Question 1

Which of the following questions would best enable you to remember that you saw the word PEACH on today's test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Does the word rhyme with teach? 
B)  Is the word italicized? 
C)  Does the word contain 5 letters? 
D)  Is the word a type of fruit? 
A)  Does the word rhyme with teach? 
B)  Is the word italicized? 
C)  Does the word contain 5 letters? 
D)  Is the word a type of fruit?

Question 2

Children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if they rehearse the meanings of the Latin words. This best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)  iconic memory. 
B)  deep processing. 
C)  procedural memory. 
D)  the peg-word system. 
A)  iconic memory. 
B)  deep processing. 
C)  procedural memory. 
D)  the peg-word system.

Question 3

An eyewitness to a bank robbery is asked to identify the suspects in a police lineup. Which test of memory is being used?

Accepted Answer

A)  recall 
B)  relearning 
C)  recognition 
D)  reconstruction 
A)  recall 
B)  relearning 
C)  recognition 
D)  reconstruction

Question 4

Hermann Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables increasingly difficult as his research career progressed. Which of the following best explains his problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  the spacing effect 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  retroactive interference 
A)  the spacing effect 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  retroactive interference

Question 5

We are more likely to remember the words "bicycle, cigarette, and fire" than the words "void, process, and inherent." This best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term potentiation. 
B)  flashbulb memory. 
C)  imagery. 
D)  iconic memory. 
A)  long-term potentiation. 
B)  flashbulb memory. 
C)  imagery. 
D)  iconic memory.

Question 6

Long-term potentiation is believed to be

Accepted Answer

A)  the elimination of anxiety-producing thoughts from conscious awareness. 
B)  the disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information. 
C)  the process of getting information out of memory. 
D)  a neural basis for learning and memory. 
A)  the elimination of anxiety-producing thoughts from conscious awareness. 
B)  the disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information. 
C)  the process of getting information out of memory. 
D)  a neural basis for learning and memory.

Question 7

Which of the following questions about the word pen would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen that word in today's test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Does the word consist of three letters? 
B)  Is the word written in capital letters? 
C)  Would the word fit in this sentence: "The boy put the ________ on his desk"? 
D)  Does the word rhyme with den? 
A)  Does the word consist of three letters? 
B)  Is the word written in capital letters? 
C)  Would the word fit in this sentence: "The boy put the ________ on his desk"? 
D)  Does the word rhyme with den?

Question 8

Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  repressed memory 
B)  sensory memory 
C)  flashbulb memory 
D)  long-term memory 
A)  repressed memory 
B)  sensory memory 
C)  flashbulb memory 
D)  long-term memory

Question 9

Effortful processing is to automatic processing as ________ is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding; retrieval 
B)  proactive interference; retroactive interference 
C)  anterograde amnesia; retrograde amnesia 
D)  explicit memory; implicit memory 
A)  encoding; retrieval 
B)  proactive interference; retroactive interference 
C)  anterograde amnesia; retrograde amnesia 
D)  explicit memory; implicit memory

Question 10

After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa's experience best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory. 
B)  proactive interference. 
C)  the misinformation effect. 
D)  the serial position effect. 
A)  implicit memory. 
B)  proactive interference. 
C)  the misinformation effect. 
D)  the serial position effect.

Question 11

In a study on context cues, people learned words while on land or when they were underwater. In a later test of recall, those with the best retention had

Accepted Answer

A)  learned the words on land, that is, in the more familiar context. 
B)  learned the words underwater, that is, in the more exotic context. 
C)  learned the words and been tested on them in different contexts. 
D)  learned the words and been tested on them in the same context. 
A)  learned the words on land, that is, in the more familiar context. 
B)  learned the words underwater, that is, in the more exotic context. 
C)  learned the words and been tested on them in different contexts. 
D)  learned the words and been tested on them in the same context.

Question 12

The inability to remember whose face appears on a five-dollar bill is most likely due to a failure in

Accepted Answer

A)  retrieval. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  encoding. 
D)  implicit memory. 
A)  retrieval. 
B)  sensory memory. 
C)  encoding. 
D)  implicit memory.

Question 13

For a fraction of a second after the lightning flash disappeared, Ileana retained a vivid mental image of its ragged edges. Her experience most clearly illustrates the nature of _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  iconic 
B)  flashbulb 
C)  procedural 
D)  short-term 
A)  iconic 
B)  flashbulb 
C)  procedural 
D)  short-term

Question 14

Déjà vu refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional arousal produced by events that prime us to recall associated events. 
B)  tendency to remember experiences that are consistent with our current mood. 
C)  unconscious activation of particular associations in memory. 
D)  eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event. 
A)  emotional arousal produced by events that prime us to recall associated events. 
B)  tendency to remember experiences that are consistent with our current mood. 
C)  unconscious activation of particular associations in memory. 
D)  eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event.

Question 15

Which of the following questions about the word depressed would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen the word on this quiz?

Accepted Answer

A)  How well does the word describe you? 
B)  Does the word consist of 10 letters? 
C)  Is the word written in capital letters? 
D)  Does the word rhyme with obsessed? 
A)  How well does the word describe you? 
B)  Does the word consist of 10 letters? 
C)  Is the word written in capital letters? 
D)  Does the word rhyme with obsessed?

Question 16

When Jake applied for a driver's license, he was embarrassed by a momentary inability to remember his address. Jake's memory difficulty most likely resulted from a(n) ________ failure.

Accepted Answer

A)  storage 
B)  encoding 
C)  retrieval 
D)  semantic processing 
A)  storage 
B)  encoding 
C)  retrieval 
D)  semantic processing

Question 17

Tim, a third-grader, learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow" to help him remember the spelling of "geography." Tim is using

Accepted Answer

A)  a mnemonic technique. 
B)  the spacing effect. 
C)  implicit memory. 
D)  the peg-word system. 
A)  a mnemonic technique. 
B)  the spacing effect. 
C)  implicit memory. 
D)  the peg-word system.

Question 18

Iconic memory refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory. 
B)  photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second. 
C)  the effortlessly processed incidental information about the timing and frequency of events. 
D)  the visually encoded images in long-term memory. 
A)  the encoded meanings of words and events in short-term memory. 
B)  photographic, or picture-image, memory that lasts for only a few tenths of a second. 
C)  the effortlessly processed incidental information about the timing and frequency of events. 
D)  the visually encoded images in long-term memory.

Question 19

Researchers observed that people exposed to very convincing arguments about the value of frequent toothbrushing tended to

Accepted Answer

A)  quickly forget the arguments if they were in the habit of brushing frequently. 
B)  quickly forget the arguments if they were not in the habit of brushing frequently. 
C)  exaggerate how frequently they had brushed their teeth in the past. 
D)  exaggerate how infrequently they had brushed their teeth in the past. 
A)  quickly forget the arguments if they were in the habit of brushing frequently. 
B)  quickly forget the arguments if they were not in the habit of brushing frequently. 
C)  exaggerate how frequently they had brushed their teeth in the past. 
D)  exaggerate how infrequently they had brushed their teeth in the past.

Question 20

Deep brain structures involved in motor movement and the formation of our procedural memories for skills are the

Accepted Answer

A)  amygdala. 
B)  hypothalamus. 
C)  basal ganglia. 
D)  hippocampus. 
A)  amygdala. 
B)  hypothalamus. 
C)  basal ganglia. 
D)  hippocampus.

Which of the following questions would best enable you to remember that you saw the word PEACH on today's test?

Children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if they rehearse the meanings of the Latin words. This best illustrates the value of

An eyewitness to a bank robbery is asked to identify the suspects in a police lineup. Which test of memory is being used?

Hermann Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables increasingly difficult as his research career progressed. Which of the following best explains his problem?

We are more likely to remember the words "bicycle, cigarette, and fire" than the words "void, process, and inherent." This best illustrates the value of

Long-term potentiation is believed to be

Which of the following questions about the word pen would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen that word in today's test?

Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.

Effortful processing is to automatic processing as is to .

After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa's experience best illustrates

In a study on context cues, people learned words while on land or when they were underwater. In a later test of recall, those with the best retention had

The inability to remember whose face appears on a five-dollar bill is most likely due to a failure in

For a fraction of a second after the lightning flash disappeared, Ileana retained a vivid mental image of its ragged edges. Her experience most clearly illustrates the nature of _______ memory.

Déjà vu refers to the

Which of the following questions about the word depressed would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen the word on this quiz?

When Jake applied for a driver's license, he was embarrassed by a momentary inability to remember his address. Jake's memory difficulty most likely resulted from a(n) ________ failure.

Tim, a third-grader, learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow" to help him remember the spelling of "geography." Tim is using

Iconic memory refers to

Researchers observed that people exposed to very convincing arguments about the value of frequent toothbrushing tended to

Deep brain structures involved in motor movement and the formation of our procedural memories for skills are the

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Exam 8: Memory

Which of the following questions would best enable you to remember that you saw the word PEACH on today's test?

Children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if they rehearse the meanings of the Latin words. This best illustrates the value of

An eyewitness to a bank robbery is asked to identify the suspects in a police lineup. Which test of memory is being used?

Hermann Ebbinghaus found the task of learning new lists of nonsense syllables increasingly difficult as his research career progressed. Which of the following best explains his problem?

We are more likely to remember the words "bicycle, cigarette, and fire" than the words "void, process, and inherent." This best illustrates the value of

Long-term potentiation is believed to be

Which of the following questions about the word pen would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen that word in today's test?

Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.

Effortful processing is to automatic processing as ________ is to ________.

After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was asked whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa's experience best illustrates

In a study on context cues, people learned words while on land or when they were underwater. In a later test of recall, those with the best retention had

The inability to remember whose face appears on a five-dollar bill is most likely due to a failure in

For a fraction of a second after the lightning flash disappeared, Ileana retained a vivid mental image of its ragged edges. Her experience most clearly illustrates the nature of _______ memory.

Déjà vu refers to the

Which of the following questions about the word depressed would best prepare you to correctly remember tomorrow that you had seen the word on this quiz?

When Jake applied for a driver's license, he was embarrassed by a momentary inability to remember his address. Jake's memory difficulty most likely resulted from a(n) ________ failure.

Tim, a third-grader, learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow" to help him remember the spelling of "geography." Tim is using

Iconic memory refers to

Researchers observed that people exposed to very convincing arguments about the value of frequent toothbrushing tended to

Deep brain structures involved in motor movement and the formation of our procedural memories for skills are the

Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

The Biology of Behavior

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Developing Through the Life Span

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing

Social Psychology

Personality

Psychological Disorders

Therapy

Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Psychology at Work

Filters

Effortful processing is to automatic processing as is to .