Question 1

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Accepted Answer

A) the sensory registers 
B) short-term memory 
C) eidetic memory 
D) long-term memory 
A) the sensory registers 
B) short-term memory 
C) eidetic memory 
D) long-term memory

Question 2

Flashbulb memories are:

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic memories. 
B) clear and vivid memories of where one was and what one was doing when a special event occurred. 
C) photographic memories. 
D) visual images that are extremely difficult to describe. 
A) eidetic memories. 
B) clear and vivid memories of where one was and what one was doing when a special event occurred. 
C) photographic memories. 
D) visual images that are extremely difficult to describe.

Question 3

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session.She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder.What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Accepted Answer

A) serial position effect 
B) state-dependent learning 
C) transfer test 
D) imagery 
A) serial position effect 
B) state-dependent learning 
C) transfer test 
D) imagery

Question 4

Encoding is:

Accepted Answer

A) recalling information. 
B) recognizing information. 
C) representing information. 
D) remembering information. 
A) recalling information. 
B) recognizing information. 
C) representing information. 
D) remembering information.

Question 5

What are the components of the information processing model in order?

Accepted Answer

A) retrieval,encoding,storage 
B) encoding,capturing,retrieval 
C) capturing,encoding,retrieval 
D) encoding,storage,retrieval 
A) retrieval,encoding,storage 
B) encoding,capturing,retrieval 
C) capturing,encoding,retrieval 
D) encoding,storage,retrieval

Question 6

Retrieval cues ______.

Accepted Answer

A) are important in helping us remember items stored in long-term memory 
B) are aids in rote rehearsal in short-term memory 
C) can be helpful in both long and short-term memory 
D) have been recently shown to be inefficient in accessing available information in memory 
A) are important in helping us remember items stored in long-term memory 
B) are aids in rote rehearsal in short-term memory 
C) can be helpful in both long and short-term memory 
D) have been recently shown to be inefficient in accessing available information in memory

Question 7

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Information that was either unintentionally committed to or unintentionally retried from memory is known as ___________ .

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic memory 
B) procedural memory 
C) implicit memory 
D) explicit memory 
A) eidetic memory 
B) procedural memory 
C) implicit memory 
D) explicit memory

Question 9

Long-term memory is sometimes unreliable because of _______ of information.

Accepted Answer

A) reconstruction 
B) retention 
C) coding 
D) chunking 
A) reconstruction 
B) retention 
C) coding 
D) chunking

Question 10

What theory of forgetting attributes it to the mere passage of time?

Accepted Answer

A) decay 
B) proactive interference 
C) repression 
D) retroactive interference 
A) decay 
B) proactive interference 
C) repression 
D) retroactive interference

Question 11

Memory span is _______ and is associated with _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) the duration that information is stored;short-term 
B) number of items stored;long-term 
C) the number of items stored;short-term 
D) the duration that information is stored;long-term 
A) the duration that information is stored;short-term 
B) number of items stored;long-term 
C) the number of items stored;short-term 
D) the duration that information is stored;long-term

Question 12

Chunking aids:

Accepted Answer

A) understanding. 
B) perception. 
C) retention. 
D) encoding. 
A) understanding. 
B) perception. 
C) retention. 
D) encoding.

Question 13

The process of selective looking,listening,smelling,and feeling is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) retention 
B) cognition 
C) recognition 
D) attention 
A) retention 
B) cognition 
C) recognition 
D) attention

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) identifying a perfume as that worn by your grandmother 20 years ago 
B) repeating an address after it was told to you 
C) repeating a poem learned in nursery school 
D) remembering how to ride a bike 
A) identifying a perfume as that worn by your grandmother 20 years ago 
B) repeating an address after it was told to you 
C) repeating a poem learned in nursery school 
D) remembering how to ride a bike

Question 15

What we are thinking of at any given moment,or what we commonly know as "consciousness," is ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) secondary memory 
D) cognitive dissonance 
A) long-term memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) secondary memory 
D) cognitive dissonance

Question 16

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three nonsense syllables for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them.If the instructions to recall the syllables came immediately,the students were usually successful.If the instructions came even one second after the syllables were shown,the students were much less successful.The MOST plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that,in the latter case,_____________.

Accepted Answer

A) the icon never made it to the sensory registers 
B) the icon was already stored in short-term memory 
C) the icon faded after being stored in short-term memory 
D) the icon faded before being stored in short-term memory 
A) the icon never made it to the sensory registers 
B) the icon was already stored in short-term memory 
C) the icon faded after being stored in short-term memory 
D) the icon faded before being stored in short-term memory

Question 17

Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediately after we learn information,and we gradually forget more as time passes.What name is given to this observation?

Accepted Answer

A) serial position curve 
B) mirage effect 
C) free recall curve 
D) curve of forgetting 
A) serial position curve 
B) mirage effect 
C) free recall curve 
D) curve of forgetting

Question 18

An explanation for the widespread storage of memories is that ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) the hippocampus is one of the most easily damaged areas of the brain 
B) several different senses may be involved in memory 
C) some specific parts of the brain are necessary for the formation of memory 
D) the memory center is located in the parietal lobes of both cerebral hemispheres 
A) the hippocampus is one of the most easily damaged areas of the brain 
B) several different senses may be involved in memory 
C) some specific parts of the brain are necessary for the formation of memory 
D) the memory center is located in the parietal lobes of both cerebral hemispheres

Question 19

Sensing is to _______ memory as rehearsal is to _______.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory store;attention 
B) short-term;long-term 
C) attention;short-term 
D) sensory;short-term 
A) sensory store;attention 
B) short-term;long-term 
C) attention;short-term 
D) sensory;short-term

Question 20

Flashbulb memories ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) are not subject to periodic revision 
B) usually concern events that are emotionally charged 
C) are almost always highly accurate 
D) usually concern events from early childhood 
A) are not subject to periodic revision 
B) usually concern events that are emotionally charged 
C) are almost always highly accurate 
D) usually concern events from early childhood

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Flashbulb memories are:

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session.She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder.What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Encoding is:

What are the components of the information processing model in order?

Retrieval cues ______.

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Information that was either unintentionally committed to or unintentionally retried from memory is known as ___________ .

Long-term memory is sometimes unreliable because of _______ of information.

What theory of forgetting attributes it to the mere passage of time?

Memory span is _ and is associated with _ memory.

Chunking aids:

The process of selective looking,listening,smelling,and feeling is called ____________.

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

What we are thinking of at any given moment,or what we commonly know as "consciousness," is ____________.

Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediately after we learn information,and we gradually forget more as time passes.What name is given to this observation?

An explanation for the widespread storage of memories is that ____________.

Sensing is to _ memory as rehearsal is to _.

Flashbulb memories ______________.

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

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Exam 6: Memory

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Flashbulb memories are:

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session.She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder.What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Encoding is:

What are the components of the information processing model in order?

Retrieval cues ______.

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Information that was either unintentionally committed to or unintentionally retried from memory is known as ___________ .

Long-term memory is sometimes unreliable because of _______ of information.

What theory of forgetting attributes it to the mere passage of time?

Memory span is _______ and is associated with _______ memory.

Chunking aids:

The process of selective looking,listening,smelling,and feeling is called ____________.

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

What we are thinking of at any given moment,or what we commonly know as "consciousness," is ____________.

Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediately after we learn information,and we gradually forget more as time passes.What name is given to this observation?

An explanation for the widespread storage of memories is that ____________.

Sensing is to _______ memory as rehearsal is to _______.

Flashbulb memories ______________.

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Filters

Memory span is _ and is associated with _ memory.

Sensing is to _ memory as rehearsal is to _.