Deck 7: A: Memory

Question 1

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

A)a table
B)a modem
C)a rainbow
D)a photograph

Answer 1

a photograph

Question 2

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

A)Yes,because seeing is believing.
B)No,because eyewitnesses are not usually honest.
C)Yes,because eyewitnesses are very confident about their testimony.
D)No,because there is a great possibility of a "false positive" identification.

Answer 2

No,because there is a great possibility of a "false positive" identification.

Question 3

The Internet,with its series of links from one site to many others,is a good analogy for the organization of ________.

A)short-term memory
B)episodic memory
C)long-term memory
D)procedural memory

Answer 3

long-term memory

Question 4

The best place to take your biology exam to ensure good retrieval of biology concepts is in ________.

A)the biology classroom
B)an auditorium to prevent cheating
C)the English classroom
D)the special testing room used for all exams

Question 5

Short-term memories appear to be localized in the ________.

A)occipital lobe
B)cingulate gyrus
C)amygdala
D)prefrontal lobes

Question 6

Which of these individuals is the most typical person involved in a case in which memories of past childhood abuse are recalled later in life?

A)thirty-year-old Charlotte,who sought therapy for anxiety,depression,and recent weight gain with a therapist who uses hypnosis
B)thirty-year-old Steve,who sought therapy for symptoms that developed after serving in Desert Storm
C)ten-year-old Willard,who was referred by a pediatrician for symptoms that appear to meet the diagnostic criteria for hyperactivity
D)fifty-year-old Agnes,who fell,hit her head,and suddenly began remembering that her brother abused her sexually when she was eight years old

Question 7

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ________ rehearsal.

A)repetitive
B)imagery
C)elaborative
D)maintenance

Question 8

People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as ________.

A)amygdaloid amnesia
B)inferograde amnesia
C)retrograde amnesia
D)anterograde amnesia

Question 9

For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event,and the memory is the solution to that problem?

A)Bartlett
B)Meyer
C)Ebbinghaus
D)Skinner

Question 10

_______ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

A)Encoding
B)Storage
C)Retrieval
D)Evaluation