Question 1

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) eidetic images 
B) elaborative rehearsals 
C) flashbulb memories 
D) eyewitness images 
A) eidetic images 
B) elaborative rehearsals 
C) flashbulb memories 
D) eyewitness images C

Question 2

It's Thanksgiving and the whole family has gotten together.You start to reminisce about your childhood and get into an argument with your brother.Both of you claim that you were the innocent victim of the other.This is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) constructive processing 
B) hindsight bias 
C) adaptation of memory traces 
D) flashbulb integration 
A) constructive processing 
B) hindsight bias 
C) adaptation of memory traces 
D) flashbulb integration A

Question 3

____________ is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses,organizes and alters information as it stores it away,and then retrieves the information from storage.

Accepted Answer

A) Classical conditioning 
B) Operant conditioning 
C) Learning 
D) Memory 
A) Classical conditioning 
B) Operant conditioning 
C) Learning 
D) Memory D

Question 4

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in _________.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory memory only 
B) short-term memory only 
C) long-term memory only 
D) sensory memory and short-term memory 
A) sensory memory only 
B) short-term memory only 
C) long-term memory only 
D) sensory memory and short-term memory

Question 5

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) phi phenomenon 
B) implicit memory effect 
C) serial position effect 
D) sequestering effect 
A) phi phenomenon 
B) implicit memory effect 
C) serial position effect 
D) sequestering effect

Question 6

Declarative memories are to _________ memories as procedural memories are to _________ memories.

Accepted Answer

A) implicit;explicit 
B) explicit;implicit 
C) general knowledge;personal facts 
D) personal facts;general knowledge 
A) implicit;explicit 
B) explicit;implicit 
C) general knowledge;personal facts 
D) personal facts;general knowledge

Question 7

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Accepted Answer

A) primary memory 
B) sensory memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) short-term memory 
A) primary memory 
B) sensory memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) short-term memory

Question 8

_____________ memory is constantly updated.

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural 
B) Declarative 
C) Semantic 
D) Episodic 
A) Procedural 
B) Declarative 
C) Semantic 
D) Episodic

Question 9

The Internet,with its series of links from one site to many others,is a good analogy for the organization of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) short-term memory 
B) episodic memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) procedural memory 
A) short-term memory 
B) episodic memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) procedural memory

Question 10

In the curve of forgetting developed by Ebbinghaus,the greatest amount of forgetting occurs _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) within the first hour after learning new material 
B) within the first day after learning new material 
C) near the end of the retrieval period 
D) near the middle of the retrieval period 
A) within the first hour after learning new material 
B) within the first day after learning new material 
C) near the end of the retrieval period 
D) near the middle of the retrieval period

Exam 7: B: Memory

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ______.

It's Thanksgiving and the whole family has gotten together.You start to reminisce about your childhood and get into an argument with your brother.Both of you claim that you were the innocent victim of the other.This is an example of __________.

____________ is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses,organizes and alters information as it stores it away,and then retrieves the information from storage.

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in _________.

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the ______.

Declarative memories are to _________ memories as procedural memories are to _________ memories.

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

_____________ memory is constantly updated.

The Internet,with its series of links from one site to many others,is a good analogy for the organization of ______________.

In the curve of forgetting developed by Ebbinghaus,the greatest amount of forgetting occurs _____________.

Introduction

A: The Science of Psychology

B: The Science of Psychology

A: The Biological Perspective

B: The Biological Perspective

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

A: Consciousness

B: Consciousness

A: Learning

B: Learning

A: Memory

A: Cognition

B: Cognition

A: Development Across the Life Span

B: Development Across the Life Span

A: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

B: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

A: Social Psychology

B: Social Psychology

A: Theories of Personality

B: Theories of Personality

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

A: Psychological Therapies

B: Psychological Therapies

Appendix A1: Statistics in Psychology

Appendix A2: Statistics in Psychology

Appendix B1: Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Appendix B2: Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Filters

Declarative memories are to _ memories as procedural memories are to _ memories.