Question 1

Studying involuntary memory is a bit more difficult because the researchers cannot give direct cues-as that would lead to a ______ memory.

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Question 2

Dickson, Pillemer, and Bruehl (2011) found a reminiscence bump for events:

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A) that were surprising and therefore not part of the person's lifetime period or cultural scripts as well as positive and script-relevant events. 
B) only for recent events. 
C) only for young adults. 
D) all of the above.

Question 3

Neuroimaging studies on ______ memory show that both specific and general cues elicit activity in the medial temporal lobe and hippocampus.

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Question 4

Explain "flashbulb" memories.

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Question 5

Simcock and Hayne (2002) presented two-, three-, and four-year-old children with a demonstration of their "incredible shrinking machine." When the children were brought back one year later, they found that:

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A) children only recalled items if the words for those items were in the vocabulary at the time of presentation. 
B) only the oldest children could remember any of the objects seen. 
C) because of the onset of childhood amnesia, only the four-year-olds showed deficits in memory. 
D) recall was predicted by the level of trauma in each child's life.

Question 6

Daselaar et al. (2008) examined the neural correlates of retrieval from ______ memory.They found that those memories that were given high judgments of emotionality were correlated with greater activity in the hippocampus and the amygdala in the limbic system.

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Question 7

Kensinger and Schacter (2006) examined memories of baseball fans in New York and Boston for the surprise Game 7 victory of the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship in 2004.They found that:

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A) because it was a negative event for New York fans, they showed extreme overconfidence in their memory. 
B) despite the difference in emotional valence, there were no differences between Boston fans and New York fans. 
C) because it was a positive event for Boston fans, they showed greater accuracy in their memories. 
D) because it was a positive event for Boston fans, they showed greater more overconfidence in their memories.

Question 8

Thomsen and Berntsen (2008) found that, among Danish elders, the bump was particularly noticeable for the memory of events that were consistent with:

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A) general events recalled in field format. 
B) the offset of childhood amnesia. 
C) less socially-marked memories, such as travel, memorable meals, or political memories. 
D) cultural life scripts, such as first jobs, dating, and leaving home.

Question 9

Diaries studies on college students show that:

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A) memories that were scored as relevant to the persons' "life story" were recalled better than those that were not. 
B) memory researchers typically have better autobiographical memory than college students. 
C) event-specific memories are recalled better than general events. 
D) voluntary memories are more likely to be disputed memories than involuntary memories.

Question 10

Explain the results of Willem Wagenaar's work in a landmark diary study.

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Question 11

The working self allows us to generalize life event to specific details.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Conway's model of autobiographical memory concerns how we represent or store autobiographical memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In Conway's theory of autobiographical memory, specific events refers to ______ memory.

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Question 14

Explain the "cue-word" technique in memory.

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Question 15

Childhood amnesia refers to the poor memory of children for semantic knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which evidence is consistent with the view that childhood amnesia ends with the onset of a sense of self?

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A) Infants begin talking at about their first birthday. 
B) The development of a sense of self varies greatly across culture. 
C) The hippocampus does not fully mature until about the age of three. 
D) A developing sense of self allows the individual to code his or her memories into this developing sense of self.

Question 17

Explain the process of coherence.

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Question 18

Borrowed Disputed memories are most common:

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A) in people who share a field memory PTSD experience. 
B) in people who share cultural identities. 
C) in people who seldom experience similar events. 
D) in identical twins.

Question 19

Talarico and Rubin (2007) compared memories of their personal whereabouts when they heard the news of 9/11 and an ordinary event around the same time.They found that ______ remained high for the news of 9/11 but dropped for the ordinary event.

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Question 20

The working self:

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A) allows us to generalize life event to specific details. 
B) includes the goals and self-images that make up our view of ourselves. 
C) is similar to working memory in its time course. 
D) integrates our autobiographical memory with our working memory.

Exam 7: Autobiographical Memory

Studying involuntary memory is a bit more difficult because the researchers cannot give direct cues-as that would lead to a ______ memory.

Dickson, Pillemer, and Bruehl (2011) found a reminiscence bump for events:

Neuroimaging studies on ______ memory show that both specific and general cues elicit activity in the medial temporal lobe and hippocampus.

Explain "flashbulb" memories.

Simcock and Hayne (2002) presented two-, three-, and four-year-old children with a demonstration of their "incredible shrinking machine." When the children were brought back one year later, they found that:

Daselaar et al. (2008) examined the neural correlates of retrieval from ______ memory.They found that those memories that were given high judgments of emotionality were correlated with greater activity in the hippocampus and the amygdala in the limbic system.

Kensinger and Schacter (2006) examined memories of baseball fans in New York and Boston for the surprise Game 7 victory of the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship in 2004.They found that:

Thomsen and Berntsen (2008) found that, among Danish elders, the bump was particularly noticeable for the memory of events that were consistent with:

Diaries studies on college students show that:

Explain the results of Willem Wagenaar's work in a landmark diary study.

The working self allows us to generalize life event to specific details.

Conway's model of autobiographical memory concerns how we represent or store autobiographical memory.

In Conway's theory of autobiographical memory, specific events refers to ______ memory.

Explain the "cue-word" technique in memory.

Childhood amnesia refers to the poor memory of children for semantic knowledge.

Which evidence is consistent with the view that childhood amnesia ends with the onset of a sense of self?

Explain the process of coherence.

Borrowed Disputed memories are most common:

Talarico and Rubin (2007) compared memories of their personal whereabouts when they heard the news of 9/11 and an ordinary event around the same time.They found that ______ remained high for the news of 9/11 but dropped for the ordinary event.

The working self: