Question 1

Because of the way in which information is encoded in long-term memory,if you are attempting to recall the word bed from a memorized list,which word are you most likely to mistakenly say?

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A)   red
B)   table
C)   bread
D)   sleep

Question 2

Luria studied Mr.S.,who had an amazing memory.Concerning Mr.S.'s abilities,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)   Mr.S.had trouble separating trivia from important facts.
B)   Mr.S.had no difficulty separating fact from fantasy.
C)   Mr.S.had to devise ways to forget.
D)   Mr.S.made his living as a mnemonist.

Question 3

Regarding how culture affects memories,European-Americans tend to emphasize

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A)   recent events.
B)   social and historical events.
C)   individuals.
D)   group membership.

Question 4

Many Alzheimer's patients in the early stages of the disease are still able to play the piano or to make coffee as they always have.However,their ability to remember names or faces rapidly declines.Thus,the type of memory that is still functioning adequately in these Alzheimer's patients is __________ memory.

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

Question 5

If Erica uses elaborative processing to study the concept of reinforcement,

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A)   she had to understand this concept in order to encode it this way.
B)   her memory network for this concept will be sparse and weak.
C)   she will become confused by all the additional information she encoded.
D)   she will not be able to retrieve the definition of reinforcement.

Question 6

Learning by simple repetition is known as

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A)   rote learning or rote rehearsal.
B)   insight or discovery learning.
C)   classical conditioning.
D)   operant conditioning.

Question 7

Greg is watching television when a beer commercial comes on that he has seen many times.In this commercial,a boy goes to a cool party,sees an attractive girl,flashes his favorite beer,and gets the girl.A year later,a friend asks Greg where he met his girlfriend,and he relates a scenario very similar to the beer commercial,although his girlfriend does not remember any alcoholic beverages being served at this small "party" where they met.According to Jesse Shapiro,Greg's creation of a "memory" that never really happened occurred because advertisers were able to

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A)   "prime" his implicit memories.
B)   "jam" his memories.
C)   create the serial position effect.
D)   elicit semantic memories rather than episodic ones.

Question 8

The three stages of memory IN ORDER are

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A)   short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory.
B)   eidetic memory, sensory memory, long-term memory.
C)   sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory.
D)   short-term memory, working memory, long-term memory.

Question 9

Regarding rehearsal and memory,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)   The more times a short-term memory is rehearsed, the greater the chance of it being stored in long-term memory.
B)   Rehearsing information allows you to "hear" the information many times, not just once.
C)   Rote learning is a very effective way to study.
D)   In memory experiments, information in short-term memory is gone in 12 to 18 seconds without rehearsal, although in daily life, short-term memories usually last longer.

Question 10

If you look at a flower and then quickly close your eyes,you will see a fleeting visual image for about one-half second that is referred to as

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A)   a flashbulb memory.
B)   echoic memory.
C)   iconic memory.
D)   illusory imagery.

Question 11

Regarding false memories,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)   People in Elizabeth Loftus' "smashed car" experiments who had false memories were often quite upset to learn that they had given false "testimony."
B)   False memories occur because new information "overwrites" existing memories.
C)   Because people cannot remember the source of a memory, it can lead witnesses to "remember" a face that they actually saw somewhere other than the crime scene.
D)   False long-term memories are a common problem in police work.

Question 12

The occurrence of false memories results most often from

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A)   repression.
B)   suppression.
C)   semantic forgetting.
D)   elaborative processing.

Question 13

When discussing the relationship between short-term and long-term memory,the authors of your textbook use the analogy of long-term memory being like a

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A)   computer keyboard.
B)   projector used in showing old home movies.
C)   huge warehouse filled with large filing cabinets.
D)   small desk with seven drawers.

Question 14

Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film,complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since

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A)   memories are stored in auditory images only, not visual ones.
B)   memories are stored in visual images only, not auditory ones.
C)   many events never get past sensory or short-term memory.
D)   no long-past forgotten memories have ever been elicited through brain stimulation, only recently stored memories.

Question 15

Research on the effectiveness of hypnosis in solving crimes found that

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A)   hypnosis improved memory only for crimes involving high emotion, such as kidnapping or murder.
B)   hypnosis increased false memories as the person filled in memory gaps with imagination.
C)   hypnosis was only accurate for good hypnotic subjects.
D)   if the person felt confident about the information gained through hypnosis, then the information was more likely to be true.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of people with amazing memories?

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A)   seeing a date and immediately remembering where they were and what they were doing
B)   seeing a date and knowing what day of the week this date fell on
C)   being able to easily separate trivia from facts and facts from fantasy
D)   feeling like their amazing memories were both a gift and a burden

Question 17

Although sensory memory is involved every time we store information,we are more likely to notice which of the following in carrying out our everyday chores?

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A)   short-term and long-term memory
B)   chunking and implicit memory
C)   eidetic and redintegrative memory
D)   procedural and skill memory

Question 18

The three basic processes of memory are

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A)   recognition, storage, retrieval.
B)   encoding, storage, forgetting.
C)   encoding, storage, retrieval.
D)   maintenance, elaboration, forgetting.

Question 19

To be stored for a long time,information must pass through all three stages of which model of memory?

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A)   Atkinson-Schiffrin
B)   Hobson-McCarley
C)   Melzack-Wall
D)   Darley-Latané

Question 20

Your instructor is lecturing in class when security knocks on the door.The instructor goes to the door,gets the note from security,and gives it to a student,who exits the classroom.The instructor looks at the class and asks,"Now where was I in the lecture notes?" This situation illustrates how short-term memory is affected by

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A)   dishabituation.
B)   priming.
C)   chunking.
D)   interference.

Exam 7: A: Memory

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of people with amazing memories?

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Regarding rehearsal and memory,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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When discussing the relationship between short-term and long-term memory,the authors of your textbook use the analogy of long-term memory being like a

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Learning by simple repetition is known as

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Regarding how culture affects memories,European-Americans tend to emphasize

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To be stored for a long time,information must pass through all three stages of which model of memory?

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The three basic processes of memory are

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The occurrence of false memories results most often from

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Because of the way in which information is encoded in long-term memory,if you are attempting to recall the word bed from a memorized list,which word are you most likely to mistakenly say?

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Regarding false memories,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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If you look at a flower and then quickly close your eyes,you will see a fleeting visual image for about one-half second that is referred to as

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If Erica uses elaborative processing to study the concept of reinforcement,

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Research on the effectiveness of hypnosis in solving crimes found that

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The three stages of memory IN ORDER are

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Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film,complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since

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Luria studied Mr.S.,who had an amazing memory.Concerning Mr.S.'s abilities,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Although sensory memory is involved every time we store information,we are more likely to notice which of the following in carrying out our everyday chores?

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Exam 7: A: Memory

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of people with amazing memories?

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Regarding rehearsal and memory,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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When discussing the relationship between short-term and long-term memory,the authors of your textbook use the analogy of long-term memory being like a

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Learning by simple repetition is known as

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Regarding how culture affects memories,European-Americans tend to emphasize

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To be stored for a long time,information must pass through all three stages of which model of memory?

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Because of the way in which information is encoded in long-term memory,if you are attempting to recall the word bed from a memorized list,which word are you most likely to mistakenly say?

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Regarding false memories,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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If you look at a flower and then quickly close your eyes,you will see a fleeting visual image for about one-half second that is referred to as

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If Erica uses elaborative processing to study the concept of reinforcement,

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Research on the effectiveness of hypnosis in solving crimes found that

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The three stages of memory IN ORDER are

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Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film,complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since

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Luria studied Mr.S.,who had an amazing memory.Concerning Mr.S.'s abilities,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Although sensory memory is involved every time we store information,we are more likely to notice which of the following in carrying out our everyday chores?

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