Question 1

A man known as H. M. lost the ability to form new memories after an operation removed portions of his ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cortex and medulla 
B)  cerebellum and pons 
C)  hippocampus 
D)  hypothalamus and thalamus

Question 2

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory memory only 
B)  short-term memory only 
C)  long-term memory only 
D)  sensory memory and short-term memory

Question 3

Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediately after we learn information, and we gradually forget more as time passes. What name is given to this observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  serial position curve 
B)  mirage effect 
C)  free recall curve 
D)  curve of forgetting

Question 4

Memory is classically defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a capacity for learning. 
B)  the ability retain information over time. 
C)  an ability of humans only. 
D)  unchangeable.

Question 5

Information gets from sensory memory to short-term memory through the process of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  elaborative rehearsal 
B)  maintenance rehearsal 
C)  automatic encoding 
D)  selective attention

Question 6

Malcolm, aged 35, is severely depressed. Because of this, he is given electroconvulsive shock therapy. After treatment, he is sent home and does much better. However, his TV-watching behavior is strange. Which is the most likely behavior pattern?

Accepted Answer

A)  Malcolm does not remember that he has a TV. 
B)  Malcolm does not remember any episodes of shows going back 25 years. 
C)  Malcolm thinks that last year's episodes of his favorite series are new. 
D)  Malcolm can no longer understand long sentences if they occur in the dialogue.

Question 7

You start out using Firefox, then change to Explorer because your company demands that browsers be Microsoft products. If you have trouble with Explorer, it is most likely due to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference 
B)  retroactive interference 
C)  anterograde interference 
D)  consolidation problems

Question 8

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem. It was later found that they ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  remembered solving the problem and could do so again 
B)  didn't remember the problem and couldn't solve it 
C)  remembered solving the problem but couldn't do it again 
D)  didn't remember solving the problem but could do it again

Question 9

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later she tries to call again-but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory 
B)  short-term 
C)  echoic 
D)  implicit

Question 10

One task useful in testing short-term memory capacity is the digit-span test.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The term photographic memory is often used, albeit

Accepted Answer

A)  affective 
B)  episodic 
C)  reconstructed 
D)  eidetic

Question 12

The sensory memory associated with the visual sense is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  iconic memory system. 
B)  echoic memory system. 
C)  optical memory system. 
D)  occipital memory system.

Question 13

________ is the tendency for older or previously learned material to interfere with the retrieval of newer, more recently learned material.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cue-dependent forgetting 
B)  Proactive interference 
C)  Decay 
D)  Retroactive interference

Question 14

Shalissa has two exams today. One is in French and the other is in history. Last night she studied French before history. When she gets to her history test, all she can remember is French! Shalissa's memory is suffering from ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cue-dependent forgetting 
B)  proactive interference 
C)  decay 
D)  retroactive interference

Question 15

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit is to explicit 
B)  auditory is to visual 
C)  visual is to auditory 
D)  quick is to slow

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday, what you ate for breakfast this morning, or who your spouse is, are stored in ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

_______ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding 
B)  Storage 
C)  Retrieval 
D)  Evaluation

Question 19

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory memory only 
B)  short-term memory only 
C)  long-term memory only 
D)  sensory memory and short-term memory

Question 20

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments, such as the first three digits, then the next two, and then the final four. Each of these short segments of the number are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  codes 
B)  cues 
C)  chunks 
D)  stores

Exam 6: Memory

A man known as H. M. lost the ability to form new memories after an operation removed portions of his ________.

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in ________.

Hermann Ebbinghaus found that memory is best immediately after we learn information, and we gradually forget more as time passes. What name is given to this observation?

Memory is classically defined as:

Information gets from sensory memory to short-term memory through the process of ________.

Malcolm, aged 35, is severely depressed. Because of this, he is given electroconvulsive shock therapy. After treatment, he is sent home and does much better. However, his TV-watching behavior is strange. Which is the most likely behavior pattern?

You start out using Firefox, then change to Explorer because your company demands that browsers be Microsoft products. If you have trouble with Explorer, it is most likely due to ________.

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem. It was later found that they ________.

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later she tries to call again-but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.

One task useful in testing short-term memory capacity is the digit-span test.

The term photographic memory is often used, albeit

The sensory memory associated with the visual sense is called the:

________ is the tendency for older or previously learned material to interfere with the retrieval of newer, more recently learned material.

Shalissa has two exams today. One is in French and the other is in history. Last night she studied French before history. When she gets to her history test, all she can remember is French! Shalissa's memory is suffering from ________.

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as ________.

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

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday, what you ate for breakfast this morning, or who your spouse is, are stored in ________.

_______ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in ________.

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments, such as the first three digits, then the next two, and then the final four. Each of these short segments of the number are called ________.