Question 1

Which of the following is TRUE of flashbulb memories?

Accepted Answer

A)  The less distinctive a stimulus is,the more likely we are to recall it later.
B)  A distinctive stimulus always helps us remember where the information came from.
C)  Flashbulb memories contain every detail of an original scene.
D)  The details recalled in flashbulb memories are often inaccurate.

Question 2

"Discuss several factors that contributed to the economic collapse of late-2008," asks a question in the midterm paper of an economics course.Such a question is a test of _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  recall
B)  procedural
C)  recognition
D)  non-declarative

Question 3

_____,an illness characterized in part by severe memory problems,is the fourth leading cause of death among adults in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  Korsakoff's syndrome
B)  Parkinsonism
C)  Alzheimer's disease
D)  Stickler syndrome

Question 4

Rehearsal serves to:

Accepted Answer

A)  refresh sensory memory.
B)  keep information in sensory memory.
C)  transfer information into long-term memory.
D)  retrieve specific information exclusively.

Question 5

Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which memory processes occur,from first to last?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encoding  →\rarr→  storage  →\rarr→ retrieval
B)  Storage  →\rarr→  retrieval  →\rarr→ encoding
C)  Encoding  →\rarr→  retrieval  →\rarr→  storage
D)  Storage  →\rarr→  encoding  →\rarr→  retrieval

Question 6

Which of the following sequences best reflects the order of stages in the three-stage model of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sensory memory  →\rarr→  short-term memory  →\rarr→  long-term memory
B)  Short-term memory  →\rarr→  sensory memory  →\rarr→ long-term memory
C)  Short-term memory  →\rarr→  working memory  →\rarr→  long-term memory
D)  Working memory  →\rarr→ short-term memory  →\rarr→  long-term memory

Question 7

When faced with a list of terms to memorize in one of his college courses,Brendan creates an acrostic-a sentence in which successive words begin with the same letter as the corresponding list word.Formal organizational strategies such as this are termed .

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

A typical multiple-choice question on a psychology test is an example of both a _____ and an _____ test of memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  recall; implicit
B)  recall; explicit
C)  recognition; implicit
D)  recognition; explicit

Question 9

You have just listened to your current favorite song on your iPod.You can still hear traces of the final chorus,even though the song has just ended.For a few seconds,the song will be represented in auditory sensory memory,or memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You have just listened to your current...

Question 10

Chad is puzzling over a difficult question on a multiple-choice sociology test.He re-reads the question,scans the options beneath the question,and glances at other questions on the test.Most likely,Chad is looking for:

Accepted Answer

A)  mnemonics.
B)  flashbulb memories.
C)  retrieval cues.
D)  a miracle.

Question 11

Which of the following statements best describes the forgetting function that Ebbinghaus discovered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Material is forgotten at a relatively constant rate once it has been learned.
B)  Nothing is ever really forgotten.
C)  Material is forgotten at a relatively slow rate at first,then the rate of forgetting speeds up.
D)  Material is forgotten relatively rapidly at first,and then the rate of forgetting slows down.

Question 12

Rhoda is thinking about her family reunion from last summer.This reminds her that a close friend is attending the same college in which her cousin is enrolled; her thoughts then turn to the reading assignments she has neglected in one of her classes.The process of describes how one memory brings up another in our network of mental representations.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Cory knows that the capital of Vermont is Montpelier.This is an example of _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic
B)  episodic
C)  procedural
D)  non-declarative

Question 14

"It's like riding a bike; once you know how,you don't forget." This adage suggests that procedural memories do not require conscious attempts at recall; that is,procedural memories are often .

Accepted Answer

The answer of "It's like riding a bike; once you...

Question 15

Long-term potentiation refers to the process whereby:

Accepted Answer

A)  the number of synaptic and dendritic connections between neurons increases with experience.
B)  memories become fixed and stable in the long term.
C)  neural pathways become activated more easily as learning occurs.
D)  disturbing memories seem to gain in intensity over time.

Question 16

"I know it! It's um ...um ...It starts with 'G'," begins a trivia-game contestant excitedly.The contestant is falling prey to the _____ phenomenon.

Accepted Answer

A)  tip-of-the-tongue
B)  flashbulb memory
C)  motivated forgetting
D)  retrograde interference

Question 17

When answering such questions as "Who was your date to the junior prom?" or "Which costume did you wear last Halloween?" you are relying most explicitly on the memory process of:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the effect of stress on working memory capacity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stress has no effect on the capacity of working memory.
B)  Stress increases the capacity of working memory only marginally.
C)  Stress increases the capacity of working memory dramatically.
D)  Stress can reduce the effectiveness of working memory by reducing its capacity.

Question 19

Rehearsal refers to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  inability to recall information that one realizes one knows.
B)  grouping of information that can be stored in short-term memory.
C)  repetition of information that has entered short-term memory.
D)  memory task in which individuals are presented with a stimulus and asked whether they have been exposed to it in the past.

Question 20

_____ memory is the memory for general knowledge and facts about the world,as well as memory for the rules of logic that are used to deduce other facts.

Accepted Answer

A)  Episodic
B)  Semantic
C)  Non-declarative
D)  Procedural

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You have just listened to your current favorite song on your iPod.You can still hear traces of the final chorus,even though the song has just ended.For a few seconds,the song will be represented in auditory sensory memory,or memory.

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_____ memory is the memory for general knowledge and facts about the world,as well as memory for the rules of logic that are used to deduce other facts.

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_____,an illness characterized in part by severe memory problems,is the fourth leading cause of death among adults in the United States.

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"Discuss several factors that contributed to the economic collapse of late-2008," asks a question in the midterm paper of an economics course.Such a question is a test of _____ memory.

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"It's like riding a bike; once you know how,you don't forget." This adage suggests that procedural memories do not require conscious attempts at recall; that is,procedural memories are often .

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Which of the following sequences best reflects the order of stages in the three-stage model of memory?

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Long-term potentiation refers to the process whereby:

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When faced with a list of terms to memorize in one of his college courses,Brendan creates an acrostic-a sentence in which successive words begin with the same letter as the corresponding list word.Formal organizational strategies such as this are termed .

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Chad is puzzling over a difficult question on a multiple-choice sociology test.He re-reads the question,scans the options beneath the question,and glances at other questions on the test.Most likely,Chad is looking for:

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