Question 1

What is a false memory?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is a false memory?...

Question 2

You are learning a list of items for a test by relating the items to each other and to information that you already have stored in memory.Which type of rehearsal are you using?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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 4

In the __________model,memory is seen as a simultaneous process,with the creation and storage of memories taking place across a series of networks "stretched" across the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) levels-of-processing 
B) parallel distributed processing 
C) transfer-appropriate processing 
D) information-processing Incorrect: Information-processing models don't involve a network.

Question 5

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory through the processes of selective attention?

Accepted Answer

A) Thorndike 
B) Atkinson 
C) Sperling 
D) Broadbent

Question 6

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 7

When people hear a sound,their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve,which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound.This process is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding 
B) storage 
C) retrieval 
D) evaluation

Question 8

Memory trace decay theory assumes the presence of a physical memory trace that decays with disuse over time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A mnemonist is a person with exceptional memory ability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that old bat [or old coot] in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A) interference theory 
B) decay or disuse 
C) encoding failure 
D) retroactive interference

Question 11

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 12

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.This is an example of the _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding specificity effect 
B) serial position effect 
C) TOT effect 
D) reintegrative effect

Question 13

Evidence suggests that procedural memories are stored in the cerebellum,whereas short-term memories are stored in the prefrontal and temporal lobes of the cortex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In anterograde amnesia,memory for anything new becomes impossible,although infantile memories may still be retrievable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could 
B) have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after presentation with a very bright light 
C) cue the participants,using a tone,as to which line of the matrix they were to report 
D) test the use of chunking

Question 16

Chunking is a means of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) immediately forgetting irrelevant details 
B) combining information into meaningful units 
C) arranging details into a hierarchy from most to least important 
D) storing long-term memories

Question 17

Many middle-aged adults can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing the day that John F.Kennedy was assassinated,although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before he was assassinated.This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) an eidetic image 
B) a flashbulb memory 
C) a semantic memory 
D) a procedural memory

Question 18

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 19

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A) repetitive 
B) imagery 
C) elaborative 
D) maintenance

Question 20

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list.This is known as the __________.

Accepted Answer

A) phi phenomenon 
B) recency effect 
C) chunking effect 
D) primacy effect

Exam 6: Memory

What is a false memory?

You are learning a list of items for a test by relating the items to each other and to information that you already have stored in memory.Which type of rehearsal are you using?

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

In the __________model,memory is seen as a simultaneous process,with the creation and storage of memories taking place across a series of networks "stretched" across the brain.

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory through the processes of selective attention?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

When people hear a sound,their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve,which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound.This process is called __________.

Memory trace decay theory assumes the presence of a physical memory trace that decays with disuse over time.

A mnemonist is a person with exceptional memory ability.

A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that old bat [or old coot] in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

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 ______________.

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.This is an example of the _____________.

Evidence suggests that procedural memories are stored in the cerebellum,whereas short-term memories are stored in the prefrontal and temporal lobes of the cortex.

In anterograde amnesia,memory for anything new becomes impossible,although infantile memories may still be retrievable.

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to __________.

Chunking is a means of ______.

Many middle-aged adults can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing the day that John F.Kennedy was assassinated,although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before he was assassinated.This is an example of ______.

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

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list.This is known as the __________.