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

Which statement concerning long-term memory is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Information in long-term is stored permanently. 
B) Rehearsal is one of the primary methods information is moved from short-term to long-term. 
C) The longer information is in short-term,the more likely it will be stored in long-term. 
D) all of the above 
A) Information in long-term is stored permanently. 
B) Rehearsal is one of the primary methods information is moved from short-term to long-term. 
C) The longer information is in short-term,the more likely it will be stored in long-term. 
D) all of the above

Question 3

Attention is the process of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) storing information 
B) representing information 
C) selectively noticing stimuli 
D) recognizing visual sensations 
A) storing information 
B) representing information 
C) selectively noticing stimuli 
D) recognizing visual sensations

Question 4

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 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

The passing of time causes forgetting according to ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) interference theory 
B) optimization theory 
C) reduction theory 
D) decay theory 
A) interference theory 
B) optimization theory 
C) reduction theory 
D) decay theory

Question 7

A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) an icon 
B) a pictograph 
C) a trace 
D) a symbol 
A) an icon 
B) a pictograph 
C) a trace 
D) a symbol

Question 8

The capacity of STM is _______ items.

Accepted Answer

A) unlimited 
B) 7 +or - 2 
C) 12 
D) 22 
A) unlimited 
B) 7 +or - 2 
C) 12 
D) 22

Question 9

An individual's memory can be distorted by:

Accepted Answer

A) exposure to new information. 
B) unconscious reconstruction. 
C) being asked leading questions. 
D) all of the above. 
A) exposure to new information. 
B) unconscious reconstruction. 
C) being asked leading questions. 
D) all of the above.

Question 10

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 11

Chunking is a means of _______.

Accepted Answer

A) immediately forgetting irrelevant details 
B) organizing information into meaningful units 
C) arranging details into a hierarchy from most important to least important 
D) storing long-term memories 
A) immediately forgetting irrelevant details 
B) organizing information into meaningful units 
C) arranging details into a hierarchy from most important to least important 
D) storing long-term memories

Question 12

The hippocampus seems to be essential for __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the recall of old memories 
B) maintaining one's balance 
C) the formation of new long-term memories 
D) proactive and retroactive inhibition 
A) the recall of old memories 
B) maintaining one's balance 
C) the formation of new long-term memories 
D) proactive and retroactive inhibition

Question 13

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 14

Retroactive 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 15

Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in _______.

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 16

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 17

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head.The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident.Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) organic amnesia 
B) retrograde amnesia 
C) psychogenic amnesia 
D) proactive inhibition 
A) organic amnesia 
B) retrograde amnesia 
C) psychogenic amnesia 
D) proactive inhibition

Question 18

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

Accepted Answer

A) cognition 
B) memory 
C) perception 
D) sensation 
A) cognition 
B) memory 
C) perception 
D) sensation

Question 19

The process we use to notice important stimuli and ignore irrelevant ones is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding 
B) attention 
C) masking 
D) chunking 
A) encoding 
B) attention 
C) masking 
D) chunking

Question 20

The sensory memory associated with the visual sense is called the:

Accepted Answer

A) iconic memory system. 
B) echoic memory system. 
C) optical memory system. 
D) occipital memory system. 
A) iconic memory system. 
B) echoic memory system. 
C) optical memory system. 
D) occipital memory system.

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Which statement concerning long-term memory is TRUE?

Attention is the process of ________.

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

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

The passing of time causes forgetting according to ___________.

A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

The capacity of STM is _______ items.

An individual's memory can be distorted by:

Sensing is to _ memory as rehearsal is to _.

Chunking is a means of _______.

The hippocampus seems to be essential for __________.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means __________.

Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in _______.

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

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head.The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident.Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

The process we use to notice important stimuli and ignore irrelevant ones is ______.

The sensory memory associated with the visual sense is called the:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Consciousness and Cognition

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Exam 5: Memory

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Which statement concerning long-term memory is TRUE?

Attention is the process of ________.

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

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

The passing of time causes forgetting according to ___________.

A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

The capacity of STM is _______ items.

An individual's memory can be distorted by:

Sensing is to _______ memory as rehearsal is to _______.

Chunking is a means of _______.

The hippocampus seems to be essential for __________.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means __________.

Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in _______.

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

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head.The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident.Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

What is the system or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use?

The process we use to notice important stimuli and ignore irrelevant ones is ______.

The sensory memory associated with the visual sense is called the:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Consciousness and Cognition

Filters

Sensing is to _ memory as rehearsal is to _.