Question 1

The impairment of memory for previously learned information by newly learned information is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) proactive interference. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) retroactive interference. 
D) anterograde amnesia. 
A) proactive interference. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) retroactive interference. 
D) anterograde amnesia.

Question 2

Jared just completed a course in Chinese history.Based on knowledge about the curve of forgetting,we can predict that:

Accepted Answer

A) most of what Jared will forget about the Chinese dynasties will occur in the first few years after completing the course. 
B) Jared will forget most of the material at a constant rate over time. 
C) Jared will experience a sudden spike in forgetting beginning around 4 years after course completion. 
D) the rate at which Jared forgets the course material will increase over time. 
A) most of what Jared will forget about the Chinese dynasties will occur in the first few years after completing the course. 
B) Jared will forget most of the material at a constant rate over time. 
C) Jared will experience a sudden spike in forgetting beginning around 4 years after course completion. 
D) the rate at which Jared forgets the course material will increase over time.

Question 3

Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold.

Accepted Answer

A) type of 
B) utility of the 
C) complexity of the 
D) amount of 
A) type of 
B) utility of the 
C) complexity of the 
D) amount of

Question 4

The famous patient who had a substantial portion of his hippocampus removed to stop seizure activity and,as a result,could not form any new memories is known by his initials:

Accepted Answer

A) MT. 
B) HM. 
C) HT. 
D) TM. 
A) MT. 
B) HM. 
C) HT. 
D) TM.

Question 5

Jason looked up a telephone number on his desktop computer but his cell phone is in another room.The easiest and perhaps MOST effective technique he can use to remember the number until he can get to his phone is:

Accepted Answer

A) organizational encoding. 
B) visual imagery encoding. 
C) state-dependent retrieval. 
D) rehearsal. 
A) organizational encoding. 
B) visual imagery encoding. 
C) state-dependent retrieval. 
D) rehearsal.

Question 6

Consistency bias exaggerates the similarity between:

Accepted Answer

A) our behavior and social norms. 
B) past and present. 
C) individuals and stereotypes. 
D) false memories and actual memories. 
A) our behavior and social norms. 
B) past and present. 
C) individuals and stereotypes. 
D) false memories and actual memories.

Question 7

Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) rehearsal. 
B) visual encoding. 
C) elaborative encoding. 
D) chunking. 
A) rehearsal. 
B) visual encoding. 
C) elaborative encoding. 
D) chunking.

Question 8

Scenarios that involve planning to effectively encode information lead to superior recall in:

Accepted Answer

A) semantic encoding only. 
B) survival-related information encoding only. 
C) organizational encoding only. 
D) semantic,survival-related,and organizational encoding. 
A) semantic encoding only. 
B) survival-related information encoding only. 
C) organizational encoding only. 
D) semantic,survival-related,and organizational encoding.

Question 9

Susie was telling her best friend John about how awesome her summer vacation had been.She told him everything she remembered that happened.What part of memory was Susie using?

Accepted Answer

A) procedural 
B) explicit 
C) implicit 
D) prospective 
A) procedural 
B) explicit 
C) implicit 
D) prospective

Question 10

A lapse in attention that results in memory failure is the definition of:

Accepted Answer

A) absentmindedness. 
B) blocking. 
C) proactive interference. 
D) retroactive interference. 
A) absentmindedness. 
B) blocking. 
C) proactive interference. 
D) retroactive interference.

Question 11

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _____ but momentarily _____ in memory.

Accepted Answer

A) available;inaccessible 
B) unavailable;accessible 
C) unavailable;consolidated 
D) rehearsed;inaccessible 
A) available;inaccessible 
B) unavailable;accessible 
C) unavailable;consolidated 
D) rehearsed;inaccessible

Question 12

Maria was a 7-year-old girl who did very well in school.Unfortunately,one day Maria was in a bad accident,and her hippocampus was damaged.Maria still does extremely well in school.However,she has a hard time remembering everyday activities and things that happened to her in the past.Maria is suffering from:

Accepted Answer

A) loss of semantic memory. 
B) blocking. 
C) retrieval-induced forgetting. 
D) loss of episodic memory. 
A) loss of semantic memory. 
B) blocking. 
C) retrieval-induced forgetting. 
D) loss of episodic memory.

Question 13

The inability to retrieve information acquired before a particular date,usually the date of brain trauma or surgery,is termed:

Accepted Answer

A) consolidation. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) reconsolidation. 
D) anterograde amnesia. 
A) consolidation. 
B) retrograde amnesia. 
C) reconsolidation. 
D) anterograde amnesia.

Question 14

Categorizing information based on relationships among the items in a series to be remembered is the definition of:

Accepted Answer

A) semantic encoding. 
B) visual imagery encoding. 
C) organizational encoding. 
D) chunking. 
A) semantic encoding. 
B) visual imagery encoding. 
C) organizational encoding. 
D) chunking.

Question 15

If you are in a good mood when you are studying for a test,you will remember the material better on the test day if you:

Accepted Answer

A) are in a good mood. 
B) study using elaborative encoding. 
C) take the exam in a new classroom. 
D) are in a bad mood. 
A) are in a good mood. 
B) study using elaborative encoding. 
C) take the exam in a new classroom. 
D) are in a bad mood.

Question 16

We rely heavily on _____ memory to envision the future.

Accepted Answer

A) implicit 
B) episodic 
C) iconic 
D) semantic 
A) implicit 
B) episodic 
C) iconic 
D) semantic

Question 17

José was about to introduce his girlfriend,Natalia,to a friend-but,all of a sudden,he could not remember his friend's name.This is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) a transient state. 
B) a memory misattribution. 
C) a tip-of-the-tongue experience. 
D) retrograde amnesia. 
A) a transient state. 
B) a memory misattribution. 
C) a tip-of-the-tongue experience. 
D) retrograde amnesia.

Question 18

Short-term memory is to working memory as:

Accepted Answer

A) function is to structure. 
B) sensation is to attending. 
C) place is to process. 
D) frontal lobe is to temporal lobe. 
A) function is to structure. 
B) sensation is to attending. 
C) place is to process. 
D) frontal lobe is to temporal lobe.

Question 19

Which scenario BEST illustrates déjà vécu?

Accepted Answer

A) believing that a life-altering experience is about to happen to you 
B) mistakenly believing that you have already lived through a specific experience and can remember the details of what happened 
C) telling the same story to the same person multiple times and thinking that the person has not yet heard the story 
D) mistakenly thinking that you recognize someone 
A) believing that a life-altering experience is about to happen to you 
B) mistakenly believing that you have already lived through a specific experience and can remember the details of what happened 
C) telling the same story to the same person multiple times and thinking that the person has not yet heard the story 
D) mistakenly thinking that you recognize someone

Question 20

Which statement would a person MOST likely remember later the same day?

Accepted Answer

A) Pablo Picasso represents the Cubist movement in art. 
B) Kenneth Clark was the first member of a minority group to become president of the APA. 
C) Poe wrote,"The moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee." 
D) A black-widow spider is crawling up your leg. 
A) Pablo Picasso represents the Cubist movement in art. 
B) Kenneth Clark was the first member of a minority group to become president of the APA. 
C) Poe wrote,"The moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee." 
D) A black-widow spider is crawling up your leg.

Exam 6: Memory-Part A

The impairment of memory for previously learned information by newly learned information is known as:

Jared just completed a course in Chinese history.Based on knowledge about the curve of forgetting,we can predict that:

Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold.

The famous patient who had a substantial portion of his hippocampus removed to stop seizure activity and,as a result,could not form any new memories is known by his initials:

Jason looked up a telephone number on his desktop computer but his cell phone is in another room.The easiest and perhaps MOST effective technique he can use to remember the number until he can get to his phone is:

Consistency bias exaggerates the similarity between:

Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters is known as:

Scenarios that involve planning to effectively encode information lead to superior recall in:

Susie was telling her best friend John about how awesome her summer vacation had been.She told him everything she remembered that happened.What part of memory was Susie using?

A lapse in attention that results in memory failure is the definition of:

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _____ but momentarily _____ in memory.

The inability to retrieve information acquired before a particular date,usually the date of brain trauma or surgery,is termed:

Categorizing information based on relationships among the items in a series to be remembered is the definition of:

If you are in a good mood when you are studying for a test,you will remember the material better on the test day if you:

We rely heavily on _____ memory to envision the future.

José was about to introduce his girlfriend,Natalia,to a friend-but,all of a sudden,he could not remember his friend's name.This is known as:

Short-term memory is to working memory as:

Which scenario BEST illustrates déjà vécu?

Which statement would a person MOST likely remember later the same day?

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part A

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part B

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part C

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part D

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part E

Methods in Psychology-Part A

Methods in Psychology-Part B

Methods in Psychology-Part C

Methods in Psychology-Part D

Methods in Psychology-Part E

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part B

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part C

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part D

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part E

Sensation and Perception-Part A

Sensation and Perception-Part B

Sensation and Perception-Part C

Sensation and Perception-Part D

Sensation and Perception-Part E

Consciousness-Part A

Consciousness-Part B

Consciousness-Part C

Consciousness-Part D

Consciousness-Part E

Memory-Part B

Memory-Part C

Memory-Part D

Memory-Part E

Learning-Part A

Learning-Part B

Learning-Part C

Learning-Part D

Learning-Part E

Emotion and Motivation-Part A

Emotion and Motivation-Part B

Emotion and Motivation-Part C

Emotion and Motivation-Part D

Emotion and Motivation-Part E

Language and Thought-Part A

Language and Thought-Part B

Language and Thought-Part C

Language and Thought-Part D

Language and Thought-Part E

Intelligence-Part A

Intelligence-Part B

Intelligence-Part C

Intelligence-Part D

Intelligence-Part E

Development-Part A

Development-Part B

Development-Part C

Development-Part D

Development-Part E

Personality-Part A

Personality-Part B

Personality-Part C

Personality-Part D

Personality-Part E

Social Psychology-Part A

The effectiveness of retrieval cues demonstrates that information is often _ but momentarily _ in memory.