Question 1

Cue-dependent theories of memory suggest that you would do best on your psychology test if you

Accepted Answer

A) could be tested in the same room where you studied. 
B) visualize the room where you will be tested while you studied. 
C) wear the same cologne or perfume while you study and when you are tested. 
D) utilize any of these suggestions. 
A) could be tested in the same room where you studied. 
B) visualize the room where you will be tested while you studied. 
C) wear the same cologne or perfume while you study and when you are tested. 
D) utilize any of these suggestions.

Question 2

During the World Memory Championship held in England, Wilding and Valentine asked the contestants to take additional memory tests, including which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) recall a story 
B) recall 48 numerals arranged in rows and columns 
C) recognize 14 previously seen pictures or snowflakes among 70 new photos 
D) all of these 
A) recall a story 
B) recall 48 numerals arranged in rows and columns 
C) recognize 14 previously seen pictures or snowflakes among 70 new photos 
D) all of these

Question 3

The _____ is important in memory storage because it grows new neurons and makes new connections within the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus 
B) pons 
C) reticular formation 
D) medulla 
A) hippocampus 
B) pons 
C) reticular formation 
D) medulla

Question 4

Once declarative memories are formed, they appear to be stored in the _____ of the brain, while long-term procedural memories are likely to be stored in the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) cortex; cerbellum 
B) cerebellum; cortex 
C) pons; hypothalamus 
D) hypothalamus; pons 
A) cortex; cerbellum 
B) cerebellum; cortex 
C) pons; hypothalamus 
D) hypothalamus; pons

Question 5

When an event is surprising, emotional, or important, it is likely to produce a(n) _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Regarding research on where different types of long-term memories are stored in the brain, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Declarative long-term memories appear to be stored in the cerebellum. 
B) Long-term procedural memories appear to be stored in the cortex of the brain. 
C) Episodic memories are stored in the front of the cortex, while semantic memories are stored in the back area of the cortex. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Declarative long-term memories appear to be stored in the cerebellum. 
B) Long-term procedural memories appear to be stored in the cortex of the brain. 
C) Episodic memories are stored in the front of the cortex, while semantic memories are stored in the back area of the cortex. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 7

According to the textbook, Alan Alda's refusal to eat a hard-boiled egg because Elizabeth Loftus suggested to him that his answers to a questionnaire revealed that he must have gotten sick after eating hard-boiled eggs at some time in his life illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) how hypnosis can aid in the recovery of long-forgotten memories. 
B) how easy it is to implant false memories. 
C) how classical conditioning produces taste aversions. 
D) the difference between repression and suppression regarding memory loss. 
A) how hypnosis can aid in the recovery of long-forgotten memories. 
B) how easy it is to implant false memories. 
C) how classical conditioning produces taste aversions. 
D) the difference between repression and suppression regarding memory loss.

Question 8

José studies, stays awake for eight hours, then sleeps for eight hours.Santos studies, then sleeps eight hours, and is then awake for eight hours.Regarding the amount of forgetting that each of these students will experience,

Accepted Answer

A) José will forget more of what he studied than Santos. 
B) Santos wiill forget more of what he studied than José. 
C) Both will forget the same amount of material. 
D) Neither will forget a significant amount of material since only 16 hours have passed since they studied. 
A) José will forget more of what he studied than Santos. 
B) Santos wiill forget more of what he studied than José. 
C) Both will forget the same amount of material. 
D) Neither will forget a significant amount of material since only 16 hours have passed since they studied.

Question 9

Anthony suffered a stroke that severely damaged his hippocampus.Although he remembers his life before the stroke in detail, Anthony is unable to form new long-term memories.Anthony suffers from

Accepted Answer

A) Korsakoff's syndrome. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) iconic amnesia. 
A) Korsakoff's syndrome. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) iconic amnesia.

Question 10

Eidetic imagery is more common in

Accepted Answer

A) adolescents than in children. 
B) children than in adolescents or adults. 
C) women than in men. 
D) men than in women. 
A) adolescents than in children. 
B) children than in adolescents or adults. 
C) women than in men. 
D) men than in women.

Question 11

No matter how real a recovered memory may seem, it must be verified by

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A) medical or police evidence. 
B) using the drug Amytal ("truth serum"). 
C) having the person hypnotized by at least two therapists. 
D) all of these methods. 
A) medical or police evidence. 
B) using the drug Amytal ("truth serum"). 
C) having the person hypnotized by at least two therapists. 
D) all of these methods.

Question 12

At a police station, the witness of a hit-and-run accident remembers the first two numbers of the license on the car involved.To increase her chances of remembering the other numbers she should

Accepted Answer

A) read a list of randomly selected license numbers to jog her memory. 
B) go home and rest, trying again after she has calmed down. 
C) write down several possible license numbers and see which ones she recognizes. 
D) immediately return to the site of the accident. 
A) read a list of randomly selected license numbers to jog her memory. 
B) go home and rest, trying again after she has calmed down. 
C) write down several possible license numbers and see which ones she recognizes. 
D) immediately return to the site of the accident.

Question 13

The type of forgetting that results from a useful memory never being formed in the first place is known as

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference. 
C) repression. 
D) encoding failure. 
A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference. 
C) repression. 
D) encoding failure.

Question 14

_____ memory is one that a person is aware of having and that is consciously retrieved.

Accepted Answer

A) Iconic 
B) Explicit 
C) Implicit 
D) Eidetic 
A) Iconic 
B) Explicit 
C) Implicit 
D) Eidetic

Question 15

Researchers have found that _____ underlies expertise in many fields.

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic imagery 
B) the ability to organize information into chunks 
C) exceptional short-term memory storage 
D) intensive maintenance rehearsal 
A) eidetic imagery 
B) the ability to organize information into chunks 
C) exceptional short-term memory storage 
D) intensive maintenance rehearsal

Question 16

Highlighting a few of the ideas in your textbook and writing notes in the margins helps to consolidate memory by

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A) selecting the important information. 
B) creating the serial position effect. 
C) creating partial learning. 
D) providing feedback. 
A) selecting the important information. 
B) creating the serial position effect. 
C) creating partial learning. 
D) providing feedback.

Question 17

According to the curve of forgetting, the greatest decline in the amount recalled occurs during the

Accepted Answer

A) first hour. 
B) second day. 
C) third to sixth days. 
D) retroactive period. 
A) first hour. 
B) second day. 
C) third to sixth days. 
D) retroactive period.

Question 18

Amytal is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) being known as a "truth drug." 
B) being a hypnotic drug that induces a twilight state of consciousness. 
C) automatically causing a person to tell the truth while under its influence. 
D) having been used by therapists in the recovery of repressed memories. 
A) being known as a "truth drug." 
B) being a hypnotic drug that induces a twilight state of consciousness. 
C) automatically causing a person to tell the truth while under its influence. 
D) having been used by therapists in the recovery of repressed memories.

Question 19

As a visitor to England, you have difficulty remembering to drive on the left side of the road as they do and to look the opposite way before crossing the street.This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) negative transfer. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) modeling. 
D) avoidance conditioning. 
A) negative transfer. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) modeling. 
D) avoidance conditioning.

Question 20

You are very thirsty.Suddenly you remember a time years ago when you became very thirsty while hiking.This suggests that your memory is

Accepted Answer

A) proactive. 
B) state-dependent. 
C) still not consolidated. 
D) eidetic. 
A) proactive. 
B) state-dependent. 
C) still not consolidated. 
D) eidetic.

Exam 8: Extension B: Memory

Cue-dependent theories of memory suggest that you would do best on your psychology test if you

During the World Memory Championship held in England, Wilding and Valentine asked the contestants to take additional memory tests, including which of the following?

The _____ is important in memory storage because it grows new neurons and makes new connections within the brain.

Once declarative memories are formed, they appear to be stored in the _____ of the brain, while long-term procedural memories are likely to be stored in the _____.

When an event is surprising, emotional, or important, it is likely to produce a(n) _____ memory.

Regarding research on where different types of long-term memories are stored in the brain, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

According to the textbook, Alan Alda's refusal to eat a hard-boiled egg because Elizabeth Loftus suggested to him that his answers to a questionnaire revealed that he must have gotten sick after eating hard-boiled eggs at some time in his life illustrates

José studies, stays awake for eight hours, then sleeps for eight hours.Santos studies, then sleeps eight hours, and is then awake for eight hours.Regarding the amount of forgetting that each of these students will experience,

Anthony suffered a stroke that severely damaged his hippocampus.Although he remembers his life before the stroke in detail, Anthony is unable to form new long-term memories.Anthony suffers from

Eidetic imagery is more common in

No matter how real a recovered memory may seem, it must be verified by

At a police station, the witness of a hit-and-run accident remembers the first two numbers of the license on the car involved.To increase her chances of remembering the other numbers she should

The type of forgetting that results from a useful memory never being formed in the first place is known as

_____ memory is one that a person is aware of having and that is consciously retrieved.

Researchers have found that _____ underlies expertise in many fields.

Highlighting a few of the ideas in your textbook and writing notes in the margins helps to consolidate memory by

According to the curve of forgetting, the greatest decline in the amount recalled occurs during the

Amytal is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

As a visitor to England, you have difficulty remembering to drive on the left side of the road as they do and to look the opposite way before crossing the street.This illustrates

You are very thirsty.Suddenly you remember a time years ago when you became very thirsty while hiking.This suggests that your memory is

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

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Extension A: States of Consciousness

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Extension C: States of Consciousness

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Extension A: Applied Psychology

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Extension C: Applied Psychology

Once declarative memories are formed, they appear to be stored in the _ of the brain, while long-term procedural memories are likely to be stored in the _.