Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1/4 of a second 
B)  one second 
C)  several seconds 
D)  40 seconds

Question 4

Flashbulb memories _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are not subject to periodic revision 
B)  usually concern events that have high levels of emotional impact 
C)  are almost always highly accurate 
D)  usually concern events from early childhood

Question 5

Bethany is trying to focus on a conversation across the room during a party she is attending. This is because she thinks she heard her name above the din of the conversation. Her ability to hear her name is due to the mechanism of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broadbent's forgetting theory 
B)  the homecoming queen party phenomenon 
C)  selective attention 
D)  intimacy

Question 6

Pezdek and colleagues have found that false memories are more likely to be formed for plausible false events than for implausible ones.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could 
B)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after the presentation with a very bright light 
C)  cue the participants, using a tone, as to which line of the matrix they were to report 
D)  test the use of chunking

Question 8

Which of the following pairings would result in the best overall memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  sad during learning and happy at recall 
B)  happy during learning and sad during recall 
C)  serious during learning and serious during recall 
D)  intoxicated during learning and sober during recall

Question 9

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flashbulb memories tend to be about as accurate (or inaccurate) as other types of memories. 
B)  People feel unconfident about their recall of flashbulb memories. 
C)  A major news event automatically causes a person to store a flashbulb memory. 
D)  Your memory of how you felt at the onset of a flashbulb memory rarely changes over time.

Question 10

Your mother tells you to dress for success at your interview because it's all about "first impressions." In other words, she is telling you that people often remember what they see first. This belief is in line with what element of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  the primacy effect 
B)  the tip of the tongue phenomenon 
C)  the recency effect 
D)  the power of false positives

Question 11

Long-term memory is thought to be organized in the form of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic networks or nodes of related information spreading out from a central piece of knowledge 
B)  conditioned responses and associations 
C)  alphabetical lists of semantic concepts, time-based lists of life events, body part-specific motor skills 
D)  none of these

Question 12

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum 
B)  prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes. 
C)  hippocampus 
D)  amygdala

Question 13

Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  mild is to severe 
B)  severe is to mild 
C)  remembering old is to learning new 
D)  remembering new is to learning old

Question 14

The Internet, with its series of links from one site to many others, is a good analogy for the organization of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  nondeclarative memory

Question 15

The short-term memory capacity (digit-span) in a normal adult is about:

Accepted Answer

A)  9 items. 
B)  7 or 8 items. 
C)  4 or 5 items. 
D)  14 or 15 items.

Question 16

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be a_________.

Accepted Answer

A)  revolving door 
B)  filing cabinet 
C)  desktop 
D)  television

Question 17

The constructive processing effect refers to the tendency of people who are asked misleading questions or given misleading information to incorporate that information into their memories of a particular event.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In Hermann Ebbinghaus's classic study on memory and the forgetting curve, how long after learning the lists does most forgetting happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  five minutes 
B)  one hour 
C)  five hours 
D)  nine hours

Question 19

Episodic memory consists of personal facts and memories of one's personal history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The research of Eich and Metcalf would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be _________ when taking the math exam to do well.

Accepted Answer

A)  calm 
B)  nervous 
C)  happy 
D)  depressed

Exam 6: Memory

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

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

An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for __________.

Flashbulb memories _________.

Bethany is trying to focus on a conversation across the room during a party she is attending. This is because she thinks she heard her name above the din of the conversation. Her ability to hear her name is due to the mechanism of _________.

Pezdek and colleagues have found that false memories are more likely to be formed for plausible false events than for implausible ones.

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to _________.

Which of the following pairings would result in the best overall memory?

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true?

Your mother tells you to dress for success at your interview because it's all about "first impressions." In other words, she is telling you that people often remember what they see first. This belief is in line with what element of memory?

Long-term memory is thought to be organized in the form of _________.

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the _________.

Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as _________.

The Internet, with its series of links from one site to many others, is a good analogy for the organization of ________.

The short-term memory capacity (digit-span) in a normal adult is about:

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be a_________.

The constructive processing effect refers to the tendency of people who are asked misleading questions or given misleading information to incorporate that information into their memories of a particular event.

In Hermann Ebbinghaus's classic study on memory and the forgetting curve, how long after learning the lists does most forgetting happen?

Episodic memory consists of personal facts and memories of one's personal history.

The research of Eich and Metcalf would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be _________ when taking the math exam to do well.