Question 1

Assume a friend of yours is having trouble learning and remembering information for one of his/her college classes.Given what you have learned in this course,offer four techniques or things he/she can do to improve long-term memory and academic learning.

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Question 2

Sir Fredrick Bartlett had his participants read a story called "The War of the Ghosts," a unique tale from the 18th century.Participants' recall of the story 20 hours later was highly inaccurate and Bartlett interpreted these results as being due to ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) ineffective use of elaborative rehearsal 
B) source confusion 
C) the lack of an appropriate schema 
D) proactive interference

Question 3

What is the encoding specificity principle and how is it demonstrated in the following memory phenomenon: state-dependent memory,mood-congruent memory,and context-dependent memory? For each type of memory,give an example demonstrating how it functions.

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Question 4

The three broad categories of memory-enhancement techniques are:

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A) maintenance techniques,elaborative aids,and semantic strategies 
B) overlearning,organizing,and chunking 
C) external aids,formal mnemonic techniques,and general memory strategies 
D) sensory aids,short-term strategies,and long-term techniques

Question 5

Retroactive interference occurs when newly acquired information interferes with our ability to recall information that was learned at an earlier time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Troy knows how to tie his own shoes and can do it almost without thinking about it as he ties them.The steps that Troy executes to tie his shoes is part of his ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A) Declarative memory 
B) Priming memory 
C) Explicit memory 
D) Procedural memory

Question 7

The component of memory that retains incoming information just long enough for it to be recognized is known as:

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A) working memory. 
B) long-term memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) episodic memory

Question 8

The __ "encoding station" for long-term declarative memory is called the _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) cerebral cortex 
B) thalamus 
C) hippocampus 
D) cerebellum

Question 9

The total amount of information maintained in short-term memory can be functionally increased by grouping individual items into a larger unit of meaning in a process called ____________.

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Question 10

A child is a witness to a car accident.When he testifies in court,he states that a particular car ran a red light and caused the accident.Though the child actually believes this is what happened,this memory is inaccurate and has been created by his exposure to the repeated questioning of attorneys who have suggested that this is what happened.This example best demonstrates the problems associated with:

Accepted Answer

A) flashbulb memories. 
B) source confusion. 
C) retroactive interference. 
D) proactive interference.

Question 11

A person uses the word "HOMES" to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,and Superior).This memory-enhancing technique is best viewed as an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) maintenance rehearsal. 
B) a hierarchical structure. 
C) chunking. 
D) an acronym.

Question 12

Maintenance rehearsal is more effective than elaborative rehearsal for transferring information to long-term memory storage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Another name for short-term memory is working memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

If information is encoded using both verbal and visual encoding,it is more likely that at least one of the codes will be available later to facilitate recall.This is referred to as the ______________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A) bimodal 
B) encoding specificity 
C) dual coding 
D) repeated encoding

Question 15

Making a to-do list and taking notes for a class are considered to be examples of __________ processing,which is encoding that is intentionally initiated and that requires conscious attention.

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Question 16

The activation of one concept in an associative network can trigger the activation of another related concept.This is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) priming 
B) elaborative rehearsal 
C) overlearning 
D) proactive processing

Question 17

It is believed that chunking enhances memory by:

Accepted Answer

A) enhancing the associations between concepts. 
B) widening the information-processing bottleneck due to the limited capacity of short-term memory. 
C) reducing the amount of raw information that must be encoded into memory. 
D) reorganizing information into more meaningful units that are more easily encoded in and retrieved from long-term memory.

Question 18

Individuals who reported recovered memories of alien abduction showed_________ in a lab situation.

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A) faulty source monitoring 
B) increased arousal 
C) hippocampal activity 
D) false recall

Question 19

Schemas can help us to organize and interpret information in a particular way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements regarding Alzheimer's disease is true?

Accepted Answer

A) It only causes anterograde amnesia. 
B) It only causes retrograde amnesia. 
C) It may cause both anterograde and retrograde amnesia. 
D) It doesn't cause anterograde or retrograde amnesia.

Exam 8: Memory

Assume a friend of yours is having trouble learning and remembering information for one of his/her college classes.Given what you have learned in this course,offer four techniques or things he/she can do to improve long-term memory and academic learning.

Sir Fredrick Bartlett had his participants read a story called "The War of the Ghosts," a unique tale from the 18th century.Participants' recall of the story 20 hours later was highly inaccurate and Bartlett interpreted these results as being due to ______________.

What is the encoding specificity principle and how is it demonstrated in the following memory phenomenon: state-dependent memory,mood-congruent memory,and context-dependent memory? For each type of memory,give an example demonstrating how it functions.

The three broad categories of memory-enhancement techniques are:

Retroactive interference occurs when newly acquired information interferes with our ability to recall information that was learned at an earlier time.

Troy knows how to tie his own shoes and can do it almost without thinking about it as he ties them.The steps that Troy executes to tie his shoes is part of his ___________________.

The component of memory that retains incoming information just long enough for it to be recognized is known as:

The "encoding station" for long-term declarative memory is called the ___________.

The total amount of information maintained in short-term memory can be functionally increased by grouping individual items into a larger unit of meaning in a process called ____________.

A person uses the word "HOMES" to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,and Superior) .This memory-enhancing technique is best viewed as an example of:

Maintenance rehearsal is more effective than elaborative rehearsal for transferring information to long-term memory storage.

Another name for short-term memory is working memory.

If information is encoded using both verbal and visual encoding,it is more likely that at least one of the codes will be available later to facilitate recall.This is referred to as the ______________ theory.

Making a to-do list and taking notes for a class are considered to be examples of __________ processing,which is encoding that is intentionally initiated and that requires conscious attention.

The activation of one concept in an associative network can trigger the activation of another related concept.This is referred to as:

It is believed that chunking enhances memory by:

Individuals who reported recovered memories of alien abduction showed_________ in a lab situation.

Schemas can help us to organize and interpret information in a particular way.

Which of the following statements regarding Alzheimer's disease is true?