Question 1

When you remember how to tie your shoes, what type of memory is this?

Accepted Answer

A)  factual 
B)  procedural 
C)  episodic 
D)  state dependent 
A)  factual 
B)  procedural 
C)  episodic 
D)  state dependent

Question 2

Suppose I asked you to tell me the names of the members of your third-grade class. To help you out, I provide all of their first and last initials. This is an example of what kind of memory test?

Accepted Answer

A)  savings 
B)  relearning 
C)  free recall 
D)  cued recall 
A)  savings 
B)  relearning 
C)  free recall 
D)  cued recall

Question 3

To improve your probability of performing a learned skill well, or your probability of remembering something in a variety of circumstances, you should

Accepted Answer

A)  avoid emotional arousal at the time of learning. 
B)  stay awake for as long as possible after learning. 
C)  study or practice under a variety of conditions. 
D)  study or practice under consistent, predictable conditions. 
A)  avoid emotional arousal at the time of learning. 
B)  stay awake for as long as possible after learning. 
C)  study or practice under a variety of conditions. 
D)  study or practice under consistent, predictable conditions.

Question 4

You memorize twenty poems while your twin plays video games. Then both of you memorize another poem and you forget it faster. Why did you forget it faster?

Accepted Answer

A)  serial-order effect 
B)  depth of processing 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  encoding specificity 
A)  serial-order effect 
B)  depth of processing 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  encoding specificity

Question 5

One difference between short-term memory and long-term memory is that short-term memory

Accepted Answer

A)  depends more heavily on retrieval cues. 
B)  is less likely to be forgotten. 
C)  has a more limited capacity. 
D)  is visual rather than auditory. 
A)  depends more heavily on retrieval cues. 
B)  is less likely to be forgotten. 
C)  has a more limited capacity. 
D)  is visual rather than auditory.

Question 6

One unusual feature of implicit memories is that

Accepted Answer

A)  unlike explicit memories, implicit memories grow stronger and stronger over time. 
B)  implicit memories relate only to actions or skills, not to words. 
C)  a person can have an implicit memory without having any conscious recognition of a memory. 
D)  they are the memories most likely to be damaged in people with amnesia. 
A)  unlike explicit memories, implicit memories grow stronger and stronger over time. 
B)  implicit memories relate only to actions or skills, not to words. 
C)  a person can have an implicit memory without having any conscious recognition of a memory. 
D)  they are the memories most likely to be damaged in people with amnesia.

Question 7

In the traditional information-processing model, one difference between short-term memory and long-term memory is that

Accepted Answer

A)  you forget many short-term memories almost as soon as your attention is distracted; long-term memories can be available at any time. 
B)  your short-term memories pertain mostly to meanings, while your long-term memories pertain mostly to sounds. 
C)  you can store an almost unlimited amount of information in short-term memory but your long-term memory has a limited capacity. 
D)  you need reminders or retrieval cues to find information stored in short-term memory; you need no such help for long-term memory. 
A)  you forget many short-term memories almost as soon as your attention is distracted; long-term memories can be available at any time. 
B)  your short-term memories pertain mostly to meanings, while your long-term memories pertain mostly to sounds. 
C)  you can store an almost unlimited amount of information in short-term memory but your long-term memory has a limited capacity. 
D)  you need reminders or retrieval cues to find information stored in short-term memory; you need no such help for long-term memory.

Question 8

Many clinicians now prefer to use the term dissociation instead of Freud's concept of repression. The concept of dissociation

Accepted Answer

A)  leaves researchers with the same doubts and problems as the concept of repression. 
B)  has led to great advances in our understanding of memories for traumatic events. 
C)  allowed researchers to find the brain mechanisms responsible for the unconscious. 
D)  leads to the prediction that people form stronger memories for emotional events. 
A)  leaves researchers with the same doubts and problems as the concept of repression. 
B)  has led to great advances in our understanding of memories for traumatic events. 
C)  allowed researchers to find the brain mechanisms responsible for the unconscious. 
D)  leads to the prediction that people form stronger memories for emotional events.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Accepted Answer

A)  An experimenter tells you to remember "HIZNF," but then asks you to count backward by threes from 227. Twenty seconds later you cannot remember HIZNF. 
B)  You read a story but when you try to tell it you leave out several unimportant details and you distort some others. 
C)  You have changed your telephone number three times this year. As a result, you keep forgetting your new number. 
D)  You have had a new combination lock each of the last 3 years. As a result, you can no longer remember the combination you had 3 years ago. 
A)  An experimenter tells you to remember "HIZNF," but then asks you to count backward by threes from 227. Twenty seconds later you cannot remember HIZNF. 
B)  You read a story but when you try to tell it you leave out several unimportant details and you distort some others. 
C)  You have changed your telephone number three times this year. As a result, you keep forgetting your new number. 
D)  You have had a new combination lock each of the last 3 years. As a result, you can no longer remember the combination you had 3 years ago.

Question 10

After the end of the semester, certain students seem to have forgotten everything they learned. To find out whether their amnesia is complete or only partial, their professor teaches them the material again to see whether they learn any faster the second time than they did the first time. What kind of memory test is this?

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition 
B)  savings 
C)  free recall 
D)  cued recall 
A)  recognition 
B)  savings 
C)  free recall 
D)  cued recall

Question 11

Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of a __________memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative 
B)  episodic 
C)  procedural 
D)  semantic 
A)  declarative 
B)  episodic 
C)  procedural 
D)  semantic

Question 12

Suppose an experimenter asks people a question about something they did not see. (For example, people who did not see a truck might be asked what color the truck was.) How does asking such a question affect people's memory, if at all?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who hear such a question are more likely than other people are to report seeing the item (for example, the truck). 
B)  People who hear such a question are less likely than other people are to report seeing the item (for example, the truck). 
C)  People who hear such a question deny seeing the item (for example, the truck), but they recall something else that was not present (for example, a train). 
D)  Asking such a question has no measurable effect on behavior. 
A)  People who hear such a question are more likely than other people are to report seeing the item (for example, the truck). 
B)  People who hear such a question are less likely than other people are to report seeing the item (for example, the truck). 
C)  People who hear such a question deny seeing the item (for example, the truck), but they recall something else that was not present (for example, a train). 
D)  Asking such a question has no measurable effect on behavior.

Question 13

What is retrograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  loss of ability to recall procedural memories 
B)  an inability to form new long-term memories 
C)  loss of memories that formed before a certain event 
D)  a total loss of all memories, new and old 
A)  loss of ability to recall procedural memories 
B)  an inability to form new long-term memories 
C)  loss of memories that formed before a certain event 
D)  a total loss of all memories, new and old

Question 14

Individuals with amnesia typically have problems with __________ memories while __________ memories remain intact.

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative; explicit 
B)  implicit; declarative 
C)  procedural; declarative 
D)  declarative; procedural 
A)  declarative; explicit 
B)  implicit; declarative 
C)  procedural; declarative 
D)  declarative; procedural

Question 15

Your friend asks, "What's the name of our chemistry lab instructor? I think it's Kathy or Karen something." If you answer correctly that it is Kathy Katzenjammer, which kind of memory are you displaying?

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory 
B)  source amnesia 
C)  savings 
D)  cued recall 
A)  implicit memory 
B)  source amnesia 
C)  savings 
D)  cued recall

Question 16

Damage to the prefrontal cortex produces amnesia that is similar in many ways to amnesia caused by damage to the

Accepted Answer

A)  corpus callosum. 
B)  hippocampus. 
C)  occipital lobes. 
D)  brain stem. 
A)  corpus callosum. 
B)  hippocampus. 
C)  occipital lobes. 
D)  brain stem.

Question 17

In what way is identifying a suspect from a lineup similar to taking a multiple choice test?

Accepted Answer

A)  both are a form of an implicit memory test 
B)  both are a form of a recognition memory test 
C)  both are a form of a recall memory test 
D)  police officers, like professors, enjoy asking trick questions to confuse you 
A)  both are a form of an implicit memory test 
B)  both are a form of a recognition memory test 
C)  both are a form of a recall memory test 
D)  police officers, like professors, enjoy asking trick questions to confuse you

Question 18

After you witness a robbery, you have trouble describing the thief. The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief. They are checking your memory by which method?

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory 
B)  cued recall 
C)  savings 
D)  recognition 
A)  implicit memory 
B)  cued recall 
C)  savings 
D)  recognition

Question 19

Someone asks you what time it is. You check your watch and answer. A few seconds later, after you have been distracted, someone asks what time you said it was. You have forgotten. According to the traditional information-processing view, what type of memory was this?

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural 
B)  short-term 
C)  long-term 
D)  semantic 
A)  procedural 
B)  short-term 
C)  long-term 
D)  semantic

Question 20

What have psychologists learned about memory from studies of the patient H.M.?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is possible to lose the ability to store new memories, without necessarily losing the ability to recall old memories. 
B)  The corpus callosum is particularly important for maintaining communication between the left and right hemispheres of the cortex. 
C)  People with amnesia are more likely to lose their procedural memories than to lose their factual memories. 
D)  It is possible to form new long-term memories even after losing all ability to form short-term memories. 
A)  It is possible to lose the ability to store new memories, without necessarily losing the ability to recall old memories. 
B)  The corpus callosum is particularly important for maintaining communication between the left and right hemispheres of the cortex. 
C)  People with amnesia are more likely to lose their procedural memories than to lose their factual memories. 
D)  It is possible to form new long-term memories even after losing all ability to form short-term memories.

Exam 7: Memory

When you remember how to tie your shoes, what type of memory is this?

Suppose I asked you to tell me the names of the members of your third-grade class. To help you out, I provide all of their first and last initials. This is an example of what kind of memory test?

To improve your probability of performing a learned skill well, or your probability of remembering something in a variety of circumstances, you should

You memorize twenty poems while your twin plays video games. Then both of you memorize another poem and you forget it faster. Why did you forget it faster?

One difference between short-term memory and long-term memory is that short-term memory

One unusual feature of implicit memories is that

In the traditional information-processing model, one difference between short-term memory and long-term memory is that

Many clinicians now prefer to use the term dissociation instead of Freud's concept of repression. The concept of dissociation

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of a __________memory.

Suppose an experimenter asks people a question about something they did not see. (For example, people who did not see a truck might be asked what color the truck was.) How does asking such a question affect people's memory, if at all?

What is retrograde amnesia?

Individuals with amnesia typically have problems with __________ memories while __________ memories remain intact.

Your friend asks, "What's the name of our chemistry lab instructor? I think it's Kathy or Karen something." If you answer correctly that it is Kathy Katzenjammer, which kind of memory are you displaying?

Damage to the prefrontal cortex produces amnesia that is similar in many ways to amnesia caused by damage to the

In what way is identifying a suspect from a lineup similar to taking a multiple choice test?

After you witness a robbery, you have trouble describing the thief. The police show you several photographs and ask whether any of them was the thief. They are checking your memory by which method?

Someone asks you what time it is. You check your watch and answer. A few seconds later, after you have been distracted, someone asks what time you said it was. You have forgotten. According to the traditional information-processing view, what type of memory was this?

What have psychologists learned about memory from studies of the patient H.M.?

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Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

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