Question 1

Your history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S. presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names. What kind of memory test is this?

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A)   free recall
B)   cued recall
C)   recognition
D)   savings B

Question 2

You don't have a telephone directory and you are trying to remember the phone number of your local pizza parlor. You must rely on

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A)   recognition.
B)   free recall.
C)   savings.
D)   implicit memory.

Question 3

The main contribution of the levels-of-processing principle is that it accounts for

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A)   retroactive and proactive interference.
B)   the capacity limits of short-term memory.
C)   the varying strengths of long-term memories.
D)   the location of memory storage within the brain.

Question 4

Which of these types of memory can store the largest amount of information? That is, which one has the greatest capacity?

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A)   the sensory store
B)   short-term memory
C)   long-term memory
D)   All three have an equal capacity

Question 5

When you remember the rules of tennis, what type of memory is that?

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

Question 6

Which of the following types of memory is least impaired in the patient H.M. (who has hippocampal damage) ?

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A)   explicit memory
B)   procedural memory
C)   declarative memory
D)   recall of events from the most recent year

Question 7

If a memory is very weak, which method of testing memory is most likely to detect that memory?

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A)   free recall
B)   cued recall
C)   recognition
D)   savings

Question 8

The patient H.M.

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A)   has damage to the cerebral cortex.
B)   could not remember any information from before his operation.
C)   has no short-term memory.
D)   has great difficulty learning new facts.

Question 9

When witnesses choose a suspect from a lineup, they sometimes identify the wrong person. To minimize such errors, psychologists recommend the following change in procedure:

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A)   Present the suspects sequentially (one at a time) .
B)   Tell the witness which suspect the police think is probably guilty.
C)   Provide more encouragement.
D)   Have several witnesses discuss the choice among themselves.

Question 10

First you memorized the street map of Detroit. If you now memorize the street map of Philadelphia, you might forget the Detroit map because of

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A)   state-dependent memory.
B)   retroactive interference.
C)   proactive interference.
D)   anterograde amnesia.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory?

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A)   remembering the current score of a basketball game
B)   remembering the final score of a basketball game played last week
C)   remembering the first time you went to a basketball game
D)   remembering the rules for playing basketball

Question 12

Researchers gave participants four paragraphs describing childhood events. Three of the stories were true (provided by the participants' parents)  and the fourth was false, but plausible (being lost on a family outing) . When asked to provide further details,

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A)   most of the participants said all four events were untrue.
B)   most of the participants said all four events were true.
C)   all of the participants recognized the suggested (false)  event as being untrue.
D)   some of the participants remembered the suggested (false)  event in some detail.

Question 13

According to the information-processing model of memory, human memory is most analogous to

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A)   a library classification system.
B)   a food processor.
C)   an encyclopedia set.
D)   a computer.

Question 14

Which of the following topics is most controversial among current psychologists? That is, which of them is believed by some and strongly disbelieved by others?

Accepted Answer

A)   The tendency for proactive interference to enhance forgetting.
B)   The ability of therapy patients to accurately recover repressed memories of early sexual abuse.
C)   Existence of different kinds of memory--e.g., procedural vs. declarative, explicit vs. implicit.
D)   The possibility of being influenced in behavior by implicit memories, even though one does not recall them consciously.

Question 15

Memory for specific life events such as graduating from high school, or getting married, is known as

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Which of these is a reason to spread out studying over time instead of studying all at once?

Accepted Answer

A)   Studying all at once makes you likely to underestimate your memory of facts.
B)   Spreading out your study time will help you practice retrieving a memory.
C)   It is easier to remember something you learned a few days ago than something you learned more recently.
D)   Spreading out your study time gives you more time to repeat the text in your head.

Question 17

Which of the following would be good advice for someone who wanted to learn material quickly for a test, and who was not concerned about remembering the material long after the test was over?

Accepted Answer

A)   Study at various times of the day.
B)   Study in a wide variety of places.
C)   Study and review as close as possible to the time of the test.
D)   Complete your studying at least 3 days before the test and do not review the material the day before the test.

Question 18

What type of memory is your memory of your current mailing address?

Accepted Answer

A)   short-term
B)   semantic
C)   episodic
D)   state-dependent

Question 19

Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

Accepted Answer

A)   free recall
B)   cued recall
C)   recognition
D)   savings C

Question 20

Amnesic patients generally perform poorly on

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory tests.
B)   explicit memory tests.
C)   tests of procedural memory.
D)   all kinds of memory tests equally.

Exam 7: Memory

Your history professor gives you a list of the initials of all the U.S. presidents and vice presidents and asks you to fill in the names. What kind of memory test is this?

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You don't have a telephone directory and you are trying to remember the phone number of your local pizza parlor. You must rely on

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The main contribution of the levels-of-processing principle is that it accounts for

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Which of these types of memory can store the largest amount of information? That is, which one has the greatest capacity?

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When you remember the rules of tennis, what type of memory is that?

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Which of the following types of memory is least impaired in the patient H.M. (who has hippocampal damage) ?

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If a memory is very weak, which method of testing memory is most likely to detect that memory?

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The patient H.M.

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When witnesses choose a suspect from a lineup, they sometimes identify the wrong person. To minimize such errors, psychologists recommend the following change in procedure:

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First you memorized the street map of Detroit. If you now memorize the street map of Philadelphia, you might forget the Detroit map because of

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Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory?

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Researchers gave participants four paragraphs describing childhood events. Three of the stories were true (provided by the participants' parents) and the fourth was false, but plausible (being lost on a family outing) . When asked to provide further details,

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According to the information-processing model of memory, human memory is most analogous to

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Which of the following topics is most controversial among current psychologists? That is, which of them is believed by some and strongly disbelieved by others?

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Memory for specific life events such as graduating from high school, or getting married, is known as

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Which of these is a reason to spread out studying over time instead of studying all at once?

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Which of the following would be good advice for someone who wanted to learn material quickly for a test, and who was not concerned about remembering the material long after the test was over?

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What type of memory is your memory of your current mailing address?

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Which kind of memory test are you taking right now?

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Amnesic patients generally perform poorly on

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