Question 1

Brain-imaging studies indicate that the executive functioning underlying working memory is attributable to activity in the _____ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A) frontal 
B) parietal 
C) temporal 
D) occipital 
A) frontal 
B) parietal 
C) temporal 
D) occipital

Question 2

Kandel and colleagues stimulated the tail of an Aplysia with a mild electric shock, which caused contraction of its gill. They then successfully produced a long-term memory in the Aplysia by demonstrating that gill contraction speed changed:

Accepted Answer

A) after a second tail stimulation conducted a few seconds after the first stimulation. 
B) after a single tail stimulation conducted days after repeated stimulations. 
C) after a second tail stimulation conducted days after the first stimulation. 
D) with each successive tail stimulation conducted seconds apart. 
A) after a second tail stimulation conducted a few seconds after the first stimulation. 
B) after a single tail stimulation conducted days after repeated stimulations. 
C) after a second tail stimulation conducted days after the first stimulation. 
D) with each successive tail stimulation conducted seconds apart.

Question 3

Sam recalls the wonderful football team of his university days and the great season the team had in his senior year. In fact, the record was only mediocre. Sam's memory of it as more successful than it actually was is probably due to:

Accepted Answer

A) transience. 
B) blocking. 
C) suggestibility. 
D) bias. 
A) transience. 
B) blocking. 
C) suggestibility. 
D) bias.

Question 4

Courtney is called to the witness stand to testify as an eyewitness against a man accused of first-degree murder. The lawyer interrogating her asks a series of questions about the alleged murderer. The lawyer throws in a question, asking Courtney to describe the tattoo on the left shoulder of the accused man. This question is false-there is no tattoo. The lawyer is using the question to try to discredit Courtney, who says that the tattoo was small and hard to see in detail. The most likely reason for Courtney's mistake is:

Accepted Answer

A) change bias. 
B) suggestibility. 
C) false recognition. 
D) transience. 
A) change bias. 
B) suggestibility. 
C) false recognition. 
D) transience.

Question 5

Which statement regarding hippocampal activity is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The hippocampus is not active during false recognition. 
B) The hippocampus is active to a lesser extent during false recognition relative to true recognition. 
C) The hippocampus is active to a greater extent during false recognition relative to true recognition. 
D) The hippocampus is active about equally during false and true recognition. 
A) The hippocampus is not active during false recognition. 
B) The hippocampus is active to a lesser extent during false recognition relative to true recognition. 
C) The hippocampus is active to a greater extent during false recognition relative to true recognition. 
D) The hippocampus is active about equally during false and true recognition.

Question 6

Which statement about long-term storage is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Reconsolidation occurs when we fail to retrieve a memory. 
B) Sleep interferes with long-term storage. 
C) Once consolidated, memories exist indefinitely in the long-term memory. 
D) Each time a memory is retrieved, it becomes vulnerable to disruption. 
A) Reconsolidation occurs when we fail to retrieve a memory. 
B) Sleep interferes with long-term storage. 
C) Once consolidated, memories exist indefinitely in the long-term memory. 
D) Each time a memory is retrieved, it becomes vulnerable to disruption.

Question 7

The strengthening of synaptic connections that result in more efficient processing of information in the brain is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) flashbulb memory. 
B) long-term potentiation. 
C) transfer-appropriate processing. 
D) neural networks. 
A) flashbulb memory. 
B) long-term potentiation. 
C) transfer-appropriate processing. 
D) neural networks.

Question 8

Collaborative memory refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) the construction of false memories. 
B) the ability to imagine possible futures based on past experiences. 
C) how people remember in groups. 
D) priming of conceptually related material. 
A) the construction of false memories. 
B) the ability to imagine possible futures based on past experiences. 
C) how people remember in groups. 
D) priming of conceptually related material.

Question 9

Unlike semantic encoding, visual imagery encoding shows activation of the _____ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A) frontal 
B) temporal 
C) parietal 
D) occipital 
A) frontal 
B) temporal 
C) parietal 
D) occipital

Question 10

While cramming for a psychology exam, Hannah finds that if she thinks about the meaning of terms and tries to use them in examples, she learns them much better. What technique is Hannah using to improve her memory of the terms?

Accepted Answer

A) organizational encoding 
B) chunking 
C) visual imagery judgments 
D) semantic judgments 
A) organizational encoding 
B) chunking 
C) visual imagery judgments 
D) semantic judgments

Question 11

Conceptual priming is to perceptual priming as:

Accepted Answer

A) the frontal lobe is to the visual cortex. 
B) the occipital lobe is to the frontal lobe. 
C) more activation is to less activation. 
D) explicit memory is to implicit memory. 
A) the frontal lobe is to the visual cortex. 
B) the occipital lobe is to the frontal lobe. 
C) more activation is to less activation. 
D) explicit memory is to implicit memory.

Question 12

When recalling the morning of September 11, 2001, Rob is able to describe what he was doing and saying at the moment the principal of his middle school opened the classroom door to advise the class to turn on the television. Rob's ability to describe the day's events in detail is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) a flashbulb memory. 
B) transience. 
C) a semantic memory. 
D) blocking. 
A) a flashbulb memory. 
B) transience. 
C) a semantic memory. 
D) blocking.

Question 13

Forgetting that occurs with the passage of time is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) failure. 
B) retrieval. 
C) transience. 
D) interference. 
A) failure. 
B) retrieval. 
C) transience. 
D) interference.

Question 14

Jacob cannot remember anything that occurred in the minutes leading up to the bicycle accident that knocked him briefly unconscious. This mild form of _____ amnesia is most likely due to the head injury preventing memory _____.

Accepted Answer

A) anterograde; consolidation. 
B) anterograde; rehearsal. 
C) retrograde; consolidation. 
D) retrograde; rehearsal. 
A) anterograde; consolidation. 
B) anterograde; rehearsal. 
C) retrograde; consolidation. 
D) retrograde; rehearsal.

Question 15

We rely heavily on _____ memory to envision the future.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

A third-grader must learn the rules of multiplication (1×1 through 12×12) in two weeks. The best advice to give this student is to:

Accepted Answer

A) devote a single day of memorization to each multiplier (for example, learn 2×1 through 2×12). 
B) wait until the day before the test, memorize all of the problems and their answers, and then get a good night of sleep. 
C) make a list of all of the problems and their answers, and review this information repeatedly each day. 
D) make flashcards with the problem on the front (9×7) and the answer on the back (63), and quiz yourself repeatedly each day. 
A) devote a single day of memorization to each multiplier (for example, learn 2×1 through 2×12). 
B) wait until the day before the test, memorize all of the problems and their answers, and then get a good night of sleep. 
C) make a list of all of the problems and their answers, and review this information repeatedly each day. 
D) make flashcards with the problem on the front (9×7) and the answer on the back (63), and quiz yourself repeatedly each day.

Question 17

In a classic study of false memory by Loftus, research participants were asked to remember the time when they were little that they got lost in a shopping mall. Although Loftus confirmed that this never actually happened to any of the participants, the false memory was implanted in about _____ percent of the participants.

Accepted Answer

A) 15 
B) 25 
C) 40 
D) 80 
A) 15 
B) 25 
C) 40 
D) 80

Question 18

The memory sin of _____ often results in increases in our overall sense of contentment.

Accepted Answer

A) bias 
B) transience 
C) suggestibility 
D) persistence 
A) bias 
B) transience 
C) suggestibility 
D) persistence

Question 19

Susie was telling her best friend John about how awesome her summer vacation had been. She told him everything she remembered that happened. Susie could not stop saying, "I remember" while talking to John. What part of memory was Susie using?

Accepted Answer

A) explicit 
B) procedural 
C) implicit 
D) prospective 
A) explicit 
B) procedural 
C) implicit 
D) prospective

Question 20

Blocking of memory is prevalent in:

Accepted Answer

A) adolescents. 
B) young adults. 
C) people in their 40s and 50s. 
D) people in their 60s and 70s. 
A) adolescents. 
B) young adults. 
C) people in their 40s and 50s. 
D) people in their 60s and 70s.

Exam 6: Section 2: Memory

Brain-imaging studies indicate that the executive functioning underlying working memory is attributable to activity in the _____ lobe.

Kandel and colleagues stimulated the tail of an Aplysia with a mild electric shock, which caused contraction of its gill. They then successfully produced a long-term memory in the Aplysia by demonstrating that gill contraction speed changed:

Sam recalls the wonderful football team of his university days and the great season the team had in his senior year. In fact, the record was only mediocre. Sam's memory of it as more successful than it actually was is probably due to:

Which statement regarding hippocampal activity is true?

Which statement about long-term storage is true?

The strengthening of synaptic connections that result in more efficient processing of information in the brain is known as:

Collaborative memory refers to:

Unlike semantic encoding, visual imagery encoding shows activation of the _____ lobe.

While cramming for a psychology exam, Hannah finds that if she thinks about the meaning of terms and tries to use them in examples, she learns them much better. What technique is Hannah using to improve her memory of the terms?

Conceptual priming is to perceptual priming as:

When recalling the morning of September 11, 2001, Rob is able to describe what he was doing and saying at the moment the principal of his middle school opened the classroom door to advise the class to turn on the television. Rob's ability to describe the day's events in detail is an example of:

Forgetting that occurs with the passage of time is known as:

Jacob cannot remember anything that occurred in the minutes leading up to the bicycle accident that knocked him briefly unconscious. This mild form of _____ amnesia is most likely due to the head injury preventing memory _____.

We rely heavily on _____ memory to envision the future.

A third-grader must learn the rules of multiplication (1×1 through 12×12) in two weeks. The best advice to give this student is to:

The memory sin of _____ often results in increases in our overall sense of contentment.

Susie was telling her best friend John about how awesome her summer vacation had been. She told him everything she remembered that happened. Susie could not stop saying, "I remember" while talking to John. What part of memory was Susie using?

Blocking of memory is prevalent in:

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

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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

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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

Section 2: Development

Jacob cannot remember anything that occurred in the minutes leading up to the bicycle accident that knocked him briefly unconscious. This mild form of _ amnesia is most likely due to the head injury preventing memory _.