Question 1

According to your text, we often forget the details of our experiences because of the development of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  schemas 
B)  semantic associates 
C)  retrieval paths 
D)  priming effects 
A)  schemas 
B)  semantic associates 
C)  retrieval paths 
D)  priming effects

Question 2

Zarah witnesses a horrific killing. Given the evidence overall, what might you predict regarding her memory for this event?

Accepted Answer

A)  She will remember it accurately for a long time. 
B)  She will fail to remember it at all. 
C)  She will remember it accurately for a short period, then begin to forget it. 
D)  She will forget it for a long time, then suddenly recover the memory. 
A)  She will remember it accurately for a long time. 
B)  She will fail to remember it at all. 
C)  She will remember it accurately for a short period, then begin to forget it. 
D)  She will forget it for a long time, then suddenly recover the memory.

Question 3

When answering questions such as "Who was your date to the Junior Prom?" or "What costume did you wear last Halloween?" you are relying on a memory function termed __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition 
B)  memory trace 
C)  recall 
D)  acquisition 
A)  recognition 
B)  memory trace 
C)  recall 
D)  acquisition

Question 4

On your computer desktop you can see all sorts of different files, each immediately accessible. You are actively working on some of them, and you can open them whenever you want. In terms of the three-stage model of memory, these files are similar to the kind of information held in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  the unconscious 
D)  sensory register 
A)  long-term memory 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  the unconscious 
D)  sensory register

Question 5

A participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember after having read the poem once immediately prior to recall. In reciting the poem from memory, one expects the greatest number of errors in lines:

Accepted Answer

A)  at the beginning of the poem 
B)  in the middle of the poem 
C)  at the end of the poem 
D)  Errors will be independent of the position of the line in the poem. 
A)  at the beginning of the poem 
B)  in the middle of the poem 
C)  at the end of the poem 
D)  Errors will be independent of the position of the line in the poem.

Question 6

The priming procedures with word fragments used to reveal memory in amnesiacs __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  work only when the patient consciously tries to recall 
B)  take advantage of their spared implicit memory 
C)  are a way of testing procedural memory 
D)  are a way of testing explicit memory 
A)  work only when the patient consciously tries to recall 
B)  take advantage of their spared implicit memory 
C)  are a way of testing procedural memory 
D)  are a way of testing explicit memory

Question 7

Source confusion __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  may explain some errors in memory 
B)  refers to forgetting the source of things learned in childhood 
C)  is another term for a lack of retrieval cues 
D)  is a unique result of hypnosis 
A)  may explain some errors in memory 
B)  refers to forgetting the source of things learned in childhood 
C)  is another term for a lack of retrieval cues 
D)  is a unique result of hypnosis

Question 8

If you "can't think of it now" but do remember it later, there was an initial failure of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrieval 
B)  retention 
C)  acquisition 
D)  recognition 
A)  retrieval 
B)  retention 
C)  acquisition 
D)  recognition

Question 9

Who of the following is likely to have the most difficult time remembering a person she first met half an hour ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  a mnemonist with Ebbinghaus's syndrome 
B)  a chronic alcoholic with Korsakoff's syndrome 
C)  an 11-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa 
D)  a depressed patient who received electroconvulsive therapy 3 months ago 
A)  a mnemonist with Ebbinghaus's syndrome 
B)  a chronic alcoholic with Korsakoff's syndrome 
C)  an 11-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa 
D)  a depressed patient who received electroconvulsive therapy 3 months ago

Question 10

Which of the following lists exceeds the capacity of the average person's working memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  BOATLOADDOCKROPELAND 
B)  MNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF 
C)  MQTLNRAZPCDBLQNVUDSD 
D)  NBCAOLMCIIBMCSIFBIUSAPHD 
A)  BOATLOADDOCKROPELAND 
B)  MNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF 
C)  MQTLNRAZPCDBLQNVUDSD 
D)  NBCAOLMCIIBMCSIFBIUSAPHD

Question 11

H. M. is a neurological patient who has severe __________ amnesia as a result of damage to his __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrograde; corpus callosum 
B)  retrograde; hippocampus 
C)  anterograde; cerebral cortex 
D)  anterograde; hippocampus 
A)  retrograde; corpus callosum 
B)  retrograde; hippocampus 
C)  anterograde; cerebral cortex 
D)  anterograde; hippocampus

Question 12

Alan experiences vivid recollections of horrible events he witnessed as a soldier in the Middle East. Such recollections may ultimately contribute to a diagnosis of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  dipolar disorder 
B)  major depression 
C)  post-traumatic stress disorder 
D)  dissociative identity disorder 
A)  dipolar disorder 
B)  major depression 
C)  post-traumatic stress disorder 
D)  dissociative identity disorder

Question 13

When does mental imagery result in the best facilitation of recall?

Accepted Answer

A)  when the subject can mentally place each of the items in a different spatial location 
B)  in paired associate learning 
C)  when the image acts to unify the individual component items 
D)  when the image degrades a chunk into its component parts 
A)  when the subject can mentally place each of the items in a different spatial location 
B)  in paired associate learning 
C)  when the image acts to unify the individual component items 
D)  when the image degrades a chunk into its component parts

Question 14

Any act of remembering requires success at three different cognitive processes. What are they?

Accepted Answer

A)  acquisition, storage, retrieval 
B)  working memory, short-term memory, long-term memory 
C)  rehearsal, recall, recognition 
D)  processing, organizing, recognizing 
A)  acquisition, storage, retrieval 
B)  working memory, short-term memory, long-term memory 
C)  rehearsal, recall, recognition 
D)  processing, organizing, recognizing

Question 15

Bob got A's and Bill got C's during their three years of Russian class in the late 1940s. What will have happened to their competence at Russian if they have not used it since 1950?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bob will have remained competent at almost his original level until the 1960s, but Bill will have lost most of what he learned by that time. 
B)  Bob will have remained more competent than Bill for about 10 years, but after that the two will be about the same. 
C)  Bob's competence will hardly decline until he reaches advanced old age, but Bill will show virtually no competence even in the 1960s. 
D)  The competence of both will decrease rapidly for a few years, but when they level off Bob will remain substantially more competent than Bill. 
A)  Bob will have remained competent at almost his original level until the 1960s, but Bill will have lost most of what he learned by that time. 
B)  Bob will have remained more competent than Bill for about 10 years, but after that the two will be about the same. 
C)  Bob's competence will hardly decline until he reaches advanced old age, but Bill will show virtually no competence even in the 1960s. 
D)  The competence of both will decrease rapidly for a few years, but when they level off Bob will remain substantially more competent than Bill.

Question 16

If you tried to learn the serial list BOZ, ZIR, JEV, VID, LEQ, SAR, RAK, NUD, FUH, you would probably have the most trouble recalling:

Accepted Answer

A)  BOZ 
B)  JEV 
C)  LEQ 
D)  FUH 
A)  BOZ 
B)  JEV 
C)  LEQ 
D)  FUH

Question 17

Two groups hear a list of 20 unrelated items and are tested for immediate recall a few seconds after they hear the last word. In group I, the items are presented at the rate of 1 second per item; in group II, they are presented at 2 seconds per item. Which of the following should we expect?

Accepted Answer

A)  the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group I 
B)  the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group II 
C)  the same recency effect in both groups; a greater primacy effect for group I 
D)  the same recency effect for both groups; a greater primacy effect for group II 
A)  the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group I 
B)  the same primacy effect for both groups; a greater recency effect for group II 
C)  the same recency effect in both groups; a greater primacy effect for group I 
D)  the same recency effect for both groups; a greater primacy effect for group II

Question 18

According to depth-of-processing models of memory, which of the following study techniques would enhance memory best?

Accepted Answer

A)  highlighting important passages in the text 
B)  reading aloud important passages in the text 
C)  focusing on the meaning of important passages in the text 
D)  visualizing pages from the text, then "reading" the material they contain 
A)  highlighting important passages in the text 
B)  reading aloud important passages in the text 
C)  focusing on the meaning of important passages in the text 
D)  visualizing pages from the text, then "reading" the material they contain

Question 19

In an important study, subjects spent a brief time in a professor's office and then were given a surprise test about this experience. Which of the following happened to the subjects in the study?

Accepted Answer

A)  They forgot some of the things they had seen in the office, but did not claim to have seen things that were not there. 
B)  They reported having seen books in the office, even though there were no books. 
C)  They were surprisingly accurate about the full contents of the office, even though they were unprepared for the test. 
D)  They correctly remembered that there were no books in the office, but a day later, they mistakenly claimed that there were books. 
A)  They forgot some of the things they had seen in the office, but did not claim to have seen things that were not there. 
B)  They reported having seen books in the office, even though there were no books. 
C)  They were surprisingly accurate about the full contents of the office, even though they were unprepared for the test. 
D)  They correctly remembered that there were no books in the office, but a day later, they mistakenly claimed that there were books.

Question 20

Rambo was hit across the head with a rifle. What is the most plausible explanation for his amnesia of what led up to the hit?

Accepted Answer

A)  His semantic memory was disrupted. 
B)  There was a disruption of trace consolidation. 
C)  Neither his right nor his left hippocampus now functions properly, so that he is similar to the neurological patient H. M. 
D)  There has been massive proactive interference. 
A)  His semantic memory was disrupted. 
B)  There was a disruption of trace consolidation. 
C)  Neither his right nor his left hippocampus now functions properly, so that he is similar to the neurological patient H. M. 
D)  There has been massive proactive interference.

According to your text, we often forget the details of our experiences because of the development of __________.

Zarah witnesses a horrific killing. Given the evidence overall, what might you predict regarding her memory for this event?

When answering questions such as "Who was your date to the Junior Prom?" or "What costume did you wear last Halloween?" you are relying on a memory function termed __________.

On your computer desktop you can see all sorts of different files, each immediately accessible. You are actively working on some of them, and you can open them whenever you want. In terms of the three-stage model of memory, these files are similar to the kind of information held in __________.

A participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember after having read the poem once immediately prior to recall. In reciting the poem from memory, one expects the greatest number of errors in lines:

The priming procedures with word fragments used to reveal memory in amnesiacs __________.

Source confusion __________.

If you "can't think of it now" but do remember it later, there was an initial failure of __________.

Who of the following is likely to have the most difficult time remembering a person she first met half an hour ago?

Which of the following lists exceeds the capacity of the average person's working memory?

H. M. is a neurological patient who has severe amnesia as a result of damage to his .

Alan experiences vivid recollections of horrible events he witnessed as a soldier in the Middle East. Such recollections may ultimately contribute to a diagnosis of __________.

When does mental imagery result in the best facilitation of recall?

Any act of remembering requires success at three different cognitive processes. What are they?

Bob got A's and Bill got C's during their three years of Russian class in the late 1940s. What will have happened to their competence at Russian if they have not used it since 1950?

If you tried to learn the serial list BOZ, ZIR, JEV, VID, LEQ, SAR, RAK, NUD, FUH, you would probably have the most trouble recalling:

Two groups hear a list of 20 unrelated items and are tested for immediate recall a few seconds after they hear the last word. In group I, the items are presented at the rate of 1 second per item; in group II, they are presented at 2 seconds per item. Which of the following should we expect?

According to depth-of-processing models of memory, which of the following study techniques would enhance memory best?

In an important study, subjects spent a brief time in a professor's office and then were given a surprise test about this experience. Which of the following happened to the subjects in the study?

Rambo was hit across the head with a rifle. What is the most plausible explanation for his amnesia of what led up to the hit?

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Development

Personality

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

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Exam 8: Memory

According to your text, we often forget the details of our experiences because of the development of __________.

Zarah witnesses a horrific killing. Given the evidence overall, what might you predict regarding her memory for this event?

When answering questions such as "Who was your date to the Junior Prom?" or "What costume did you wear last Halloween?" you are relying on a memory function termed __________.

On your computer desktop you can see all sorts of different files, each immediately accessible. You are actively working on some of them, and you can open them whenever you want. In terms of the three-stage model of memory, these files are similar to the kind of information held in __________.

A participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember after having read the poem once immediately prior to recall. In reciting the poem from memory, one expects the greatest number of errors in lines:

The priming procedures with word fragments used to reveal memory in amnesiacs __________.

Source confusion __________.

If you "can't think of it now" but do remember it later, there was an initial failure of __________.

Who of the following is likely to have the most difficult time remembering a person she first met half an hour ago?

Which of the following lists exceeds the capacity of the average person's working memory?

H. M. is a neurological patient who has severe __________ amnesia as a result of damage to his __________.

Alan experiences vivid recollections of horrible events he witnessed as a soldier in the Middle East. Such recollections may ultimately contribute to a diagnosis of __________.

When does mental imagery result in the best facilitation of recall?

Any act of remembering requires success at three different cognitive processes. What are they?

Bob got A's and Bill got C's during their three years of Russian class in the late 1940s. What will have happened to their competence at Russian if they have not used it since 1950?

If you tried to learn the serial list BOZ, ZIR, JEV, VID, LEQ, SAR, RAK, NUD, FUH, you would probably have the most trouble recalling:

Two groups hear a list of 20 unrelated items and are tested for immediate recall a few seconds after they hear the last word. In group I, the items are presented at the rate of 1 second per item; in group II, they are presented at 2 seconds per item. Which of the following should we expect?

According to depth-of-processing models of memory, which of the following study techniques would enhance memory best?

In an important study, subjects spent a brief time in a professor's office and then were given a surprise test about this experience. Which of the following happened to the subjects in the study?

Rambo was hit across the head with a rifle. What is the most plausible explanation for his amnesia of what led up to the hit?

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Development

Personality

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

Filters

H. M. is a neurological patient who has severe amnesia as a result of damage to his .