Question 1

What type of note taking is best during class,on average?​

Accepted Answer

A) Extremely brief notes 
B) ​Just the main points 
C) ​As much detail as possible 
D) ​Note taking on a computer 
A) Extremely brief notes 
B) ​Just the main points 
C) ​As much detail as possible 
D) ​Note taking on a computer

Question 2

​If you plan to study psychology 6 hours this week,what is the best way to spend the time?

Accepted Answer

A) Study one hour per day on each of 6 days. 
B) ​Study for 6 hours on one day. 
C) ​Study for 5½ hours on one day and then review for ½ hour the next day. 
D) ​Study for ½ hour on one day and then 5½ hours later in the week. 
A) Study one hour per day on each of 6 days. 
B) ​Study for 6 hours on one day. 
C) ​Study for 5½ hours on one day and then review for ½ hour the next day. 
D) ​Study for ½ hour on one day and then 5½ hours later in the week.

Question 3

What evidence indicates that infant amnesia is not due to failure to establish episodic memories?​

Accepted Answer

A) Young children can describe events that happened months ago. 
B) ​Under hypnosis, adults can accurately describe events from early childhood. 
C) ​In adults, hippocampal damage impairs retrieval of episodic memories. 
D) ​People in many non-Western countries easily recall events of early childhood. 
A) Young children can describe events that happened months ago. 
B) ​Under hypnosis, adults can accurately describe events from early childhood. 
C) ​In adults, hippocampal damage impairs retrieval of episodic memories. 
D) ​People in many non-Western countries easily recall events of early childhood.

Question 4

​After damage to the hippocampus,what type of amnesia did patient H.M.suffer?

Accepted Answer

A) Retrograde amnesia for procedural memories 
B) ​Anterograde amnesia for procedural memories 
C) ​Anterograde amnesia for implicit memories 
D) ​Anterograde amnesia for declarative memories 
A) Retrograde amnesia for procedural memories 
B) ​Anterograde amnesia for procedural memories 
C) ​Anterograde amnesia for implicit memories 
D) ​Anterograde amnesia for declarative memories

Question 5

​Hindsight bias is the tendency to say which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) "I was more successful in the past than I am now." 
B) ​"I wish I had done things differently!" 
C) ​"I knew that was going to happen!" 
D) ​"Bad things like this always happen to me!" 
A) "I was more successful in the past than I am now." 
B) ​"I wish I had done things differently!" 
C) ​"I knew that was going to happen!" 
D) ​"Bad things like this always happen to me!"

Question 6

What might help you remember a detail from a recent event?​

Accepted Answer

A) Listen to a therapist who suggests a likely answer. 
B) ​Read about similar events and then try to remember. 
C) ​Wait a few weeks and then try to remember. 
D) ​Go back at the same time of day and repeat the same activities. 
A) Listen to a therapist who suggests a likely answer. 
B) ​Read about similar events and then try to remember. 
C) ​Wait a few weeks and then try to remember. 
D) ​Go back at the same time of day and repeat the same activities.

Question 7

Suppose you try to remember everything you did last summer.What type of memory test is this?​

Accepted Answer

A) Free recall 
B) ​Recognition 
C) ​Savings 
D) ​Implicit 
A) Free recall 
B) ​Recognition 
C) ​Savings 
D) ​Implicit

Question 8

In clinical psychology,what do the terms repression or dissociation imply?​

Accepted Answer

A) A memory is "on the tip of the tongue," but a reminder could retrieve it. 
B) ​A memory has been permanently erased from the brain. 
C) ​A memory is present, but it cannot be retrieved consciously. 
D) ​A memory is easy to retrieve consciously, but it does not affect behavior. 
A) A memory is "on the tip of the tongue," but a reminder could retrieve it. 
B) ​A memory has been permanently erased from the brain. 
C) ​A memory is present, but it cannot be retrieved consciously. 
D) ​A memory is easy to retrieve consciously, but it does not affect behavior.

Question 9

To study possible repressed memories,psychologists examined 16 children who had witnessed the murder of one of their parents.What were the results?​

Accepted Answer

A) All of the children remembered the experience. 
B) ​Most had repressed the experience, but could recall it with therapeutic help. 
C) ​All had repressed the experience, but could recall it with therapeutic help. 
D) ​All had repressed the experience, and nothing could help them recall it. 
A) All of the children remembered the experience. 
B) ​Most had repressed the experience, but could recall it with therapeutic help. 
C) ​All had repressed the experience, but could recall it with therapeutic help. 
D) ​All had repressed the experience, and nothing could help them recall it.

Question 10

Which of these is a feature of implicit memory?​

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit memory occurs only in conditions of intense concentration. 
B) ​Implicit memory gains strength as time passes. 
C) ​Implicit memory can influence you without your awareness. 
D) ​Implicit memory occurs only in humans, and mainly in adults. 
A) Implicit memory occurs only in conditions of intense concentration. 
B) ​Implicit memory gains strength as time passes. 
C) ​Implicit memory can influence you without your awareness. 
D) ​Implicit memory occurs only in humans, and mainly in adults.

Question 11

Remembering the time you broke your leg is which kind of memory?​

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Implicit memory 
C) ​Semantic memory 
A) Procedural memory 
B) ​Implicit memory 
C) ​Semantic memory

Question 12

​In Ebbinghaus's studies,who memorized nonsense syllables?

Accepted Answer

A) Ebbinghaus himself 
B) ​Students in his psychology course 
C) ​His wife and children 
D) ​Mental patients and prisoners 
A) Ebbinghaus himself 
B) ​Students in his psychology course 
C) ​His wife and children 
D) ​Mental patients and prisoners

Question 13

​Prolonged lack of vitamin B1 leads to severe memory problems.What is the name of that condition?

Accepted Answer

A) Synesthesia 
B) ​Hypermnesia 
C) ​Cotard's syndrome 
D) ​Korsakoff's syndrome 
A) Synesthesia 
B) ​Hypermnesia 
C) ​Cotard's syndrome 
D) ​Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 14

Why do many students with good grades read an assignment slowly?​

Accepted Answer

A) They repeat key sentences word for word before continuing. 
B) ​They think about the material to improve depth of processing. 
C) ​They get bored and therefore get easily distracted. 
D) ​Because of much study in the past, their vision is starting to deteriorate. 
A) They repeat key sentences word for word before continuing. 
B) ​They think about the material to improve depth of processing. 
C) ​They get bored and therefore get easily distracted. 
D) ​Because of much study in the past, their vision is starting to deteriorate.

Question 15

​What did Hermann Ebbinghaus contribute to the study of memory?

Accepted Answer

A) He was the first to map the brain areas responsible for memory. 
B) ​He devised the first mnemonic devices. 
C) ​He used hypnosis to reveal lost memories. 
D) ​He conducted the first experiments to measure memory. 
A) He was the first to map the brain areas responsible for memory. 
B) ​He devised the first mnemonic devices. 
C) ​He used hypnosis to reveal lost memories. 
D) ​He conducted the first experiments to measure memory.

Question 16

The savings method of testing memory is unusual in what way?​

Accepted Answer

A) It measures memories by direct recordings from the brain. 
B) ​It measures memories by observing subtle changes in facial expression. 
C) ​It can detect a weak memory that someone seemed to have forgotten. 
D) ​It is appropriate for use only with preschool children. 
A) It measures memories by direct recordings from the brain. 
B) ​It measures memories by observing subtle changes in facial expression. 
C) ​It can detect a weak memory that someone seemed to have forgotten. 
D) ​It is appropriate for use only with preschool children.

Question 17

Which of these is an example of procedural memory?​

Accepted Answer

A) Remembering how to ride a bicycle 
B) ​Remembering the price of the last bicycle you bought 
C) ​Remembering the first bicycle you had as a child 
D) ​Remembering the names of the parts of a bicycle 
A) Remembering how to ride a bicycle 
B) ​Remembering the price of the last bicycle you bought 
C) ​Remembering the first bicycle you had as a child 
D) ​Remembering the names of the parts of a bicycle

Question 18

​Someone who suffers a head concussion and loses consciousness often forgets the events leading up to the accident.What kind of memory loss is this?

Accepted Answer

A) Retrograde amnesia 
B) ​Anterograde amnesia 
C) ​Implicit memory loss 
D) ​Procedural memory loss 
A) Retrograde amnesia 
B) ​Anterograde amnesia 
C) ​Implicit memory loss 
D) ​Procedural memory loss

Question 19

​Which of the following is the best advice for studying?

Accepted Answer

A) Study the material all at once, and spend the whole time reading. 
B) ​Study the material all at once, but interrupt the reading to test yourself. 
C) ​Spread out the material into several sessions, and spend the whole time reading. 
D) ​Spread out the material into several sessions, but interrupt it to test yourself. 
A) Study the material all at once, and spend the whole time reading. 
B) ​Study the material all at once, but interrupt the reading to test yourself. 
C) ​Spread out the material into several sessions, and spend the whole time reading. 
D) ​Spread out the material into several sessions, but interrupt it to test yourself.

Question 20

​If you repeatedly try to recall something,you might remember more and more with each effort.What is this tendency called?

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit memory 
B) ​Confabulation 
C) ​The law of effect 
D) ​Hypermnesia 
A) Implicit memory 
B) ​Confabulation 
C) ​The law of effect 
D) ​Hypermnesia

Exam 7: Memory

What type of note taking is best during class,on average?​

​If you plan to study psychology 6 hours this week,what is the best way to spend the time?

What evidence indicates that infant amnesia is not due to failure to establish episodic memories?​

​After damage to the hippocampus,what type of amnesia did patient H.M.suffer?

​Hindsight bias is the tendency to say which of the following?

What might help you remember a detail from a recent event?​

Suppose you try to remember everything you did last summer.What type of memory test is this?​

In clinical psychology,what do the terms repression or dissociation imply?​

To study possible repressed memories,psychologists examined 16 children who had witnessed the murder of one of their parents.What were the results?​

Which of these is a feature of implicit memory?​

Remembering the time you broke your leg is which kind of memory?​

​In Ebbinghaus's studies,who memorized nonsense syllables?

​Prolonged lack of vitamin B1 leads to severe memory problems.What is the name of that condition?

Why do many students with good grades read an assignment slowly?​

​What did Hermann Ebbinghaus contribute to the study of memory?

The savings method of testing memory is unusual in what way?​

Which of these is an example of procedural memory?​

​Someone who suffers a head concussion and loses consciousness often forgets the events leading up to the accident.What kind of memory loss is this?

​Which of the following is the best advice for studying?

​If you repeatedly try to recall something,you might remember more and more with each effort.What is this tendency called?

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What type of note taking is best during class,on average?

If you plan to study psychology 6 hours this week,what is the best way to spend the time?

What evidence indicates that infant amnesia is not due to failure to establish episodic memories?

After damage to the hippocampus,what type of amnesia did patient H.M.suffer?

Hindsight bias is the tendency to say which of the following?

What might help you remember a detail from a recent event?

Suppose you try to remember everything you did last summer.What type of memory test is this?

In clinical psychology,what do the terms repression or dissociation imply?

To study possible repressed memories,psychologists examined 16 children who had witnessed the murder of one of their parents.What were the results?

Which of these is a feature of implicit memory?

Remembering the time you broke your leg is which kind of memory?

In Ebbinghaus's studies,who memorized nonsense syllables?

Prolonged lack of vitamin B1 leads to severe memory problems.What is the name of that condition?

Why do many students with good grades read an assignment slowly?

What did Hermann Ebbinghaus contribute to the study of memory?

The savings method of testing memory is unusual in what way?

Which of these is an example of procedural memory?

Someone who suffers a head concussion and loses consciousness often forgets the events leading up to the accident.What kind of memory loss is this?

Which of the following is the best advice for studying?

If you repeatedly try to recall something,you might remember more and more with each effort.What is this tendency called?