Question 1

Research has shown that different aspects of a single memory are stored in:

Accepted Answer

A) the hippocampus and adjacent areas of the cortex. 
B) primarily the hippocampus. 
C) the brain's temporal lobe. 
D) different places in the cortex throughout the brain. 
A) the hippocampus and adjacent areas of the cortex. 
B) primarily the hippocampus. 
C) the brain's temporal lobe. 
D) different places in the cortex throughout the brain.

Question 2

In contemplating her busy schedule over breakfast, Professor Morgan forgets that she has to meet with a textbook representative at 2:00 p.m., illustrating a failure in _____ memory due to _____.

Accepted Answer

A) prospective; suggestibility 
B) source; transience 
C) prospective; absentmindedness 
D) source; absentmindedness 
A) prospective; suggestibility 
B) source; transience 
C) prospective; absentmindedness 
D) source; absentmindedness

Question 3

Working memory includes subsystems that store and manipulate:

Accepted Answer

A) sensory experiences only. 
B) visual images only. 
C) visual images and verbal information. 
D) long-term memories organizationally encoded. 
A) sensory experiences only. 
B) visual images only. 
C) visual images and verbal information. 
D) long-term memories organizationally encoded.

Question 4

Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Studying twice may be slightly more effective if the memory test is administered in the next few minutes. 
B) Studying and then quizzing will yield higher recall no matter when the memory test is administered. 
C) Studying and then quizzing will be much more effective if the memory test is administered in the next few minutes. 
D) Studying twice or studying and then quizzing are equally effective. 
A) Studying twice may be slightly more effective if the memory test is administered in the next few minutes. 
B) Studying and then quizzing will yield higher recall no matter when the memory test is administered. 
C) Studying and then quizzing will be much more effective if the memory test is administered in the next few minutes. 
D) Studying twice or studying and then quizzing are equally effective.

Question 5

Suggestibility differs from memory misattribution in that suggestibility:

Accepted Answer

A) becomes more likely with the passage of time since the encoded event. 
B) requires that a therapist probe the client's childhood with evocative questions. 
C) requires supplementing personal information with information from external sources. 
D) is typically found only in children. 
A) becomes more likely with the passage of time since the encoded event. 
B) requires that a therapist probe the client's childhood with evocative questions. 
C) requires supplementing personal information with information from external sources. 
D) is typically found only in children.

Question 6

Active maintenance of information in short-term memory is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) working memory. 
B) sensory storage. 
C) active memory. 
D) labor storage. 
A) working memory. 
B) sensory storage. 
C) active memory. 
D) labor storage.

Question 7

Devin was recently injured in a car accident on his way home from school. Afterward, he was physically fine and had just a couple scratches. However, he began to realize that he did not remember anything before the accident. Devin is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A) anterograde amnesia. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) memory consolidation. 
D) proactive interference. 
A) anterograde amnesia. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) memory consolidation. 
D) proactive interference.

Question 8

Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

People suffering from the same disorder as patient HM most probably would not be able to:

Accepted Answer

A) play a song learned long ago on the piano. 
B) remember the names of their high school classmates. 
C) remember the plot to the movie that they watched a few hours ago. 
D) recognize their immediate family members. 
A) play a song learned long ago on the piano. 
B) remember the names of their high school classmates. 
C) remember the plot to the movie that they watched a few hours ago. 
D) recognize their immediate family members.

Question 10

Every morning, Molly wakes up, goes to the bathroom, brushes her teeth, and brushes her hair. These actions are routine for her. The form of memory that causes Molly to unconsciously remember how to perform each of these actions is _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) explicit 
B) semantic 
C) implicit 
D) working 
A) explicit 
B) semantic 
C) implicit 
D) working

Question 11

The encoding of survival-related information is effective because it often requires participants to engage in:

Accepted Answer

A) extensive planning. 
B) constructing a fear hierarchy. 
C) chunking. 
D) sensory integration. 
A) extensive planning. 
B) constructing a fear hierarchy. 
C) chunking. 
D) sensory integration.

Question 12

Which area of the frontal lobe is activated during organizational encoding?

Accepted Answer

A) upper right 
B) lower right 
C) upper left 
D) lower left 
A) upper right 
B) lower right 
C) upper left 
D) lower left

Question 13

Echoic memories last _____ iconic memories.

Accepted Answer

A) slightly longer than 
B) approximately the same length of time as 
C) slightly shorter than 
D) much longer than 
A) slightly longer than 
B) approximately the same length of time as 
C) slightly shorter than 
D) much longer than

Question 14

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _____ but momentarily _____ in memory.

Accepted Answer

A) available; inaccessible 
B) unavailable; accessible 
C) unavailable; consolidated 
D) rehearsed; inaccessible 
A) available; inaccessible 
B) unavailable; accessible 
C) unavailable; consolidated 
D) rehearsed; inaccessible

Question 15

Recovering alcoholics tend to report a greater urge to drink when they visit places where they used to drink. This is partly the result of:

Accepted Answer

A) transience. 
B) encoding specificity. 
C) state-dependent storage. 
D) state-dependent retrieval. 
A) transience. 
B) encoding specificity. 
C) state-dependent storage. 
D) state-dependent retrieval.

Question 16

Some psychologists who study memory believe that the role of the hippocampus is to:

Accepted Answer

A) store sensory experiences that later become long-term memories. 
B) store long-term memories. 
C) index the bits and pieces of a single memory that are stored throughout the cortex. 
D) recover well-remembered old memories such as your first kiss. 
A) store sensory experiences that later become long-term memories. 
B) store long-term memories. 
C) index the bits and pieces of a single memory that are stored throughout the cortex. 
D) recover well-remembered old memories such as your first kiss.

Question 17

Jessica Li held up three rows of four letters on a poster board to her high school class for a fraction of a second. She then removed it and immediately asked the class to name the letters in the top, middle, or bottom row. Based on previous research, about how many letters in the row would you expect individual students to recall?

Accepted Answer

A) 0 
B) 1 
C) 2 
D) 3 or 4 
A) 0 
B) 1 
C) 2 
D) 3 or 4

Question 18

Michelle, whose first language is Spanish, is currently learning French in college. When she goes to see her Spanish-speaking grandmother, she inserts French words into her Spanish. Michelle is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference. 
B) blocking. 
C) retroactive interference. 
D) transfer-appropriate processing. 
A) proactive interference. 
B) blocking. 
C) retroactive interference. 
D) transfer-appropriate processing.

Question 19

The famous patient who had a substantial portion of his hippocampus removed to stop seizure activity and, as a result, could not form any new memories is known by his initials:

Accepted Answer

A) MT. 
B) HM. 
C) HT. 
D) TM. 
A) MT. 
B) HM. 
C) HT. 
D) TM.

Question 20

Damage to the amygdala is associated with:

Accepted Answer

A) general explicit memory deficits. 
B) inability to recall emotional events. 
C) inability to encode episodic memories. 
D) emotional events not remembered better than nonemotional events. 
A) general explicit memory deficits. 
B) inability to recall emotional events. 
C) inability to encode episodic memories. 
D) emotional events not remembered better than nonemotional events.

Exam 6: Section 2: Memory

Research has shown that different aspects of a single memory are stored in:

In contemplating her busy schedule over breakfast, Professor Morgan forgets that she has to meet with a textbook representative at 2:00 p.m., illustrating a failure in _____ memory due to _____.

Working memory includes subsystems that store and manipulate:

Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is true?

Suggestibility differs from memory misattribution in that suggestibility:

Active maintenance of information in short-term memory is referred to as:

Devin was recently injured in a car accident on his way home from school. Afterward, he was physically fine and had just a couple scratches. However, he began to realize that he did not remember anything before the accident. Devin is experiencing:

Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of _____ memory.

People suffering from the same disorder as patient HM most probably would not be able to:

Every morning, Molly wakes up, goes to the bathroom, brushes her teeth, and brushes her hair. These actions are routine for her. The form of memory that causes Molly to unconsciously remember how to perform each of these actions is _____ memory.

The encoding of survival-related information is effective because it often requires participants to engage in:

Which area of the frontal lobe is activated during organizational encoding?

Echoic memories last _____ iconic memories.

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _____ but momentarily _____ in memory.

Recovering alcoholics tend to report a greater urge to drink when they visit places where they used to drink. This is partly the result of:

Some psychologists who study memory believe that the role of the hippocampus is to:

Michelle, whose first language is Spanish, is currently learning French in college. When she goes to see her Spanish-speaking grandmother, she inserts French words into her Spanish. Michelle is experiencing:

The famous patient who had a substantial portion of his hippocampus removed to stop seizure activity and, as a result, could not form any new memories is known by his initials:

Damage to the amygdala is associated with:

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence

Section 1: Development

In contemplating her busy schedule over breakfast, Professor Morgan forgets that she has to meet with a textbook representative at 2:00 p.m., illustrating a failure in _ memory due to _.

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _ but momentarily _ in memory.