Question 1

Which of the following pairings would result in the BEST overall memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  sad during learning and happy at recall 
B)  happy during learning and sad during recall 
C)  serious during learning and serious during recall 
D)  intoxicated during learning and sober during recall 
A)  sad during learning and happy at recall 
B)  happy during learning and sad during recall 
C)  serious during learning and serious during recall 
D)  intoxicated during learning and sober during recall

Question 2

Memory for fear of objects is most likely stored in the cerebellum.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are not physically proximal 
B)  are archaic 
C)  are stored physically closer to each other than concepts that are not highly related 
D)  are more subject to rapid decay and decline 
A)  are not physically proximal 
B)  are archaic 
C)  are stored physically closer to each other than concepts that are not highly related 
D)  are more subject to rapid decay and decline

Question 4

According to Baddeley, which memory system is BEST conceived of as three interrelated systems: central executive, visual sketchpad, and auditory action recorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory memory 
B)  working memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  procedural memory 
A)  sensory memory 
B)  working memory 
C)  long-term memory 
D)  procedural memory

Question 5

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order. She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE. This tactic is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cueing 
B)  shadowing 
C)  rote rehearsal 
D)  chunking 
A)  cueing 
B)  shadowing 
C)  rote rehearsal 
D)  chunking

Question 6

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  five, plus or minus two letters 
B)  seven, plus or minus two chunks 
C)  five, plus or minus two engrams 
D)  seven, plus or minus two numbers 
A)  five, plus or minus two letters 
B)  seven, plus or minus two chunks 
C)  five, plus or minus two engrams 
D)  seven, plus or minus two numbers

Question 7

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

Accepted Answer

A)  storage 
B)  retrieval 
C)  encoding 
D)  decoding 
A)  storage 
B)  retrieval 
C)  encoding 
D)  decoding

Question 8

The sensory registers ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are measures of retention 
B)  retain past information 
C)  control our attention span 
D)  receive sensory information from the external world 
A)  are measures of retention 
B)  retain past information 
C)  control our attention span 
D)  receive sensory information from the external world

Question 9

Flashbulb memories ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are not subject to periodic revision 
B)  concern events that are highly significant 
C)  are almost always highly accurate 
D)  include a memory's main subject, but not the background events 
A)  are not subject to periodic revision 
B)  concern events that are highly significant 
C)  are almost always highly accurate 
D)  include a memory's main subject, but not the background events

Question 10

Reproducing what one has learned exactly as one learned it, is required in the ________ method of testing memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  cued matching 
B)  savings 
C)  recognition 
D)  serial recall 
A)  cued matching 
B)  savings 
C)  recognition 
D)  serial recall

Question 11

Which of these is an example of what has been called infantile amnesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Betty, age 25, can recall only good memories of what happened when she was 4 to 5 years old. 
B)  Johnny, age 10, has no memory of a family vacation that occurred when he was 2 years old. 
C)  When faced with a horrible stressor, some people return to an earlier stage of development, such as infancy, for the comfort that it provides. 
D)  Despite the fact that Alice, age 35, played the piano from ages 3 through 13, she has very little ability to do so now. 
A)  Betty, age 25, can recall only good memories of what happened when she was 4 to 5 years old. 
B)  Johnny, age 10, has no memory of a family vacation that occurred when he was 2 years old. 
C)  When faced with a horrible stressor, some people return to an earlier stage of development, such as infancy, for the comfort that it provides. 
D)  Despite the fact that Alice, age 35, played the piano from ages 3 through 13, she has very little ability to do so now.

Question 12

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory, in which an afterimage or icon will be held in neural form for about 1 to 2 seconds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

________ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

According to primacy and recency effects, when reading the chapters of the textbook, you are most likely to forget ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the information you first read 
B)  the information you most recently read 
C)  the information in the middle of the chapter 
D)  the information from the summary 
A)  the information you first read 
B)  the information you most recently read 
C)  the information in the middle of the chapter 
D)  the information from the summary

Question 15

When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information, this is called retroactive interference.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three notes of music for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them. If the instructions to recall the notes came immediately, the students usually succeeded. If the instructions came more than three seconds after the notes were played, the students were much less successful. The MOST plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that, in the latter case, ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the echo never made it to the sensory registers 
B)  the echo faded after being stored in short-term memory 
C)  the echo was already stored in long-term memory 
D)  the echo faded before being stored in short-term memory 
A)  the echo never made it to the sensory registers 
B)  the echo faded after being stored in short-term memory 
C)  the echo was already stored in long-term memory 
D)  the echo faded before being stored in short-term memory

Question 17

An individual's semantic memory contains:

Accepted Answer

A)  memories about events. 
B)  background knowledge about words, symbols, concepts and rules arranged as hierarchies of information in categories and subordinate categories. 
C)  autobiographical information about one's previous experiences. 
D)  the order and sequence of information from specific to general. 
A)  memories about events. 
B)  background knowledge about words, symbols, concepts and rules arranged as hierarchies of information in categories and subordinate categories. 
C)  autobiographical information about one's previous experiences. 
D)  the order and sequence of information from specific to general.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a type of memory test?

Accepted Answer

A)  schemata 
B)  savings 
C)  recognition 
D)  free recall 
A)  schemata 
B)  savings 
C)  recognition 
D)  free recall

Question 19

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  processing the physical features of the stimulus to be remembered 
B)  analyzing new material in order to make it memorable 
C)  associating new material to be learned with information maintained in long-term memory 
D)  repeating some bit of information over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short-term memory 
A)  processing the physical features of the stimulus to be remembered 
B)  analyzing new material in order to make it memorable 
C)  associating new material to be learned with information maintained in long-term memory 
D)  repeating some bit of information over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short-term memory

Question 20

Encoding specificity refers to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  using physical surroundings or emotions as retrieval cues for specific memories 
B)  particular codes, such as Morse code, that transform information into bits 
C)  the discrete and specific links that occur in a Collins and Quillan network 
D)  working memory 
A)  using physical surroundings or emotions as retrieval cues for specific memories 
B)  particular codes, such as Morse code, that transform information into bits 
C)  the discrete and specific links that occur in a Collins and Quillan network 
D)  working memory

Which of the following pairings would result in the BEST overall memory?

Memory for fear of objects is most likely stored in the cerebellum.

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning ________.

According to Baddeley, which memory system is BEST conceived of as three interrelated systems: central executive, visual sketchpad, and auditory action recorder?

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order. She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE. This tactic is called ________.

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

The sensory registers ________.

Flashbulb memories ________.

Reproducing what one has learned exactly as one learned it, is required in the ________ method of testing memory.

Which of these is an example of what has been called infantile amnesia?

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory, in which an afterimage or icon will be held in neural form for about 1 to 2 seconds.

________ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

According to primacy and recency effects, when reading the chapters of the textbook, you are most likely to forget ________.

When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information, this is called retroactive interference.

An individual's semantic memory contains:

Which of the following is NOT a type of memory test?

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as ________.

Encoding specificity refers to ________.

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Exam 6: Memory

Which of the following pairings would result in the BEST overall memory?

Memory for fear of objects is most likely stored in the cerebellum.

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning ________.

According to Baddeley, which memory system is BEST conceived of as three interrelated systems: central executive, visual sketchpad, and auditory action recorder?

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order. She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE. This tactic is called ________.

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

The sensory registers ________.

Flashbulb memories ________.

Reproducing what one has learned exactly as one learned it, is required in the ________ method of testing memory.

Which of these is an example of what has been called infantile amnesia?

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory, in which an afterimage or icon will be held in neural form for about 1 to 2 seconds.

________ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

According to primacy and recency effects, when reading the chapters of the textbook, you are most likely to forget ________.

When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information, this is called retroactive interference.

An individual's semantic memory contains:

Which of the following is NOT a type of memory test?

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as ________.

Encoding specificity refers to ________.

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Filters