation with a very bright light. 
C)  cue the participants, using a tone, as to which line of the matrix they were to report. 
D)  test the use of chunking. 
E)  test the use of elaborative rehearsal. 
A)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could. 
B)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after presentation with a very bright light. 
C)  cue the participants, using a tone, as to which line of the matrix they were to report. 
D)  test the use of chunking. 
E)  test the use of elaborative rehearsal.

Question 5

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A)  repetitive 
B)  imagery 
C)  elaborative 
D)  maintenance 
E)  self-referent 
A)  repetitive 
B)  imagery 
C)  elaborative 
D)  maintenance 
E)  self-referent

Question 6

An example of proactive interference is when you

Accepted Answer

A)  forget your birthday. 
B)  cannot find your car keys. 
C)  write the previous year on this year's checks. 
D)  are unable to recall the name of your first-grade teacher. 
E)  thank your mother for a gift that you received from your brother. 
A)  forget your birthday. 
B)  cannot find your car keys. 
C)  write the previous year on this year's checks. 
D)  are unable to recall the name of your first-grade teacher. 
E)  thank your mother for a gift that you received from your brother.

Question 7

According to the levels-of-processing theory, if Jon wanted Maqsood to remember the sentences "At first, it is better to run than to walk, " "Birds seldom get too close," and "A rock can be used as an anchor," he should

Accepted Answer

A)  encourage Maqsood to pay attention to the sound of each word. 
B)  ask Maqsood to underline all of the three-letter words. 
C)  have Maqsood alphabetize the words in each sentence. 
D)  tell Maqsood the sentences all refer to kite-flying. 
E)  test Maqsood's memory immediately. 
A)  encourage Maqsood to pay attention to the sound of each word. 
B)  ask Maqsood to underline all of the three-letter words. 
C)  have Maqsood alphabetize the words in each sentence. 
D)  tell Maqsood the sentences all refer to kite-flying. 
E)  test Maqsood's memory immediately.

Question 8

New information is related to older memory information during the memory process of

Accepted Answer

A)  retrieval. 
B)  encoding. 
C)  storage. 
D)  elaboration. 
E)  rehearsing. 
A)  retrieval. 
B)  encoding. 
C)  storage. 
D)  elaboration. 
E)  rehearsing.

Question 9

Writing the previous year on your checks instead of the current year is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive interference 
B)  encoding specificity. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  repression. 
E)  transience. 
A)  retroactive interference 
B)  encoding specificity. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  repression. 
E)  transience.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flashbulb memories tend to be about as accurate as other types of memories. 
B)  People feel unconfident about their recall of flashbulb memories. 
C)  A major news event automatically causes a person to store a flashbulb memory. 
D)  Your memory of how you felt at the onset of a flashbulb memory rarely changes over time. 
E)  Flashbulb memories only occur for positive life events. 
A)  Flashbulb memories tend to be about as accurate as other types of memories. 
B)  People feel unconfident about their recall of flashbulb memories. 
C)  A major news event automatically causes a person to store a flashbulb memory. 
D)  Your memory of how you felt at the onset of a flashbulb memory rarely changes over time. 
E)  Flashbulb memories only occur for positive life events.

Question 11

Based on Loftus's 1978 study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident, and some of the subjects were asked a question about a blue car when the actual slides contained pictures of a green car. When these same subjects were asked about the color of the car at the accident, they were found to be confused. This is an example of the

Accepted Answer

A)  instant replay effect. 
B)  constructive processing effect. 
C)  levels-of-processing effect. 
D)  misinformation effect. 
E)  hindsight bias. 
A)  instant replay effect. 
B)  constructive processing effect. 
C)  levels-of-processing effect. 
D)  misinformation effect. 
E)  hindsight bias.

Question 12

Name the three memory stages and discuss the duration and capacity of each stage.

Accepted Answer

Sensory memory may hold 9 or more items.

Question 13

Recent neuroscientific research suggests that the amygdala plays an especially important role in

Accepted Answer

A)  sound learning. 
B)  word meaning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  creating memories that have strong emotional associations. 
E)  taste learning. 
A)  sound learning. 
B)  word meaning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  creating memories that have strong emotional associations. 
E)  taste learning.

Question 14

Micah is trying to remember the specific route he took to the library the night before. What part of working memory is he accessing?

Accepted Answer

A)  the articulatory loop Incorect. The articulatory loop is the part of working memory that deals with immediate auditory information. 
B)  the sketchpad 
C)  the internal executive 
D)  the control sequence 
E)  the central rehearsal strategem 
A)  the articulatory loop Incorect. The articulatory loop is the part of working memory that deals with immediate auditory information. 
B)  the sketchpad 
C)  the internal executive 
D)  the control sequence 
E)  the central rehearsal strategem

Question 15

What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of working memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  11 
B)  9 
C)  7 
D)  5 
E)  3 
A)  11 
B)  9 
C)  7 
D)  5 
E)  3

Question 16

Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive interference. 
B)  proactive interference. 
C)  retrograde amnesia. 
D)  anterograde amnesia. 
E)  eidetic amnesia. 
A)  retroactive interference. 
B)  proactive interference. 
C)  retrograde amnesia. 
D)  anterograde amnesia. 
E)  eidetic amnesia.

Question 17

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  working 
B)  declarative 
C)  procedural 
D)  sensory 
E)  photographic 
A)  working 
B)  declarative 
C)  procedural 
D)  sensory 
E)  photographic

Question 18

Name and discuss the two forms of amnesia.

Accepted Answer

Anterograd

Question 19

The memory process of ________ involves the retention of information over time.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrieval 
B)  storage 
C)  access 
D)  processing 
E)  encoding 
A)  retrieval 
B)  storage 
C)  access 
D)  processing 
E)  encoding

Question 20

Sperling's study involving recall of an array of 12 letters suggested that the actual capacity of sensory memory can be

Accepted Answer

A)  2 or 3 items. 
B)  7 (plus or minus 2) items. 
C)  limitless. 
D)  12 or more items. 
E)  about 7 chunks. 
A)  2 or 3 items. 
B)  7 (plus or minus 2) items. 
C)  limitless. 
D)  12 or more items. 
E)  about 7 chunks.

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by the levels-of-processing model?

Memory is considered to

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of iconic memory was to

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

An example of proactive interference is when you

According to the levels-of-processing theory, if Jon wanted Maqsood to remember the sentences "At first, it is better to run than to walk, " "Birds seldom get too close," and "A rock can be used as an anchor," he should

New information is related to older memory information during the memory process of

Writing the previous year on your checks instead of the current year is an example of

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true?

Name the three memory stages and discuss the duration and capacity of each stage.

Recent neuroscientific research suggests that the amygdala plays an especially important role in

Micah is trying to remember the specific route he took to the library the night before. What part of working memory is he accessing?

What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of working memory?

Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.

Name and discuss the two forms of amnesia.

The memory process of ________ involves the retention of information over time.

Sperling's study involving recall of an array of 12 letters suggested that the actual capacity of sensory memory can be

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Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by the levels-of-processing model?

Memory is considered to

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of iconic memory was to

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

An example of proactive interference is when you

According to the levels-of-processing theory, if Jon wanted Maqsood to remember the sentences "At first, it is better to run than to walk, " "Birds seldom get too close," and "A rock can be used as an anchor," he should

New information is related to older memory information during the memory process of

Writing the previous year on your checks instead of the current year is an example of

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true?

Name the three memory stages and discuss the duration and capacity of each stage.

Recent neuroscientific research suggests that the amygdala plays an especially important role in

Micah is trying to remember the specific route he took to the library the night before. What part of working memory is he accessing?

What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of working memory?

Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.

Name and discuss the two forms of amnesia.

The memory process of ________ involves the retention of information over time.

Sperling's study involving recall of an array of 12 letters suggested that the actual capacity of sensory memory can be

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Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Human Nurture

Thinking and Intelligence

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