Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a type of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic memory 
B)  episodic memory 
C)  procedural memory 
D)  working memory

Question 2

Users of sign language report experiencing TOT states, called tip-of-the-finger states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material is called recall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

________ is defined as conscious, intentional recollection of an event or an item of information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Recall 
B)  Recognition 
C)  Explicit memory 
D)  Implicit memory

Question 5

George Miller's estimate of the capacity of short-term memory is the "magical 2 to 20 range."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

If you are trying to retrieve a memory, you will be better able to do so if:

Accepted Answer

A)  you used maintenance rehearsal in order to encode the information. 
B)  your current mood matches the mood of the kind of material you are trying to remember. 
C)  you wait until your emotional arousal is neither high nor low. 
D)  you find a psychoanalyst with experience in retrieving unconscious memories.

Question 7

Short-term memory has a limited capacity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Memory researchers generally agree that the parallel distributed processing model of memory is more useful than the three-box model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Zeke finds that he performs better on the exams that are given in his regular psychology classroom than he does in the large lecture room that is used to give midterms and finals to several sections at once. Zeke's experience illustrates the:

Accepted Answer

A)  role of proactive interference. 
B)  importance of retrieval cues in memory. 
C)  importance of state-dependent memory. 
D)  role of retroactive interference.

Question 10

Bob is moving and has been assigned a new phone number. His old phone number was 469-8301, while his new phone number has been changed to 840-5327. If Bob experiences proactive interference when asked for his new phone number, you would predict he would recall:

Accepted Answer

A)  only the first three digits (469) of his old phone number. 
B)  the seven digits 840-5327. 
C)  the seven digits 469-8301. 
D)  only the first three digits (840) of his new phone number.

Question 11

Match the definitions with the correct terms.
-Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Another name for the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model of memory is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  interaction model. 
B)  long-term potentiation model. 
C)  multiple process model. 
D)  connectionist model.

Question 13

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.
-A memory system that momentarily preserves extremely accurate images of sensory information.

Accepted Answer

A) Maintenance rehearsal 
B) Elaborative rehearsal 
C) Short-term memory 
D) Working memory 
E) Consolidation
F)Sensory memory
G)Procedural memory
H)Episodic memory
I)Semantic memory
J)Deep processing

Question 14

Knowing that flash floods occur quickly when water runs off hard, dry ground would be an episodic memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An early study of memory explored what would happen if people were prevented from rehearsing information. Participants memorized meaningless groups of letters and immediately afterward had to count backward by threes from an arbitrary number. What were the results? What conclusions were drawn from this research?

Accepted Answer

The answer of An early study of memory explored what...

Question 16

In ancient times, philosophers compared memory to a soft wax tablet that would preserve anything that chanced to make an imprint on it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Proactive interference refers to situations in which:

Accepted Answer

A)  newly acquired information makes it more difficult to remember older information. 
B)  early childhood memories are extremely difficult to remember. 
C)  previously acquired information makes it more difficult to acquire new information. 
D)  the retrieval cues that exist facilitate memory.

Question 18

Information in sensory memory is retained for about:

Accepted Answer

A)  2-3 seconds or less. 
B)  5-10 minutes. 
C)  30 minutes. 
D)  30 seconds.

Question 19

Flashbulb memories, unlike other memories, are accurate records of the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

________ is thought to be the biological mechanism of long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-term potentiation 
B)  Parallel processing 
C)  State-dependent memory 
D)  Deep processing

Exam 10: Memory

Which of the following is NOT a type of long-term memory?

Users of sign language report experiencing TOT states, called tip-of-the-finger states.

The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material is called recall.

________ is defined as conscious, intentional recollection of an event or an item of information.

George Miller's estimate of the capacity of short-term memory is the "magical 2 to 20 range."

If you are trying to retrieve a memory, you will be better able to do so if:

Short-term memory has a limited capacity.

Memory researchers generally agree that the parallel distributed processing model of memory is more useful than the three-box model.

Zeke finds that he performs better on the exams that are given in his regular psychology classroom than he does in the large lecture room that is used to give midterms and finals to several sections at once. Zeke's experience illustrates the:

Bob is moving and has been assigned a new phone number. His old phone number was 469-8301, while his new phone number has been changed to 840-5327. If Bob experiences proactive interference when asked for his new phone number, you would predict he would recall:

Match the definitions with the correct terms. -Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material.

Another name for the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model of memory is the:

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -A memory system that momentarily preserves extremely accurate images of sensory information.

Knowing that flash floods occur quickly when water runs off hard, dry ground would be an episodic memory.

In ancient times, philosophers compared memory to a soft wax tablet that would preserve anything that chanced to make an imprint on it.

Proactive interference refers to situations in which:

Information in sensory memory is retained for about:

Flashbulb memories, unlike other memories, are accurate records of the past.

________ is thought to be the biological mechanism of long-term memory.