Question 1

__________ is the first process of transferring sensory and perceptual information into a memory trace.

Accepted Answer

A) Acquisition 
B) Memorization 
C) Elaboration 
D) Encoding 
A) Acquisition 
B) Memorization 
C) Elaboration 
D) Encoding

Question 2

The order of the basic memory processes in which information enters the memory system and is later used is

Accepted Answer

A) encoding,retrieval,and storage. 
B) encoding,storage,and retrieval. 
C) acquisition,elaboration,and storage. 
D) acquisition,encoding,and retrieval. 
A) encoding,retrieval,and storage. 
B) encoding,storage,and retrieval. 
C) acquisition,elaboration,and storage. 
D) acquisition,encoding,and retrieval.

Question 3

Gillian is assembling a bookcase.She studies one of the diagrams in the instructions and then looks for the parts she needs and begins to put them together.According to the working memory model discussed in your textbook,which part of Gillian's memory remembers what the parts in the diagram looked like while she works?

Accepted Answer

A) the phonological loop 
B) the central executive 
C) the episodic buffer 
D) the visuospatial sketchpad 
A) the phonological loop 
B) the central executive 
C) the episodic buffer 
D) the visuospatial sketchpad

Question 4

Which of the following would be a nondeclarative memory?

Accepted Answer

A) your father's first name 
B) how to pitch a curveball 
C) the time you broke your leg 
D) how it felt to break up with a boyfriend of girlfriend for the first time 
A) your father's first name 
B) how to pitch a curveball 
C) the time you broke your leg 
D) how it felt to break up with a boyfriend of girlfriend for the first time

Question 5

On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the provincial capital of Manitoba.This information is most likely stored in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

A long-lasting increase in connectivity and transmission between two neurons is called

Accepted Answer

A) consolidation 
B) long-term potentiation. 
C) cross-cortical storage. 
D) chunking. 
A) consolidation 
B) long-term potentiation. 
C) cross-cortical storage. 
D) chunking.

Question 7

Dr.James advises that if you study for your next psychology exam in the same room where you take the exam,your score will improve.He is basing this advice on

Accepted Answer

A) state-dependent learning 
B) the serial-position effect. 
C) context-dependent learning. 
D) familiarity schemas. 
A) state-dependent learning 
B) the serial-position effect. 
C) context-dependent learning. 
D) familiarity schemas.

Question 8

Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about

Accepted Answer

A) one-half second. 
B) five seconds. 
C) thirty seconds. 
D) one minute. 
A) one-half second. 
B) five seconds. 
C) thirty seconds. 
D) one minute.

Question 9

Which of the following situations is most likely to create a flashbulb memory?

Accepted Answer

A) watching a favourite movie for the fifteenth time 
B) playing tennis with a friend 
C) finding out that one's partner is pregnant 
D) attending a basketball game with one's father and grandfather 
A) watching a favourite movie for the fifteenth time 
B) playing tennis with a friend 
C) finding out that one's partner is pregnant 
D) attending a basketball game with one's father and grandfather

Question 10

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 11

Telo convinces a woman he finds attractive to give him her telephone number.Unfortunately,the number is ten digits long with the area code,and Telo cannot find a place to write it down.As he looks for a pen and paper,what can Telo do to help him remember the number?

Accepted Answer

A) Nothing will help because 10 digits is beyond short-term memory capability. 
B) Thinking of something else will help Telo. 
C) "Chunking" the numbers into fewer units will help Telo. 
D) Using his sensory memory will help Telo 
A) Nothing will help because 10 digits is beyond short-term memory capability. 
B) Thinking of something else will help Telo. 
C) "Chunking" the numbers into fewer units will help Telo. 
D) Using his sensory memory will help Telo

Question 12

Why is studying sensory memory so difficult?

Accepted Answer

A) Sensory memory has no effect on the way individuals perceive the world. 
B) Sensory memory cannot be distinguished from long-term memory. 
C) Sensory memory is not very accurate. 
D) Sensory memory disappears faster than an individual can report everything that it can hold. 
A) Sensory memory has no effect on the way individuals perceive the world. 
B) Sensory memory cannot be distinguished from long-term memory. 
C) Sensory memory is not very accurate. 
D) Sensory memory disappears faster than an individual can report everything that it can hold.

Question 13

_______________ may represent the first stages of memory.

Accepted Answer

A) COD 
B) LTP 
C) ERE 
D) SMM 
A) COD 
B) LTP 
C) ERE 
D) SMM

Question 14

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments,such as the first three digits,then the next two,and then the final four.Each of these short segments of the number are called

Accepted Answer

A) codes. 
B) cues. 
C) chunks. 
D) stores. 
A) codes. 
B) cues. 
C) chunks. 
D) stores.

Question 15

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory,the participants were to report

Accepted Answer

A) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared. 
B) only one or two of the letters in the cued line. 
C) the first letter of each line only. 
D) the middle letter of each line. 
A) one of three lines of letters as indicated by the sound of a tone immediately presented after the letters had disappeared. 
B) only one or two of the letters in the cued line. 
C) the first letter of each line only. 
D) the middle letter of each line.

Question 16

Visuospatial memory can accurately retain approximately ________ whole objects.

Accepted Answer

A) four 
B) seven 
C) ten 
D) fifteen 
A) four 
B) seven 
C) ten 
D) fifteen

Question 17

The famous research subject H.M.developed a form of amnesia following surgery to treat his epilepsy.Following the surgery,H.M.

Accepted Answer

A) could not recall any memories from before the surgery. 
B) could form no new long-term memories of any kind. 
C) could form nondeclarative,but generally not declarative long-term memories. 
D) could form episodic,but generally not procedural long-term memories. 
A) could not recall any memories from before the surgery. 
B) could form no new long-term memories of any kind. 
C) could form nondeclarative,but generally not declarative long-term memories. 
D) could form episodic,but generally not procedural long-term memories.

Question 18

Information that does not fit our expectations for a situation,but is not extremely unexpected,is likely to

Accepted Answer

A) be forgotten. 
B) be added to our schema. 
C) be remembered. 
D) trigger a flashbulb memory. 
A) be forgotten. 
B) be added to our schema. 
C) be remembered. 
D) trigger a flashbulb memory.

Question 19

The more times an individual imagines an event,the more likely he is to believe the event really happened,even if it did not.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A) the DRM procedure. 
B) the misinformation effect. 
C) imagination inflation. 
D) self hypnosis. 
A) the DRM procedure. 
B) the misinformation effect. 
C) imagination inflation. 
D) self hypnosis.

Question 20

Proponents of recovered memories argue that they are memories of traumatic events that have been repressed.Opponents of recovered memories argue that they are instead

Accepted Answer

A) false memories of events that never happened. 
B) memories of everyday events that were simply forgotten. 
C) memories of past lives. 
D) memories that were never really repressed in the first place. 
A) false memories of events that never happened. 
B) memories of everyday events that were simply forgotten. 
C) memories of past lives. 
D) memories that were never really repressed in the first place.

Exam 7: B: Memory

__________ is the first process of transferring sensory and perceptual information into a memory trace.

The order of the basic memory processes in which information enters the memory system and is later used is

Which of the following would be a nondeclarative memory?

On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the provincial capital of Manitoba.This information is most likely stored in

A long-lasting increase in connectivity and transmission between two neurons is called

Dr.James advises that if you study for your next psychology exam in the same room where you take the exam,your score will improve.He is basing this advice on

Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about

Which of the following situations is most likely to create a flashbulb memory?

Flashbulb memories

Telo convinces a woman he finds attractive to give him her telephone number.Unfortunately,the number is ten digits long with the area code,and Telo cannot find a place to write it down.As he looks for a pen and paper,what can Telo do to help him remember the number?

Why is studying sensory memory so difficult?

_______________ may represent the first stages of memory.

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments,such as the first three digits,then the next two,and then the final four.Each of these short segments of the number are called

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory,the participants were to report

Visuospatial memory can accurately retain approximately ________ whole objects.

The famous research subject H.M.developed a form of amnesia following surgery to treat his epilepsy.Following the surgery,H.M.

Information that does not fit our expectations for a situation,but is not extremely unexpected,is likely to

The more times an individual imagines an event,the more likely he is to believe the event really happened,even if it did not.This is known as

Proponents of recovered memories argue that they are memories of traumatic events that have been repressed.Opponents of recovered memories argue that they are instead

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