Question 1

After a stroke,Henry can remember things from his past but is unable to remember new information.Henry has _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) episodic amnesia 
B) retrograde amnesia 
C) anterograde amnesia 
D) semantic amnesia

Question 2

You have back-to-back classes.You are finding that you can recall information from the second class fine but have difficult recalling information from the first class.You may be experiencing _________________.

Accepted Answer

A) misinformation 
B) retroactive interference 
C) proactive interference 
D) suppression

Question 3

________________ involves interpreting information and connecting it with other information.

Accepted Answer

A) Elaboration 
B) Consolidation 
C) Encoding 
D) Retrieval

Question 4

________________ involves interpreting information and connecting it with other information.

Accepted Answer

A) Elaboration 
B) Consolidation 
C) Encoding 
D) Retrieval

Question 5

H.M.could not remember ________________.

Accepted Answer

A) items for a short period of time 
B) skills and procedures 
C) events from his childhood 
D) new information

Question 6

Memory relies on all of the following except ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) encoding 
B) retrieving 
C) deciding 
D) consolidating

Question 7

Binding of related pieces of information for long-term memory takes place in the _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) frontal lobe 
B) association cortex 
C) hippocampus 
D) thalamus

Question 8

_________________ is ascribing a recollection to an incorrect time,place,person,or source.

Accepted Answer

A) Reconstructive memory 
B) Belief bias 
C) Suggestion 
D) Misattribution

Question 9

Classically conditioned musculature responses are associated with the ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) striatum 
B) cerebellum 
C) amygdala 
D) reflex pathways

Question 10

Cramming the night before an exam is an example of _________________.

Accepted Answer

A) elaboration 
B) massed practice 
C) distributed practice 
D) consolidation

Question 11

Briefly describe the two types of amnesia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Briefly describe the two types of amnesia....

Question 12

A friend in class thinks you should study for a test in the same classroom that you have lecture and take the test in.Why would he suggest such an idea?

Accepted Answer

A) learning-dependent effect 
B) distributed practice effect 
C) state-dependent effect 
D) context-dependent effect

Question 13

Differentiate between explicit and implicit memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Differentiate between explicit and implicit memory....

Question 14

You have been with your girlfriend for a little over a year.Although this started off well,there have been more arguments lately.Your girlfriend breaks up with you,stating that the two of you have always had difficulty agreeing on things and that she has had enough.This might be a case of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) emotional confusion 
B) belief bias 
C) state-dependent effect 
D) consistency bias

Question 15

Long-term memory can be divided into ________________ and _______________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A) semantic,procedural 
B) explicit,implicit 
C) episodic,associative 
D) declarative,explicit

Question 16

After H.M.had part of his medial temporal lobe removed to help control his epileptic seizures,he continued to display normal intelligence but impaired memory.Describe some of the impairments H.M.experienced and some of the memory tasks he performed at normal levels.Why are these findings important for understanding memory?

Accepted Answer

The answer of After H.M.had part of his medial temporal...

Question 17

You have a list of words to learn.You practice the list by stating each word along with a word that rhymes with it.This is an example of a(n)____________ level-of-processing.

Accepted Answer

A) structural 
B) semantic 
C) acoustic 
D) phonological

Question 18

The ________ lobes are involved in retrieving episodic memories.

Accepted Answer

A) parietal 
B) frontal 
C) cerebellar 
D) occipital

Question 19

What is a potential benefit of episodic memory being a conjunction of linked features?

Accepted Answer

A) less complex memories 
B) multiple points of access 
C) speeded integration 
D) requires less attention

Question 20

Differentiate between transfer appropriate processing and the encoding specificity principle.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Differentiate between transfer appropriate processing and the...

Exam 5: Encoding and Retrieval From Long-Term Memory

After a stroke,Henry can remember things from his past but is unable to remember new information.Henry has _______________.

You have back-to-back classes.You are finding that you can recall information from the second class fine but have difficult recalling information from the first class.You may be experiencing _________________.

________________ involves interpreting information and connecting it with other information.

________________ involves interpreting information and connecting it with other information.

H.M.could not remember ________________.

Memory relies on all of the following except ____________.

Binding of related pieces of information for long-term memory takes place in the _______________.

_________________ is ascribing a recollection to an incorrect time,place,person,or source.

Classically conditioned musculature responses are associated with the ____________.

Cramming the night before an exam is an example of _________________.

Briefly describe the two types of amnesia.

A friend in class thinks you should study for a test in the same classroom that you have lecture and take the test in.Why would he suggest such an idea?

Differentiate between explicit and implicit memory.

Long-term memory can be divided into __ and _ memory.

You have a list of words to learn.You practice the list by stating each word along with a word that rhymes with it.This is an example of a(n) ____________ level-of-processing.

The ________ lobes are involved in retrieving episodic memories.

What is a potential benefit of episodic memory being a conjunction of linked features?

Differentiate between transfer appropriate processing and the encoding specificity principle.