Exam 8: Using Knowledge in the Real World

Roediger & McDermott (1995)did an experiment in which people were presented with lists of semantically related items and then (after a short interval filled with an arithmetic task)given a yes/no recognition test,which included critical lures among the items.Their work illustrated __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 61

If people witness a car accident,they may later misremember what they saw because they discussed the accident with other witnesses.This is a result of memory __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 62

The two basic kinds of prospective memory are and .

(Short Answer)

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Question 63

Bates,Masling,and Kintsch (1978)found that if students were quizzed about their memory for what exactly was said during earlier class lectures,they were more likely to remember course content than the jokes.

(True/False)

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Question 64

Pick one of the "seven sins of memory" and explain how this impedes memory and how it might actually help under some circumstances.

(Essay)

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Question 65

A fan effect is an increase in retrieval time with an increase in the number of newly learned associations with a concept.

(True/False)

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Question 66

The smallest unit of knowledge that can stand as an assertion is a __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 67

What is a piece of evidence that our memory for simple ideas is influenced by the structure of the world?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 68

Walking through doorways causes forgetting

(True/False)

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Question 69

Infantile amnesia reflects a catastrophic forgetting of information following continued neurological development.

(True/False)

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Question 70

Which is a way of representing propositions?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 71

What are the consequences of mentally integrating information?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 72

Diary studies in which psychologists studied their own autobiographical memories find that __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 73

The most likely problem for the effective and fair use of eyewitness testimony in court proceedings is __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 74

Which of these is not one of the "sins of commission" of human memory?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 75

A defining characteristic of the tip of the tongue (TOT)state is that __________.

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Question 76

A person's understanding of the contents and processes of their own memory is called __________.

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Question 77

The fan effect can be reduced by segregating information into separate situation models.)

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Question 78

What are some of the arguments for why there is better memory for events in the reminiscence bump?

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Question 79

Given the complexity of memory,what sort of normal memory processes can lead to a memory becoming distorted over time?

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Question 80

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Roediger & McDermott (1995)did an experiment in which people were presented with lists of semantically related items and then (after a short interval filled with an arithmetic task)given a yes/no recognition test,which included critical lures among the items.Their work illustrated __________.

If people witness a car accident,they may later misremember what they saw because they discussed the accident with other witnesses.This is a result of memory __________.

The two basic kinds of prospective memory are and .

Bates,Masling,and Kintsch (1978)found that if students were quizzed about their memory for what exactly was said during earlier class lectures,they were more likely to remember course content than the jokes.

Pick one of the "seven sins of memory" and explain how this impedes memory and how it might actually help under some circumstances.

A fan effect is an increase in retrieval time with an increase in the number of newly learned associations with a concept.

The smallest unit of knowledge that can stand as an assertion is a __________.

What is a piece of evidence that our memory for simple ideas is influenced by the structure of the world?

Walking through doorways causes forgetting

Infantile amnesia reflects a catastrophic forgetting of information following continued neurological development.

Which is a way of representing propositions?

What are the consequences of mentally integrating information?

Diary studies in which psychologists studied their own autobiographical memories find that __________.

The most likely problem for the effective and fair use of eyewitness testimony in court proceedings is __________.

Which of these is not one of the "sins of commission" of human memory?

A defining characteristic of the tip of the tongue (TOT)state is that __________.

A person's understanding of the contents and processes of their own memory is called __________.

The fan effect can be reduced by segregating information into separate situation models.)

What are some of the arguments for why there is better memory for events in the reminiscence bump?

Given the complexity of memory,what sort of normal memory processes can lead to a memory becoming distorted over time?

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Exam 8: Using Knowledge in the Real World

Roediger & McDermott (1995)did an experiment in which people were presented with lists of semantically related items and then (after a short interval filled with an arithmetic task)given a yes/no recognition test,which included critical lures among the items.Their work illustrated __________.

If people witness a car accident,they may later misremember what they saw because they discussed the accident with other witnesses.This is a result of memory __________.

The two basic kinds of prospective memory are ____________ and ____________.

Bates,Masling,and Kintsch (1978)found that if students were quizzed about their memory for what exactly was said during earlier class lectures,they were more likely to remember course content than the jokes.

Pick one of the "seven sins of memory" and explain how this impedes memory and how it might actually help under some circumstances.

A fan effect is an increase in retrieval time with an increase in the number of newly learned associations with a concept.

The smallest unit of knowledge that can stand as an assertion is a __________.

What is a piece of evidence that our memory for simple ideas is influenced by the structure of the world?

Walking through doorways causes forgetting

Infantile amnesia reflects a catastrophic forgetting of information following continued neurological development.

Which is a way of representing propositions?

What are the consequences of mentally integrating information?

Diary studies in which psychologists studied their own autobiographical memories find that __________.

The most likely problem for the effective and fair use of eyewitness testimony in court proceedings is __________.

Which of these is not one of the "sins of commission" of human memory?

A defining characteristic of the tip of the tongue (TOT)state is that __________.

A person's understanding of the contents and processes of their own memory is called __________.

The fan effect can be reduced by segregating information into separate situation models.)

What are some of the arguments for why there is better memory for events in the reminiscence bump?

Given the complexity of memory,what sort of normal memory processes can lead to a memory becoming distorted over time?

Cognitive Psychology: An Introduction

Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Learning and Remembering

Knowing

Language

Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

Decisions, Judgments, and Reasoning

Problem Solving

Cognition and Emotion

Cognitive Development

Filters

The two basic kinds of prospective memory are and .