Question 1

Godden and Baddeley conducted a classic study on learning and memory in scuba divers.What were the results of the study?

Accepted Answer

A) Scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested underwater. 
B) Scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested on land. 
C) Scuba divers who learned words on land remembered them best when tested underwater. 
D) Scuba divers remembered the words similarly across both land and underwater learning conditions. 
A) Scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested underwater. 
B) Scuba divers who learned words underwater remembered them best when tested on land. 
C) Scuba divers who learned words on land remembered them best when tested underwater. 
D) Scuba divers remembered the words similarly across both land and underwater learning conditions.

Question 2

Which type of memory allows individuals to perform tasks automatically,such as driving,typing,or riding a bike?

Accepted Answer

A) declarative memory 
B) non-declarative memory 
C) episodic memory 
D) semantic memory 
A) declarative memory 
B) non-declarative memory 
C) episodic memory 
D) semantic memory

Question 3

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ___________ .

Accepted Answer

A) new material interferes with memory of old material 
B) new material has suppressed short-term memories 
C) old material interferes with memory of new material 
D) old material has eliminated memories of new material 
A) new material interferes with memory of old material 
B) new material has suppressed short-term memories 
C) old material interferes with memory of new material 
D) old material has eliminated memories of new material

Question 4

A system that allows people to retain information over time is called

Accepted Answer

A) memory. 
B) cognition. 
C) computer. 
D) intelligence. 
A) memory. 
B) cognition. 
C) computer. 
D) intelligence.

Question 5

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village,after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains,he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name.The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Your street address,telephone number,and social insurance number are stored in

Accepted Answer

A) numerical memory. 
B) short-term memory. 
C) long-term memory. 
D) sensory memory. 
A) numerical memory. 
B) short-term memory. 
C) long-term memory. 
D) sensory memory.

Question 7

The working memory is known as the _____________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) tertiary 
B) primary 
C) short-term 
D) long-term 
A) tertiary 
B) primary 
C) short-term 
D) long-term

Question 8

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 9

If the capacity of short-term memory is so limited,how is it that individuals are able to remember as much information as they do?

Accepted Answer

A) The information is transferred quickly and automatically to long-term memory. 
B) Processes such as chunking and rehearsal expand the capacity of short-term memory. 
C) Phonological analysis of information in short-term memory allows for deep processing. 
D) Increased production of GABA in the hippocampal area allows for better encoding. 
A) The information is transferred quickly and automatically to long-term memory. 
B) Processes such as chunking and rehearsal expand the capacity of short-term memory. 
C) Phonological analysis of information in short-term memory allows for deep processing. 
D) Increased production of GABA in the hippocampal area allows for better encoding.

Question 10

Many people retain their classically conditioned fears without any conscious recollection of how or when those fears were learned.This fact best illustrates______________memory.

Accepted Answer

A) implicit 
B) short-term 
C) sensory 
D) flashbulb 
A) implicit 
B) short-term 
C) sensory 
D) flashbulb

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of episodic memory?

Accepted Answer

A) words 
B) concepts 
C) symbols 
D) events 
A) words 
B) concepts 
C) symbols 
D) events

Question 12

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 13

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 14

Unprocessed stimulation from the environment is first held in

Accepted Answer

A) short-term store. 
B) sensory memory. 
C) long-term store. 
D) intermediate store. 
A) short-term store. 
B) sensory memory. 
C) long-term store. 
D) intermediate store.

Question 15

The portion of long-term memory that stores specific information that has personal meaning is called __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) emotional 
B) episodic 
C) semantic 
D) procedural 
A) emotional 
B) episodic 
C) semantic 
D) procedural

Question 16

The hippocampus is instrumental in

Accepted Answer

A) the formation of short-term memory. 
B) the retrieval of memories from long-term memory. 
C) maintaining a constant level of information filtration by the sensory registers. 
D) transferring information from short-term to long-term memory. 
A) the formation of short-term memory. 
B) the retrieval of memories from long-term memory. 
C) maintaining a constant level of information filtration by the sensory registers. 
D) transferring information from short-term to long-term memory.

Question 17

Scott remembers all of the details of his wedding seven years ago.This information is most likely stored in _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) iconic 
B) episodic 
C) semantic 
D) short-term 
A) iconic 
B) episodic 
C) semantic 
D) short-term

Question 18

Which scenario would likely be the most difficult to remember?

Accepted Answer

A) a study group meeting with a classmate 
B) a car accident that was witnessed on the way to school 
C) the image of a penny 
D) ordering dinner at a new restaurant 
A) a study group meeting with a classmate 
B) a car accident that was witnessed on the way to school 
C) the image of a penny 
D) ordering dinner at a new restaurant

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

Accepted Answer

A) events 
B) concepts 
C) time 
D) place 
A) events 
B) concepts 
C) time 
D) place

Question 20

The short-term memory capacity (digit-span)in a normal adult is about

Accepted Answer

A) 9 items. 
B) 7 or 8 items. 
C) 4 or 5 items. 
D) 14 or 15 items. 
A) 9 items. 
B) 7 or 8 items. 
C) 4 or 5 items. 
D) 14 or 15 items.

Exam 7: D: Memory

Godden and Baddeley conducted a classic study on learning and memory in scuba divers.What were the results of the study?

Which type of memory allows individuals to perform tasks automatically,such as driving,typing,or riding a bike?

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ___________ .

A system that allows people to retain information over time is called

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village,after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains,he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name.The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Your street address,telephone number,and social insurance number are stored in

The working memory is known as the _____________ memory.

Retrieval cues ______.

If the capacity of short-term memory is so limited,how is it that individuals are able to remember as much information as they do?

Many people retain their classically conditioned fears without any conscious recollection of how or when those fears were learned.This fact best illustrates______________memory.

Which of the following is an example of episodic memory?

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?

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?

Unprocessed stimulation from the environment is first held in

The portion of long-term memory that stores specific information that has personal meaning is called __________ memory.

The hippocampus is instrumental in

Scott remembers all of the details of his wedding seven years ago.This information is most likely stored in _______ memory.

Which scenario would likely be the most difficult to remember?

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

The short-term memory capacity (digit-span)in a normal adult is about

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