Question 1

Together,semantic memory and episodic memory make up declarative memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

When shown a fictional list of common African American and common European names,subjects tended to "remember" more African American names as connected with criminality.This type of memory distortion is most related to:

Accepted Answer

A)  reconstruction (schema)theory. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  motivated forgetting. 
D)  repression. 
A)  reconstruction (schema)theory. 
B)  retroactive interference. 
C)  motivated forgetting. 
D)  repression.

Question 3

Once we focus on the relevant bits of information in the sensory register,they get transferred to:

Accepted Answer

A)  another sensory register. 
B)  short-term memory. 
C)  permanent memory. 
D)  long-term memory. 
A)  another sensory register. 
B)  short-term memory. 
C)  permanent memory. 
D)  long-term memory.

Question 4

An "echo" of which type of sensory information is retained in the sensory register for up to four seconds?

Accepted Answer

A)  auditory 
B)  tactile 
C)  visual 
D)  olfactory 
A)  auditory 
B)  tactile 
C)  visual 
D)  olfactory

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Accepted Answer

A)  You read your watch,someone interrupts you and asks for directions,and now you can't remember what time it is. 
B)  The court requires that you testify against your brother,but you love your brother and suddenly can't remember the details of the incident. 
C)  You cannot remember the new phone number that the phone company assigned you last week. 
D)  You keep calling your new boyfriend your old boyfriend's name. 
A)  You read your watch,someone interrupts you and asks for directions,and now you can't remember what time it is. 
B)  The court requires that you testify against your brother,but you love your brother and suddenly can't remember the details of the incident. 
C)  You cannot remember the new phone number that the phone company assigned you last week. 
D)  You keep calling your new boyfriend your old boyfriend's name.

Question 6

Which observation BEST supports the theory that memories in long-term storage are highly organized?

Accepted Answer

A)  When recalling an argument,people tend to recall their interpretation of events rather than the actual statements made. 
B)  When recalling childhood events,people tend to forget the painful experiences and remember the pleasant ones. 
C)  When recalling word lists,subjects tend to group related items even if they were not grouped in the original list. 
D)  When events are too painful to remember,people tend to repress those memories. 
A)  When recalling an argument,people tend to recall their interpretation of events rather than the actual statements made. 
B)  When recalling childhood events,people tend to forget the painful experiences and remember the pleasant ones. 
C)  When recalling word lists,subjects tend to group related items even if they were not grouped in the original list. 
D)  When events are too painful to remember,people tend to repress those memories.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of flashbulb memories?

Accepted Answer

A)  They seem more accurate and vivid. 
B)  They are more accurate than memories of everyday events. 
C)  They are generally procedural memories. 
D)  They are stored complete and untainted directly from the sensory register into long-term memory. 
A)  They seem more accurate and vivid. 
B)  They are more accurate than memories of everyday events. 
C)  They are generally procedural memories. 
D)  They are stored complete and untainted directly from the sensory register into long-term memory.

Question 8

Our preference is to store information in short-term memory as:

Accepted Answer

A)  tastes. 
B)  sounds. 
C)  sights. 
D)  smells. 
A)  tastes. 
B)  sounds. 
C)  sights. 
D)  smells.

Question 9

When Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959)asked participants to remember combinations of three consonants,they demonstrated which of the following about short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rehearsal increases storage capacity. 
B)  Rehearsal decreases storage capacity. 
C)  When prevented from rehearsing,people quickly lose information in short-term memory. 
D)  None of these is true. 
A)  Rehearsal increases storage capacity. 
B)  Rehearsal decreases storage capacity. 
C)  When prevented from rehearsing,people quickly lose information in short-term memory. 
D)  None of these is true.

Question 10

An individual with retrograde amnesia would be LEAST likely to be able to remember which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the names of her childhood friends 
B)  how to ride a bike 
C)  a list of nonsense words 30 seconds after it is presented 
D)  a list of nonsense words 5 seconds after it is presented 
A)  the names of her childhood friends 
B)  how to ride a bike 
C)  a list of nonsense words 30 seconds after it is presented 
D)  a list of nonsense words 5 seconds after it is presented

Question 11

Which of the following is a true statement,according to the stage theory of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information must first be rehearsed,and then it is attended to. 
B)  Information must first be attended to,and then it is encoded. 
C)  Information must first be encoded,and then it is sensed. 
D)  Information must first be attended to,and then it is sensed. 
A)  Information must first be rehearsed,and then it is attended to. 
B)  Information must first be attended to,and then it is encoded. 
C)  Information must first be encoded,and then it is sensed. 
D)  Information must first be attended to,and then it is sensed.

Question 12

The serial position effect states that memory for a list of items will be worst for those items at the:

Accepted Answer

A)  beginning of the list. 
B)  end of the list. 
C)  middle of the list. 
D)  middle and end of the list. 
A)  beginning of the list. 
B)  end of the list. 
C)  middle of the list. 
D)  middle and end of the list.

Question 13

Which theory suggests that personal assumptions and expectations distort memories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decay theory 
B)  Reconstruction theory 
C)  Motivated Remembering theory 
D)  Control Gate theory 
A)  Decay theory 
B)  Reconstruction theory 
C)  Motivated Remembering theory 
D)  Control Gate theory

Question 14

The inability to retrieve long-term memories from some time ago is called ____________ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The inability to retrieve long-term memories from...

Question 15

You don't have an address and you are driving up and down the street trying to remember which house is your friend's house.You must rely on:

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition. 
B)  recall. 
C)  relearning. 
D)  reconstruction. 
A)  recognition. 
B)  recall. 
C)  relearning. 
D)  reconstruction.

Question 16

Which of the following lists the three ways of testing of long-term memory retrieval in order from least sensitive to most sensitive for evaluating memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition,recall,relearning 
B)  recall,relearning,recognition 
C)  relearning,recall,recognition 
D)  recall,recognition,relearning 
A)  recognition,recall,relearning 
B)  recall,relearning,recognition 
C)  relearning,recall,recognition 
D)  recall,recognition,relearning

Question 17

The more deeply you think about the meaning of a concept,the easier it will be to retrieve the information.This strategy best supports:

Accepted Answer

A)  the levels of processing theory. 
B)  synaptic facilitation theory. 
C)  schema theory. 
D)  the stage theory of memory. 
A)  the levels of processing theory. 
B)  synaptic facilitation theory. 
C)  schema theory. 
D)  the stage theory of memory.

Question 18

The stage theory of memory states that memory is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a system based on how deep information is processed. 
B)  a system of three memory stages. 
C)  dependent on synaptic facilitation. 
D)  a system dependent on the developmental level of the individual. 
A)  a system based on how deep information is processed. 
B)  a system of three memory stages. 
C)  dependent on synaptic facilitation. 
D)  a system dependent on the developmental level of the individual.

Question 19

When asking eyewitnesses about their accounts of events,it is important not to ask them ____________ questions.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When asking eyewitnesses about their accounts of...

Question 20

Chronic lack of thiamine leads to a combined state of retrograde and anterograde amnesia.This type of memory loss is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  dissociative amnesia. 
B)  Alzheimer's disease. 
C)  Korsakoff's syndrome. 
D)  psychotic repression. 
A)  dissociative amnesia. 
B)  Alzheimer's disease. 
C)  Korsakoff's syndrome. 
D)  psychotic repression.

Together,semantic memory and episodic memory make up declarative memory.

When shown a fictional list of common African American and common European names,subjects tended to "remember" more African American names as connected with criminality.This type of memory distortion is most related to:

Once we focus on the relevant bits of information in the sensory register,they get transferred to:

An "echo" of which type of sensory information is retained in the sensory register for up to four seconds?

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Which observation BEST supports the theory that memories in long-term storage are highly organized?

Which of the following is true of flashbulb memories?

Our preference is to store information in short-term memory as:

When Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959)asked participants to remember combinations of three consonants,they demonstrated which of the following about short-term memory?

An individual with retrograde amnesia would be LEAST likely to be able to remember which of the following?

Which of the following is a true statement,according to the stage theory of memory?

The serial position effect states that memory for a list of items will be worst for those items at the:

Which theory suggests that personal assumptions and expectations distort memories?

The inability to retrieve long-term memories from some time ago is called ____________ amnesia.

You don't have an address and you are driving up and down the street trying to remember which house is your friend's house.You must rely on:

Which of the following lists the three ways of testing of long-term memory retrieval in order from least sensitive to most sensitive for evaluating memory?

The more deeply you think about the meaning of a concept,the easier it will be to retrieve the information.This strategy best supports:

The stage theory of memory states that memory is:

When asking eyewitnesses about their accounts of events,it is important not to ask them ____________ questions.

Chronic lack of thiamine leads to a combined state of retrograde and anterograde amnesia.This type of memory loss is called:

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Exam 8: Memory

Together,semantic memory and episodic memory make up declarative memory.

When shown a fictional list of common African American and common European names,subjects tended to "remember" more African American names as connected with criminality.This type of memory distortion is most related to:

Once we focus on the relevant bits of information in the sensory register,they get transferred to:

An "echo" of which type of sensory information is retained in the sensory register for up to four seconds?

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Which observation BEST supports the theory that memories in long-term storage are highly organized?

Which of the following is true of flashbulb memories?

Our preference is to store information in short-term memory as:

When Lloyd and Margaret Peterson (1959)asked participants to remember combinations of three consonants,they demonstrated which of the following about short-term memory?

An individual with retrograde amnesia would be LEAST likely to be able to remember which of the following?

Which of the following is a true statement,according to the stage theory of memory?

The serial position effect states that memory for a list of items will be worst for those items at the:

Which theory suggests that personal assumptions and expectations distort memories?

The inability to retrieve long-term memories from some time ago is called ____________ amnesia.

You don't have an address and you are driving up and down the street trying to remember which house is your friend's house.You must rely on:

Which of the following lists the three ways of testing of long-term memory retrieval in order from least sensitive to most sensitive for evaluating memory?

The more deeply you think about the meaning of a concept,the easier it will be to retrieve the information.This strategy best supports:

The stage theory of memory states that memory is:

When asking eyewitnesses about their accounts of events,it is important not to ask them ____________ questions.

Chronic lack of thiamine leads to a combined state of retrograde and anterograde amnesia.This type of memory loss is called:

Introduction to Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Biological Foundations in Behavior

The Interplay of Nature and Nurture

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Basic Principles of Learning

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Developmental Psychology

Motivation and Emotion

Personality Theories and Assessment

Stress and Health

Abnormal Behavior

Therapies

Social Psychology

Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions

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