Question 1

What kind of memory is relatively intact in people with anterograde amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A) episodic 
B) declarative 
C) implicit 
D) explicit

Question 2

The knowledge that you acquire in class is more likely to be stored in __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) declarative 
B) simple 
C) implicit 
D) nondeclarative

Question 3

Momentarily unable to recall some shred of information,often a person's name,that is known to be stored in long-term memory; includes the sense of being on the verge of retrieving the target concept: _________________________________

Accepted Answer

The answer of Momentarily unable to recall some shred of...

Question 4

Memory is worse with ___________ practice than with ___________ practice.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Memory is worse with ___________ practice than...

Question 5

The relearning task in the Ebbinghaus tradition is when __________.

Accepted Answer

A) people need to change how they learn information 
B) previously learned information needs to be purged or forgotten to make room for new information 
C) there is a reduction in the amount of time needed to learn something 
D) people are asked to relearn a set of information after it has been forgotten

Question 6

Recognition failure of recallable words is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) when weakly associated items are cue paired in initial learning (glue-CHAIR)are then often not recognized in a contextualized recall situation (desk,top,chair) 
B) any long-term memory knowledge that can influence thought and behavior without any necessary involvement of conscious awareness 
C) an explanation for "forgetting" of some target information in which related or recent information competes with or causes the loss of the target information 
D) the loss of memory or memory abilities caused by brain damage or disease

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a kind of test of implicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A) repetition priming 
B) word stem completion 
C) free recall 
D) word fragment completion

Question 8

Describe two pieces of evidence that support the dual-coding hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe two pieces of evidence that support...

Question 9

Which of the following is a critical failure of the depth of processing account?

Accepted Answer

A) defining levels independently of retention 
B) elaborative rehearsal 
C) subtractive method 
D) mnemonic encoding

Question 10

The principle that Ebbinghaus used his method of savings to investigate is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) interference 
B) memory loss 
C) elaborative encoding 
D) spreading activation

Question 11

Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables?...

Question 12

If people are given pieces of information and asked to report the rest,this is called a __________ test.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Primacy effects are associated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A) long-term memory storage 
B) short-term memory storage 
C) dual coding 
D) cued recall

Question 14

Which of the following types of memory tasks generally requires the greatest proportion of conscious processing?

Accepted Answer

A) free recall 
B) cued recall 
C) recognition 
D) procedural

Question 15

In memory retrieval,interference is caused by __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the passage of time 
B) other memories 
C) neural noise 
D) declining abilities

Question 16

The improved retention of one piece of information that is made distinct or different from the information around it (e.g.,underlining one word in a to-be-remembered list in red ink)is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) content accuracy 
B) technical accuracy 
C) priming 
D) von Restorff / isolation effect

Question 17

Which of the following,like the enactment effect,comes about as a result of an increase in elaborative processing?

Accepted Answer

A) the generation effect 
B) trace consolidation 
C) release from PI 
D) practice effects

Question 18

H.M.suffered from severe anterograde amnesia because of extensive damage to his ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of H.M.suffered from severe anterograde amnesia because of...

Question 19

Another name for the von Restorff effect is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the memory effect 
B) the forgetting effect 
C) chunking 
D) the isolation effect

Question 20

Which of the following is a critical failure of the depth of processing account?

Accepted Answer

A) easy to understand 
B) task effects 
C) savings scores 
D) retroactive interference

Exam 6: Learning and Remembering

What kind of memory is relatively intact in people with anterograde amnesia?

The knowledge that you acquire in class is more likely to be stored in __________ memory.

Momentarily unable to recall some shred of information,often a person's name,that is known to be stored in long-term memory; includes the sense of being on the verge of retrieving the target concept: _________________________________

Memory is worse with _ practice than with _ practice.

The relearning task in the Ebbinghaus tradition is when __________.

Recognition failure of recallable words is __________.

Which of the following is NOT a kind of test of implicit memory?

Describe two pieces of evidence that support the dual-coding hypothesis.

Which of the following is a critical failure of the depth of processing account?

The principle that Ebbinghaus used his method of savings to investigate is __________.

Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables?

If people are given pieces of information and asked to report the rest,this is called a __________ test.

Primacy effects are associated with __________.

Which of the following types of memory tasks generally requires the greatest proportion of conscious processing?

In memory retrieval,interference is caused by __________.

The improved retention of one piece of information that is made distinct or different from the information around it (e.g.,underlining one word in a to-be-remembered list in red ink) is __________.

Which of the following,like the enactment effect,comes about as a result of an increase in elaborative processing?

H.M.suffered from severe anterograde amnesia because of extensive damage to his ___________.

Another name for the von Restorff effect is __________.

Which of the following is a critical failure of the depth of processing account?