Question 1

Which of the following best describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting

Accepted Answer

A)  You'll remember what you learn pretty well for a day or two, but then you'll begin rapidly forgetting the material. 
B)  Beginning immediately, you'll slowly forget what you've learned at a relatively constant rate. 
C)  You'll forget most of it right away, and you'll keep on forgetting more of it, though at a slower rate. 
D)  You'll forget a lot of it right away, and you'll keep on forgetting more of it, at an even faster rate.

Question 2

George Sperling conducted a study in which he varied the interval between the presentation of a letter matrix and an auditory recall cue.Sperling measured the proportion of letters participants could recall from the matrix.Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding this study

Accepted Answer

A)  A graph of the results of this study would show the accuracy of recall on the y-axis. 
B)  The interval between the matrix and the cue is a dependent variable. 
C)  All the letters in the matrix are stored in memory. 
D)  Sperling's study provided knowledge regarding sensory memory.

Question 3

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _______ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about _________ digits correctly.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term; 4 
B)  short-term; 7 
C)  short-term; 9 
D)  sensory; 4

Question 4

Grouping pieces of information together to expand the effective capacity of short-term memory is termed _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking 
B)  clumping 
C)  consolidating 
D)  compacting

Question 5

There is little relationship between an eyewitness' accuracy and his or her confidence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In ________ interference,information learned earlier disrupts the recall of information learned more recently; in _________ interference,recently learned information disrupts the recall of information learned earlier.

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive; proactive 
B)  proactive; retroactive 
C)  regressive; progressive 
D)  progressive; regressive

Question 7

Relearning measures allow the assessment of both implicit and explicit memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Nana is taking a Spanish final at the end of the spring semester.The problem is,the French vocabulary she learned the semester before keeps getting in the way,causing her to forget Spanish words.Nana is experiencing ________ interference.

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive 
B)  progressive 
C)  proactive 
D)  retrograde

Question 9

It is 10:15 a.m. on a mid-semester Wednesday. Three sections of introductory psychology are meeting on the second floor of Old Main. In Room 201, Ms. Romero is describing implicit memory. Across the hall in 204, Dr. Darby's class is considering the differences between sensory and short-term memory. Finally, in Old Main 209, Dr. Eastwood is writing the terms 'encoding,' 'storage,' and 'retrieval' on the whiteboard. Ms. Romero is discussing memory ______. Dr. Darby's class is examining memory ________. Dr Eastwood is describing memory _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  processes; types; stages 
B)  stages; processes; types 
C)  stages; types; processes 
D)  types; processes; stages

Question 10

"Discuss several factors that contributed to the economic collapse of late 2008," reads a question on the midterm in an Economics course.Such a question is a ________ test of _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  recall; semantic 
B)  recall; procedural 
C)  recognition; semantic 
D)  recognition; procedural

Question 11

Mothers are necessarily female.Being female is thus a _________ feature of the category 'mother.'

Accepted Answer

A)  schematic 
B)  prototypical 
C)  essential 
D)  defining

Question 12

Process is to structure as __________ memory is to _________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit; implicit 
B)  sensory; working 
C)  long-term; working 
D)  working; short-term

Question 13

Information may last for _______ seconds in sensory memory; the capacity of sensory memory is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  a few; small 
B)  a few; large 
C)  about 30; small 
D)  about 30; large

Question 14

A researcher presents participants with a list of words.She asks the participants to count the letters in the words in Group 1,to come up with rhymes for the words in Group 2,and to produce synonyms for the words in Group 3.Later,she tests the participants' memory for all of the words.From best to worst,which pattern correctly indicates how well words in each group will be remembered

Accepted Answer

A)  1, 2, 3 
B)  3, 2, 1 
C)  3, 1, 2 
D)  1, 3, 2

Question 15

I was a second-semester freshman.I was eating French fries in the college cafeteria when my friend Liz came up.She was wearing that plaid coat with her yellow skirt,along with that moss-green embroidered bag,the one with a Grecian urn embroidered on it.She told me the shuttle blew up.This is my _________ memory of the 1986 Challenger disaster.

Accepted Answer

The answer of I was a second-semester freshman.I was eating...

Question 16

Clarice presses a key on her computer to save a document she has been editing.A file is then created on her computer's hard drive.The computer's action is most similar to the memory activity of _________.The computer's hard drive is similar to _________ memory in the three-stage memory model.

Accepted Answer

A)  retrieval; long-term 
B)  priming; short-term 
C)  encoding; long-term 
D)  encoding; short-term

Question 17

Ron receives some stock tips when he's slightly 'buzzed' at an office party.Based on the notion of state-dependent memory,what might you predict regarding the likelihood that Ron will recall the tips the following week

Accepted Answer

A)  He will probably best remember the tips if he is sober. 
B)  He will probably best remember the tips if he has had a few drinks. 
C)  He will probably best remember the tips if he is drunk. 
D)  He will remember the tips equally well regardless of his state of intoxication.

Question 18

Psychologists use the term ______ memory to refer to "photographic" memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  pictographic 
B)  engrammatic 
C)  iconic 
D)  eidetic

Question 19

After material is learned,little is forgotten at first,but then the rate of forgetting speeds up.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following is true about recognition memory

Accepted Answer

A)  Involves retrieving material from memory after it has been learned 
B)  Entails determining whether material has learned before 
C)  Involves studying material again after it has been learned already but then forgotten 
D)  Involves knowledge of how to do things

Exam 8: Brains, Bodies, and Behavior

Which of the following best describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting

George Sperling conducted a study in which he varied the interval between the presentation of a letter matrix and an auditory recall cue.Sperling measured the proportion of letters participants could recall from the matrix.Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding this study

Tommy is repeating a series of digits in the order in which he heard an experimenter read them.The experimenter is testing the capacity of Tommy's _ memory.Tommy should be able to repeat about ___ digits correctly.

Grouping pieces of information together to expand the effective capacity of short-term memory is termed _________.

There is little relationship between an eyewitness' accuracy and his or her confidence.

In interference,information learned earlier disrupts the recall of information learned more recently; in _ interference,recently learned information disrupts the recall of information learned earlier.

Relearning measures allow the assessment of both implicit and explicit memory.

Nana is taking a Spanish final at the end of the spring semester.The problem is,the French vocabulary she learned the semester before keeps getting in the way,causing her to forget Spanish words.Nana is experiencing ________ interference.

"Discuss several factors that contributed to the economic collapse of late 2008," reads a question on the midterm in an Economics course.Such a question is a __ test of _ memory.

Mothers are necessarily female.Being female is thus a _________ feature of the category 'mother.'

Process is to structure as __ memory is to _ memory.

Information may last for _ seconds in sensory memory; the capacity of sensory memory is _.

Clarice presses a key on her computer to save a document she has been editing.A file is then created on her computer's hard drive.The computer's action is most similar to the memory activity of _.The computer's hard drive is similar to _ memory in the three-stage memory model.

Ron receives some stock tips when he's slightly 'buzzed' at an office party.Based on the notion of state-dependent memory,what might you predict regarding the likelihood that Ron will recall the tips the following week

Psychologists use the term ______ memory to refer to "photographic" memory.

After material is learned,little is forgotten at first,but then the rate of forgetting speeds up.

Which of the following is true about recognition memory