Question 1

The reduction in the amount of time used to relearn a previously mastered list is known as:

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A) savings score. 
B) episodic memory score. 
C) recall score. 
D) list recognition score.

Question 2

What is it called when a person must generate memories with minimal or no cuing of the memory?

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A) recall 
B) cued recall 
C) free recall 
D) disassociated recall

Question 3

Data must be ______ and repeatable.

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Question 4

Define the term indicating the associating between two items, such as in language.

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A) paired-associated learning 
B) language association 
C) association by indication 
D) associated language

Question 5

We all have need of memory for events, language, geography, surroundings, music, and many other things in our lives.To compensate for this basic need, what does memory have that makes all of these memory tasks possible?

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A) chemicals 
B) behaviors 
C) components 
D) recalls

Question 6

To study items related to future memory to improve our memory efficiency while using predictions to accomplish this task is known as:

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A) retrieval learning. 
B) maximized efficiency. 
C) cued memory. 
D) judgments of learning.

Question 7

Describe the importance of Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS).

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Question 8

In the above experiment, what represents the independent variable?

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A) the horses receiving four hours of exercise 
B) the horses receiving one hour of exercise 
C) the special food 
D) the type of exercise

Question 9

In a visit to a police station to provide a statement concerning your witnessing a crime, you were asked to identify the mug shots in a book in the hopes of identifying a criminal involved in the crime.The policeman asks you if you are able to identify anyone in the pictures you were shown.You stated that you are sure a certain person was the culprit.The policeman asked you if you were sure.You replied that you never forget a face.This awareness of your ability to identify faces is termed:

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A) metamemory. 
B) judgment calls. 
C) reality monitoring. 
D) explicit memory.

Question 10

Usually, in memory experiments, metamemory judgment refers to whether we think we can learn or retrieve on a particular item.Thus, judgments of ______ are predictions of the likelihood of remembering studied items.

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Question 11

Explain the importance of empirical evidence.

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Question 12

Variables that measure response in an experiment are called:

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A) dependant variables. 
B) independent variables. 
C) random variables. 
D) mixed variables.

Question 13

Operant conditioning is learned response to a stimulus.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

We do many things at different times all day long.However, which of the following is part of our everyday moment?

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A) eating 
B)  walking 
C) watching 
D) remembering

Question 15

Neuropsychology is the study of memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In an experiment, all horses are given a special food designed to hold down their weight.A random selection of the horses are kept in one area and receive one hour of exercise daily, while the remaining horses are kept separately and receive four hours of exercise daily.The researcher measures the weight change in all horses after one month of eating the special food, to see if the food has had any consequences regarding weight of the horses.Which variable does the sample of horses limited to one hour of exercise daily represent?

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A) dependant 
B) independent 
C) random 
D) reflective

Question 17

In many patients, the study of brain damage is too wide, diffused, or minor to be of interest to neuropsychologists.However, if brain damage is relatively ______, whatever behavior changes that occur can be linked to that area of the brain.

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Question 18

William has had serious brain damage due to an accident.He seems to be able to remember details of the accident but his head feels swollen and he has a loss of significant blood.What type of neuroimaging will the doctor most probably use first?

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A) PET 
B) fMRI 
C) MEG 
D) EEG

Question 19

Ratings we make concerning our memory recall process are identified as:

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A) memory intervention rating. 
B) implicit judgment. 
C) recall rating. 
D) metamemory judgments.

Question 20

Mary Calkins studied the nature of associative learning, or how we pair new knowledge to ______ knowledge.

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Exam 1: Introduction to the Study of Memory