Question 1

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M
However,if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words,they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom.This illustrates

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A)  chunking.
B)  backward masking.
C)  verbal coding.
D)  selective attention.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which two types of memories are both considered to be types of declarative memory?

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A)  semantic and episodic
B)  semantic and procedural
C)  episodic and conditioning
D)  procedural and conditioningE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

After Tanya has practised a dance for her ballet class for a while,she feels as if her muscles know exactly what to do at each point in the piece.This is an example of a _____________ memory.

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A)  episodic
B)  semantic
C)  declarative
D)  nondeclarativeE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Even after long-term memories have been consolidated,they may still be updated or changed through a process known as

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A)  synching.
B)  long-term potentiation.
C)  cellular rewriting.
D)  reconsolidation.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following do the textbook authors suggest might be a cause of infantile amnesia?

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A)  hippocampal damage
B)  extinction
C)  young children lack schemas
D)  repressionE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand.She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang.After she gets off the phone,she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the

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A)  elaboration effect.
B)  recency effect.
C)  primacy effect.
D)  maintenance effect.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

_______________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar,more recently stored material.

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A)  Recency effect
B)  Proactive interference
C)  Decay
D)  Retroactive interferenceE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Echoic memory is to hearing as ______________ memory is to vision.

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A)  sensory
B)  long-term
C)  short-term
D)  iconicE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred are called

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A)  procedural memories.
B)  semantic memories.
C)  short-term memories.
D)  episodic memories.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Chunking is a means of

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A)  immediately forgetting irrelevant details.
B)  combining information into meaningful units.
C)  arranging details into a hierarchy from most to least important.
D)  storing long-term memories.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Misty and her family just got back from a vacation at Disney World,where they had a great time.Under which of the following circumstances is Misty likely to have difficulty remembering what they did?

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A)  right after viewing a documentary about serial killers
B)  at a sleepover with her friends
C)  during a lunch break at school
D)  while attending the circusE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

If a researcher showed that people remember pleasant memories better when they are happy than sad,this would be one method for demonstrating the importance of

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A)  context-dependent learning.
B)  priming.
C)  mood-dependent learning.
D)  trait-dependent learning.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Who is most likely to obtain the top score on his or her vocabulary test?

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A)  James,who made flash cards of all his words and is going over and over them.
B)  Cynthia,who has written down each word and definition five times in her notebook.
C)  Ryan,who has drawn a picture to illustrate each word.
D)  Harriet,who says the words and definitions over and over to herself all day long.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Which fact does NOT support the idea that the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory (STM) is determined by the number of chunks?

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A)  Organizing digits into larger numbers allows people to remember more digits at one time.
B)  There is a limit to the number of units of information that can be stored in STM at one time.
C)  Chunking can increase the amount of information people can place in STM.
D)  Individuals can remember more words from a list of single-syllable words than they can from a list of four- or five-syllable words.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

The most important factor in the majority of the cases,more than 75 percent,where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

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A)  false confessions.
B)  mistaken eyewitness identification.
C)  the use of jailhouse snitches.
D)  the use of "junk" science.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Jermaine sees a car accident and he initially estimates the offending driver to be traveling at 60 kilometres per hour.However,after hearing another witness's report of the cars "bumping" and answering a police officer's questions about the rate of speed when the cars "contacted" he subsequently revises his estimate to 50 kilometres per hour and his memory of the accident changes.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  bias.
B)  decay.
C)  interference.
D)  the misinformation effect.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Benjamin is a participant in a lab experiment.He is shown a list of words that include: engine,tire,trunk,drive,gasoline,and cup holder.When later asked,Benjamin says that "car" was one of the words he saw on the list,even though it was not there.This experiment is using _______________ to study memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  guided imagery
B)  a recovered memory technique
C)  imagination inflation
D)  the DRM procedureE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

State-dependent learning is superior retrieval of information when the organism

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A)  is highly motivated to perform.
B)  stores information while very emotional.
C)  is very relaxed.
D)  is in the same state as it was during encoding.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation,the teacher has them learn the sentence Every Good Boy Does Fine." This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  reconstructive memory.
B)  a mnemonic.
C)  serial-position effect.
D)  pattern recognition.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten

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A)  more rapidly as time goes by.
B)  gradually at first,then with increasing speed.
C)  quickly at first,then tapers off gradually.
D)  most quickly one day after learning.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Exam 7: B: Memory

Which of the following do the textbook authors suggest might be a cause of infantile amnesia?

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Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However,if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words,they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom.This illustrates

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Chunking is a means of

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Misty and her family just got back from a vacation at Disney World,where they had a great time.Under which of the following circumstances is Misty likely to have difficulty remembering what they did?

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Echoic memory is to hearing as ______________ memory is to vision.

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_______________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar,more recently stored material.

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If a researcher showed that people remember pleasant memories better when they are happy than sad,this would be one method for demonstrating the importance of

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The most important factor in the majority of the cases,more than 75 percent,where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

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State-dependent learning is superior retrieval of information when the organism

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Who is most likely to obtain the top score on his or her vocabulary test?

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After Tanya has practised a dance for her ballet class for a while,she feels as if her muscles know exactly what to do at each point in the piece.This is an example of a _____________ memory.

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Even after long-term memories have been consolidated,they may still be updated or changed through a process known as

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Which two types of memories are both considered to be types of declarative memory?

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In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation,the teacher has them learn the sentence Every Good Boy Does Fine." This is an example of

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Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten

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Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred are called

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Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand.She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang.After she gets off the phone,she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the

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Which fact does NOT support the idea that the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory (STM) is determined by the number of chunks?

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Exam 7: B: Memory

Which of the following do the textbook authors suggest might be a cause of infantile amnesia?

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Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However,if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words,they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom.This illustrates

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Chunking is a means of

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Misty and her family just got back from a vacation at Disney World,where they had a great time.Under which of the following circumstances is Misty likely to have difficulty remembering what they did?

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Echoic memory is to hearing as ______________ memory is to vision.

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_______________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar,more recently stored material.

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If a researcher showed that people remember pleasant memories better when they are happy than sad,this would be one method for demonstrating the importance of

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The most important factor in the majority of the cases,more than 75 percent,where DNA evidence led to the overturning of a unjust conviction of an innocent person was

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State-dependent learning is superior retrieval of information when the organism

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Who is most likely to obtain the top score on his or her vocabulary test?

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After Tanya has practised a dance for her ballet class for a while,she feels as if her muscles know exactly what to do at each point in the piece.This is an example of a _____________ memory.

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Even after long-term memories have been consolidated,they may still be updated or changed through a process known as

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Which two types of memories are both considered to be types of declarative memory?

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In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation,the teacher has them learn the sentence Every Good Boy Does Fine." This is an example of

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Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten

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Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred are called

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Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand.She had gone through a list of them when her phone rang.After she gets off the phone,she is MOST likely to remember the first few bone names because of the

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Which fact does NOT support the idea that the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory (STM) is determined by the number of chunks?

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