Question 1

When you cram for an exam a couple hours before the exam, the material is probably in

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

Question 2

An older adult with Alzheimer's disease can't remember what he ate for lunch 10 minutes ago, but can remember the name of his childhood dog. This illustrates what type of common memory deficit in Alzheimer's disease patients?

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A)  sensory memory 
B)  working memory 
C)  episodic memory 
D)  semantic memory

Question 3

Memory training appears to be most effective when

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A)  the adult involved is highly verbal. 
B)  a combination of strategies is used. 
C)  the program changes a subject's emotional state. 
D)  internal strategies are used.

Question 4

Rice and Okun (1994) found that to help clear up older adults' confusion with text materials, one should

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A)  state that certain information is often misunderstood. 
B)  state correct information only. 
C)  use prior knowledge to link to confusing information. 
D)  state that confusion with the information is common, then state the correct information.

Question 5

Processes that are fast, reliable, and are insensitive to increases in cognitive demands are said to be

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A)  automatic. 
B)  effortful. 
C)  simple reactions. 
D)  divided attention responses.

Question 6

Which of the following is not an assumption of the information-processing approach?

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A)  People are active participants in the process. 
B)  Both quantitative and qualitative aspects of performance can be examined. 
C)  Information is handled in the system in an untransformed manner. 
D)  Information is processed through a series of hypothetical stages.

Question 7

When a friend asks you to tell them everything about your weekend, this is an example of what type of memory task?

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A)  recall 
B)  recognition 
C)  cued recall 
D)  probed recognition

Question 8

Melena is having trouble remembering whether she took her medication or if she just thinks she did. This is an example of a(n)

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A)  false memory. 
B)  source memory. 
C)  flashbulb memory. 
D)  implicit memory.

Question 9

Lisa is at a cocktail party engaged in conversation with friends, when she hears her name spoken by someone across the room. This is an example of

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A)  an automatic process. 
B)  an automatic attention response. 
C)  not paying full attention to the conversation at hand. 
D)  divided attention response.

Question 10

Under which conditions do older and younger adults show similar patterns of attention allocation?

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A)  never 
B)  when relevant and irrelevant information is presented in the same modality 
C)  only when older adults receive a great deal of practice 
D)  when relevant and irrelevant information is presented in different modalities

Question 11

The ability to remember extensive amounts of information from a few seconds to a few hours to decades is known as

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

Question 12

Which of the following variables has the least influence on prose retention and long-term memory performance?

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A)  age 
B)  pacing 
C)  prior knowledge 
D)  verbal ability

Question 13

Older adults are more susceptible to scams and con artists because they are more susceptible to

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A)  false memories. 
B)  source memories. 
C)  flashbulb memories. 
D)  implicit memories.

Question 14

Research has shown that when older adults are asked to predict how well they will perform on a memory task, they are more accurate when

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A)  the task is novel. 
B)  they are told how other people have performed. 
C)  they have direct experience with the task. 
D)  they have no experience with the task.

Question 15

While listening to your aging instructor, you are also trying to look at the overheads and take notes. This is an example of

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A)  maintenance. 
B)  vigilance. 
C)  divided attention. 
D)  attentional capacity.

Question 16

The key to keeping information in working memory involves the use of .

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The answer of The key to keeping information in working...

Question 17

Making connections between new information and already known information is called

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A)  encoding. 
B)  imagery. 
C)  elaborative rehearsal. 
D)  recognition.

Question 18

Most memory improvement courses train people to become proficient at using

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A)  internal strategies. 
B)  external strategies. 
C)  exterior strategies. 
D)  interior strategies.

Question 19

Remembering something that did not really occur is known as

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