Question 1

Organic memory disorders are different from dissociative memory disorders in that organic memory disorders ___ and dissociative memory disorders ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  get progressively worse; pretty much stay the same 
B)  are treatable; aren't 
C)  have a physical cause; don't 
D)  are innate; are learned 
A)  get progressively worse; pretty much stay the same 
B)  are treatable; aren't 
C)  have a physical cause; don't 
D)  are innate; are learned

Question 2

A feeling can serve as a cue for remembering information if that same feeling was present when encoding the information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Harry's and his mother are discussing a house they lived in when Harry was just 2 years old.Harry is surprised that he has no memory of that particular house.Which of the following is the most likely explanation for Harry's memory lapse?

Accepted Answer

A)  Harry has retrograde amnesia. 
B)  Harry has anterograde amnesia. 
C)  Harry has infantile amnesia. 
D)  Harry never encoded his experience at that house. 
A)  Harry has retrograde amnesia. 
B)  Harry has anterograde amnesia. 
C)  Harry has infantile amnesia. 
D)  Harry never encoded his experience at that house.

Question 4

Matt has his Psychology final exam today,and he's feeling pretty good about it.Since he must get ready for his French final exam tomorrow,he decides to stop studying Psychology and look at his French.Unfortunately,Matt didn't anticipate that this would make it harder for him to remember his psychology content,and his Psychology mark goes down slightly as a result.What type of forgetting is this called?

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference 
B)  retroactive interference 
C)  motivated forgetting 
D)  decay 
A)  proactive interference 
B)  retroactive interference 
C)  motivated forgetting 
D)  decay

Question 5

One of the most important brain structures involved in working memory is the prefrontal cortex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT true of Henry Molaison (H.M.)?

Accepted Answer

A)  He had both hippocampi, amygdala, and parts of his temporal lobes removed. 
B)  He had severe retrograde amnesia. 
C)  His procedural memory was intact. 
D)  He was unable to recognize anyone he met after the surgery. 
A)  He had both hippocampi, amygdala, and parts of his temporal lobes removed. 
B)  He had severe retrograde amnesia. 
C)  His procedural memory was intact. 
D)  He was unable to recognize anyone he met after the surgery.

Question 7

Which psychologist is correctly matched with the memory stage he or she studied?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sperling; working memory 
B)  Loftus; sensory memory 
C)  Ebbinghaus; long-term memory 
D)  Miller; working memory 
A)  Sperling; working memory 
B)  Loftus; sensory memory 
C)  Ebbinghaus; long-term memory 
D)  Miller; working memory

Question 8

Which of the following memory tasks would an old person have the most difficult time with?

Accepted Answer

A)  general knowledge questions 
B)  how to ride a bike 
C)  remembering that pea soup makes them sick 
D)  remembering what they need to buy at the store 
A)  general knowledge questions 
B)  how to ride a bike 
C)  remembering that pea soup makes them sick 
D)  remembering what they need to buy at the store

Question 9

Gemma studies history immediately before she falls asleep,so that it will be the last thing that she learns each day.Holt plays tapes of his professor's economics lectures while he sleeps,thinking he'll absorb the material "subconsciously." Armed with your knowledge of the psychology of memory,what might you tell Gemma and Holt?

Accepted Answer

A)  I would tell Gemma that material encoded immediately prior to sleep is unlikely to be rehearsed sufficiently for its optimal retention. I would tell Holt that he'll learn a surprising amount that way. 
B)  I would tell Gemma that she has a clever idea, because learning material immediately prior to sleep minimizes interference. I would tell Holt that the material on his tapes will not be encoded while he sleeps. 
C)  I would tell Gemma that material encoded immediately prior to sleep is unlikely to be rehearsed sufficiently for its optimal retention. I would tell Holt that the material on his tapes will not be encoded while he sleeps. 
D)  I would tell both Gemma and Holt that the material they are trying to learn is unlikely to be encoded given their strategies. 
A)  I would tell Gemma that material encoded immediately prior to sleep is unlikely to be rehearsed sufficiently for its optimal retention. I would tell Holt that he'll learn a surprising amount that way. 
B)  I would tell Gemma that she has a clever idea, because learning material immediately prior to sleep minimizes interference. I would tell Holt that the material on his tapes will not be encoded while he sleeps. 
C)  I would tell Gemma that material encoded immediately prior to sleep is unlikely to be rehearsed sufficiently for its optimal retention. I would tell Holt that the material on his tapes will not be encoded while he sleeps. 
D)  I would tell both Gemma and Holt that the material they are trying to learn is unlikely to be encoded given their strategies.

Question 10

What is the term that describes an instance when an internal source that we generate produces a memory distortion?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the term that describes an...

Question 11

As we age,parts of the brain such as the ___ begin to shrink.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As we age,parts of the brain such...

Question 12

If you are in a shopping mall and you are trying to remember how to get to your favourite coffee shop,which part of memory are you using?

Accepted Answer

A)  phonological loop 
B)  executive function 
C)  visuospatial sketchpad 
D)  iconic 
A)  phonological loop 
B)  executive function 
C)  visuospatial sketchpad 
D)  iconic

Question 13

When activation of one memory triggers activation of other,related memories,this is called

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition. 
B)  priming. 
C)  recall. 
D)  primacy effect. 
A)  recognition. 
B)  priming. 
C)  recall. 
D)  primacy effect.

Question 14

Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients suggest that implicit and explicit memories are stored using the same mechanisms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The idea that memory will be facilitated if the testing conditions match the conditions present during the study phase is called

Accepted Answer

A)  serial position. 
B)  elaborative encoding. 
C)  encoding specificity. 
D)  priming. 
A)  serial position. 
B)  elaborative encoding. 
C)  encoding specificity. 
D)  priming.

Question 16

The concept that the order in which we are presented with information will affect how well we retrieve that information is called the ___ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)  site-specific 
B)  hierarchical 
C)  ordering 
D)  serial position 
A)  site-specific 
B)  hierarchical 
C)  ordering 
D)  serial position

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an area of memory in which elderly persons experience a decline?

Accepted Answer

A)  working memory 
B)  implicit memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  encoding new memories 
A)  working memory 
B)  implicit memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  encoding new memories

Question 18

Ruban remembers the day of the 9/11 attacks with extreme vividness and clarity.He recalls that he was late for work that day,and that he was eating breakfast in front of the weather channel.Then the program was interrupted,and he remembers the images he saw on TV.He remembers feeling like he wished someone else was home to share this with,to verify that this was really happening.What is likely true about Ruban's memory of the morning of 9/11?

Accepted Answer

A)  His memory is accurate, and he is very confident about its accuracy. 
B)  His memory is accurate, but he is not very confident about its accuracy. 
C)  His memory is not accurate, and he is very confident about its accuracy. 
D)  His memory is not accurate, nor is he very confident about its accuracy. 
A)  His memory is accurate, and he is very confident about its accuracy. 
B)  His memory is accurate, but he is not very confident about its accuracy. 
C)  His memory is not accurate, and he is very confident about its accuracy. 
D)  His memory is not accurate, nor is he very confident about its accuracy.

Question 19

___ ensures that our long-term memory is a network of associations and allows the formation of neural circuits.

Accepted Answer

A)  Consolidation 
B)  Reactivation 
C)  Connectionism 
D)  Long-term potentiation 
A)  Consolidation 
B)  Reactivation 
C)  Connectionism 
D)  Long-term potentiation

Question 20

What happens in retroactive interference?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning something new disrupts the ability to learn something new. 
B)  Previous learning disrupts access to information in memory. 
C)  Learning something new disrupts access to information in memory. 
D)  Previous learning disrupts the ability to learn something new. 
A)  Learning something new disrupts the ability to learn something new. 
B)  Previous learning disrupts access to information in memory. 
C)  Learning something new disrupts access to information in memory. 
D)  Previous learning disrupts the ability to learn something new.

Organic memory disorders are different from dissociative memory disorders in that organic memory disorders _ and dissociative memory disorders _.

A feeling can serve as a cue for remembering information if that same feeling was present when encoding the information.

Harry's and his mother are discussing a house they lived in when Harry was just 2 years old.Harry is surprised that he has no memory of that particular house.Which of the following is the most likely explanation for Harry's memory lapse?

One of the most important brain structures involved in working memory is the prefrontal cortex.

Which of the following is NOT true of Henry Molaison (H.M.)?

Which psychologist is correctly matched with the memory stage he or she studied?

Which of the following memory tasks would an old person have the most difficult time with?

What is the term that describes an instance when an internal source that we generate produces a memory distortion?

As we age,parts of the brain such as the ___ begin to shrink.

If you are in a shopping mall and you are trying to remember how to get to your favourite coffee shop,which part of memory are you using?

When activation of one memory triggers activation of other,related memories,this is called

Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients suggest that implicit and explicit memories are stored using the same mechanisms.

The idea that memory will be facilitated if the testing conditions match the conditions present during the study phase is called

The concept that the order in which we are presented with information will affect how well we retrieve that information is called the ___ effect.

Which of the following is NOT an area of memory in which elderly persons experience a decline?

___ ensures that our long-term memory is a network of associations and allows the formation of neural circuits.

What happens in retroactive interference?

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Organic memory disorders are different from dissociative memory disorders in that organic memory disorders ___ and dissociative memory disorders ___.

A feeling can serve as a cue for remembering information if that same feeling was present when encoding the information.

Harry's and his mother are discussing a house they lived in when Harry was just 2 years old.Harry is surprised that he has no memory of that particular house.Which of the following is the most likely explanation for Harry's memory lapse?

One of the most important brain structures involved in working memory is the prefrontal cortex.

Which of the following is NOT true of Henry Molaison (H.M.)?

Which psychologist is correctly matched with the memory stage he or she studied?

Which of the following memory tasks would an old person have the most difficult time with?

What is the term that describes an instance when an internal source that we generate produces a memory distortion?

As we age,parts of the brain such as the ___ begin to shrink.

If you are in a shopping mall and you are trying to remember how to get to your favourite coffee shop,which part of memory are you using?

When activation of one memory triggers activation of other,related memories,this is called

Neuroimaging studies of brain-damaged patients suggest that implicit and explicit memories are stored using the same mechanisms.

The idea that memory will be facilitated if the testing conditions match the conditions present during the study phase is called

The concept that the order in which we are presented with information will affect how well we retrieve that information is called the ___ effect.

Which of the following is NOT an area of memory in which elderly persons experience a decline?

___ ensures that our long-term memory is a network of associations and allows the formation of neural circuits.

What happens in retroactive interference?

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Psychology as a Science

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Human Development

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Organic memory disorders are different from dissociative memory disorders in that organic memory disorders _ and dissociative memory disorders _.