Question 1

The type of memory that is most like an a dictionary is __________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  identifying a perfume as that worn by your grandmother 20 years ago
B)  repeating an address after it was told to you
C)  repeating a poem learned in nursery school
D)  remembering how to ride a bike B

Question 3

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory.G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However,if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words,they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom.This illustrates _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking
B)  backward masking
C)  verbal coding
D)  selective attention A

Question 4

A test that requires one to reproduce information in any order is a _______ test of memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  cued recall
B)  savings
C)  recognition
D)  free recall

Question 5

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session.She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder.What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Accepted Answer

A)  serial position effect
B)  state-dependent learning
C)  transfer test
D)  imagery

Question 6

Information that has been transferred out of sensory memory enters:

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term.
B)  short-term.
C)  savings.
D)  either short-term or long-term depending on the level at which it is processed.

Question 7

Sensing is to _______ memory as rehearsal is to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory store; attention
B)  short-term; long-term
C)  attention; short-term
D)  sensory; short-term

Question 8

Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

Accepted Answer

A)  primary memory.
B)  short-term memory.
C)  factual memory.
D)  long-term memory.

Question 9

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  7 bits of information
B)  7 chunks of information
C)  12 letters,if measured by Sperling's partial report technique
D)  16 letters,if measured by Sperling's partial report technique

Question 10

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 11

Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

Accepted Answer

A)  It does not operate on a conscious level.
B)  It is a more recently identified type of memory.
C)  It is concerned with the identification of only certain words and objects.
D)  People with perfectly intact memories are often the focus of study.

Question 12

Which statement concerning long-term memory is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information in long-term is stored permanently.
B)  Rehearsal is one of the primary methods information is moved from short-term to long-term.
C)  The longer information is in short-term,the more likely it will be stored in long-term.
D)  all of the above

Question 13

The process of getting information out of memory is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  retention.
B)  retrieval.
C)  reconstruction.
D)  reliable.

Question 14

Flashbulb memories ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are not subject to periodic revision
B)  usually concern events that are emotionally charged
C)  are almost always highly accurate
D)  usually concern events from early childhood

Question 15

Iconic and echoic memory are types of _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Someone a short distance away,to whom we have been paying no attention,quietly speaks your name,and suddenly you are attending to that conversation.This is an example of ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broadbent's filter theory
B)  shadowing
C)  the cocktail party phenomenon
D)  cue-controlled inhibition

Question 17

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head.The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident.Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  organic amnesia
B)  retrograde amnesia
C)  psychogenic amnesia
D)  proactive inhibition

Question 18

Chunking is a means of _______________.

Accepted Answer