Question 1

Research has shown that the consolidation of memories

Accepted Answer

A)  is aided by a good night's sleep. 
B)  occurs mainly in the cerebellum. 
C)  never changes the original memory. 
D)  is disrupted by retrograde amnesia.

Question 2

Four witnesses see a truck hit a small car.If they all saw the same thing,who is likely to give the highest estimate of the truck's speed when testifying in court?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abby, who was asked, "How fast was the truck going when it hit the car?" 
B)  Tim, who was asked, "How fast was the truck going when it crushed the car?" 
C)  Tony, who was asked, "How fast was the truck going when it bumped the car?" 
D)  Leroy, who was asked, "How fast was the truck going when the accident happened?"

Question 3

If someone says the word doctor,it may trigger a memory of your last trip to the doctor,or it may bring to mind other concepts related to doctors,such as an examination room or a stethoscope.This fact is best explained by the ________ model of memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  levels of processing 
B)  state-dependent 
C)  context-dependent 
D)  spreading activation

Question 4

Monica hears that George goes to a lot of parties.When a friend asks Monica what George is like,she tells him that George drinks a lot of alcohol.Even though Monica only knows that George goes to parties,she believes that George drinks a lot because she

Accepted Answer

A)  has a schema about going to parties that includes drinking alcohol. 
B)  did not encode the original information about George properly. 
C)  has a memory bias against people who like to go to parties. 
D)  elaborated on the story to make it more interesting.

Question 5

Morgan is currently taking a course on public speaking.Next year,he will most likely remember only general facts from the course,because semantic information is maintained in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Hogan remembers the general information about a movie he saw a long time ago.He cannot remember the actors or the details of the movie but knows that it was a romantic comedy.Hogan's memory of this movie is

Accepted Answer

A)  a semantic memory. 
B)  an implicit memory. 
C)  a procedural memory. 
D)  held in sensory storage.

Question 7

Samantha is looking outside her window when she sees a man stealing a bike from a bike rack located outside her apartment complex.When the police question her,Samantha might remember more details about the crime if she talks to the police

Accepted Answer

A)  after she has had an alcoholic drink to calm down. 
B)  in a week so she has time to think about the event. 
C)  the next morning when she is in a more positive mood. 
D)  by the window where she watched the man steal the bike.

Question 8

Short-term storage has a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  limited capacity. 
B)  unlimited capacity. 
C)  duration of up to a day. 
D)  unlimited duration.

Question 9

Harry is reading the textbook for his astronomy class and is trying to relate the material to his own life experiences.According to the levels of processing model,Harry is more likely to remember the information over the long term because he is using

Accepted Answer

A)  reconsolidation. 
B)  shallow processing. 
C)  spreading activation. 
D)  deep processing.

Question 10

Beth recently changed her e-mail password.For the first few days after changing her password,she kept trying to log in with the old password.Which of the following was Beth experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia 
B)  retrograde amnesia 
C)  proactive interference 
D)  retroactive interference

Question 11

Describe two ways in which our memories can be distorted.Provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

When we make our memories consistent with our current beliefs or attitudes,we are experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  persistence. 
B)  memory bias. 
C)  memory misattribution. 
D)  suggestibility.

Question 13

On his way to work,Jon's wife reminds him that he needs to pick up milk on his way home from work.To remember to pick up milk on his way home,Jon should use his ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit 
B)  procedural 
C)  semantic 
D)  prospective

Question 14

Yu vividly remembers the day her husband surprised her with an emotional and dramatic marriage proposal.Research suggests that this ________ memory is ________ ordinary memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic; more accurate than 
B)  semantic; as accurate as 
C)  flashbulb; less accurate than 
D)  flashbulb; as accurate as

Question 15

Draw an example of a network of association for the concept of "cup." Describe what happens when this network is activated.How does it relate to spreading activation models of memory?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Draw an example of a network of...

Question 16

After falling off your horse,you seem to have lost all memory of the past three years of your life.Based on this symptom,the doctor will most likely diagnose you with

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia. 
B)  retrograde amnesia. 
C)  proactive interference. 
D)  retroactive interference.

Question 17

Recent research suggests that negative memories may be erased by

Accepted Answer

A)  interfering with memory reconsolidation. 
B)  using mnemonics. 
C)  inducing anterograde amnesia. 
D)  inducing proactive interference.

Question 18

You just taught your dog to roll over whenever you say "Play dead!" If your dog forms a memory about how to do this trick on command it will be because his brain

Accepted Answer

A)  encoded the auditory information about the command. 
B)  created a mental video recording of how to do the trick. 
C)  stored the information about how to twist his body to roll over. 
D)  acquired the information and retained it so that it could access it later on.

Question 19

Laden has a memory of getting a teddy bear at a childhood birthday party.However,she cannot remember who gave it to her or at which birthday she received it.Laden is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  cryptomnesia. 
B)  misattribution. 
C)  retrograde amnesia. 
D)  anterograde amnesia.

Question 20

If you study in the same room in which you take an exam,you will probably do better on the exam than if you had studied elsewhere.This outcome occurs because of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic 
B)  episodic 
C)  context-dependent 
D)  state-dependent

Exam 7: Memory