Question 1

Explain the phenomenon called the serial-position effect.

Accepted Answer

Your retention of presented in

Question 2

Most researchers agree that the memories people say they have of their first three years of life are based on

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious memories that float to the surface. 
B) family stories,photographs,and imagination. 
C) actual recall of the events. 
D) a special memory module for early childhood experiences. 
A) unconscious memories that float to the surface. 
B) family stories,photographs,and imagination. 
C) actual recall of the events. 
D) a special memory module for early childhood experiences.

Question 3

As a result of __________ and starting school,children learn to think like adults and can reliably remember events.

Accepted Answer

A) impoverished encoding 
B) the acquisition of language skills 
C) the establishment of routines 
D) reconstruction of events based on photos and family stories 
A) impoverished encoding 
B) the acquisition of language skills 
C) the establishment of routines 
D) reconstruction of events based on photos and family stories

Question 4

_______________ could be called "knowing how to do something memories."

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural memories 
B) Semantic memories 
C) Declarative memories 
D) Episodic memories 
A) Procedural memories 
B) Semantic memories 
C) Declarative memories 
D) Episodic memories

Question 5

Most people seem to favor _______________ for encoding and rehearsing the contents of short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) kinesthetic senses (writing) 
B) vision 
C) speech 
D) subliminal perception 
A) kinesthetic senses (writing) 
B) vision 
C) speech 
D) subliminal perception

Question 6

What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class,after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class.Much to her frustration,she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.

Accepted Answer

A) decay 
B) proactive interference 
C) repression 
D) retroactive interference 
A) decay 
B) proactive interference 
C) repression 
D) retroactive interference

Question 7

In the three-box model,all incoming information must make a brief stop in the sensory register,the gateway to memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ambassador McKenzie was about to ask a French diplomat to repeat his last comment but then his auditory subsystem of ________ enabled him to "select" what had been said and ignore all the extraneous sounds in the reception room.

Accepted Answer

A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) sensory register 
A) working memory 
B) short-term memory 
C) long-term memory 
D) sensory register

Question 9

According to __________ theory,you have a tendency to remember something when you are in the same physical or mental state as you were during the original learning or experience.

Accepted Answer

A) replacement 
B) interference 
C) decay 
D) state-dependent memory 
A) replacement 
B) interference 
C) decay 
D) state-dependent memory

Question 10

Visual images remain in the sensory register for a maximum of

Accepted Answer

A) ½ second. 
B) 2 seconds. 
C) 30 seconds. 
D) 1 minute. 
A) ½ second. 
B) 2 seconds. 
C) 30 seconds. 
D) 1 minute.

Question 11

Formation and retention of procedural memories may involve the

Accepted Answer

A) frontal lobe. 
B) hippocampus. 
C) cerebellum. 
D) amygdala. 
A) frontal lobe. 
B) hippocampus. 
C) cerebellum. 
D) amygdala.

Question 12

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that

Accepted Answer

A) there is a direct relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention. 
B) there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention. 
C) there is a direct relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention. 
D) there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention. 
A) there is a direct relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention. 
B) there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention. 
C) there is a direct relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention. 
D) there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention.

Question 13

If you are trying to retrieve a memory,you will be better able to do so if

Accepted Answer

A) you find a practitioner with experience in the hypnotic recovery of memory. 
B) you wait until your emotional arousal is neither high nor low. 
C) your current mood matches the mood you were in during the original experience. 
D) you were relaxed when you encoded the information. 
A) you find a practitioner with experience in the hypnotic recovery of memory. 
B) you wait until your emotional arousal is neither high nor low. 
C) your current mood matches the mood you were in during the original experience. 
D) you were relaxed when you encoded the information.

Question 14

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The role of the hippocampus may be to bind together diverse aspects of a memory so that the memory is retrieved as one coherent entity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to the _______________ theory of forgetting,information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

Accepted Answer

A) replacement 
B) interference 
C) cue-dependent 
D) decay 
A) replacement 
B) interference 
C) cue-dependent 
D) decay

Question 17

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Accepted Answer

A) implicit memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) episodic memory 
D) procedural memory 
A) implicit memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) episodic memory 
D) procedural memory

Question 18

Knowing how to ride a bicycle would be a procedural memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called

Accepted Answer

A) explicit memory. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) autobiographical memory. 
D) procedural memory. 
A) explicit memory. 
B) implicit memory. 
C) autobiographical memory. 
D) procedural memory.

Question 20

The relearning method of measuring implicit memory,devised by Ebbinghaus,involves

Accepted Answer

A) recognition of previous information shared. 
B) recall of a previously performed task. 
C) studying information or a task learned previously. 
D) reteaching of information learned at an earlier age. 
A) recognition of previous information shared. 
B) recall of a previously performed task. 
C) studying information or a task learned previously. 
D) reteaching of information learned at an earlier age.

Explain the phenomenon called the serial-position effect.

Most researchers agree that the memories people say they have of their first three years of life are based on

As a result of __________ and starting school,children learn to think like adults and can reliably remember events.

_______________ could be called "knowing how to do something memories."

Most people seem to favor _______________ for encoding and rehearsing the contents of short-term memory.

In the three-box model,all incoming information must make a brief stop in the sensory register,the gateway to memory.

Ambassador McKenzie was about to ask a French diplomat to repeat his last comment but then his auditory subsystem of ________ enabled him to "select" what had been said and ignore all the extraneous sounds in the reception room.

According to __________ theory,you have a tendency to remember something when you are in the same physical or mental state as you were during the original learning or experience.

Visual images remain in the sensory register for a maximum of

Formation and retention of procedural memories may involve the

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that

If you are trying to retrieve a memory,you will be better able to do so if

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory.

The role of the hippocampus may be to bind together diverse aspects of a memory so that the memory is retrieved as one coherent entity.

According to the _______________ theory of forgetting,information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Knowing how to ride a bicycle would be a procedural memory.

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called

The relearning method of measuring implicit memory,devised by Ebbinghaus,involves

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Exam 8: Memory

Explain the phenomenon called the serial-position effect.

Most researchers agree that the memories people say they have of their first three years of life are based on

As a result of __________ and starting school,children learn to think like adults and can reliably remember events.

_______________ could be called "knowing how to do something memories."

Most people seem to favor _______________ for encoding and rehearsing the contents of short-term memory.

In the three-box model,all incoming information must make a brief stop in the sensory register,the gateway to memory.

Ambassador McKenzie was about to ask a French diplomat to repeat his last comment but then his auditory subsystem of ________ enabled him to "select" what had been said and ignore all the extraneous sounds in the reception room.

According to __________ theory,you have a tendency to remember something when you are in the same physical or mental state as you were during the original learning or experience.

Visual images remain in the sensory register for a maximum of

Formation and retention of procedural memories may involve the

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that

If you are trying to retrieve a memory,you will be better able to do so if

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory.

The role of the hippocampus may be to bind together diverse aspects of a memory so that the memory is retrieved as one coherent entity.

According to the _______________ theory of forgetting,information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Knowing how to ride a bicycle would be a procedural memory.

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called

The relearning method of measuring implicit memory,devised by Ebbinghaus,involves

What Is Psychology

Theories of Personality

Development Over the Life Span

Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Thinking and Intelligence

Learning and Conditioning

Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Emotion, Stress, and Health

The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work

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