Question 1

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, information may get into memory, but it becomes confused with other information.

Accepted Answer

A)  decay 
B)  replacement 
C)  interference 
D)  cue-dependent

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation of childhood amnesia according to the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  The areas of the brain involved in memory are not fully developed in early childhood. 
B)  The young child lacks a sense of self. 
C)  The young child's busy routine does not allow them time to think about and encode his or her experiences. 
D)  The young child's limited vocabulary results in impoverished encoding.

Question 3

Trivial Pursuit requires recall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In a study by Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer (1974) on eyewitness memory, participants were shown a film of an automobile accident. They found that the participants' memories of the event were influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  whether they had seen pictures of the accident. 
B)  being asked which of the two cars was speeding. 
C)  the words used to describe the impact of the two cars. 
D)  the reports given by other eyewitnesses.

Question 5

Joe is not sure if he is ready for the final exam, so he takes a quiz on the web, made available by the professor. The memory process he is using is:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Research on retrieval of memories shows that:

Accepted Answer

A)  since preschoolers tend to focus on novelty rather than routine, distinctive aspects will provide retrieval cues to make an event more memorable in the long run. 
B)  a special mechanism called repression explains psychogenic amnesia. 
C)  contextual and internal cues that are present when you learn a new fact are apt to be especially useful later as retrieval aides. 
D)  cues can help retrieve episodic memories of the early years of life, but procedural memories of the toddler years are rare.

Question 7

Contemporary memory researchers would be most likely to agree that childhood amnesia:

Accepted Answer

A)  occurs because the prefrontal cortex and other key brain structures aren't developed yet. 
B)  is due to the processing of so much new information that retroactive interference occurs. 
C)  occurs when the ego represses id experiences until the superego forms at ages three to six years old. 
D)  is due to the babies' inability to access memories frequently enough before decay occurs.

Question 8

An effective way to conceptualize memory is to think of it as a movie camera that records each moment of a person's life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you heard or were told about an event later is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  source amnesia. 
B)  priming. 
C)  semantic memory. 
D)  explicit memory.

Question 10

________ could be called "knowing that something is true" memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  Flashbulb memories 
B)  Implicit memories 
C)  Declarative memories 
D)  Procedural memories

Question 11

Match the examples with the appropriate type of memory.
-You remember most of the gifts you received for your sixteenth birthday.

Accepted Answer

A) Short-term memory 
B) Sensory memory 
C) Semantic memory 
D) Procedural memory 
E) Episodic memory

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic memory processes?

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptualize 
B)  encode 
C)  retrieve 
D)  store

Question 13

Professor Ichthyop, who specializes in the study of the Lost River sucker fish, complains that each semester whenever he learns the name of a new student, he forgets the name of a fish. He is complaining about the problem of ________ in memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  cue-dependent forgetting 
B)  decay 
C)  retroactive interference 
D)  proactive interference

Question 14

Information is held for the shortest period of time in:

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory. 
B)  procedural memory. 
C)  sensory memory. 
D)  short-term memory.

Question 15

Match the examples with the appropriate type of memory.
-You remember 4 letters of the array of 16 that was momentarily flashed on a screen in front of you.

Accepted Answer

A) Short-term memory 
B) Sensory memory 
C) Semantic memory 
D) Procedural memory 
E) Episodic memory

Question 16

Match the definitions with the correct terms.
-The partial or complete loss of memory (due to nonorganic causes) for threatening information or traumatic experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) Repression 
B) Retroactive interference 
C) Decay theory 
D) Psychogenic amnesia 
E) Proactive interference

Question 17

When Erin recalls the time that her mother took her to a Barenaked Ladies concert, she is relying on her ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory 
B)  procedural 
C)  episodic 
D)  semantic

Question 18

Most researchers believe that long-term potentiation is the process underlying many, and perhaps all, forms of learning and memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Compare the efforts of Hermann Ebbinghaus, who wanted to measure pure memory loss, independent of personal experience, with those of Marigold Linton, who studied how people forget real events.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare the efforts of Hermann Ebbinghaus, who...

Question 20

When Sir Frederic Bartlett asked people to read unfamiliar stories and then recite the stories to him, he found that details or morals were added to make the story coherent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Memory

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, information may get into memory, but it becomes confused with other information.

Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation of childhood amnesia according to the text?

Trivial Pursuit requires recall.

In a study by Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer (1974) on eyewitness memory, participants were shown a film of an automobile accident. They found that the participants' memories of the event were influenced by:

Joe is not sure if he is ready for the final exam, so he takes a quiz on the web, made available by the professor. The memory process he is using is:

Research on retrieval of memories shows that:

Contemporary memory researchers would be most likely to agree that childhood amnesia:

An effective way to conceptualize memory is to think of it as a movie camera that records each moment of a person's life.

The inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you heard or were told about an event later is called:

________ could be called "knowing that something is true" memories.

Match the examples with the appropriate type of memory. -You remember most of the gifts you received for your sixteenth birthday.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic memory processes?

Professor Ichthyop, who specializes in the study of the Lost River sucker fish, complains that each semester whenever he learns the name of a new student, he forgets the name of a fish. He is complaining about the problem of ________ in memory.

Information is held for the shortest period of time in:

Match the examples with the appropriate type of memory. -You remember 4 letters of the array of 16 that was momentarily flashed on a screen in front of you.

Match the definitions with the correct terms. -The partial or complete loss of memory (due to nonorganic causes) for threatening information or traumatic experiences.

When Erin recalls the time that her mother took her to a Barenaked Ladies concert, she is relying on her ________ memory.

Most researchers believe that long-term potentiation is the process underlying many, and perhaps all, forms of learning and memory.

Compare the efforts of Hermann Ebbinghaus, who wanted to measure pure memory loss, independent of personal experience, with those of Marigold Linton, who studied how people forget real events.

When Sir Frederic Bartlett asked people to read unfamiliar stories and then recite the stories to him, he found that details or morals were added to make the story coherent.