Question 1

Which of the following is not true of schemas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schemas affect the way we retrieveformation. 
B)  When we use schemas, our memories are accurate 
C)  Schemas affect the way we encodeformation. 
D)  Schemas are thetegrated frameworks of knowledge and assumptions we have about people, objects and events. 
A)  Schemas affect the way we retrieveformation. 
B)  When we use schemas, our memories are accurate 
C)  Schemas affect the way we encodeformation. 
D)  Schemas are thetegrated frameworks of knowledge and assumptions we have about people, objects and events.

Question 2

Information you learn in psychology is held in nondeclarative memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is meant by the statement "memory is reconstructive in nature"?

Accepted Answer

Our memory does not work like a video re

Question 4

Yolanda has witnessed a robbery, and the police have asked her to identify the guilty person in a police line up. Yolanda is performing a

Accepted Answer

A)  savings task. 
B)  recognition task 
C)  relearning task. 
D)  recall task. 
A)  savings task. 
B)  recognition task 
C)  relearning task. 
D)  recall task.

Question 5

List four of the causes of forgetting and give a definition and an example of each.

Accepted Answer

Can choose from: encoding fail

Question 6

Which of the following is most like what is called photographic memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iconic memory 
B)  Reconstructive memory 
C)  Flashbulb memory 
D)  Eidetic imagery 
A)  Iconic memory 
B)  Reconstructive memory 
C)  Flashbulb memory 
D)  Eidetic imagery

Question 7

Which of the following is analogous to converting and putting information into a computer in a form the computer can recognize?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding 
B)  Retrieval 
C)  Storage 
D)  Reminiscence 
A)  Encoding 
B)  Retrieval 
C)  Storage 
D)  Reminiscence

Question 8

In proactive interference, new information interferes with the recollection of old information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Vivid images of what we are doing at the time of some dramatic or emotional event, such as the announcement of the start of the Gulf War, is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  reminiscence. 
B)  a flashbulb memory 
C)  hyperamnesia. 
D)  the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. 
A)  reminiscence. 
B)  a flashbulb memory 
C)  hyperamnesia. 
D)  the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Question 10

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  interference 
B)  retrieval failure. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  decay. 
A)  interference 
B)  retrieval failure. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  decay.

Question 11

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  completely supporting that notion that repressed memories exist. 
B)  indicating that false memories cannot be constructed. 
C)  supporting the possibility that repressed memories exist 
D)  completely disregarding the notion of repressed memories. 
A)  completely supporting that notion that repressed memories exist. 
B)  indicating that false memories cannot be constructed. 
C)  supporting the possibility that repressed memories exist 
D)  completely disregarding the notion of repressed memories.

Question 12

Which of the following is the name of the physiological change in the brain that allows information to be stored?

Accepted Answer

A)  Habituation 
B)  Conditioning 
C)  Consolidation 
D)  Memory alteration 
A)  Habituation 
B)  Conditioning 
C)  Consolidation 
D)  Memory alteration

Question 13

Which of the following types of memory is what most people refer to when they use the term "memory," because it is the system that allows retention of vast amounts of information for an extended period?

Accepted Answer

A)  interpretative memory 
B)  Long-term memory 
C)  Short-term memory 
D)  Sensory memory 
A)  interpretative memory 
B)  Long-term memory 
C)  Short-term memory 
D)  Sensory memory

Question 14

Eidetic memory is the ability to

Accepted Answer

A)  recall events from the past as if they happened yesterday, and to answer questions about them. 
B)  reconstruct memory after it has been forgotten. 
C)  forever hold your mind the scene of the most memorable event your life. 
D)  retain the image of a visual stimulus for several minutes after the stimulus has been removed, and respond to questions about the image 
A)  recall events from the past as if they happened yesterday, and to answer questions about them. 
B)  reconstruct memory after it has been forgotten. 
C)  forever hold your mind the scene of the most memorable event your life. 
D)  retain the image of a visual stimulus for several minutes after the stimulus has been removed, and respond to questions about the image

Question 15

The subpart of long-term memory which is autobiographical in nature is __________ memory; the subpart which is like an encyclopedia or dictionary of stored knowledge is __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic; episodic 
B)  episodic; semantic 
C)  nondeclarative; declarative 
D)  declarative; semantic 
A)  semantic; episodic 
B)  episodic; semantic 
C)  nondeclarative; declarative 
D)  declarative; semantic

Question 16

What are three methods of measuring memory?

Accepted Answer

1. Recall: information must be supplied

Question 17

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

Accepted Answer

A)  nondeclarative memory 
B)  representational memory. 
C)  propositional memory. 
D)  declarative memory. 
A)  nondeclarative memory 
B)  representational memory. 
C)  propositional memory. 
D)  declarative memory.

Question 18

Mnemonic devices are used to improve

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Canadian psychologist ________ argued that the necessary neural ingredients for learning and memory must involve the enhancement of transmission at the synapses

Accepted Answer

A)  John Pinel 
B)  Donald O. Hebb 
C)  Deborah Saucier 
D)  James Kalat 
A)  John Pinel 
B)  Donald O. Hebb 
C)  Deborah Saucier 
D)  James Kalat

Question 20

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is not true of schemas?

Information you learn in psychology is held in nondeclarative memory.

What is meant by the statement "memory is reconstructive in nature"?

Yolanda has witnessed a robbery, and the police have asked her to identify the guilty person in a police line up. Yolanda is performing a

List four of the causes of forgetting and give a definition and an example of each.

Which of the following is most like what is called photographic memory?

Which of the following is analogous to converting and putting information into a computer in a form the computer can recognize?

In proactive interference, new information interferes with the recollection of old information.

Vivid images of what we are doing at the time of some dramatic or emotional event, such as the announcement of the start of the Gulf War, is referred to as

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

Which of the following is the name of the physiological change in the brain that allows information to be stored?

Which of the following types of memory is what most people refer to when they use the term "memory," because it is the system that allows retention of vast amounts of information for an extended period?

Eidetic memory is the ability to

The subpart of long-term memory which is autobiographical in nature is memory; the subpart which is like an encyclopedia or dictionary of stored knowledge is memory.

What are three methods of measuring memory?

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

Mnemonic devices are used to improve

Canadian psychologist ________ argued that the necessary neural ingredients for learning and memory must involve the enhancement of transmission at the synapses

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

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Exam 6: Memory

Which of the following is not true of schemas?

Information you learn in psychology is held in nondeclarative memory.

What is meant by the statement "memory is reconstructive in nature"?

Yolanda has witnessed a robbery, and the police have asked her to identify the guilty person in a police line up. Yolanda is performing a

List four of the causes of forgetting and give a definition and an example of each.

Which of the following is most like what is called photographic memory?

Which of the following is analogous to converting and putting information into a computer in a form the computer can recognize?

In proactive interference, new information interferes with the recollection of old information.

Vivid images of what we are doing at the time of some dramatic or emotional event, such as the announcement of the start of the Gulf War, is referred to as

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

Which of the following is the name of the physiological change in the brain that allows information to be stored?

Which of the following types of memory is what most people refer to when they use the term "memory," because it is the system that allows retention of vast amounts of information for an extended period?

Eidetic memory is the ability to

The subpart of long-term memory which is autobiographical in nature is __________ memory; the subpart which is like an encyclopedia or dictionary of stored knowledge is __________ memory.

What are three methods of measuring memory?

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

Mnemonic devices are used to improve

Canadian psychologist ________ argued that the necessary neural ingredients for learning and memory must involve the enhancement of transmission at the synapses

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Conciousness

Learning

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Development

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality Theory and Assessment

Health and Stress

Psychology Disorders

Therapies

Filters

The subpart of long-term memory which is autobiographical in nature is memory; the subpart which is like an encyclopedia or dictionary of stored knowledge is memory.