Question 1

The system of memory that is more or less permanent is called ______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) working 
B) sensory 
C) eidetic 
D) long-term 
A) working 
B) sensory 
C) eidetic 
D) long-term

Question 2

Retroactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) older information already in memory interfering with the retrieval of newer information. 
B) newer information interfering with the retrieval of older information. 
C) information that is not attended to and therefore fails to be encoded. 
D) information that is not accessed decays from the memory storage system over time. 
A) older information already in memory interfering with the retrieval of newer information. 
B) newer information interfering with the retrieval of older information. 
C) information that is not attended to and therefore fails to be encoded. 
D) information that is not accessed decays from the memory storage system over time.

Question 3

The first step in the memory process is _____________ information in a form that the memory system can use.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding 
B) storing 
C) retrieving 
D) evaluating 
A) encoding 
B) storing 
C) retrieving 
D) evaluating

Question 4

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the last items on the list.This is known as the ______ effect.

Accepted Answer

A) serial position 
B) misinformation 
C) recency 
D) primacy 
A) serial position 
B) misinformation 
C) recency 
D) primacy

Question 5

Fethia learned her multiplication facts by repeating them over and over until she had them memorized.Fethia was using what kind of rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A) repetitive 
B) imagery 
C) elaborative 
D) maintenance 
A) repetitive 
B) imagery 
C) elaborative 
D) maintenance

Question 6

In the game show Jeopardy! contestants are tested on general information.The type of memory used to answer Jeopardy! questions is:

Accepted Answer

A) procedural. 
B) semantic. 
C) episodic. 
D) working. 
A) procedural. 
B) semantic. 
C) episodic. 
D) working.

Question 7

You start out using Netscape,then change to Explorer because your company demands that browsers be Microsoft products.If you have trouble with Explorer,it is most likely due to:

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference. 
C) anterograde interference. 
D) consolidation problems. 
A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference. 
C) anterograde interference. 
D) consolidation problems.

Question 8

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Canadian penny.The most likely cause of this problem is:

Accepted Answer

A) retroactive interference. 
B) memory trace decay. 
C) encoding failure. 
D) curve of forgetting patterns. 
A) retroactive interference. 
B) memory trace decay. 
C) encoding failure. 
D) curve of forgetting patterns.

Question 9

Which memory system acts as an active processing mechanism and interpreter for visual and auditory information?

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) working memory 
D) procedural 
A) long-term memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) working memory 
D) procedural

Question 10

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory,the participants were to report:

Accepted Answer

A) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared. 
B) only one or two of the letters in the line cued by the sound of a high,low or medium tone. 
C) the first letter of each line only cued by different coloured lettering. 
D) the middle letter of each line cued by different sound tones coupled with different coloured lettering. 
A) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared. 
B) only one or two of the letters in the line cued by the sound of a high,low or medium tone. 
C) the first letter of each line only cued by different coloured lettering. 
D) the middle letter of each line cued by different sound tones coupled with different coloured lettering.

Question 11

One problem with relying on eidetic imagery to study for tests is that:

Accepted Answer

A) you remember too much material and the professor will think you are cheating. 
B) eidetic images fade in 0.25 second,as Sperling has shown. 
C) you may be able to recall the material but you don't necessarily understand it. 
D) you can recall pictures and diagrams but not text. 
A) you remember too much material and the professor will think you are cheating. 
B) eidetic images fade in 0.25 second,as Sperling has shown. 
C) you may be able to recall the material but you don't necessarily understand it. 
D) you can recall pictures and diagrams but not text.

Question 12

Which technique is widely used by therapists to help clients recover lost childhood memories?

Accepted Answer

A) hypnosis. 
B) play therapy 
C) music therapy. 
D) art therapy 
A) hypnosis. 
B) play therapy 
C) music therapy. 
D) art therapy

Question 13

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory 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) have the participants use memory aids like chunking and mnemonics to recall the letters. 
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) have the participants use memory aids like chunking and mnemonics to recall the letters.

Question 14

Chunking is a means of:

Accepted Answer

A) immediately forgetting irrelevant details. 
B) combining information into meaningful units. 
C) arranging details into a hierarchy from most to least important. 
D) storing long-term memories. 
A) immediately forgetting irrelevant details. 
B) combining information into meaningful units. 
C) arranging details into a hierarchy from most to least important. 
D) storing long-term memories.

Question 15

Casual mention of an existing object will increase the likelihood that it will be remembered later on,making eyewitness testimony vulnerable to suggestion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved,because they were never actually encoded in the first place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

On the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,contestants are asked a series of questions of general information,although of increasing difficulty.The type of memory needed to access the answers to these kinds of questions is:

Accepted Answer

A) procedural. 
B) semantic. 
C) episodic. 
D) working. 
A) procedural. 
B) semantic. 
C) episodic. 
D) working.

Question 18

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions,regardless of its distance from the viewer,is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) size constancy. 
B) shape constancy. 
C) perception. 
D) Gestalt principle one. 
A) size constancy. 
B) shape constancy. 
C) perception. 
D) Gestalt principle one.

Question 19

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

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 
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

Question 20

Which of these is an example of infantile amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) Betty,age 25,can recall only good memories of what happened when she was 4 to 5 years old. 
B) Johnny,age 10,has no memory of a family vacation that occurred when he was 2 years old. 
C) When faced with a horrible stressor,some people return to an earlier stage of development,such as infancy,for the comfort that it provides. 
D) Despite the fact that Alice,age 35,played the piano from ages 3 through 13,she has very little ability to do so now. 
A) Betty,age 25,can recall only good memories of what happened when she was 4 to 5 years old. 
B) Johnny,age 10,has no memory of a family vacation that occurred when he was 2 years old. 
C) When faced with a horrible stressor,some people return to an earlier stage of development,such as infancy,for the comfort that it provides. 
D) Despite the fact that Alice,age 35,played the piano from ages 3 through 13,she has very little ability to do so now.

The system of memory that is more or less permanent is called ______ memory.

Retroactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:

The first step in the memory process is _____________ information in a form that the memory system can use.

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the last items on the list.This is known as the ______ effect.

Fethia learned her multiplication facts by repeating them over and over until she had them memorized.Fethia was using what kind of rehearsal?

In the game show Jeopardy! contestants are tested on general information.The type of memory used to answer Jeopardy! questions is:

You start out using Netscape,then change to Explorer because your company demands that browsers be Microsoft products.If you have trouble with Explorer,it is most likely due to:

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Canadian penny.The most likely cause of this problem is:

Which memory system acts as an active processing mechanism and interpreter for visual and auditory information?

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory,the participants were to report:

One problem with relying on eidetic imagery to study for tests is that:

Which technique is widely used by therapists to help clients recover lost childhood memories?

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

Chunking is a means of:

Casual mention of an existing object will increase the likelihood that it will be remembered later on,making eyewitness testimony vulnerable to suggestion.

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved,because they were never actually encoded in the first place.

On the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,contestants are asked a series of questions of general information,although of increasing difficulty.The type of memory needed to access the answers to these kinds of questions is:

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions,regardless of its distance from the viewer,is known as:

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

Which of these is an example of infantile amnesia?

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Exam 6: Memory

The system of memory that is more or less permanent is called ______ memory.

Retroactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:

The first step in the memory process is _____________ information in a form that the memory system can use.

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the last items on the list.This is known as the ______ effect.

Fethia learned her multiplication facts by repeating them over and over until she had them memorized.Fethia was using what kind of rehearsal?

In the game show Jeopardy! contestants are tested on general information.The type of memory used to answer Jeopardy! questions is:

You start out using Netscape,then change to Explorer because your company demands that browsers be Microsoft products.If you have trouble with Explorer,it is most likely due to:

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Canadian penny.The most likely cause of this problem is:

Which memory system acts as an active processing mechanism and interpreter for visual and auditory information?

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory,the participants were to report:

One problem with relying on eidetic imagery to study for tests is that:

Which technique is widely used by therapists to help clients recover lost childhood memories?

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

Chunking is a means of:

Casual mention of an existing object will increase the likelihood that it will be remembered later on,making eyewitness testimony vulnerable to suggestion.

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved,because they were never actually encoded in the first place.

On the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,contestants are asked a series of questions of general information,although of increasing difficulty.The type of memory needed to access the answers to these kinds of questions is:

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions,regardless of its distance from the viewer,is known as:

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

Which of these is an example of infantile amnesia?

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Stress and Health

Theories of Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Psychology and Human Development

Filters