Question 1

A prime way for students to provide feedback to themselves and improve retrieval while studying is to employ

Accepted Answer

A) massed practice. 
B) recitation. 
C) encoding imagery. 
D) checklist evaluations.

Question 2

Which study sequence would generally produce the LEAST interference and the best retention?

Accepted Answer

A) Study for psychology class,go to work,sleep,and take the test. 
B) Go to work,study for psychology class,sleep,and take the test. 
C) Sleep,study for psychology class,go to work,and take the test. 
D) Study for psychology,sleep,go to work,and take the test.

Question 3

In an experiment,you are asked to read the sentence "The fish bit the swimmer."A week later you are asked to recall the sentence.You will be more likely to recall the sentence if the word "shark" is used as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) implicit organizer. 
B) eidetic image. 
C) retrieval cue. 
D) consolidator.

Question 4

According to the authors of your textbook,your best insurance against going blank on a test due to nervousness is

Accepted Answer

A) massed practice. 
B) selection and organization. 
C) overlearning. 
D) maintenance rehearsal.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a good strategy to improve memory?

Accepted Answer

A) overlearning 
B) massed practice 
C) organization 
D) elaborative processing

Question 6

Which of the following refers to summarizing aloud while you are learning?

Accepted Answer

A) recitation 
B) eidetic imaging 
C) the progressive-part method 
D) spaced practice

Question 7

Regarding the review of material before a test,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Hold the amount of new material to be studied to a minimum during the review before a test. 
B) Reviewing shortly before an exam cuts down the time during which you must remember details that may be important for the test. 
C) Last minute cramming of a large amount of new material has not been shown to interfere with what you already know. 
D) Review is considered a type of retrieval practice.

Question 8

Which of the following would be the most important factor to use in deciding whether to use whole learning or part learning in memorizing a poem or a selection of music?

Accepted Answer

A) the age and gender of the person who will be memorizing the poem or music selection. 
B) the intellectual level of the person who wil be memorizing the poem or music selection. 
C) the number of days before the person must perform the poem or musical selection. 
D) the length and complexity of the poem or music selection to be memorized.

Question 9

Michael usually waits until the night before an exam and studies for about six hours non-stop.Michael is using a study strategy known as

Accepted Answer

A) massed practice. 
B) partial encoding. 
C) whole learning. 
D) spaced practice.

Question 10

It is important to use retrieval practice right before the exam in order to cut down on the time during which you must remember details that may be important for the test.This retrieval practice is called

Accepted Answer

A) recitation. 
B) a review. 
C) priming. 
D) the cognitive interview.

Question 11

People who are hungry when taking memory tasks usually perform

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A) worse than people who are not hungry. 
B) much better than people who are not hungry. 
C) slightly better than people who are not hungry. 
D) the same as people who are not hungry.

Question 12

You are taking a a fill-in-the-blank and essay test on psychology theories,theorists,and terms.As you answer these test questions,which of the following would NOT be helpful in recalling this information?

Accepted Answer

A) Try to remember partial cues,such as the length of the name or other related information. 
B) Say or write down everything you can remember that relates to the information you are seeking no matter how trivial. 
C) Go through the alphabet,trying each letter as the first sound of a name or word you are seeking. 
D) Recall the information chronologically as it was given in lecture in order to assure the accuracy of the information.

Question 13

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation,it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had divided their study time in which way?

Accepted Answer

A) 20 percent reading and 80 percent recitation 
B) 40 percent reading and 60 percent recitation 
C) 50 percent reading and 50 percent recitation 
D) 70 percent reading and 30 percent recitation

Question 14

After you read a section in your textbook,you summarize this material and then you summarize your summary to make the overall network of ideas clearer and simpler.You are using the memory strategy known as

Accepted Answer

A) overlearning. 
B) organization. 
C) maintenance rehearsal. 
D) massed practice.

Question 15

Visual images that are clear enough to be "scanned" for at least 30 seconds,are "projected" out in front of the person,and can best be "seen" on a blank surface are called _______ images.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Visual images that are clear enough to...

Question 16

While you are driving,you often talk on your cell phone or change channels on your radio because driving

Accepted Answer

A) is performed using a well-defined explicit memory. 
B) was learned through massed practice. 
C) has become overlearned. 
D) has numerous retrieval cues to aid in its performance.

Question 17

The improvement of memory to truly exceptional levels involves

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A) learning techniques for organizing or "chunking" information. 
B) replacing memory based on meaning with memory that utilizes images. 
C) improvements in short-term memory. 
D) improvements in the neural substrates of memory through drugs and nutrition.

Question 18

Overlearning is an effective study technique and is your best insurance against going blank on a test because of being nervous.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is considered a retrieval strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) selection 
B) organization 
C) recitation 
D) progressive-part method

Question 20

At first,Steve could remember seven digits.However,he practiced for 20 months,and ultimately,he was able to memorize approximately 80 digits.He was able to do this because he organized or recoded the lists of digits into meaningful groups containing three or four digits each.Steve was using the learned strategy known as
__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of At first,Steve could remember seven digits.However,he practiced...

Exam 35: Memory: Exceptional Memory and Improving Memory