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

Question 2

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 3

On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont.This information is most likely 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 4

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 5

Flashbulb memories _______.

Accepted Answer

A) are not subject to periodic revision 
B) concern events that are highly significant 
C) are almost always highly accurate 
D) include a memory's main subject,but not the background events 
A) are not subject to periodic revision 
B) concern events that are highly significant 
C) are almost always highly accurate 
D) include a memory's main subject,but not the background events

Question 6

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.

Question 7

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 8

Most normal adults have a memory span:

Accepted Answer

A) of between 5 and 9 items. 
B) that averages 7. 
C) of 7 plus-or-minus 2. 
D) all of the above. 
A) of between 5 and 9 items. 
B) that averages 7. 
C) of 7 plus-or-minus 2. 
D) all of the above.

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

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?

On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont.This information is most likely stored in ______.

Retrieval cues ______.

Flashbulb memories _______.

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

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

Most normal adults have a memory span:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Consciousness and Cognition

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Exam 5: Memory

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

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?

On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont.This information is most likely stored in ______.

Retrieval cues ______.

Flashbulb memories _______.

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

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

Most normal adults have a memory span:

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Consciousness and Cognition

Filters