Question 1

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by the levels-of-processing model?

Accepted Answer

A) repeating a word aloud ten times 
B) attending to the sound of a word 
C) thinking about the meaning of a word 
D) looking at the shapes of the letters in a word

Question 2

In this view,memories are literally "built" from the pieces stored away at encoding.This view is called ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) constructive processing 
B) hindsight bias 
C) adaptation of memory traces 
D) flashbulb integration

Question 3

The process of getting information out of memory is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) retention. 
B) retrieval. 
C) reconstruction. 
D) reliable.

Question 4

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A) 7 bits of information 
B) 7 chunks of information 
C) 12 letters,if measured by Sperling's partial report technique 
D) 16 letters,if measured by Sperling's partial report technique

Question 5

You try to remember a phone number by repeating it over and over to yourself.What type of rehearsal are you using?

Accepted Answer

A) condensed 
B) permanent 
C) elaborative 
D) maintenance

Question 6

Short-term memories appear to be localized in the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) occipital lobe 
B) cingulate gyrus 
C) amygdala 
D) prefrontal lobes

Question 7

Iconic and echoic memory are types of _______ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) working 
B) sensory 
C) short-term 
D) long-term

Question 8

Casual mention of an existing object will increase the likelihood that it will be remembered later on,making eyewitness testimony vulnerable to suggestion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) All memories are stored in one place in the brain. 
B) Memories are randomly distributed throughout the brain. 
C) Different parts of the brain are specialized for the storage of memories. 
D) Almost all memories are primarily stored in the brain stem.

Question 10

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

Accepted Answer

A) short-term memory 
B) long-term memory 
C) sensory memory 
D) implicit memory

Question 11

Rochelle remembered getting "B's" in her English lit classes in college.But years later when she applied for a job and took out her transcript,she was shocked to find that she had actually gotten "C-" grades.She then started telling everyone she remembers being a pretty poor student.Her erratic memory of her mediocre performance is most likely due to ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) her poor memory 
B) hindsight bias 
C) consolidation 
D) eidetic imagery

Question 12

A.R.Luria studied an individual with phenomenal memory.This person was a ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) gestaltiker 
B) hypnotist 
C) child prodigy 
D) mnemonist

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT an example of a test using recall?

Accepted Answer

A) short answer 
B) essay 
C) fill in the blanks 
D) true-false

Question 14

When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village,after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains,he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name.The kind of memory that he is exhibiting is _______.

Accepted Answer

A) procedural memory 
B) semantic memory 
C) episodic memory 
D) eidetic memory

Question 15

Memory span is a characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memory. 
B) short-term memory. 
C) sensory memory. 
D) semantic memory.

Question 16

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) processing the physical features of the stimulus to be remembered 
B) analyzing new material in order to make it memorable 
C) associating new material to be learned with information maintained in long-term memory 
D) repeating some bit of information over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short-term memory

Question 17

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

Accepted Answer

A) a table 
B) a modem 
C) a rainbow 
D) a photograph

Question 18

A time machine provides you the opportunity to interview Sigmund Freud.During the interview,Freud admits that he never wanted to attend medical school.When you ask him how he made it through,he says,"I had eidetic imagery." What does he mean by that?

Accepted Answer

A) He relied on the ability to associate odd images with material he needed to remember. 
B) He had a photographic memory,which helped him remember the material he had to learn. 
C) He was able to imagine how cells in a patient's body were acting when he prescribed drugs and,thus,he could adjust dosages. 
D) In order to remember the long list of diseases he would encounter,he created drawings that helped him remember.

Question 19

When the sound of the word is the aspect that cannot be retrieved,leaving only the feeling of knowing the word without the ability to pronounce it,this is known as __________.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding failure 
B) extinction of acoustic storage 
C) auditory decay 
D) the tip-of-the-tongue effect

Question 20

When a person's ____________is damaged or removed,anterograde amnesia,or the inability to form new memories,results.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus 
B) prefrontal lobe 
C) amygdala 
D) cerebellum

Exam 5: Memory