Question 1

Ever since his car accident, Joe has difficulty remembering what his friends do for a living, although he can remember their names. This dysfunction is evidence for:

Accepted Answer

A)   the modularity of episodic memory
B)   the modularity of semantic memory
C)   the formation of an implicit memory
D)   the validity of spreading of activation

Question 2

An early, but ultimately incorrect, approach to understanding the biology of memory was:

Accepted Answer

A)   the modularity approach
B)   long-term potentiation
C)   the formation of memory molecules
D)   all of the above

Question 3

Williams's (1994)  work found that:

Accepted Answer

A)   it is possible to forget a traumatic event
B)   classical conditioning can explain repressed memories
C)   most abuse victims store their traumatic memories in their implicit memory system
D)   over 50% of abuse victims do not remember their abuse

Question 4

James is remembering his 10th birthday party, when he spilled milk all over his younger sister's head. The memory of this event was most likely retrieved from which memory system?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

If you were presented with the words NURSE, SICK, LAWYER, and MEDICINE, and when asked to recall these words at a later time, which of the following words has the highest likelihood of being falsely recalled?

Accepted Answer

A)   DOCTOR
B)   SLEEP
C)   MOUNTAIN
D)   HOME

Question 6

Patricia can't seem to remember where she put her keys when she came home last night, and is now, frantically, trying to find them before leaving the house for work. To enhance her memory, Patricia should try which of the following memory search strategies?

Accepted Answer

A)   thinking out loud
B)   changing your perspective
C)   decomposition
D)   all of the above

Question 7

An analogous type of spreading of activation that characterizes semantic networks is a central assumption of:

Accepted Answer

A)   long-term potentiation
B)   memory molecules
C)   semantic modularity
D)   electrical stimulation of the brain

Question 8

Encoding specificity refers to the idea that:

Accepted Answer

A)   retrieval is enhanced when multiple recall attempts are made
B)   retrieval is enhanced when retrieval cues are similar to encoding cues
C)   retrieval is inhibited when retrieval cues are similar to encoding cues

Question 9

The brain responds to falsely-retrieved information in a manner simila to how it responds to accurately-recalled information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The material that Caitlin studied for an upcoming Biology exam would most likely be consolidated into long-term memory:

Accepted Answer

A)   15 minutes following her study period
B)   3 months following her study period
C)   as she is studying it
D)   10 hours following her initial study period

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an example of prospective memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   remembering that one has a dentist appointment next week
B)   remembering that one has to pick up one's child from football practice tomorrow
C)   remembering that you were sexually abused 15 years ago, as a child
D)   none of the above

Question 12

Postevent information:

Accepted Answer

A)   never influences one's memory for an event
B)   tends to enhance one's memory for an event
C)   can retroactively interfere with an original memory
D)   all of the above

Question 13

If a typical person is told to "Name a type of bird," which of the following responses would be most likely to take the longest amount of time to be generated?

Accepted Answer

A)   Robin
B)   Pigeon
C)   Penguin
D)   all would have equal response latencies

Question 14

Research on long-term memory loss tends to yield forgetting curves that are conceptually to the forgetting curves obtained by Ebbinghaus.

Accepted Answer

A)   similar
B)   different
C)   different for early items, similar for later items
D)   similar for early items, different for later items.

Question 15

A person earning which of the following grades in a history course is likely to have the highest amount of recall of the course content years after finishing the course:

Accepted Answer

A)   A
B)   B
C)   C
D)   D

Question 16

Which of the following individuals is least likely to retrieve a false memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   a 40-year-old man
B)   a 40-year-old woman
C)   a 7-year-old girl
D)   a 17-year-old boy

Question 17

As Melanie sits in class paying attention to the new material being presented by her professor, this information, in its unconsolidated state, is likely being processed in which storage system?

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory memory
B)   short-term memory
C)   long-term memory
D)   implicit memory

Question 18

Imagination inflation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)   heightened reality monitoring
B)   source memory
C)   an increase in the perceived reality of a memory
D)   a diminished capacity for prospective memory

Question 19

Evidence supporting the Permanent Memory Hypothesis can be seen in:

Accepted Answer

A)   cases of recovered memories
B)   retrieval of information via hypnosis
C)   studies involving the electrical stimulation of the brain
D)   all of the above

Question 20

The inability to recall information from LTM means that the information to-be-recalled no longer exists in LTM.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Storage and Retrieval

The brain responds to falsely-retrieved information in a manner simila to how it responds to accurately-recalled information.

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If a typical person is told to "Name a type of bird," which of the following responses would be most likely to take the longest amount of time to be generated?

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Ever since his car accident, Joe has difficulty remembering what his friends do for a living, although he can remember their names. This dysfunction is evidence for:

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Which of the following is NOT an example of prospective memory?

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Imagination inflation refers to:

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Williams's (1994) work found that:

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Research on long-term memory loss tends to yield forgetting curves that are conceptually to the forgetting curves obtained by Ebbinghaus.

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Evidence supporting the Permanent Memory Hypothesis can be seen in:

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The material that Caitlin studied for an upcoming Biology exam would most likely be consolidated into long-term memory:

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As Melanie sits in class paying attention to the new material being presented by her professor, this information, in its unconsolidated state, is likely being processed in which storage system?

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An early, but ultimately incorrect, approach to understanding the biology of memory was:

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Patricia can't seem to remember where she put her keys when she came home last night, and is now, frantically, trying to find them before leaving the house for work. To enhance her memory, Patricia should try which of the following memory search strategies?

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Postevent information:

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An analogous type of spreading of activation that characterizes semantic networks is a central assumption of:

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A person earning which of the following grades in a history course is likely to have the highest amount of recall of the course content years after finishing the course:

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James is remembering his 10th birthday party, when he spilled milk all over his younger sister's head. The memory of this event was most likely retrieved from which memory system?

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Encoding specificity refers to the idea that:

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If you were presented with the words NURSE, SICK, LAWYER, and MEDICINE, and when asked to recall these words at a later time, which of the following words has the highest likelihood of being falsely recalled?

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Which of the following individuals is least likely to retrieve a false memory?

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The inability to recall information from LTM means that the information to-be-recalled no longer exists in LTM.

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