Question 1

When,during a psychology test,you try to remember something your instructor said in class last week,you are using what researchers call

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A)  proactive memory. 
B)  retrograde memory. 
C)  prospective memory. 
D)  retrospective memory. 
A)  proactive memory. 
B)  retrograde memory. 
C)  prospective memory. 
D)  retrospective memory. D

Question 2

According to Paivio's dual-coding theory

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A)  words are easier to encode than images. 
B)  abstract words are easier to encode than concrete words. 
C)  visual imagery may hinder the retrieval of words. 
D)  it should be easier to remember the word "banana" than the word "justice." 
A)  words are easier to encode than images. 
B)  abstract words are easier to encode than concrete words. 
C)  visual imagery may hinder the retrieval of words. 
D)  it should be easier to remember the word "banana" than the word "justice." D

Question 3

Ivan's bank assigned him a personal identification number (PIN)of 8624 when he was first issued his credit card.Last week a different company bought out the credit card division and Ivan was issued a new PIN of 9317.If Ivan experiences proactive interference when he enters his PIN,you would expect that he will enter the digits

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A)  9317, his new PIN. 
B)  9324, using the last two digits of his old number in error. 
C)  8617, using the first two digits of his old number in error. 
D)  8624, his old PIN. 
A)  9317, his new PIN. 
B)  9324, using the last two digits of his old number in error. 
C)  8617, using the first two digits of his old number in error. 
D)  8624, his old PIN. D

Question 4

Which stage,according to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,is the first stage of memory processing?

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

Question 5

Which of the following terms includes all of the others?

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A)  semantic memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  procedural memory 
A)  semantic memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  procedural memory

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Your memory of how to do something,such as how to shoot a free throw in basketball,is contained in your

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A)  declarative memory. 
B)  nondeclarative memory. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  semantic memory. 
A)  declarative memory. 
B)  nondeclarative memory. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  semantic memory.

Question 8

You are absorbed in reading your psychology text when the phone rings.After talking on the phone,you can't remember the last thing you read.This information was lost from ____ memory,because the phone conversation distracted you from ____ the information.

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A)  sensory; perceiving 
B)  short-term; rehearsing 
C)  long-term; rehearsing 
D)  long-term; retrieving 
A)  sensory; perceiving 
B)  short-term; rehearsing 
C)  long-term; rehearsing 
D)  long-term; retrieving

Question 9

The shallowest level of processing of verbal information is ____ encoding.

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A)  structural 
B)  semantic 
C)  verbal 
D)  phonemic 
A)  structural 
B)  semantic 
C)  verbal 
D)  phonemic

Question 10

It is very easy to recall the name of your high school because it has been subjected to extensive

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A)  deep processing. 
B)  clustering. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  rehearsal. 
A)  deep processing. 
B)  clustering. 
C)  chunking. 
D)  rehearsal.

Question 11

A student's organized set of expectations about how a college professor is supposed to act is an example of a

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A)  schema. 
B)  chunk. 
C)  semantic network. 
D)  script. 
A)  schema. 
B)  chunk. 
C)  semantic network. 
D)  script.

Question 12

Adrianna was skiing when she fell and hit her head.When the operators of the ski resort ask her what she was doing just before she fell,she really can't remember.Adrianna's memory loss is consistent with

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

Question 13

The correlation between eyewitness confidence and eyewitness accuracy can best be characterized as

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A)  strongly positive. 
B)  strongly negative. 
C)  moderate. 
D)  nonexistent. 
A)  strongly positive. 
B)  strongly negative. 
C)  moderate. 
D)  nonexistent.

Question 14

When their mom took them to the store yesterday she asked David and Andrew to help her remember to buy apples.While David focused his attention on how apples were his favorite fruit,Andrew thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart.David was using ____ and Andrew ____.

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A)  elaboration; structural encoding 
B)  elaboration; visual imagery 
C)  phonemic encoding; structural encoding 
D)  phonemic encoding; visual imagery 
A)  elaboration; structural encoding 
B)  elaboration; visual imagery 
C)  phonemic encoding; structural encoding 
D)  phonemic encoding; visual imagery

Question 15

Dave is reminiscing about the first car he owned in high school and how he felt the first time he drove it through town.This information is stored in his

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A)  procedural memory. 
B)  declarative memory. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  semantic memory. 
A)  procedural memory. 
B)  declarative memory. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  semantic memory.

Question 16

Williams (1994)followed up on females who had been brought to a hospital emergency room for treatment of sexual abuse when they were children.When these women were interviewed 17 years after their emergency room visit,

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A)  almost all of the women (95%) failed to report the original incident. 
B)  very few of the women (less than 10%) failed to report the original incident. 
C)  approximately one-half of the women (55%) failed to report the original incident. 
D)  just over one-third of the women (38%) failed to report the original incident. 
A)  almost all of the women (95%) failed to report the original incident. 
B)  very few of the women (less than 10%) failed to report the original incident. 
C)  approximately one-half of the women (55%) failed to report the original incident. 
D)  just over one-third of the women (38%) failed to report the original incident.

Question 17

Research demonstrates that the recovered memories of sexual abuse most likely to be corroborated are those that are recovered

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A)  as a result of hypnosis. 
B)  gradually over a long period of therapy. 
C)  quickly and spontaneously. 
D)  through age regression. 
A)  as a result of hypnosis. 
B)  gradually over a long period of therapy. 
C)  quickly and spontaneously. 
D)  through age regression.

Question 18

According to the concept of semantic networks,you would be most likely to easily remember John F.Kennedy's name if the professor in your history class was discussing

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A)  the second half of the 20th century. 
B)  U.S. presidents. 
C)  assassinated U.S. presidents. 
D)  democratic U.S. presidents. 
A)  the second half of the 20th century. 
B)  U.S. presidents. 
C)  assassinated U.S. presidents. 
D)  democratic U.S. presidents.

Question 19

As part of a memory test,Taryn was given a list of words that included: "dog,pail,and hate." Later,she recalled these words as: "pup,bucket,and loathe." Taryn's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list

Accepted Answer

A)  proactively. 
B)  semantically. 
C)  phonemically. 
D)  structurally. 
A)  proactively. 
B)  semantically. 
C)  phonemically. 
D)  structurally.

Question 20

Which memory system is characterized by both requiring little effort or attention to recall a memory and not declining much over long retention intervals?

Accepted Answer

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

When,during a psychology test,you try to remember something your instructor said in class last week,you are using what researchers call

According to Paivio's dual-coding theory

Which stage,according to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,is the first stage of memory processing?

Which of the following terms includes all of the others?

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

Your memory of how to do something,such as how to shoot a free throw in basketball,is contained in your

You are absorbed in reading your psychology text when the phone rings.After talking on the phone,you can't remember the last thing you read.This information was lost from memory,because the phone conversation distracted you from the information.

The shallowest level of processing of verbal information is ____ encoding.

It is very easy to recall the name of your high school because it has been subjected to extensive

A student's organized set of expectations about how a college professor is supposed to act is an example of a

Adrianna was skiing when she fell and hit her head.When the operators of the ski resort ask her what she was doing just before she fell,she really can't remember.Adrianna's memory loss is consistent with

The correlation between eyewitness confidence and eyewitness accuracy can best be characterized as

When their mom took them to the store yesterday she asked David and Andrew to help her remember to buy apples.While David focused his attention on how apples were his favorite fruit,Andrew thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart.David was using and Andrew .

Dave is reminiscing about the first car he owned in high school and how he felt the first time he drove it through town.This information is stored in his

Williams (1994)followed up on females who had been brought to a hospital emergency room for treatment of sexual abuse when they were children.When these women were interviewed 17 years after their emergency room visit,

Research demonstrates that the recovered memories of sexual abuse most likely to be corroborated are those that are recovered

According to the concept of semantic networks,you would be most likely to easily remember John F.Kennedy's name if the professor in your history class was discussing

As part of a memory test,Taryn was given a list of words that included: "dog,pail,and hate." Later,she recalled these words as: "pup,bucket,and loathe." Taryn's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list

Which memory system is characterized by both requiring little effort or attention to recall a memory and not declining much over long retention intervals?

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When,during a psychology test,you try to remember something your instructor said in class last week,you are using what researchers call

According to Paivio's dual-coding theory

Which stage,according to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,is the first stage of memory processing?

Which of the following terms includes all of the others?

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

Your memory of how to do something,such as how to shoot a free throw in basketball,is contained in your

You are absorbed in reading your psychology text when the phone rings.After talking on the phone,you can't remember the last thing you read.This information was lost from ____ memory,because the phone conversation distracted you from ____ the information.

The shallowest level of processing of verbal information is ____ encoding.

It is very easy to recall the name of your high school because it has been subjected to extensive

A student's organized set of expectations about how a college professor is supposed to act is an example of a

Adrianna was skiing when she fell and hit her head.When the operators of the ski resort ask her what she was doing just before she fell,she really can't remember.Adrianna's memory loss is consistent with

The correlation between eyewitness confidence and eyewitness accuracy can best be characterized as

When their mom took them to the store yesterday she asked David and Andrew to help her remember to buy apples.While David focused his attention on how apples were his favorite fruit,Andrew thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart.David was using ____ and Andrew ____.

Dave is reminiscing about the first car he owned in high school and how he felt the first time he drove it through town.This information is stored in his

Williams (1994)followed up on females who had been brought to a hospital emergency room for treatment of sexual abuse when they were children.When these women were interviewed 17 years after their emergency room visit,

Research demonstrates that the recovered memories of sexual abuse most likely to be corroborated are those that are recovered

According to the concept of semantic networks,you would be most likely to easily remember John F.Kennedy's name if the professor in your history class was discussing

As part of a memory test,Taryn was given a list of words that included: "dog,pail,and hate." Later,she recalled these words as: "pup,bucket,and loathe." Taryn's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list

Which memory system is characterized by both requiring little effort or attention to recall a memory and not declining much over long retention intervals?

The Evolution of Psychology

The Research Enterprise in Psychology

The Biological Bases of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Variations in Consciousness

Learning

Language and Thought

Intelligence and Psychological Testing

Motivation and Emotion

Human Development Across the Life Span

Personality

Social Behavior

Stress,Coping,and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Statistical Methods

Industrial organizational Psychology

Psychology and Environmental Sustainability: Conservation Psychology

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You are absorbed in reading your psychology text when the phone rings.After talking on the phone,you can't remember the last thing you read.This information was lost from memory,because the phone conversation distracted you from the information.

When their mom took them to the store yesterday she asked David and Andrew to help her remember to buy apples.While David focused his attention on how apples were his favorite fruit,Andrew thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart.David was using and Andrew .