Question 1

When asked to recall single-digit numbers presented in various digit span sizes, the typical adult would probably start to encounter difficulty once they got past ________ digits.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  4 
C)  5 
D)  7

Question 2

Chunking is a means of _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  immediately forgetting irrelevant details 
B)  organizing information into meaningful units 
C)  arranging details into a hierarchy from most important to least important 
D)  storing long-term memories

Question 3

The Magical Number of short-term memory is

Accepted Answer

A)  fifteen plus or minus two. 
B)  nine plus or minus two. 
C)  seven plus or minus three. 
D)  seven plus or minus two.

Question 4

Kerry's grandparents moved to a new neighborhood last year. Today, Kerry can easily remember their address but messes up their old one. This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  trace decay. 
B)  interference. 
C)  retroactive inhibition. 
D)  proactive inhibition.

Question 5

If research participants are not allowed to rehearse the information, about how long can they keep a meaningless trigram in phonological memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 seconds 
B)  15 seconds 
C)  1 minute 
D)  20 minutes

Question 6

"About seven" is a famous estimate for:

Accepted Answer

A)  the number of memory stores in the human brain. 
B)  the capacity of long-term memory. 
C)  the number of minutes information can stay in short-term memory without rehearsal. 
D)  the capacity of short-term memory span.

Question 7

State-dependent learning is superior retrieval of information when the organism

Accepted Answer

A)  is highly motivated to perform. 
B)  stores information while very emotional. 
C)  is very relaxed. 
D)  is in the same state as it was during encoding.

Question 8

Dr. James advises that if you study for your next psychology exam in the same room where you take the exam, your score will improve. He is basing this advice on

Accepted Answer

A)  state-dependent learning 
B)  the serial-position effect. 
C)  context-dependent learning. 
D)  familiarity schemas.

Question 9

If you are learning vocabulary for a psychology exam, you are better off using a(n) ______ technique.

Accepted Answer

A)  maintenance rehearsal 
B)  elaborative rehearsal 
C)  serial processing 
D)  consolidation

Question 10

The character of Dori from the movie Finding Nemo keeps complaining that she has short-term memory loss because she can't remember the name of the friend she met a few minutes earlier. What is a more likely explanation for her memory failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  amygdala damage 
D)  blocking

Question 11

Information that does not fit our expectations for a situation, but is not extremely unexpected, is likely to be

Accepted Answer

A)  forgotten. 
B)  added to our schema. 
C)  remembered. 
D)  trigger a flashbulb memory.

Question 12

Without sensory memory, which of the following would be likely?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moving objects would appear to be a series of isolated still images. 
B)  We would have trouble remembering the smell of our grandmother's old house. 
C)  We could not be conditioned to fear a tone. 
D)  We could not perform mental arithmetic.

Question 13

Chunking is a means of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  immediately forgetting irrelevant details 
B)  organizing information into meaningful units 
C)  arranging details into a hierarchy from most important to least important 
D)  storing long-term memories

Question 14

Conrad is a participant in a memory experiment. He is shown a grid of letters for a fraction of a second, and then quickly asked to report the letters he saw in the top, middle, or bottom row. The researchers conducting this experiment are most likely measuring Conrad's _____________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term 
B)  long-term 
C)  sensory 
D)  echoic

Question 15

Long-term memory is sometimes unreliable because of _______ of information.

Accepted Answer

A)  reconstruction 
B)  retention 
C)  coding 
D)  chunking

Question 16

If two neurons fire together in the brain, a process called __________________ can occur, which means that the connection between the two neurons increases.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If two neurons fire together in the...

Question 17

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl. The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  conceptual memory 
D)  primary memory

Question 18

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means _______.
a. new material interferes with memory of old material
b. new material has suppressed short-term memories
c. old material interferes with memory of new material
d. old material has eliminated memories of new material

Accepted Answer

The answer of Retroactive interference of long-term memory means _______.
a....

Question 19

Which type of memory is concerned with remembering the day your parents bought you a car?

Accepted Answer

A)  nondeclarative memory 
B)  semantic memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  procedural memory

Question 20

The area of the brain critically involved in the formation of long-term declarative memories is

Accepted Answer

A)  the amygdala. 
B)  the hippocampus. 
C)  Wernicke's area. 
D)  the thalamus.

Exam 7: Memory