Question 1

Short-term memories are generally processed in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus. 
B)  thalamus. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  occipital and temporal lobes. 
A)  hippocampus. 
B)  thalamus. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  occipital and temporal lobes. C

Question 2

Which of the following may bias an eyewitness who is asked to find her attacker in a police line-up?

Accepted Answer

A)  All of the individuals in the line-up are wearing similar clothing. 
B)  All of the individuals in the line-up are facing the same direction. 
C)  The witness is told that the suspect is in the line-up. 
D)  The witness is asked if she sees the person who attacked her. 
A)  All of the individuals in the line-up are wearing similar clothing. 
B)  All of the individuals in the line-up are facing the same direction. 
C)  The witness is told that the suspect is in the line-up. 
D)  The witness is asked if she sees the person who attacked her. C

Question 3

"Unused information simply fades away." This statement summarizes the:

Accepted Answer

A)  interference theory. 
B)  schema theory. 
C)  theory of motivated forgetting. 
D)  decay theory. 
A)  interference theory. 
B)  schema theory. 
C)  theory of motivated forgetting. 
D)  decay theory. D

Question 4

When you use the "gist" of the information to reconstruct a memory of a past event,you:

Accepted Answer

A)  remember the general meaning of the event and fill in the missing details. 
B)  search different memory stores to collect all the details of the event. 
C)  you match your mood state to the memory you are trying to recall. 
D)  you match your physical body state to the memory you are trying to recall. 
A)  remember the general meaning of the event and fill in the missing details. 
B)  search different memory stores to collect all the details of the event. 
C)  you match your mood state to the memory you are trying to recall. 
D)  you match your physical body state to the memory you are trying to recall.

Question 5

The ____________ plays a key role in the transfer of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus 
B)  temporal lobe 
C)  parietal lob 
D)  none of these 
A)  hippocampus 
B)  temporal lobe 
C)  parietal lob 
D)  none of these

Question 6

Which of the following is true of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is difficult to search short-term memory for specific memories. 
B)  Space in short-term memory is taken up by thinking. 
C)  Information is stored in short-term memory in terms of its meaning. 
D)  We easily lose information from short-term memory if we do not encode it. 
A)  It is difficult to search short-term memory for specific memories. 
B)  Space in short-term memory is taken up by thinking. 
C)  Information is stored in short-term memory in terms of its meaning. 
D)  We easily lose information from short-term memory if we do not encode it.

Question 7

Research on the brain's role in memory has demonstrated that changes in the synapses are involved in ____________ memory,and that the brain structures involved in short-term memory and long-term memory are ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term but not long-term;the same 
B)  long-term but not short-term;different 
C)  both short-term and long-term;the same 
D)  both short-term and long-term;different 
A)  short-term but not long-term;the same 
B)  long-term but not short-term;different 
C)  both short-term and long-term;the same 
D)  both short-term and long-term;different

Question 8

Sometimes individuals with meningitis or encephalitis experience anterograde amnesia as a result of the infection.What area of the brain was most likely damaged by the infection?

Accepted Answer

A)  thalamus 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  cerebral cortex 
D)  hypothalamus 
A)  thalamus 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  cerebral cortex 
D)  hypothalamus

Question 9

In Loftus's research,what was the impact of leading questions on accurate recall?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leading questions lead to inaccurate recall in every subject. 
B)  Leading questions lead to a slight,but insignificant increase in inaccurate recall. 
C)  Leading questions significantly increased the number of false memories. 
D)  Leading questions did not appear to influence subjects to any degree of significance. 
A)  Leading questions lead to inaccurate recall in every subject. 
B)  Leading questions lead to a slight,but insignificant increase in inaccurate recall. 
C)  Leading questions significantly increased the number of false memories. 
D)  Leading questions did not appear to influence subjects to any degree of significance.

Question 10

Instead of mentally representing the letters I R S A M A A P A as individual letters,you quickly arrange them as "IRS," "AMA," and "APA." You have just used:

Accepted Answer

A)  elaborative rehearsal. 
B)  chunking. 
C)  serial processing. 
D)  consolidation. 
A)  elaborative rehearsal. 
B)  chunking. 
C)  serial processing. 
D)  consolidation.

Question 11

Donald Hebb was the first researcher to coin the term "engram."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

When you are asked to write an answer to an essay question,you are being tested with the ____________ method.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When you are asked to write an...

Question 13

Describe what type (i.e. ,visual,auditory,olfactory,semantically,etc. )of information tends to be encoded in short-term memory and in long-term memory.Give an example of evidence to support your description of each type of memory.

Accepted Answer

(NOTE: Student examples will vary. )In s

Question 14

You accurately remember your first day of kindergarten and can recall what your classroom looked like. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memory. 
B)  schema memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  episodic memory. 
A)  procedural memory. 
B)  schema memory. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  episodic memory.

Question 15

A new cashier tries to learn the names of all her regular customers.At first he does very well,but as the customers keep rolling in,he finds himself calling new customers by old customers' names.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  He is experiencing proactive interference. 
B)  He is experiencing motivated forgetting. 
C)  As he reconstructs his memories,distortions occur. 
D)  He is experiencing retroactive interference. 
A)  He is experiencing proactive interference. 
B)  He is experiencing motivated forgetting. 
C)  As he reconstructs his memories,distortions occur. 
D)  He is experiencing retroactive interference.

Question 16

What happens when we try to remember something in long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  We examine every item in long-term memory. 
B)  It usually just "comes to us." 
C)  We use cues. 
D)  This speeds up our memory loss. 
A)  We examine every item in long-term memory. 
B)  It usually just "comes to us." 
C)  We use cues. 
D)  This speeds up our memory loss.

Question 17

Recent versions of schema theory relies on the expectation that:

Accepted Answer

A)  meaning is better represented than episodic details in long-term memory. 
B)  people are motivated to have some false memories. 
C)  distortion of memories occurs gradually over time. 
D)  memories are often unassociated from other memories. 
A)  meaning is better represented than episodic details in long-term memory. 
B)  people are motivated to have some false memories. 
C)  distortion of memories occurs gradually over time. 
D)  memories are often unassociated from other memories.

Question 18

According to Donald Hebb,the physical mechanism for the engram is located in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  axons of nerve cells 
B)  synapses between nerve cells 
C)  myelin sheaths of nerve cells 
D)  cell bodies of nerve cells 
A)  axons of nerve cells 
B)  synapses between nerve cells 
C)  myelin sheaths of nerve cells 
D)  cell bodies of nerve cells

Question 19

You cannot remember the history you learned in high school,but in college,you learn the same material in half the time.How can this be explained?

Accepted Answer

A)  You are using reconstructive memory. 
B)  You are experiencing "relearning." 
C)  You are using recall. 
D)  You are using recognition memory. 
A)  You are using reconstructive memory. 
B)  You are experiencing "relearning." 
C)  You are using recall. 
D)  You are using recognition memory.

Question 20

Entering information into a computer by typing letters on a keyboard is much like information entering the memory system:

Accepted Answer

A)  through short-term memory. 
B)  by encoding it into long-term memory. 
C)  through the sensory receptors. 
D)  by retrieving it from short-term memory. 
A)  through short-term memory. 
B)  by encoding it into long-term memory. 
C)  through the sensory receptors. 
D)  by retrieving it from short-term memory.

Short-term memories are generally processed in the:

Which of the following may bias an eyewitness who is asked to find her attacker in a police line-up?

"Unused information simply fades away." This statement summarizes the:

When you use the "gist" of the information to reconstruct a memory of a past event,you:

The ____________ plays a key role in the transfer of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

Which of the following is true of short-term memory?

Research on the brain's role in memory has demonstrated that changes in the synapses are involved in memory,and that the brain structures involved in short-term memory and long-term memory are .

Sometimes individuals with meningitis or encephalitis experience anterograde amnesia as a result of the infection.What area of the brain was most likely damaged by the infection?

In Loftus's research,what was the impact of leading questions on accurate recall?

Instead of mentally representing the letters I R S A M A A P A as individual letters,you quickly arrange them as "IRS," "AMA," and "APA." You have just used:

Donald Hebb was the first researcher to coin the term "engram."

When you are asked to write an answer to an essay question,you are being tested with the ____________ method.

Describe what type (i.e. ,visual,auditory,olfactory,semantically,etc. )of information tends to be encoded in short-term memory and in long-term memory.Give an example of evidence to support your description of each type of memory.

You accurately remember your first day of kindergarten and can recall what your classroom looked like. This is an example of

A new cashier tries to learn the names of all her regular customers.At first he does very well,but as the customers keep rolling in,he finds himself calling new customers by old customers' names.Why?

What happens when we try to remember something in long-term memory?

Recent versions of schema theory relies on the expectation that:

According to Donald Hebb,the physical mechanism for the engram is located in the:

You cannot remember the history you learned in high school,but in college,you learn the same material in half the time.How can this be explained?

Entering information into a computer by typing letters on a keyboard is much like information entering the memory system:

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Short-term memories are generally processed in the:

Which of the following may bias an eyewitness who is asked to find her attacker in a police line-up?

"Unused information simply fades away." This statement summarizes the:

When you use the "gist" of the information to reconstruct a memory of a past event,you:

The ____________ plays a key role in the transfer of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

Which of the following is true of short-term memory?

Research on the brain's role in memory has demonstrated that changes in the synapses are involved in ____________ memory,and that the brain structures involved in short-term memory and long-term memory are ____________.

Sometimes individuals with meningitis or encephalitis experience anterograde amnesia as a result of the infection.What area of the brain was most likely damaged by the infection?

In Loftus's research,what was the impact of leading questions on accurate recall?

Instead of mentally representing the letters I R S A M A A P A as individual letters,you quickly arrange them as "IRS," "AMA," and "APA." You have just used:

Donald Hebb was the first researcher to coin the term "engram."

When you are asked to write an answer to an essay question,you are being tested with the ____________ method.

Describe what type (i.e. ,visual,auditory,olfactory,semantically,etc. )of information tends to be encoded in short-term memory and in long-term memory.Give an example of evidence to support your description of each type of memory.

You accurately remember your first day of kindergarten and can recall what your classroom looked like. This is an example of

A new cashier tries to learn the names of all her regular customers.At first he does very well,but as the customers keep rolling in,he finds himself calling new customers by old customers' names.Why?

What happens when we try to remember something in long-term memory?

Recent versions of schema theory relies on the expectation that:

According to Donald Hebb,the physical mechanism for the engram is located in the:

You cannot remember the history you learned in high school,but in college,you learn the same material in half the time.How can this be explained?

Entering information into a computer by typing letters on a keyboard is much like information entering the memory system:

Introduction to Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Biological Foundations in Behavior

The Interplay of Nature and Nurture

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Basic Principles of Learning

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Developmental Psychology

Motivation and Emotion

Personality Theories and Assessment

Stress and Health

Abnormal Behavior

Therapies

Social Psychology

Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions

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Research on the brain's role in memory has demonstrated that changes in the synapses are involved in memory,and that the brain structures involved in short-term memory and long-term memory are .