Question 1

Iconic memory in the visual sensory register is believed to last for _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  less than 1 second 
B)  3 to 5 seconds 
C)  5 to 10 seconds 
D)  20 to 30 seconds 
A)  less than 1 second 
B)  3 to 5 seconds 
C)  5 to 10 seconds 
D)  20 to 30 seconds

Question 2

In Sperling's full-report procedure, after viewing a matrix of letters for less than 1 second, what were participants asked to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  listen for a tone, and report only those letters in the row signaled by the tone 
B)  listen for a tone, and report all letters they could remember from the entire matrix 
C)  report all letters they could remember from the entire matrix 
D)  view a second matrix and report only those letters that were in both matrices 
A)  listen for a tone, and report only those letters in the row signaled by the tone 
B)  listen for a tone, and report all letters they could remember from the entire matrix 
C)  report all letters they could remember from the entire matrix 
D)  view a second matrix and report only those letters that were in both matrices

Question 3

Research suggests which of the following is one of the BEST ways to remember information about memory in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  rereading it several times 
B)  relating it to yourself 
C)  saying it aloud 
D)  copying it from the text 
A)  rereading it several times 
B)  relating it to yourself 
C)  saying it aloud 
D)  copying it from the text

Question 4

Isabel studied Spanish all through high school and the first two years of college. However, she never visited any Spanish-speaking communities and has not spoken the language in over ten years. Her inability to remember the Spanish word for "horse" is likely attributed to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive interference 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  storage decay 
D)  encoding failure 
A)  retroactive interference 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  storage decay 
D)  encoding failure

Question 5

Iconic memory duration is to _____ as echoic memory duration is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  less than 1 second; 4 to 5 seconds 
B)  1 to 2 seconds; 2 to 3 seconds 
C)  2 to 3 seconds; 1 to 2 seconds 
D)  4 to 5 seconds; less than 1 second 
A)  less than 1 second; 4 to 5 seconds 
B)  1 to 2 seconds; 2 to 3 seconds 
C)  2 to 3 seconds; 1 to 2 seconds 
D)  4 to 5 seconds; less than 1 second

Question 6

Kathleen studies a section of her textbook every other night rather than waiting until the night before a quiz to study an entire chapter. Kathleen is MOST clearly relying on which of the following to improve her quiz performance?

Accepted Answer

A)  the spacing effect 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  the recency effect 
D)  state-dependent memory 
A)  the spacing effect 
B)  encoding specificity 
C)  the recency effect 
D)  state-dependent memory

Question 7

On an exam, matching questions would be examples of _____ measures and true-false questions would be examples of _____ measures.

Accepted Answer

A)  recall; recognition 
B)  recall; recall 
C)  recognition; recognition 
D)  recognition; recall 
A)  recall; recognition 
B)  recall; recall 
C)  recognition; recognition 
D)  recognition; recall

Question 8

After seeing her friend shake a bottle, Tracey may later believe that she actually shook the bottle herself. Research suggests that such a false memory, which has been labeled _____, may involve the _____ system.

Accepted Answer

A)  the self-reference effect; limbic 
B)  the self-reference effect; mirror neuron 
C)  observation inflation; limbic 
D)  observation inflation; mirror neuron 
A)  the self-reference effect; limbic 
B)  the self-reference effect; mirror neuron 
C)  observation inflation; limbic 
D)  observation inflation; mirror neuron

Question 9

In the case study of H. M., his _____ long-term memory was affected and he suffered from _____ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit; retrograde 
B)  implicit; retrograde 
C)  explicit; anterograde 
D)  implicit; anterograde 
A)  explicit; retrograde 
B)  implicit; retrograde 
C)  explicit; anterograde 
D)  implicit; anterograde

Question 10

If we do not concentrate on the information in short-term memory, it will be lost after approximately _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  15 seconds 
B)  30 seconds 
C)  1 minute 
D)  2 minutes 
A)  15 seconds 
B)  30 seconds 
C)  1 minute 
D)  2 minutes

Question 11

Which statement about false memory is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapists are unable to implant false memories. 
B)  An overwhelming majority of memory researchers believe in the accuracy of recovered memories. 
C)  There is no empirical evidence to support an alternative explanation to the claims for recovered memories. 
D)  When eyewitnesses incorrectly identify a suspect, they often express high confidence in their identification. 
A)  Therapists are unable to implant false memories. 
B)  An overwhelming majority of memory researchers believe in the accuracy of recovered memories. 
C)  There is no empirical evidence to support an alternative explanation to the claims for recovered memories. 
D)  When eyewitnesses incorrectly identify a suspect, they often express high confidence in their identification.

Question 12

The primacy effect likely occurs because research participants _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  believe that the first words presented are the most important to recall 
B)  believe that the last words presented are the most important to recall 
C)  study the first few words in the list more than later words 
D)  study the last few words in the list more than earlier words 
A)  believe that the first words presented are the most important to recall 
B)  believe that the last words presented are the most important to recall 
C)  study the first few words in the list more than later words 
D)  study the last few words in the list more than earlier words

Question 13

When Katie was making a cake using a new recipe, she mistakenly used some of the ingredients from an old recipe she had used often, BEST illustrating _____ interference. When Laurel got a new combination lock, she forgot the combination for her old lock, BEST illustrating _____ interference.

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive; proactive 
B)  proactive; retroactive 
C)  retroactive; proactive 
D)  retroactive; retroactive 
A)  proactive; proactive 
B)  proactive; retroactive 
C)  retroactive; proactive 
D)  retroactive; retroactive

Question 14

Godden and Baddeley (1975) determined that participants recalled more information when their study and test environments matched. Which of the following BEST explains this effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  the self-reference effect 
B)  the encoding specificity principle 
C)  state-dependent memory 
D)  mood-congruence effect 
A)  the self-reference effect 
B)  the encoding specificity principle 
C)  state-dependent memory 
D)  mood-congruence effect

Question 15

Which statement about tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  College students experience approximately one or two TOT states per week. 
B)  Elderly adults experience approximately six to eight TOT states per week. 
C)  TOT experiences occur most often for names of people. 
D)  TOT phenomenon is an example of forgetting that involves inaccessibility due to insufficient cues. 
A)  College students experience approximately one or two TOT states per week. 
B)  Elderly adults experience approximately six to eight TOT states per week. 
C)  TOT experiences occur most often for names of people. 
D)  TOT phenomenon is an example of forgetting that involves inaccessibility due to insufficient cues.

Question 16

In a free recall task, items from the middle of the list are typically recalled _____ frequently than those at the beginning of the list and _____ frequently than those at the end of the list.

Accepted Answer

A)  less; less 
B)  less; more 
C)  more; less 
D)  more; more 
A)  less; less 
B)  less; more 
C)  more; less 
D)  more; more

Question 17

The "magical number 7 $\pm$ 2" was derived from studies on _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the spacing effect 
B)  the serial position effect 
C)  STM (short-term memory) capacity 
D)  STM (short-term memory) duration 
A)  the spacing effect 
B)  the serial position effect 
C)  STM (short-term memory) capacity 
D)  STM (short-term memory) duration

Question 18

Infantile/child amnesia is the inability of adults to remember events that occurred before about 3 years of age. This means that adults have no _____ memories for this time period.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic 
B)  implicit 
C)  nondeclarative 
D)  episodic 
A)  semantic 
B)  implicit 
C)  nondeclarative 
D)  episodic

Question 19

George Miller is credited with determining _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  how long information can be held in short-term memory 
B)  the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory 
C)  why larger chunks of information are harder to retain in short-term memory than smaller chunks of information 
D)  All the answers are correct. 
A)  how long information can be held in short-term memory 
B)  the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory 
C)  why larger chunks of information are harder to retain in short-term memory than smaller chunks of information 
D)  All the answers are correct.

Question 20

The primacy effect results from superior recall from _____ memory, and the recency effect results from superior recall from _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term; long-term 
B)  long-term; short-term 
C)  explicit; implicit 
D)  implicit; explicit 
A)  short-term; long-term 
B)  long-term; short-term 
C)  explicit; implicit 
D)  implicit; explicit

Exam 5: Section 2:memory

Iconic memory in the visual sensory register is believed to last for _____.

In Sperling's full-report procedure, after viewing a matrix of letters for less than 1 second, what were participants asked to do?

Research suggests which of the following is one of the BEST ways to remember information about memory in your textbook?

Isabel studied Spanish all through high school and the first two years of college. However, she never visited any Spanish-speaking communities and has not spoken the language in over ten years. Her inability to remember the Spanish word for "horse" is likely attributed to _____.

Iconic memory duration is to _____ as echoic memory duration is to _____.

Kathleen studies a section of her textbook every other night rather than waiting until the night before a quiz to study an entire chapter. Kathleen is MOST clearly relying on which of the following to improve her quiz performance?

On an exam, matching questions would be examples of _____ measures and true-false questions would be examples of _____ measures.

After seeing her friend shake a bottle, Tracey may later believe that she actually shook the bottle herself. Research suggests that such a false memory, which has been labeled _____, may involve the _____ system.

In the case study of H. M., his _____ long-term memory was affected and he suffered from _____ amnesia.

If we do not concentrate on the information in short-term memory, it will be lost after approximately _____.

Which statement about false memory is TRUE?

The primacy effect likely occurs because research participants _____.

When Katie was making a cake using a new recipe, she mistakenly used some of the ingredients from an old recipe she had used often, BEST illustrating _____ interference. When Laurel got a new combination lock, she forgot the combination for her old lock, BEST illustrating _____ interference.

Godden and Baddeley (1975) determined that participants recalled more information when their study and test environments matched. Which of the following BEST explains this effect?

Which statement about tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon is FALSE?

In a free recall task, items from the middle of the list are typically recalled _____ frequently than those at the beginning of the list and _____ frequently than those at the end of the list.

The "magical number 7 ±\pm± 2" was derived from studies on _____.

Infantile/child amnesia is the inability of adults to remember events that occurred before about 3 years of age. This means that adults have no _____ memories for this time period.

George Miller is credited with determining _____.

The primacy effect results from superior recall from _____ memory, and the recency effect results from superior recall from _____ memory.

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Section 2: The Science of Psychology

Section 3: The Science of Psychology

Section 4: The Science of Psychology

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Section 2: Neuroscience

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Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

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Section 2: Personality Theories and Assessment

Section 3: Personality Theories and Assessment

Section 4: Personality Theories and Assessment

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Iconic memory duration is to _ as echoic memory duration is to _.

On an exam, matching questions would be examples of _ measures and true-false questions would be examples of _ measures.

After seeing her friend shake a bottle, Tracey may later believe that she actually shook the bottle herself. Research suggests that such a false memory, which has been labeled _, may involve the _ system.

In the case study of H. M., his _ long-term memory was affected and he suffered from _ amnesia.

When Katie was making a cake using a new recipe, she mistakenly used some of the ingredients from an old recipe she had used often, BEST illustrating _ interference. When Laurel got a new combination lock, she forgot the combination for her old lock, BEST illustrating _ interference.

In a free recall task, items from the middle of the list are typically recalled _ frequently than those at the beginning of the list and _ frequently than those at the end of the list.

The "magical number 7 $\pm$ 2" was derived from studies on _____.

The primacy effect results from superior recall from _ memory, and the recency effect results from superior recall from _ memory.