Deck 5: B: Memory

Question 1

_____________ is retention of memory for some period of time.

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

Answer 1

Storage

Question 2

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

Answer 2

the biology classroom

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Bartlett

Question 4

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

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

According to Elizabeth Bowman,____________.

A)hypnosis makes production of false memories easier
B)hypnosis increases confidence in memories,even fake ones
C)therapists have produced false memories through hypnosis
D)all of these statements are true.

Question 8

Long-term memory is organized in the form of semantic networks,or nodes of related information spreading out from a central piece of knowledge,according to the work of ____________.

A)Baddeley
B)Tolman
C)Collins
D)Sperling

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

People with dementia typically have a memory problem known as ____________.

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