Exam 36: Psychology in Action: Mnemonics

When trying to remember an association of several concepts in order,it is best to

Your anatomy teacher suggests that you memorize the sentence "On Old Olympus Towering Top a Famous Vocal German Viewed Some Hops" to remember the 12 cranial nerves since the first letter of each nerve corresponds to the first letter of each word in this nonsense sentence.This technique is an example of

Which of the following is an aid to memory that uses a familiar word or image to link two items?

To remember the points he wants to make during a speech,Sam visualizes himself strolling down the lane where he lives and seeing the main ideas of his speech posted on each tree along the lane.Sam is

Which of the following would NOT be considered a mnemonic?

An excellent technique to use when you want to work "backward" from an English word to a foreign vocabulary word is the _______ method.

Regarding mnemonic devices,which of the following statements is FALSE?

To remember the Spanish word carta means "letter," you imagine a shopping cart filled with postal letters.By linking the new word carta to a familiar word,you have used

In order to remember the muscle name latissimusdorsi,Janie thinks of the term as "the ladder misses the door,sigh." Then she pictures a ladder glued to her back where the muscle is found,and pictures the ladder leading up to her shoulder where a small door should be,but is missing.Lastly,she pictures the ladder sighing like an animated character in a cartoon.Janie has stretched the muscle name and added mental pictures in order to add meaning and make this technical term more familiar.Janie is using the basic principles of

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic principles of mnemonics listed in your textbook?

Using a memory aid,such as using the acronym HOMES to remember the names of the original Great Lakes,would be an example of

Which of the following would be the best strategy to use when memorizing information that lacks inherent meaning,such as a shopping list?

Which type of mnemonic was shown in one experiment to help people remember lists of 15 to 22 errands?

Your teacher has you learn the following: "One is bun,two is a shoe,three is a tree,four is a door,five is a hive,six is sticks,seven is heaven,eight is a gate,nine is a line,and ten is a hen." Then,he gives you a list of words to remember and instructs you to form an image associating the first listed word "frog" with "bun," which rhymes with "one" for the first word in the sequence.You picture a "frog­burger on a bun." Then you associate the shoe with the second listed item,and so on.You are

Many times,the first letters or syllables of words or ideas can be formed into another word that will serve as a reminder of order.This mnemonic technique is referred to as

If you remember that "dinero" is money by visualizing a mental image of yourself buying a Mexican dinner with dinero,you are using

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember information,which of the following statements is FALSE?

To remember a list of unrelated words in order (dog,truck,store,eggs,blue,bush,park,dentist,house),you connect them by saying,"The dog jumped in the truck and rode to the store with his master to get some eggs that they dyed blue and hid in a bush at the park and were found by the dentist,who sent them back to their house." You are using the mnemonic method known as forming a(n) _______.

You are having trouble remembering history.Which of the following would NOT help you to remember history?

To remember the Spanish word "gato" for cat,you link the English word cat to the word gate by imagining "a cat sitting on a gate." You are using the _______ method.