Question 1

When you get to class, you choose a seat, put your backpack on the floor, get out your notebook, and chat with your classmate until the lecture begins. This routine is part of your _________ for being a student.

Accepted Answer

A)  mnemonic 
B)  semantic 
C)  method of loci 
D)  schema

Question 2

Compared to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Tiffany is involved in a memory study and is given the following list of letters to remember: CARBEDDOGCATEATPIE. The researcher notices that she can remember the whole series of letters, contrary to the standard seven pieces of information expected. Which of the following processes most likely explains Tiffany's ability to remember all the letters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maintenance rehearsal 
B)  Eidetic memory 
C)  Elaborative rehearsal 
D)  Chunking

Question 4

Sensory memory has a larger _________ than short-term memory, but a smaller _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  capacity; duration 
B)  duration; capacity 
C)  acquisition; failure-rate 
D)  failure-rate; acquisition

Question 5

The levels of processing concept of Craik and Lockhart would suggest that which of the following questions would lead to better memory of the word frog?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Does it rhyme with blog?" 
B)  "Is it in capital letters?" 
C)  "Is it written in cursive?" 
D)  "Would it be found in a pond?"

Question 6

A display of 12 letters is flashed briefly on a screen in front of you, followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sensory memory 
B)  Flashbulb memory 
C)  Long-term memory 
D)  Short-term memory

Question 7

Research on the biology of memory has indicated that the __________ is more involved in the factual components of memories and the __________ is more involved in the emotional components of memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus; thalamus 
B)  amygdala; thalamus 
C)  corpus callosum; hippocampus 
D)  hippocampus; amygdala

Question 8

If the capacity of short-term memory is so limited, how is it that we are able to remember as much information as we do and transfer information into long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-term memory is unlimited, so we can transfer information very quickly to avoid decay. 
B)  We use processes such as chunking and rehearsal to expand the capacity of working memory. 
C)  Visual processing of information in short-term memory allows for deep processing and transfer. 
D)  The duration of short-term memory is unlimited, so despite limited capacity, we remember this information for a long time.

Question 9

Mnemonics will be most helpful as encoding devices if we

Accepted Answer

A)  have a nearly photographic memory to begin with. 
B)  have only a few pieces of information to recall. 
C)  have an auditory learning style. 
D)  practise them on a regular basis.

Question 10

Studying new terms by linking them to thinks that you already know is an example of __________ rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

When someone attempts to recreate a retrieval environment that is as similar as possible to the initial learning environment as possible, they are making use of the principle of

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding specificity. 
B)  distributed practice. 
C)  priming. 
D)  schemas.

Question 12

Robert took a psychology course 20 years ago and, although he doesn't remember everything about the course, there are many concepts that he still remembers very well. The information that Robert can still remember today is likely

Accepted Answer

A)  a part of his eidetic memory. 
B)  phonologically encoded. 
C)  in permastore. 
D)  because he has an encyclopedic memory.

Question 13

Describe two lifestyle factors that are associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in older people.

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Question 14

In answering this, and all other questions for this exam, you are using which memory process?

Accepted Answer

A)  priming. 
B)  retrieval. 
C)  encoding. 
D)  storage.

Question 15

Personal facts and memories of your own personal personal history are parts of

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic memory. 
B)  procedural memories. 
C)  implicit memories. 
D)  working memory.

Question 16

Shannon is trying to take notes in and is able to write down what the professor has just said due to her

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory. 
B)  iconic memory. 
C)  eidetic memory. 
D)  echoic memory.

Question 17

The memory system that briefly stores perceptual information is called __________ memory.

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Question 18

During new student orientation, you wish to make a good impression by being able to recall the name of everyone in your group. Research on attention and encoding would suggest that you are most likely to forget the name of

Accepted Answer

A)  the last few people who introduced themselves. 
B)  the person immediately before you. 
C)  the person immediately after you. 
D)  the first few people who introduced themselves.

Question 19

How do mistakes in long-term memory differ from mistakes in short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tend to be based on interference, rather than decay. 
B)  They tend to be acoustic, rather than semantic. 
C)  They tend to be based on proactive, rather than retroactive interference. 
D)  They tend to be semantic, rather than acoustic.

Question 20

Describe how the three methods of measuring memory (i.e., recall, recognition, relearning) differ, and provide an example of each.

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Exam 7: Memory