Question 1

Which of the following would least help you to learn all of the material in a textbook chapter?

Accepted Answer

A) Survey the chapter first. 
B) Restart each section of the chapter after you've read about halfway through the section. 
C) Review all the material after you've finished the chapter. 
D) Recite the major points at the end of each section after you've read it.

Question 2

Frank was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity when he graduated from college in 1995. Twenty years later, he is telling his wife about his fraternity days, but he cannot remember one of his brothers' name. "I can see his face in my mind, but I just can't remember his name," Frank says. He is experiencing the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) primacy effect. 
B) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. 
C) encoding specificity effect. 
D) levels of processing hypothesis.

Question 3

Tanya and Brad are roommates studying for a psychology midterm exam. Tanya is careful to read her textbook at an even pace, but Brad keeps stopping and rereading when there is something he doesn't quite grasp. Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Tanya will remember more of the text because she was not constantly interrupting the flow of learning. 
B) Brad will remember more because he adapted his speed to the complexity of the text. 
C) Tanya will remember more because she used distributed practice. 
D) Brad will remember more because he used massed practice.

Question 4

Even though Samantha cannot explain how she is able to wiggle her nose, she always remembers how to do it. Samantha's memory for her nose wiggling is an example of __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) procedural 
B) episodic 
C) semantic 
D) mnemonic

Question 5

Short-term memory can store __________ item(s), and the duration of storage is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) only one; approximately one hour 
B) an average of seven; about twenty seconds 
C) approximately twelve; over sixty seconds 
D) unlimited; unlimited

Question 6

As Minna smelled the hay and manure in the barn, she began to feel uneasy. Although she wasn't consciously aware of it, she was recalling the night that she was at the circus and was nearly stepped on by an elephant. This is an example of __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory 
B) procedural 
C) explicit 
D) implicit

Question 7

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

The concept of selective attention is best demonstrated in which of the following examples?

Accepted Answer

A) Remembering the names of your clients by creating clever mental associations 
B) Learning to play a song by listening to only the cello parts of a string quartet 
C) Recalling only fond memories of your sister when you are feeling happy 
D) Using a familiar location as a means to remember a long list of groceries you need to buy

Question 9

Rose needs to remember how to get to a new friend's house. If she does not remember how to get there, what could have gone wrong with her memory system? Answer the question by describing the three basic memory processes.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Rose needs to remember how to get...

Question 10

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Al is on the witness stand. He is asked if he can remember the name of the person who told him to place the bet. Al replies that he thinks the last name of the person starts with C . Al gets visibly frustrated and says, "I know this but I can't think of it right now." Al's response is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) penultimate response. 
B) feeling-of-knowing experience. 
C) spontaneous generalization. 
D) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Question 12

Valerie is teaching Parker how to play the guitar. Valerie instructs Parker to sit across from her and watch her finger movements as she plays a song. She has found this method more effective than attempting to verbally explain the complicated series of finger movements. Valerie's teaching strategy indicates that her memory of how to play the guitar is stored as a(n)__________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) episodic 
B) semantic 
C) procedural 
D) sensory

Question 13

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This means that Lorenzo has

Accepted Answer

A) damage to his suprachiasmatic nucleus. 
B) a deficiency in the effectiveness of acetylcholine. 
C) an excess of dopamine. 
D) damage to his engrams.

Question 14

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh was able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of

Accepted Answer

A) motivated forgetting. 
B) chunking. 
C) the primacy effect. 
D) transfer-appropriate processing.

Question 15

Thirty years ago, it took Margie ten hours to learn how to ride a bike. She has not ridden a bike since then. Now she is relearning how to ride a bike, but this time it takes her only five hours. Because it took her less time to relearn the skill than it took to learn it initially, Margie is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) the recency effect. 
B) savings. 
C) retroactive inhibition. 
D) proactive inhibition.

Question 16

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

Accepted Answer

A) Seven pieces of information 
B) Five-to-nine chunks of information 
C) An indefinite amount of information 
D) About one million pieces of information

Question 17

In the PQ4R method discussed in the textbook, what does P stand for?

Accepted Answer

A) Prepare 
B) Predict 
C) Portend 
D) Preview

Question 18

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Accepted Answer

A) recall is susceptible to interference from short-term memory. 
B) the feeling-of-knowing phenomenon also affects long-term retrieval. 
C) long-term memories are subject to major errors and distortion. 
D) only flashbulb memories tend to retain their accuracy in long-term memory.

Question 19

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Accepted Answer

A) Be the first candidate interviewed 
B) Be the last candidate interviewed 
C) Wear loud colors so that he is more memorable 
D) Memorize the credentials of the interviewers so that he can impress them

Question 20

Short-term memory is also frequently referred to as ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) explicit 
B) semantic 
C) executive 
D) working

Exam 6: Memory

Which of the following would least help you to learn all of the material in a textbook chapter?

Tanya and Brad are roommates studying for a psychology midterm exam. Tanya is careful to read her textbook at an even pace, but Brad keeps stopping and rereading when there is something he doesn't quite grasp. Which of the following is true?

Even though Samantha cannot explain how she is able to wiggle her nose, she always remembers how to do it. Samantha's memory for her nose wiggling is an example of __________ memory.

Short-term memory can store item(s) , and the duration of storage is .

As Minna smelled the hay and manure in the barn, she began to feel uneasy. Although she wasn't consciously aware of it, she was recalling the night that she was at the circus and was nearly stepped on by an elephant. This is an example of __________ memory.

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

The concept of selective attention is best demonstrated in which of the following examples?

Rose needs to remember how to get to a new friend's house. If she does not remember how to get there, what could have gone wrong with her memory system? Answer the question by describing the three basic memory processes.

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called

Al is on the witness stand. He is asked if he can remember the name of the person who told him to place the bet. Al replies that he thinks the last name of the person starts with C . Al gets visibly frustrated and says, "I know this but I can't think of it right now." Al's response is an example of

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This means that Lorenzo has

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh was able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

In the PQ4R method discussed in the textbook, what does P stand for?

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Short-term memory is also frequently referred to as ________ memory.

Exam 6: Memory

Which of the following would least help you to learn all of the material in a textbook chapter?

Tanya and Brad are roommates studying for a psychology midterm exam. Tanya is careful to read her textbook at an even pace, but Brad keeps stopping and rereading when there is something he doesn't quite grasp. Which of the following is true?

Even though Samantha cannot explain how she is able to wiggle her nose, she always remembers how to do it. Samantha's memory for her nose wiggling is an example of __________ memory.

Short-term memory can store __________ item(s) , and the duration of storage is __________.

As Minna smelled the hay and manure in the barn, she began to feel uneasy. Although she wasn't consciously aware of it, she was recalling the night that she was at the circus and was nearly stepped on by an elephant. This is an example of __________ memory.

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

The concept of selective attention is best demonstrated in which of the following examples?

Rose needs to remember how to get to a new friend's house. If she does not remember how to get there, what could have gone wrong with her memory system? Answer the question by describing the three basic memory processes.

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called

Al is on the witness stand. He is asked if he can remember the name of the person who told him to place the bet. Al replies that he thinks the last name of the person starts with C . Al gets visibly frustrated and says, "I know this but I can't think of it right now." Al's response is an example of

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This means that Lorenzo has

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh was able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

In the PQ4R method discussed in the textbook, what does P stand for?

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Short-term memory is also frequently referred to as ________ memory.

Short-term memory can store item(s) , and the duration of storage is .