Question 1

What is a research experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  a controlled situation where the researcher manipulates variables 
B)  when one person with brain damage is extensively studied 
C)  Performance is assessed as a function of a preexisting condition. 
D)  preexisting conditions combined with controlled assignment of independent variables 
A)  a controlled situation where the researcher manipulates variables 
B)  when one person with brain damage is extensively studied 
C)  Performance is assessed as a function of a preexisting condition. 
D)  preexisting conditions combined with controlled assignment of independent variables

Question 2

According to signal detection theory, a person who has a liberal bias in responding is more likely to have a higher rate of ______________ than someone with a conservative bias, if the accuracy rate on old items is the same.

Accepted Answer

A)  d' 
B)  hits 
C)  memory strength 
D)  false alarms 
A)  d' 
B)  hits 
C)  memory strength 
D)  false alarms

Question 3

Remembering more overall later than before is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reminiscence 
B)  recovery 
C)  hypermnesia 
D)  permastore 
A)  reminiscence 
B)  recovery 
C)  hypermnesia 
D)  permastore

Question 4

What 2 aspects of a person's recognition memory performance would go into a signal detection analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  hits and false alarms 
B)  hits and misses 
C)  misses and false alarms 
D)  hits and correct rejections 
A)  hits and false alarms 
B)  hits and misses 
C)  misses and false alarms 
D)  hits and correct rejections

Question 5

A method that can be used to assess how people structure information in memory is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ARC scores 
B)  process dissociation 
C)  multinomial modeling 
D)  additive factors logic 
A)  ARC scores 
B)  process dissociation 
C)  multinomial modeling 
D)  additive factors logic

Question 6

What is the name of the method for distinguishing between implicit and explicit aspects to memory retrieval?

Accepted Answer

A)  ARC score 
B)  process dissociation procedure 
C)  cluster analyses 
D)  mental chronometry
Short Answers 
A)  ARC score 
B)  process dissociation procedure 
C)  cluster analyses 
D)  mental chronometry
Short Answers

Question 7

The generation effect is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  better memory for people of younger generations 
B)  better memory for information a person generates him- or herself 
C)  uninterpretable unless one takes into account the Von Restorff effect 
D)  a fallacy 
A)  better memory for people of younger generations 
B)  better memory for information a person generates him- or herself 
C)  uninterpretable unless one takes into account the Von Restorff effect 
D)  a fallacy

Question 8

What is the name of the memory effect that shows that people remember information better when they arrive at a solution by themselves?

Accepted Answer

A)  the "aha" effect 
B)  the problem-solving effect 
C)  the einstellung effect 
D)  savings 
A)  the "aha" effect 
B)  the problem-solving effect 
C)  the einstellung effect 
D)  savings

Question 9

What is the enactment effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Memory is worse for actions that have been acted out. 
B)  Memory retrieval is enacted with difficult problems. 
C)  Memory is better for actions that have been carried out. 
D)  Memory is better when a new situation has been enacted. 
A)  Memory is worse for actions that have been acted out. 
B)  Memory retrieval is enacted with difficult problems. 
C)  Memory is better for actions that have been carried out. 
D)  Memory is better when a new situation has been enacted.

Question 10

Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  causes overlearning 
B)  requires a retrieval plan 
C)  measures incidental learning 
D)  is a negatively accelerating function 
A)  causes overlearning 
B)  requires a retrieval plan 
C)  measures incidental learning 
D)  is a negatively accelerating function

Question 11

The stimulus as it is understood by a research participant is called the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal stimulus 
B)  distal stimulus 
C)  experimental stimulus 
D)  functional stimulus 
A)  nominal stimulus 
B)  distal stimulus 
C)  experimental stimulus 
D)  functional stimulus

Question 12

The thing that an experiment is testing is called the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  theory 
B)  measures 
C)  outcome 
D)  hypothesis 
A)  theory 
B)  measures 
C)  outcome 
D)  hypothesis

Question 13

Once information has been learned and subsequently forgotten, less energy is required to learn the information again than had been required the first time. This increased ease in learning is due to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  savings 
B)  photographic memory 
C)  memory traces 
D)  a decline in the forgetting curve 
A)  savings 
B)  photographic memory 
C)  memory traces 
D)  a decline in the forgetting curve

Question 14

What is an example of an experimental result that is revealed by using converging evidence?

Accepted Answer

A)  speed-accuracy tradeoff 
B)  neuroimaging output 
C)  metamemory 
D)  signal detection 
A)  speed-accuracy tradeoff 
B)  neuroimaging output 
C)  metamemory 
D)  signal detection

Question 15

The concept that memories of the past are distorted to conform to current knowledge or goals refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  hindsight bias 
B)  the Pollyanna principle 
C)  fragment completion 
D)  frequency effect 
A)  hindsight bias 
B)  the Pollyanna principle 
C)  fragment completion 
D)  frequency effect

Question 16

What do clustering methods reveal about changes in memory over time?

Accepted Answer

Clustering methods are a set of techniqu

Question 17

What is the idea behind the dual code theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  People always encode information in two forms. 
B)  People who form mental images of words will have 2 memory traces. 
C)  Memory is always better when you hear it from 2 difference sources. 
D)  Pictures are remembered better than words. 
A)  People always encode information in two forms. 
B)  People who form mental images of words will have 2 memory traces. 
C)  Memory is always better when you hear it from 2 difference sources. 
D)  Pictures are remembered better than words.

Question 18

Collaborative facilitation is often observed __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  with recognition 
B)  with recall 
C)  with nominal groups 
D)  with implicit memory 
A)  with recognition 
B)  with recall 
C)  with nominal groups 
D)  with implicit memory

Question 19

The type of recall test that equates people on how much information is reported is __________. Au: Wrong word?

Accepted Answer

A)  free recall 
B)  cued recall 
C)  forced recall 
D)  ecological recall 
A)  free recall 
B)  cued recall 
C)  forced recall 
D)  ecological recall

Question 20

What type of memorization is likely to lead to shallow processing?

Accepted Answer

A)  rote rehearsal 
B)  elaborative processing 
C)  staged memorization 
D)  selective attention 
A)  rote rehearsal 
B)  elaborative processing 
C)  staged memorization 
D)  selective attention

What is a research experiment?

According to signal detection theory, a person who has a liberal bias in responding is more likely to have a higher rate of ______________ than someone with a conservative bias, if the accuracy rate on old items is the same.

Remembering more overall later than before is called __________.

What 2 aspects of a person's recognition memory performance would go into a signal detection analysis?

A method that can be used to assess how people structure information in memory is __________.

What is the name of the method for distinguishing between implicit and explicit aspects to memory retrieval?

The generation effect is __________.

What is the name of the memory effect that shows that people remember information better when they arrive at a solution by themselves?

What is the enactment effect?

Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve __________.

The stimulus as it is understood by a research participant is called the __________.

The thing that an experiment is testing is called the __________.

Once information has been learned and subsequently forgotten, less energy is required to learn the information again than had been required the first time. This increased ease in learning is due to __________.

What is an example of an experimental result that is revealed by using converging evidence?

The concept that memories of the past are distorted to conform to current knowledge or goals refers to __________.

What do clustering methods reveal about changes in memory over time?

What is the idea behind the dual code theory?

Collaborative facilitation is often observed __________.

The type of recall test that equates people on how much information is reported is __________. Au: Wrong word?

What type of memorization is likely to lead to shallow processing?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

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Exam 3: Methods and Principles

What is a research experiment?

According to signal detection theory, a person who has a liberal bias in responding is more likely to have a higher rate of ______________ than someone with a conservative bias, if the accuracy rate on old items is the same.

Remembering more overall later than before is called __________.

What 2 aspects of a person's recognition memory performance would go into a signal detection analysis?

A method that can be used to assess how people structure information in memory is __________.

What is the name of the method for distinguishing between implicit and explicit aspects to memory retrieval?

The generation effect is __________.

What is the name of the memory effect that shows that people remember information better when they arrive at a solution by themselves?

What is the enactment effect?

Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve __________.

The stimulus as it is understood by a research participant is called the __________.

The thing that an experiment is testing is called the __________.

Once information has been learned and subsequently forgotten, less energy is required to learn the information again than had been required the first time. This increased ease in learning is due to __________.

What is an example of an experimental result that is revealed by using converging evidence?

The concept that memories of the past are distorted to conform to current knowledge or goals refers to __________.

What do clustering methods reveal about changes in memory over time?

What is the idea behind the dual code theory?

Collaborative facilitation is often observed __________.

The type of recall test that equates people on how much information is reported is __________. Au: Wrong word?

What type of memorization is likely to lead to shallow processing?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Memory for Space and Time

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

Filters