Question 1

What is the best description of age-related changes in working memory capacity?

Accepted Answer

A)  profound 
B)  completely absent 
C)  small but reliable 
D)  exclusively qualitative 
A)  profound 
B)  completely absent 
C)  small but reliable 
D)  exclusively qualitative

Question 2

Which of the following declines as we get old?

Accepted Answer

A)  priming effects 
B)  recognition memory 
C)  recall memory 
D)  remembering well-learned information 
A)  priming effects 
B)  recognition memory 
C)  recall memory 
D)  remembering well-learned information

Question 3

Brinley plots of aging __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reduce the need to compare response-time slopes 
B)  reflect drifts in the focus of memory processing 
C)  compare older adults' processing speeds with those of younger adults 
D)  indicate large amounts of forgetting on the part of older adults 
A)  reduce the need to compare response-time slopes 
B)  reflect drifts in the focus of memory processing 
C)  compare older adults' processing speeds with those of younger adults 
D)  indicate large amounts of forgetting on the part of older adults

Question 4

What is NOT a reliable way to measure memory in infants?

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of time looking at an object 
B)  nonnutritive sucking rate 
C)  amount of giggling 
D)  assessing imitation ability 
A)  amount of time looking at an object 
B)  nonnutritive sucking rate 
C)  amount of giggling 
D)  assessing imitation ability

Question 5

Which type of memory is affected the most negatively by aging?

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic memory 
B)  higher-level memory 
C)  episodic memory for details 
D)  schematic memory 
A)  semantic memory 
B)  higher-level memory 
C)  episodic memory for details 
D)  schematic memory

Question 6

The correct identification of line drawings of objects by infants provides insight into their __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  procedural memory 
D)  visual imagery 
A)  semantic memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  procedural memory 
D)  visual imagery

Question 7

Because of changes in cognitive processing that occur with age, during a jury trial, older adults might be ________ to have a recommendation of a criminal sentence influenced by knowledge they were given but were told is irrelevant.

Accepted Answer

A)  more likely 
B)  less likely 
C)  as likely 
D)  more or less likely 
A)  more likely 
B)  less likely 
C)  as likely 
D)  more or less likely

Question 8

According to the inhibitory deficit theory of memory and aging, older adults have memory problems because they __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inhibit the wrong information 
B)  are not able to organize their processing goals 
C)  remember too much 
D)  lose track of the memory processing stages 
A)  inhibit the wrong information 
B)  are not able to organize their processing goals 
C)  remember too much 
D)  lose track of the memory processing stages

Question 9

What is NOT true about the memories of children?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are nearly as good as adults' memories. 
B)  They are highly prone to suggestibility. 
C)  Strategy use grows much more sophisticated in a short span of time. 
D)  Speed of processing and articulation do not impact memory performance. 
A)  They are nearly as good as adults' memories. 
B)  They are highly prone to suggestibility. 
C)  Strategy use grows much more sophisticated in a short span of time. 
D)  Speed of processing and articulation do not impact memory performance.

Question 10

At what age can infants make superordinate and subordinate category decisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  1-2 months 
B)  3-4 months 
C)  10-12 months 
D)  12-14 months 
A)  1-2 months 
B)  3-4 months 
C)  10-12 months 
D)  12-14 months

Question 11

Children's semantic memory improves when __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they have script-inconsistent information 
B)  they are especially interested in a certain topic 
C)  the brain grows to about the size of a large fist 
D)  they only have few links to a target, so they can retrieve information without interference 
A)  they have script-inconsistent information 
B)  they are especially interested in a certain topic 
C)  the brain grows to about the size of a large fist 
D)  they only have few links to a target, so they can retrieve information without interference

Question 12

What does NOT decline with aging?

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic memory 
B)  source monitoring 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  declarative memory 
A)  semantic memory 
B)  source monitoring 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  declarative memory

Question 13

How does prospective memory change with advancing age?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gets better, particularly for event-based prospective memory. 
B)  It becomes worse, particularly for event-based prospective memory. 
C)  It gets better, particularly for time-based prospective memory. 
D)  It becomes worse, particularly for time-based prospective memory. 
A)  It gets better, particularly for event-based prospective memory. 
B)  It becomes worse, particularly for event-based prospective memory. 
C)  It gets better, particularly for time-based prospective memory. 
D)  It becomes worse, particularly for time-based prospective memory.

Question 14

What is the relationship between processing speed and memory in children?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between processing spee

Question 15

What part of the brain tends to show the greatest decline with old age?

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal lobes 
B)  occipital lobes 
C)  thalamus 
D)  medulla 
A)  frontal lobes 
B)  occipital lobes 
C)  thalamus 
D)  medulla

Question 16

Memory in infancy is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  just like an adult's 
B)  very poor for declarative memories 
C)  almost nonexistent 
D)  very poor for procedural memories 
A)  just like an adult's 
B)  very poor for declarative memories 
C)  almost nonexistent 
D)  very poor for procedural memories

Question 17

How is children's memory affected by their prior knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Children's memory, like that of adults,

Question 18

What are two things that change in memory with normal aging?

Accepted Answer

Two common changes in memory that occur

Question 19

Increases in memory performance in children are closely linked to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  decreases in processing speed 
B)  advanced perceptual processes 
C)  increased metamemory awareness 
D)  dietary changes 
A)  decreases in processing speed 
B)  advanced perceptual processes 
C)  increased metamemory awareness 
D)  dietary changes

Question 20

Which of the following aspects of memory performance does not change with natural aging?

Accepted Answer

A)  recall memory 
B)  source memory 
C) recognition memory 
D)  context dependency 
A)  recall memory 
B)  source memory 
C) recognition memory 
D)  context dependency

What is the best description of age-related changes in working memory capacity?

Which of the following declines as we get old?

Brinley plots of aging __________.

What is NOT a reliable way to measure memory in infants?

Which type of memory is affected the most negatively by aging?

The correct identification of line drawings of objects by infants provides insight into their __________.

Because of changes in cognitive processing that occur with age, during a jury trial, older adults might be ________ to have a recommendation of a criminal sentence influenced by knowledge they were given but were told is irrelevant.

According to the inhibitory deficit theory of memory and aging, older adults have memory problems because they __________.

What is NOT true about the memories of children?

At what age can infants make superordinate and subordinate category decisions?

Children's semantic memory improves when __________.

What does NOT decline with aging?

How does prospective memory change with advancing age?

What is the relationship between processing speed and memory in children?

What part of the brain tends to show the greatest decline with old age?

Memory in infancy is __________.

How is children's memory affected by their prior knowledge?

What are two things that change in memory with normal aging?

Increases in memory performance in children are closely linked to __________.

Which of the following aspects of memory performance does not change with natural aging?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

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

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

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Exam 15: Development

What is the best description of age-related changes in working memory capacity?

Which of the following declines as we get old?

Brinley plots of aging __________.

What is NOT a reliable way to measure memory in infants?

Which type of memory is affected the most negatively by aging?

The correct identification of line drawings of objects by infants provides insight into their __________.

Because of changes in cognitive processing that occur with age, during a jury trial, older adults might be ________ to have a recommendation of a criminal sentence influenced by knowledge they were given but were told is irrelevant.

According to the inhibitory deficit theory of memory and aging, older adults have memory problems because they __________.

What is NOT true about the memories of children?

At what age can infants make superordinate and subordinate category decisions?

Children's semantic memory improves when __________.

What does NOT decline with aging?

How does prospective memory change with advancing age?

What is the relationship between processing speed and memory in children?

What part of the brain tends to show the greatest decline with old age?

Memory in infancy is __________.

How is children's memory affected by their prior knowledge?

What are two things that change in memory with normal aging?

Increases in memory performance in children are closely linked to __________.

Which of the following aspects of memory performance does not change with natural aging?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

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

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

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