Question 1

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes,because iconic memory is very reliable. 
B) No,because iconic memory is not reliable. 
C) Yes because eyewitness testimony relies on LTM,which is rehearsed and reliable. 
D) No,because eyewitness testimony may be influenced by other factors resulting in false positive identifications. 
A) Yes,because iconic memory is very reliable. 
B) No,because iconic memory is not reliable. 
C) Yes because eyewitness testimony relies on LTM,which is rehearsed and reliable. 
D) No,because eyewitness testimony may be influenced by other factors resulting in false positive identifications.

Question 2

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the:

Accepted Answer

A) cerebellum. 
B) prefrontal lobes of the cortex. 
C) hippocampus. 
D) limbic system. 
A) cerebellum. 
B) prefrontal lobes of the cortex. 
C) hippocampus. 
D) limbic system.

Question 3

Shalissa has two exams today.One is in French and the other is in history.Last night she studied French before history.When she gets to her French test,all she can remember is history! Shalissa's memory is suffering from:

Accepted Answer

A) curve of forgetting patterns. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) tip of the tongue effect. 
D) retroactive interference. 
A) curve of forgetting patterns. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) tip of the tongue effect. 
D) retroactive interference.

Question 4

Janie is taking an exam in her history class.On the exam there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!).Janie remembers four of them.She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it; she knows that it is something like Texas.Janie is walking down the stairs,when all of a sudden,she remembers that the fifth point is taxes,but it is too late.Janie was suffering from:

Accepted Answer

A) encoding problems. 
B) misinformation effect. 
C) tip-of-the-tongue effects. 
D) memory trace decay. 
A) encoding problems. 
B) misinformation effect. 
C) tip-of-the-tongue effects. 
D) memory trace decay.

Question 5

Proactive 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 6

Long ago,during the early days of television,when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away.This phenomenon is most like _______________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) iconic 
B) echoic 
C) short-term 
D) eidetic 
A) iconic 
B) echoic 
C) short-term 
D) eidetic

Question 7

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

Accepted Answer

A) iconic memory 
B) echoic memory 
C) short-term memory 
D) long-term memory 
A) iconic memory 
B) echoic memory 
C) short-term memory 
D) long-term memory

Question 8

The mnemonic "always first,always last but never in-between" best describes which memory principle or functions?

Accepted Answer

A) recognition and recall 
B) serial position effect 
C) curve of forgetting 
D) proactive and retroactive interference 
A) recognition and recall 
B) serial position effect 
C) curve of forgetting 
D) proactive and retroactive interference

Question 9

The best place to take your math exam to ensure good retrieval of math concepts is in the:

Accepted Answer

A) math classroom. 
B) auditorium,to prevent cheating. 
C) English classroom. 
D) special testing room used for all exams. 
A) math classroom. 
B) auditorium,to prevent cheating. 
C) English classroom. 
D) special testing room used for all exams.

Question 10

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic 
B) procedural 
C) declarative 
D) implicit 
A) eidetic 
B) procedural 
C) declarative 
D) implicit

Question 11

As memories get older,they are most likely to:

Accepted Answer

A) disappear from memory altogether 
B) become stronger,more accurate,and more vivid. 
C) be regarded as unreliable by the person using them. 
D) become changed or altered in some fashion. 
A) disappear from memory altogether 
B) become stronger,more accurate,and more vivid. 
C) be regarded as unreliable by the person using them. 
D) become changed or altered in some fashion.

Question 12

Using the partial report method,Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around:

Accepted Answer

A) only four or five items (letters). 
B) approximately nine or ten items (letters). 
C) all the items that can be seen at one time (all the letters). 
D) only one to two items (letters). 
A) only four or five items (letters). 
B) approximately nine or ten items (letters). 
C) all the items that can be seen at one time (all the letters). 
D) only one to two items (letters).

Question 13

Infant memories are mostly implicit and,therefore,difficult to bring into conscious awareness.When children become more verbal,their explicit memories become more dominant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which problem was identified in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A) depression and overwhelming emotion 
B) forgetting important autobiographical material due to information overload 
C) separating trivial memories from important memories. 
D) an obsession with numbers and numerical patterns 
A) depression and overwhelming emotion 
B) forgetting important autobiographical material due to information overload 
C) separating trivial memories from important memories. 
D) an obsession with numbers and numerical patterns

Question 15

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Accepted Answer

A) iconic memory 
B) sensory memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) short-term memory 
A) iconic memory 
B) sensory memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) short-term memory

Question 16

Stephen Truscott was wrongly convicted for the murdered of a 14-year-old-girl.Truscott's case demonstrates concerns about:

Accepted Answer

A) the primacy effect and memory retrieval. 
B) the recency effect and memory retrieval. 
C) the false positive effect in memory retrieval. 
D) the memory trace decay effect in memory retrieval. 
A) the primacy effect and memory retrieval. 
B) the recency effect and memory retrieval. 
C) the false positive effect in memory retrieval. 
D) the memory trace decay effect in memory retrieval.

Question 17

An example of a testing format that uses memory recognition is:

Accepted Answer

A) essay. 
B) short answer. 
C) matching. 
D) fill in the blanks. 
A) essay. 
B) short answer. 
C) matching. 
D) fill in the blanks.

Question 18

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they:

Accepted Answer

A) remembered solving the problem and could do so again. 
B) didn't remember the problem and couldn't solve it. 
C) remembered solving the problem but couldn't do it again. 
D) didn't remember solving the problem but could do it again. 
A) remembered solving the problem and could do so again. 
B) didn't remember the problem and couldn't solve it. 
C) remembered solving the problem but couldn't do it again. 
D) didn't remember solving the problem but could do it again.

Question 19

Studies have found that the best way to overcome the tip-of-the-tongue effect to:

Accepted Answer

A) try even harder to remember the items. 
B) take a nap or sleep on it. 
C) forget about it and let the item come to you. 
D) engage in mental charades,"small word,sounds like," etc. 
A) try even harder to remember the items. 
B) take a nap or sleep on it. 
C) forget about it and let the item come to you. 
D) engage in mental charades,"small word,sounds like," etc.

Question 20

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) processing the physical features of the stimulus to be remembered. 
B) analyzing new material in order to make it memorable. 
C) associating new material to be learned with information maintained in long-term memory. 
D) repeating some bit of information over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short-term memory. 
A) processing the physical features of the stimulus to be remembered. 
B) analyzing new material in order to make it memorable. 
C) associating new material to be learned with information maintained in long-term memory. 
D) repeating some bit of information over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short-term memory.

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the:

Shalissa has two exams today.One is in French and the other is in history.Last night she studied French before history.When she gets to her French test,all she can remember is history! Shalissa's memory is suffering from:

Proactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:

Long ago,during the early days of television,when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away.This phenomenon is most like _______________ memory.

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

The mnemonic "always first,always last but never in-between" best describes which memory principle or functions?

The best place to take your math exam to ensure good retrieval of math concepts is in the:

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________ memories.

As memories get older,they are most likely to:

Using the partial report method,Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around:

Infant memories are mostly implicit and,therefore,difficult to bring into conscious awareness.When children become more verbal,their explicit memories become more dominant.

A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which problem was identified in your textbook?

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Stephen Truscott was wrongly convicted for the murdered of a 14-year-old-girl.Truscott's case demonstrates concerns about:

An example of a testing format that uses memory recognition is:

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they:

Studies have found that the best way to overcome the tip-of-the-tongue effect to:

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as:

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Exam 6: Memory

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the:

Shalissa has two exams today.One is in French and the other is in history.Last night she studied French before history.When she gets to her French test,all she can remember is history! Shalissa's memory is suffering from:

Proactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:

Long ago,during the early days of television,when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away.This phenomenon is most like _______________ memory.

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

The mnemonic "always first,always last but never in-between" best describes which memory principle or functions?

The best place to take your math exam to ensure good retrieval of math concepts is in the:

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________ memories.

As memories get older,they are most likely to:

Using the partial report method,Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around:

Infant memories are mostly implicit and,therefore,difficult to bring into conscious awareness.When children become more verbal,their explicit memories become more dominant.

A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which problem was identified in your textbook?

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Stephen Truscott was wrongly convicted for the murdered of a 14-year-old-girl.Truscott's case demonstrates concerns about:

An example of a testing format that uses memory recognition is:

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they:

Studies have found that the best way to overcome the tip-of-the-tongue effect to:

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as:

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

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