Question 1

Practicing material already learned in order to improve retention is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking. 
B)  memorization. 
C)  elaboration. 
D)  overlearning. 
A)  chunking. 
B)  memorization. 
C)  elaboration. 
D)  overlearning.

Question 2

Corbin is convinced that he remembers the material from his text much better when he studies for 3 hours straight through on the night before the exam, rather than when he studies for 30 minutes each night on 6 consecutive nights. Corbin's experience is NOT consistent with memory research that has documented the effectiveness of

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking. 
B)  distributed practice. 
C)  massed practice. 
D)  prospective memory. 
A)  chunking. 
B)  distributed practice. 
C)  massed practice. 
D)  prospective memory.

Question 3

Samantha remembers items on a shopping list by imagining the items placed at certain locations along the route she normally drives through her neighborhood. Samantha is using

Accepted Answer

A)  the method of loci. 
B)  the link method. 
C)  a narrative story. 
D)  an acronym. 
A)  the method of loci. 
B)  the link method. 
C)  a narrative story. 
D)  an acronym.

Question 4

If you associate a word with an image to represent the word, you are using

Accepted Answer

A)  an acrostic. 
B)  the link method. 
C)  the keyword method. 
D)  a semantic network. 
A)  an acrostic. 
B)  the link method. 
C)  the keyword method. 
D)  a semantic network.

Question 5

The tendency to mold our interpretation of the past to fit how events actually turned out is termed the

Accepted Answer

A)  reconstruction bias. 
B)  overconfidence bias. 
C)  confirmation bias. 
D)  hindsight bias. 
A)  reconstruction bias. 
B)  overconfidence bias. 
C)  confirmation bias. 
D)  hindsight bias.

Question 6

A good strategy for minimizing interference with retention of course material is to

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A)  conduct a last, thorough review of material as close to exam time as possible. 
B)  engage in massed practice. 
C)  overlearn the material. 
D)  spend less time on rote repetition of the material. 
A)  conduct a last, thorough review of material as close to exam time as possible. 
B)  engage in massed practice. 
C)  overlearn the material. 
D)  spend less time on rote repetition of the material.

Question 7

Which of the memory stores can hold the LEAST amount of information?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory store 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  declarative memory 
A)  sensory store 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  declarative memory

Question 8

If the three memory stores were ordered in terms of levels of processing, which of the following sequences would be the correct order for progressively deeper processing?

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory 
B)  short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory 
C)  sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory 
D)  sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory 
A)  long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory 
B)  short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory 
C)  sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory 
D)  sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory

Question 9

Memory researcher Allan Paivio's ____________________ theory memory is enhanced by forming both semantic and visual codes since either can lead to recall.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Memory researcher Allan Paivio's ____________________ theory memory...

Question 10

One process that may shed light on how forgetting occurs at the level of the synapse is

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term potentiation (LTP). 
B)  long-term depressions (LT
D) . 
C)  high-frequency potentiation (HFP). 
D)  low-frequency excitation (LF
E) . 
A)  long-term potentiation (LTP). 
B)  long-term depressions (LT
D) . 
C)  high-frequency potentiation (HFP). 
D)  low-frequency excitation (LF
E) .

Question 11

Faith had brain surgery to remove a small tumor from her temporal lobe. While recovering from the surgery Faith appeared to be fine, and she was able to talk about events from both her childhood and just before the surgery. However, she really cannot remember anything that has happened since the surgery. Faith's memory difficulties are consistent with those seen in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

The failure to seek out disconfirming evidence can often lead to

Accepted Answer

A)  the overconfidence effect. 
B)  the reconstructive bias. 
C)  the hindsight bias. 
D)  a source monitoring error. 
A)  the overconfidence effect. 
B)  the reconstructive bias. 
C)  the hindsight bias. 
D)  a source monitoring error.

Question 13

The mnemonic device that involves forming a mental image of the items to be remembered in a way that links them together is

Accepted Answer

A)  the link method. 
B)  the method of loci. 
C)  an acrostic. 
D)  an acronym. 
A)  the link method. 
B)  the method of loci. 
C)  an acrostic. 
D)  an acronym.

Question 14

In Baddeley's modularized view of working memory, the temporary store that serves as an interface between working memory and long-term memory is the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In Baddeley's modularized view of working memory,...

Question 15

Distinguish between declarative and procedural memory, and semantic and episodic memory, and explain how these are interrelated.

Accepted Answer

Declarative and procedural memory are hy

Question 16

Long-term potentiation appears to involve changes in

Accepted Answer

A)  presynaptic, but not postsynaptic neurons, in the hippocampus. 
B)  both presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons in the cerebellum. 
C)  both presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons in the hippocampus. 
D)  postsynaptic, but not presynaptic neurons, in the hippocampus. 
A)  presynaptic, but not postsynaptic neurons, in the hippocampus. 
B)  both presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons in the cerebellum. 
C)  both presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons in the hippocampus. 
D)  postsynaptic, but not presynaptic neurons, in the hippocampus.

Question 17

When you return to your hometown after being gone for a number of years it is likely that you will be flooded with long forgotten memories. Psychologists attribute this to the availability of ____________________, or retrieval cues that aid retrieval.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When you return to your hometown after...

Question 18

Chu and his colleagues (1999) studied psychiatric patients that had been hospitalized for post-traumatic or dissociative disorders and found

Accepted Answer

A)  one third of those who reported childhood sexual abuse said they had experienced amnesia at some point in their lives. 
B)  very few of the patients with dissociative disorder (less than 10%) reported having been sexually abused. 
C)  approximately one-half of the women (55%) had been sexually abused. 
D)  most of the patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (more then than 75%) reported having been sexually abused. 
A)  one third of those who reported childhood sexual abuse said they had experienced amnesia at some point in their lives. 
B)  very few of the patients with dissociative disorder (less than 10%) reported having been sexually abused. 
C)  approximately one-half of the women (55%) had been sexually abused. 
D)  most of the patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (more then than 75%) reported having been sexually abused.

Question 19

The current thinking is that memories are consolidated in the ____ and stored in the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  limbic system; cerebellum 
B)  hippocampal region; cortex 
C)  cortex; limbic system 
D)  cerebellum; hippocampus 
A)  limbic system; cerebellum 
B)  hippocampal region; cortex 
C)  cortex; limbic system 
D)  cerebellum; hippocampus

Question 20

Which of the following statements regarding prospective memory is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  People seem to vary tremendously in their ability to carry out prospective memory tasks. 
B)  Infrequent tasks tend to be easier to remember than habitual tasks. 
C)  Older adults seem to be more vulnerable to problems with prospective memory than younger people. 
D)  Event-based prospective tasks appear to be easier to remember than time-based tasks. 
A)  People seem to vary tremendously in their ability to carry out prospective memory tasks. 
B)  Infrequent tasks tend to be easier to remember than habitual tasks. 
C)  Older adults seem to be more vulnerable to problems with prospective memory than younger people. 
D)  Event-based prospective tasks appear to be easier to remember than time-based tasks.

Exam 14: Human Memory Part 2

Practicing material already learned in order to improve retention is referred to as

Samantha remembers items on a shopping list by imagining the items placed at certain locations along the route she normally drives through her neighborhood. Samantha is using

If you associate a word with an image to represent the word, you are using

The tendency to mold our interpretation of the past to fit how events actually turned out is termed the

A good strategy for minimizing interference with retention of course material is to

Which of the memory stores can hold the LEAST amount of information?

If the three memory stores were ordered in terms of levels of processing, which of the following sequences would be the correct order for progressively deeper processing?

Memory researcher Allan Paivio's ____________________ theory memory is enhanced by forming both semantic and visual codes since either can lead to recall.

One process that may shed light on how forgetting occurs at the level of the synapse is

The failure to seek out disconfirming evidence can often lead to

The mnemonic device that involves forming a mental image of the items to be remembered in a way that links them together is

In Baddeley's modularized view of working memory, the temporary store that serves as an interface between working memory and long-term memory is the ____________________.

Distinguish between declarative and procedural memory, and semantic and episodic memory, and explain how these are interrelated.

Long-term potentiation appears to involve changes in

When you return to your hometown after being gone for a number of years it is likely that you will be flooded with long forgotten memories. Psychologists attribute this to the availability of ____________________, or retrieval cues that aid retrieval.

Chu and his colleagues (1999) studied psychiatric patients that had been hospitalized for post-traumatic or dissociative disorders and found

The current thinking is that memories are consolidated in the ____ and stored in the ____.

Which of the following statements regarding prospective memory is LEAST accurate?

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