Question 1

According to Endel Tulving,which type of memory stores specific autobiographical events?

Accepted Answer

A) episodic memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) implicit memory 
D) nondeclarative memory 
A) episodic memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) implicit memory 
D) nondeclarative memory

Question 2

Which of the following demonstrates Tulving's idea about when episodic and semantic memories develop?

Accepted Answer

A) You must go on a picnic before you can learn what a picnic is. 
B) You must know what a picnic is before you can remember going on one. 
C) You learn what a picnic is at the same time as you experience going on a picnic. 
D) You can remember going on a picnic without having to know what a picnic is. 
A) You must go on a picnic before you can learn what a picnic is. 
B) You must know what a picnic is before you can remember going on one. 
C) You learn what a picnic is at the same time as you experience going on a picnic. 
D) You can remember going on a picnic without having to know what a picnic is.

Question 3

According to standard consolidation theory,patients with brain damage that is limited to the hippocampus should have _____anterograde amnesia and _____ retrograde amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) a lot of;a lot of 
B) very little;very little 
C) a lot of;very little 
D) very little;a lot of 
A) a lot of;a lot of 
B) very little;very little 
C) a lot of;very little 
D) very little;a lot of

Question 4

The results of studies using the subsequent memory paradigm have demonstrated that the medial temporal lobes are MOST active during _____ of information.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding 
B) retention 
C) consolidation 
D) retrieval 
A) encoding 
B) retention 
C) consolidation 
D) retrieval

Question 5

Tanya remembers that her favorite celebrity is going to have twins,but she can't recall where she heard this bit of gossip.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference 
C) source amnesia. 
D) false memory. 
A) proactive interference. 
B) retroactive interference 
C) source amnesia. 
D) false memory.

Question 6

Jenny suffered a heart attack,after which she experienced memory loss that lasted about 24 hours.What type of amnesia did Jenny suffer from?

Accepted Answer

A) transient global amnesia (TG
A) . 
B) functional amnesia. 
C) infantile amnesia. 
D) source amnesia. 
A) transient global amnesia (TG
A) . 
B) functional amnesia. 
C) infantile amnesia. 
D) source amnesia.

Question 7

Transient global amnesia:

Accepted Answer

A) is one of the rarest forms of amnesia. 
B) is psychological in nature. 
C) usually lasts a few hours or days. 
D) involves forgetting your identity. 
A) is one of the rarest forms of amnesia. 
B) is psychological in nature. 
C) usually lasts a few hours or days. 
D) involves forgetting your identity.

Question 8

You know that cows produce milk.If this knowledge has grown out of your repeated experiences observing cows being milked,this would suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A) episodic memory grows out of semantic memory. 
B) semantic memory grows out of episodic memory. 
C) episodic memories are learned in a single exposure. 
D) semantic memories are learned in a single exposure. 
A) episodic memory grows out of semantic memory. 
B) semantic memory grows out of episodic memory. 
C) episodic memories are learned in a single exposure. 
D) semantic memories are learned in a single exposure.

Question 9

Give an example of retroactive interference occurring in everyday life.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

A person who can recognize an object by sight or verbal description but not by touch has:

Accepted Answer

A) auditory agnosia. 
B) tactile agnosia. 
C) associative visual agnosia.. 
D) functional amnesia. 
A) auditory agnosia. 
B) tactile agnosia. 
C) associative visual agnosia.. 
D) functional amnesia.

Question 11

Describe how functional magnetic resonance imaging has been used to study brain activity during a depth-of-processing task.What has been found regarding brain activity during depth-of-processing?

Accepted Answer

Grading criteria: Measure acti

Question 12

Suppose you meet two new people at a party.You have trouble remembering the name of the first person you met because the name of the second person keeps coming to mind instead.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) retroactive interference. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) source amnesia. 
D) false memory. 
A) retroactive interference. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) source amnesia. 
D) false memory.

Question 13

Retrograde amnesia involves:

Accepted Answer

A) forgetting one's identity. 
B) difficulty learning new material after sustaining a head injury. 
C) the loss of memories for events that occurred before a head injury. 
D) problems remembering one's childhood but no trouble remembering recent events. 
A) forgetting one's identity. 
B) difficulty learning new material after sustaining a head injury. 
C) the loss of memories for events that occurred before a head injury. 
D) problems remembering one's childhood but no trouble remembering recent events.

Question 14

Providing highly detailed yet false memories is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) confabulation. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) consolidation. 
A) confabulation. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) anterograde amnesia. 
D) consolidation.

Question 15

If you can remember what happened on your first day of school,you are using your:

Accepted Answer

A) episodic memory. 
B) semantic memory. 
C) implicit memory. 
D) nondeclarative memory. 
A) episodic memory. 
B) semantic memory. 
C) implicit memory. 
D) nondeclarative memory.

Question 16

Which of the following states that the more deeply you analyze information,the more likely you are to encode the information in memory and subsequently remember it later?

Accepted Answer

A) transfer-appropriate processing 
B) cryptomnesia 
C) depth of processing 
D) consolidation period 
A) transfer-appropriate processing 
B) cryptomnesia 
C) depth of processing 
D) consolidation period

Question 17

The famous patient known as H.M.:

Accepted Answer

A) continued to have severe and frequent epileptic seizures after his surgery. 
B) suffered from severe anterograde amnesia. 
C) lost several IQ points. 
D) was able to recognize only those researchers who have been working with him for many years. 
A) continued to have severe and frequent epileptic seizures after his surgery. 
B) suffered from severe anterograde amnesia. 
C) lost several IQ points. 
D) was able to recognize only those researchers who have been working with him for many years.

Question 18

If you study for a psychology test,then study for a biology test,your memory for the biology material can make it harder for you to remember the psychology material.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) false memory. 
B) transfer-appropriate processing. 
C) proactive interference. 
D) retroactive interference. 
A) false memory. 
B) transfer-appropriate processing. 
C) proactive interference. 
D) retroactive interference.

Question 19

Francis has no memory for what he did today,although he can remember his childhood well.Which type of amnesia is Francis suffering from?

Accepted Answer

A) Source 
B) Infantile 
C) Anterograde 
D) Retrograde 
A) Source 
B) Infantile 
C) Anterograde 
D) Retrograde

Question 20

Students sometimes inadvertently plagiarize when they read something in a textbook but later think the idea is their own,forgetting that they read it in the textbook.This is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) retroactive interference. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) false memory. 
D) cryptomnesia. 
A) retroactive interference. 
B) proactive interference. 
C) false memory. 
D) cryptomnesia.

According to Endel Tulving,which type of memory stores specific autobiographical events?

Which of the following demonstrates Tulving's idea about when episodic and semantic memories develop?

According to standard consolidation theory,patients with brain damage that is limited to the hippocampus should have _anterograde amnesia and _ retrograde amnesia.

The results of studies using the subsequent memory paradigm have demonstrated that the medial temporal lobes are MOST active during _____ of information.

Tanya remembers that her favorite celebrity is going to have twins,but she can't recall where she heard this bit of gossip.This is an example of:

Jenny suffered a heart attack,after which she experienced memory loss that lasted about 24 hours.What type of amnesia did Jenny suffer from?

Transient global amnesia:

You know that cows produce milk.If this knowledge has grown out of your repeated experiences observing cows being milked,this would suggest that:

Give an example of retroactive interference occurring in everyday life.

A person who can recognize an object by sight or verbal description but not by touch has:

Describe how functional magnetic resonance imaging has been used to study brain activity during a depth-of-processing task.What has been found regarding brain activity during depth-of-processing?

Suppose you meet two new people at a party.You have trouble remembering the name of the first person you met because the name of the second person keeps coming to mind instead.This is an example of:

Retrograde amnesia involves:

Providing highly detailed yet false memories is known as:

If you can remember what happened on your first day of school,you are using your:

Which of the following states that the more deeply you analyze information,the more likely you are to encode the information in memory and subsequently remember it later?

The famous patient known as H.M.:

If you study for a psychology test,then study for a biology test,your memory for the biology material can make it harder for you to remember the psychology material.This is an example of:

Francis has no memory for what he did today,although he can remember his childhood well.Which type of amnesia is Francis suffering from?

Students sometimes inadvertently plagiarize when they read something in a textbook but later think the idea is their own,forgetting that they read it in the textbook.This is known as:

The Psychology of Learning and Memory

The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory

Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events

Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events

Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors

Generalization and Discrimination Learning

Skill Memory: Learning by Doing

Working Memory and Cognitive Control

Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory

Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting

Development and Aging: Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan

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Exam 7: Episodic and Semantic Memory: Memory for Facts and Events

According to Endel Tulving,which type of memory stores specific autobiographical events?

Which of the following demonstrates Tulving's idea about when episodic and semantic memories develop?

According to standard consolidation theory,patients with brain damage that is limited to the hippocampus should have _____anterograde amnesia and _____ retrograde amnesia.

The results of studies using the subsequent memory paradigm have demonstrated that the medial temporal lobes are MOST active during _____ of information.

Tanya remembers that her favorite celebrity is going to have twins,but she can't recall where she heard this bit of gossip.This is an example of:

Jenny suffered a heart attack,after which she experienced memory loss that lasted about 24 hours.What type of amnesia did Jenny suffer from?

Transient global amnesia:

You know that cows produce milk.If this knowledge has grown out of your repeated experiences observing cows being milked,this would suggest that:

Give an example of retroactive interference occurring in everyday life.

A person who can recognize an object by sight or verbal description but not by touch has:

Describe how functional magnetic resonance imaging has been used to study brain activity during a depth-of-processing task.What has been found regarding brain activity during depth-of-processing?

Suppose you meet two new people at a party.You have trouble remembering the name of the first person you met because the name of the second person keeps coming to mind instead.This is an example of:

Retrograde amnesia involves:

Providing highly detailed yet false memories is known as:

If you can remember what happened on your first day of school,you are using your:

Which of the following states that the more deeply you analyze information,the more likely you are to encode the information in memory and subsequently remember it later?

The famous patient known as H.M.:

If you study for a psychology test,then study for a biology test,your memory for the biology material can make it harder for you to remember the psychology material.This is an example of:

Francis has no memory for what he did today,although he can remember his childhood well.Which type of amnesia is Francis suffering from?

Students sometimes inadvertently plagiarize when they read something in a textbook but later think the idea is their own,forgetting that they read it in the textbook.This is known as:

The Psychology of Learning and Memory

The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory

Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events

Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events

Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors

Generalization and Discrimination Learning

Skill Memory: Learning by Doing

Working Memory and Cognitive Control

Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory

Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting

Development and Aging: Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan

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According to standard consolidation theory,patients with brain damage that is limited to the hippocampus should have _anterograde amnesia and _ retrograde amnesia.