Question 1

Fayd is studying for his English literature exam.For each novel he has read for the course, he tries to spend a lot of time thinking of how the novel relates to his own life.This activity requires that he really thinks about the themes and characters in the book, making him recognize more about how different characters in the story relate to each other.Fayd is using the memory strategy of

Accepted Answer

A) maintenance rehearsal. 
B) practice. 
C) chunking. 
D) elaborative rehearsal.

Question 2

The process of getting information out of memory storage is called

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A) encoding. 
B) rehearsal. 
C) retrieval. 
D) storage.

Question 3

Absentmindedness is particularly likely to occur when a person

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A) has PTSD. 
B) has consolidated information. 
C) is operating out of his or her normal routine. 
D) is emotional.

Question 4

Ivaylo goes skiing after many years away from the sport.What kind of memory makes it possible for him to get back on the slopes without taking skiing lessons again?

Accepted Answer

A) declarative memory 
B) episodic memory 
C) explicit memory 
D) procedural memory

Question 5

Even though he has already memorized his notes, Hao reviews them every night for the two weeks before the exam.This strategy is likely to his performance due to .

Accepted Answer

A) hurt; cramming 
B) hurt; spreading out his practice 
C) help; cramming 
D) help; spreading out his practice

Question 6

Memory for items presented at the beginning of a list and at the end of the list is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) serial position effect. 
B) networks of association. 
C) chunking. 
D) episodic memory.

Question 7

Attitude formation falls under which memory category?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Yolanda has a brain tumor.After the tumor grew to a certain size, she could no longer . Yolanda most likely has amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A) form new memories; anterograde 
B) form new memories; retrograde 
C) remember how to do certain tasks; anterograde 
D) remember how to do certain tasks; retrograde

Question 9

Even though Manuel has watched his psychology professor lecture three times a week for 10 weeks, he does not know what color her hair is.This lack of knowledge most likely represents a failure of

Accepted Answer

A) sensation. 
B) encoding. 
C) retrieval. 
D) rehearsal.

Question 10

Scientists have developed a new drug that leaves your current memory intact, but people who take the drug can no longer learn new information.This drug produces

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Kumar is trying to remember who ran against John F.Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election. Kumar's search for information to answer this question is being carried out in his memory.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Jacob has to write an essay for his college writing class and decides to write about a boy who makes a boat from Popsicle sticks and sails it every day.When his teacher reads the essay, she realizes that Jacob got the idea from a popular book.Jacob denies knowing about the story from a book and honestly believes he thought of it himself.He is most likely suffering from

Accepted Answer

A) a concussion. 
B) cryptomnesia. 
C) source amnesia. 
D) memory decay.

Question 13

You leave a lecture from a new course remembering very little.To improve this, you should focus on

Accepted Answer

A) improving cryptomnesia. 
B) reducing absentmindedness. 
C) building a schema. 
D) unblocking.

Question 14

Colt is an excellent quarterback.One skill that contributes to his ability is that he sees the players not just as individuals but as units that can be called on to make different plays.This skill enables him to process the game more efficiently and to hold more information about the game in his short-term memory.Colt is using the memory strategy of

Accepted Answer

A) visualization. 
B) imaging. 
C) chunking. 
D) linking.

Question 15

When a person incorrectly remembers the time, place, person, or circumstances involved in a memory, she is experiencing

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A) absentmindedness. 
B) cryptomnesia. 
C) source misattribution. 
D) the sleeper effect.

Question 16

Inattention and shallow encoding are consistent with , which leads to forgetting.

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A) blocking 
B) transience 
C) absentmindedness 
D) proactive interference

Question 17

Forgetting over time is referred to as

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A) bias. 
B) blocking. 
C) decay. 
D) absentmindedness.

Question 18

Akila's brother asks her if she knows the names of the capitals of Texas and Montana.She instantly knows that the capital of Texas is Austin, but she does not know the capital of Montana.Akila is using her ________ memory to retrieve memories.

Accepted Answer

A) explicit; declarative 
B) implicit; tacit 
C) episodic; autobiographical 
D) procedural; semantic

Question 19

Nadia changed her computer password on Monday.On Friday, she realizes that she failed to change the password in one system.When she tries to log in with her old password, she cannot remember it; her new password keeps coming to mind.Nadia's problem is due to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

According to network of association theories, concepts in memory are localized in

Accepted Answer

A) nodes. 
B) associations. 
C) feature lists. 
D) feature hierarchies.

Exam 7: Memory