Deck 5: Section 4:memory

Question 1

Which theory of forgetting assumes that periodic usage of information will help maintain it in storage?

A) encoding failure theory
B) cue-dependent theory
C) storage decay theory
D) interference theory of forgetting

Answer 1

storage decay theory

Question 2

All of the following techniques are used to measure memory retrieval EXCEPT _____.

A) recency
B) relearning
C) recall
D) recognition

Answer 2

recency

Question 3

Misleading questioning of an eyewitness may result in false memories due to _____.

A) source misattribution
B) distorted schemas
C) misinformation effect
D) self-reference effect

Answer 3

misinformation effect

Question 4

The temporal integration procedure is used to study _____.

A) short-term memory
B) explicit memory
C) long-term memory
D) sensory memory

Question 5

Remembering the colors of the rainbow by remembering the acronym ROY G. BIV is an example of using _____.

A) the method of loci
B) the peg-word system
C) the spacing effect
D) a mnemonic device

Question 6

An experienced and avid reader MOST likely encodes the words on the page through _____.

A) elaborative rehearsal
B) effortful processing
C) shallow rehearsal
D) automatic processing

Question 7

A personal memory of your fifteenth birthday would be classified as a(n) _____ memory.

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

Question 8

When we feel sad, we tend to remember negative events. This phenomenon is BEST described as the _____.

A) mood-congruence effect
B) free recall effect
C) retroactive interference effect
D) self-reference effect

Question 9

Adults have a relative paucity of memories from before the age of 3 due to _____.

A) anterograde amnesia
B) retrograde amnesia
C) infantile amnesia
D) the recency effect

Question 10

In which stage of memory does information enter into consciousness?

A) sensory memory
B) short-term memory
C) long-term memory
D) autobiographical memory