Question 1

Anne suffers from amnesia, and cannot remember how to get from her bedroom to the living room. However, once she sits down, she is able to crochet easily. Anne has an intact _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Explicit memory
B)   Implicit memory A

Question 2

Altering memories or creating False memories for events we have never experienced is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Source misattribution
B)   transience
C)   suggestibility
D)   bias C

Question 3

Childhood amnesia seems to be specific to _____ memories.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

_____ described "seven sins of memory."

Accepted Answer

A)   Elizabeth Loftus
B)   Daniel Schacter
C)   Ronald Cotton
D)   Sir Frederick C. Bartlett

Question 5

Jonathan cannot explicitly retrieve memories following a traumatic brain injury. What area of the brain is likely damaged?

Accepted Answer

A)   hippocampus
B)   temporal lobe
C)   occipital lobe
D)   Broca's area

Question 6

Discuss potential methodology you could use to test the occurrence of False memory. Specifically, what kind of stimuli would you use?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

List Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory, and give an example of each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

_____ are protein fibers that develop in a neuron's nucleus, decreasing its ability to function properly.

Accepted Answer

A)   plaques
B)   beta
C)   tangles
D)   synapses

Question 9

The DRM procedure assesses _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   False memories
B)   amnesia
C)   forgetfulness
D)   memory bias

Question 10

Normal forgetting over time is known as absentmindedness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cognitive interview _____ accurate witness retrieval of event details as compared to typical police questioning.

Accepted Answer

A)   increases
B)   decreases
C)   is comparable to

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of memory failure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Schizophrenia
B)   Post-traumatic stress disorder
C)   Dissociative identity disorder
D)   Attention deficit disorder

Question 13

A lack of attention during encoding or retrieval results in poor memory, and is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Transience
B)   Absentmindedness
C)   Blocking
D)   Source Misattribution

Question 14

Discuss the different types of amnesia, and how implicit and explicit memory are affected by amnesia. Lastly, name the biological features associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Having a Nick Jonas song stuck in your head all day is an example of memory bias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In a study by Clifasefi et al. (2013), subjects who had False memories created by suggestions from researchers of an earlier event when they got sick drinking vodka showed a _____ preference for drinking vodka in the future.

Accepted Answer

A)   increased
B)   decreased
C)   similar

Question 17

Mary participates in a study where she is asked to read the following words: "frigid, chilly, winter, freeze, shiver, frost, air, wet" - and she is asked to write down all of the words she remembers. She includes "snow" in the list of words she remembers, even though "snow" wasn't on the list. This is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   persistence
B)   blocking
C)   transience
D)   False memory

Question 18

Imagine you are watching a movie, and you recognize an actor. Their name is "on the tip on your tongue" - this is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Source misattribution
B)   Absentmindedness
C)   Transience
D)   Blocking

Question 19

In Loftus and Palmer's study, participants were more likely to report seeing broken glass when they were presented with what word?

Accepted Answer

A)   smashed
B)   crashed
C)   hit
D)   collided

Question 20

Ava tells her friend a story, thinking that she originally heard it from her mother, when she actually dreamt it. This is known as source misattribution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: Memory Errors

Anne suffers from amnesia, and cannot remember how to get from her bedroom to the living room. However, once she sits down, she is able to crochet easily. Anne has an intact _____.

Altering memories or creating False memories for events we have never experienced is _____.

Childhood amnesia seems to be specific to _____ memories.

_____ described "seven sins of memory."

Jonathan cannot explicitly retrieve memories following a traumatic brain injury. What area of the brain is likely damaged?

Discuss potential methodology you could use to test the occurrence of False memory. Specifically, what kind of stimuli would you use?

List Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory, and give an example of each.

_____ are protein fibers that develop in a neuron's nucleus, decreasing its ability to function properly.

The DRM procedure assesses _____.

Normal forgetting over time is known as absentmindedness.

Cognitive interview _____ accurate witness retrieval of event details as compared to typical police questioning.

Which of the following is an example of memory failure?

A lack of attention during encoding or retrieval results in poor memory, and is known as _____.

Discuss the different types of amnesia, and how implicit and explicit memory are affected by amnesia. Lastly, name the biological features associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Having a Nick Jonas song stuck in your head all day is an example of memory bias.

In a study by Clifasefi et al. (2013) , subjects who had False memories created by suggestions from researchers of an earlier event when they got sick drinking vodka showed a _____ preference for drinking vodka in the future.

Imagine you are watching a movie, and you recognize an actor. Their name is "on the tip on your tongue" - this is an example of _____.

In Loftus and Palmer's study, participants were more likely to report seeing broken glass when they were presented with what word?

Ava tells her friend a story, thinking that she originally heard it from her mother, when she actually dreamt it. This is known as source misattribution.