Exam 11: Long-Term Memory Iii: Retrieval and Forgetting

Psychologists have offered three of the following as possible explanations for the phenomenon of infantile amnesia. Which one have they not suggested?

Robert does not recognize the police officer who came to the door last month to tell him that his dog had been killed by a car. Robert's lapse of memory can probably best be explained in terms of:

A revision of Bloom's taxonomy published in 2001 (described in the textbook) can help teachers consider not only the various types of cognitive processes that should be encouraged but also the:

Lucy sees a boy who looks very familiar to her, but she can't remember who he is. Then the boy says something with a thick French accent, and Lucy suddenly realizes that he is the foreign exchange student from France. In this situation, the boy's French accent helps Lucy remember by:

Which one of the following is an accurate statement regarding research on eyewitness testimony?

In a science lesson on heat, Ms. Jones explains that heat is the result of molecules moving back and forth very quickly and that gases are heated more quickly than liquids. The following day, she asks her class the following four questions. Which one is a higher-level question?

A teacher who wants students to elaborate on the material they are studying would be well advised to:

Randall is trying to remember how to spell the word separate. He retrieves the first three letters (S E P) and the last four (R A T E) and assumes that the fourth letter must be E because he usually pronounces the word like this: "SEP-ER-ATE." Randall's process of remembering how to spell the word (in this case, incorrectly) illustrates the use of:

Albert grew up in Germany but now lives in England. He recalls more about his childhood in Germany when he's speaking in German than when he's speaking in English. Which one of the following concepts best explains this fact?

Richard is studying both French and Spanish. In the same week he learns that the French word for "mother" is mère and that the Spanish word for "mother" is madre. One day his French teacher asks Richard, "Who is married to your father?" and Richard erroneously answers, "Madre." Richard's memory error can best be explained in terms of:

Occasionally people have false memories, "recalling" events that never actually happened. Three of the following false memories are consistent with research findings regarding when false memories are likely to form. Which one is inconsistent with research findings?

Which one of the following is the best example of a flashbulb memory?

Ms. Kontos wants students in her geometry class to learn and remember how to calculate the area of a rectangle. To be sure her students will learn the procedure successfully, which one of the following should Ms. Kontos not do?

Which one of the following is a higher-level question?

If we consider research on flashbulb memories, then we realize that:

When teachers increase their wait time from one second to three seconds, other things are likely to change as well. Which one of the following is not a typical outcome of increasing wait time?

Nora was thinking about something else the day her teacher explained the difference between the words between and among, so she has trouble using these two prepositions correctly. Nora's problem "remembering" the difference between the words can probably best be explained as:

After meeting a new neighbor, Shandra mistakenly calls him "David" on several occasions. Eventually the neighbor kindly corrects her, saying, "My name is actually Darren." After that, Shandra correctly calls the man "Darren," but initially she has to work hard not to call him "David" instead. Which one of the following concepts best characterizes the change in Shandra's memory?

Which one of the following statements describes wait time and its effect on learning?

Kevin and Ron are taking the same physics course but with different teachers. Kevin's teacher gives a short quiz over class material every Friday. Ron's teacher gives a lengthy test the first Monday of every month. Which boy is likely to learn physics more effectively, and why?