Question 1

Interference effects on retention are greatest when the interfering learning is

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A)  similar to the material to be remembered. 
B)  dissimilar to the material to be remembered. 
C)  unrelated to the material to be remembered. 
D)  similarity of the materials does not seem to affect retention. 
A)  similar to the material to be remembered. 
B)  dissimilar to the material to be remembered. 
C)  unrelated to the material to be remembered. 
D)  similarity of the materials does not seem to affect retention.

Question 2

Why does the text advocate the spacing of study sessions as a method for improving your memory?

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A)  Too much studying makes you a dull person. 
B)  Research indicates that people have limited attention spans. 
C)  Research suggest that spaced practice helps you avoid the serial position effect. 
D)  Evidence suggests that massed study sessions leads to poor retention. 
A)  Too much studying makes you a dull person. 
B)  Research indicates that people have limited attention spans. 
C)  Research suggest that spaced practice helps you avoid the serial position effect. 
D)  Evidence suggests that massed study sessions leads to poor retention.

Question 3

You recall being lost in a shopping mall at the age of five but your parents assure you that it never happened.Errors like this are most likely due to

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A)  ineffective encoding. 
B)  a reality monitoring error. 
C)  a source monitoring error. 
D)  the misinformation effect. 
A)  ineffective encoding. 
B)  a reality monitoring error. 
C)  a source monitoring error. 
D)  the misinformation effect.

Question 4

An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event abstracted from previous experiences with the object or event is known as

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A)  a schema. 
B)  a cluster. 
C)  a stereotype. 
D)  category. 
A)  a schema. 
B)  a cluster. 
C)  a stereotype. 
D)  category.

Question 5

Which level of processing should result in the longest lasting memory codes?

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A)  structural encoding 
B)  mnemonic encoding 
C)  semantic encoding 
D)  phonemic encoding 
A)  structural encoding 
B)  mnemonic encoding 
C)  semantic encoding 
D)  phonemic encoding

Question 6

The principle that proposes that the values of a retrieval cue depends on how well it corresponds to the memory code is known as

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A)  tip of the tongue. 
B)  encoding specificity. 
C)  long-term potentiation. 
D)  transfer appropriate. 
A)  tip of the tongue. 
B)  encoding specificity. 
C)  long-term potentiation. 
D)  transfer appropriate.

Question 7

Curtis is working on a presentation and doesn't hear the phone ringing in the background.Later,he is surprised to find three phone messages have come in for him,because he was totally unaware that the phone had even rung.Incidents of this type would lend support to

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A)  a late-selection model of attention. 
B)  a proactive model of attention. 
C)  an early-selection model of attention. 
D)  an acoustic-blocking model of attention. 
A)  a late-selection model of attention. 
B)  a proactive model of attention. 
C)  an early-selection model of attention. 
D)  an acoustic-blocking model of attention.

Question 8

Loftus' work on eyewitness testimony has clearly demonstrated that

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A)  memory errors come mostly from erroneous original encoding. 
B)  most memory errors are constructive. 
C)  information given after an event can alter a person's memory of the event. 
D)  most memory errors are simply omissions of details of the event. 
A)  memory errors come mostly from erroneous original encoding. 
B)  most memory errors are constructive. 
C)  information given after an event can alter a person's memory of the event. 
D)  most memory errors are simply omissions of details of the event.

Question 9

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

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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 10

Imagine you complete a computer-programming course,but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over.Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus,over the years you should expect

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A)  there will be a constant, steady decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
B)  most of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a slow, steady increase in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
C)  very little of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a rapid decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
D)  most of what you learned will be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
A)  there will be a constant, steady decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
B)  most of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a slow, steady increase in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
C)  very little of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a rapid decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course. 
D)  most of what you learned will be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course.

Question 11

Christine says the birthday party she just attended was a lot of fun: "We played games,had cake and ice cream,and got goodie bags." In reality,the ice cream was served with a brownie and not birthday cake.Christine's inaccurate memory most likely resulted from

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A)  her birthday party schema. 
B)  the misinformation effect. 
C)  the source-monitoring error. 
D)  repression. 
A)  her birthday party schema. 
B)  the misinformation effect. 
C)  the source-monitoring error. 
D)  repression.

Question 12

Rehearsal is most beneficial for maintaining information in ____ memory.

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A)  sensory 
B)  short-term 
C)  intermediate-term 
D)  long-term 
A)  sensory 
B)  short-term 
C)  intermediate-term 
D)  long-term

Question 13

According to the parallel distributed processing models specific memories correspond to particular patterns of activation in ____________________.

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The answer of According to the parallel distributed processing models...

Question 14

The stable ability to hold information in conscious attention is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  working memory capacity 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  destination memory 
A)  working memory capacity 
B)  short-term memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  destination memory

Question 15

Ten-year-old Kylee is trying to remember the capital of North Carolina during a game of "Where Are You?" Her father tells her to think of the letter "R," and she quickly comes up with Raleigh.In this case,Kylee's memory was assisted using

Accepted Answer

A)  an effective retrieval cue. 
B)  semantic network activation. 
C)  the method of loci. 
D)  transfer-appropriate processing. 
A)  an effective retrieval cue. 
B)  semantic network activation. 
C)  the method of loci. 
D)  transfer-appropriate processing.

Question 16

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 17

The reconstructive nature of human memory is one factor that helps to explain why people's experience of the world can be highly subjective.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,the memory system that allows for the sensation of a visual pattern,sound,or touch to linger for a brief moment after the sensory stimulation is over is called?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Craig is being introduced to the members of the fraternity he has just joined.There are 15 members who he has not met before,and once the introductions are over,he finds he can only remember the names of the first three people and the last two people he was introduced to.He can't recall the names of any of the other members.The memory difficulty that Craig is experiencing is consistent with

Accepted Answer

A)  late-selection filtering. 
B)  the misinformation effect. 
C)  non-distributed practice. 
D)  the serial position effect. 
A)  late-selection filtering. 
B)  the misinformation effect. 
C)  non-distributed practice. 
D)  the serial position effect.

Question 20

The probable reason that Ebbinghaus' forgetting curves were so steep was that Ebbinghaus

Accepted Answer

A)  had a poor memory. 
B)  learned too many lists. 
C)  used very meaningless materials. 
D)  used autobiographical materials. 
A)  had a poor memory. 
B)  learned too many lists. 
C)  used very meaningless materials. 
D)  used autobiographical materials.

Interference effects on retention are greatest when the interfering learning is

Why does the text advocate the spacing of study sessions as a method for improving your memory?

You recall being lost in a shopping mall at the age of five but your parents assure you that it never happened.Errors like this are most likely due to

An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event abstracted from previous experiences with the object or event is known as

Which level of processing should result in the longest lasting memory codes?

The principle that proposes that the values of a retrieval cue depends on how well it corresponds to the memory code is known as

Curtis is working on a presentation and doesn't hear the phone ringing in the background.Later,he is surprised to find three phone messages have come in for him,because he was totally unaware that the phone had even rung.Incidents of this type would lend support to

Loftus' work on eyewitness testimony has clearly demonstrated that

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

Imagine you complete a computer-programming course,but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over.Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus,over the years you should expect

Christine says the birthday party she just attended was a lot of fun: "We played games,had cake and ice cream,and got goodie bags." In reality,the ice cream was served with a brownie and not birthday cake.Christine's inaccurate memory most likely resulted from

Rehearsal is most beneficial for maintaining information in ____ memory.

According to the parallel distributed processing models specific memories correspond to particular patterns of activation in ____________________.

The stable ability to hold information in conscious attention is referred to as

Ten-year-old Kylee is trying to remember the capital of North Carolina during a game of "Where Are You?" Her father tells her to think of the letter "R," and she quickly comes up with Raleigh.In this case,Kylee's memory was assisted using

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

The reconstructive nature of human memory is one factor that helps to explain why people's experience of the world can be highly subjective.

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,the memory system that allows for the sensation of a visual pattern,sound,or touch to linger for a brief moment after the sensory stimulation is over is called?

The probable reason that Ebbinghaus' forgetting curves were so steep was that Ebbinghaus

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Exam 7: Human Memory

Interference effects on retention are greatest when the interfering learning is

Why does the text advocate the spacing of study sessions as a method for improving your memory?

You recall being lost in a shopping mall at the age of five but your parents assure you that it never happened.Errors like this are most likely due to

An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event abstracted from previous experiences with the object or event is known as

Which level of processing should result in the longest lasting memory codes?

The principle that proposes that the values of a retrieval cue depends on how well it corresponds to the memory code is known as

Curtis is working on a presentation and doesn't hear the phone ringing in the background.Later,he is surprised to find three phone messages have come in for him,because he was totally unaware that the phone had even rung.Incidents of this type would lend support to

Loftus' work on eyewitness testimony has clearly demonstrated that

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

Imagine you complete a computer-programming course,but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over.Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus,over the years you should expect

Christine says the birthday party she just attended was a lot of fun: "We played games,had cake and ice cream,and got goodie bags." In reality,the ice cream was served with a brownie and not birthday cake.Christine's inaccurate memory most likely resulted from

Rehearsal is most beneficial for maintaining information in ____ memory.

According to the parallel distributed processing models specific memories correspond to particular patterns of activation in ____________________.

The stable ability to hold information in conscious attention is referred to as

Ten-year-old Kylee is trying to remember the capital of North Carolina during a game of "Where Are You?" Her father tells her to think of the letter "R," and she quickly comes up with Raleigh.In this case,Kylee's memory was assisted using

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

The reconstructive nature of human memory is one factor that helps to explain why people's experience of the world can be highly subjective.

According to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory,the memory system that allows for the sensation of a visual pattern,sound,or touch to linger for a brief moment after the sensory stimulation is over is called?

The probable reason that Ebbinghaus' forgetting curves were so steep was that Ebbinghaus

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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

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Social Behavior

Stress,Coping,and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Statistical Methods

Industrial organizational Psychology

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