Question 1

Suppose that you are having a difficult time learning German because your previous exposure to French is getting in the way. What are you experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cue-dependent forgetting
B)   Proactive interference
C)   Retroactive interference
D)   DecayE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Short-term memory storage is to ____ as long-term memory storage is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   semantic; emotional
B)   haptic; informational
C)   limited; unlimited
D)   hierarchical; acousticE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is TRUE about short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Memories stored in short-term memory are usually stored in long-term memory at the same time.
B)   Short-term memories are coded to indicate both where the memory came from and where it is going.
C)   The capacity of short-term memory is large and its duration is long.
D)   Short-term memory uses multiple coding systems, including verbally, semantically, acoustically, and visually.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Trying to learn a great deal of information in one huge study session is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   massed practice
B)   distraction
C)   massed extinction
D)   distributed practiceE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 5

The psychologist most associated with false memories is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Rescorla
B)   Loftus
C)   Milner
D)   TolmanE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Frika is washing dishes and she automatically puts the forks in the side drawer, despite the fact that she moved the forks to another drawer last week. Frika's error is most likely the result of ____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit
B)   episodic
C)   explicit
D)   sensoryE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

What model predicts that information that is processed deeply and elaboratively will be best retained in and recalled from long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Three-stage processing
B)   Parallel processing
C)   Levels-of-processing
D)   Sequential processingE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Which technique is generally an effective method of study efficiently?

Accepted Answer

A)   Forming associations among the elements of information
B)   Playing music in the background while you are studying
C)   Rehearsing what you have to know for hours
D)   Using massed practice sessionsE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

The central executive component of the working memory model is primarily involved in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   storage and retrieval
B)   attention and integration
C)   transduction and transporting
D)   encoding and transcriptionE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

In which stage of the three-stages model of memory does encoding of the environment first occur?

Accepted Answer

A)   Short-term memory
B)   Semantic memory
C)   Sensory memory
D)   Long-term memoryE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Sensory memories help us to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   retain impressions of our sensory experiences forever
B)   process sensations long enough to send them on to short-term memory
C)   use sensory experiences to recall other information
D)   process emotional memoriesE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

If you cannot remember the events of your life before the age of 15, you may have ____ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive
B)   perpetual
C)   retrograde
D)   anterogradeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Semantic memory is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   conceptual memory
B)   memory for skills
C)   a type of non-declarative memory
D)   implicit memoryE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

When you use chunking to increase the capacity of short-term memory, ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   you are able to hold an average of 7 plus or minus 2 chunks
B)   neurons from the amygdala help those in the hippocampus to increase memory capacity
C)   it comes at the expense of a corresponding decrease in the capacity of long-term memory.
D)   it works best when units have a familiar sequence or inherent association.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following is TRUE of declarative memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   It includes procedural memory.
B)   It is a type of explicit memory.
C)   It describes a way that short-term memories are stored.
D)   It is a type of implicit memory.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

The fact that you can pronounce the words that you are reading in this sentence before you process them into long-term memory is mostly a problem for the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   working memory model of memory
B)   biological model of memory
C)   three-stages model of memory
D)   levels-of-processing model of memoryE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Memory is ____ in that we often use our expectations to fill in the missing details of our memories.

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional
B)   accurate
C)   reconstructive
D)   chunkedE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

The SQ3R memory method stands for ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   study, quiz, rehearse, revisit, rest
B)   survey, question, read, recite, review
C)   search and quiz three times, and then review once
D)   study qualitatively for three days and then rest for a day before taking the testE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Echoic sensory memory encodes information from a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   sound
B)   written sentence
C)   caress
D)   photoE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

What is the auditory processor in the multicomponent theory of working memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Audiotape
B)   Phonological recorder
C)   Auditory recorder
D)   Phonological loopE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 7: Memory

Sensory memories help us to ____.

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Which of the following is TRUE about short-term memory?

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Frika is washing dishes and she automatically puts the forks in the side drawer, despite the fact that she moved the forks to another drawer last week. Frika's error is most likely the result of ____ memory.

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Memory is ____ in that we often use our expectations to fill in the missing details of our memories.

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Short-term memory storage is to ____ as long-term memory storage is to ____.

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Semantic memory is ____.

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The psychologist most associated with false memories is ____.

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Suppose that you are having a difficult time learning German because your previous exposure to French is getting in the way. What are you experiencing?

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What is the auditory processor in the multicomponent theory of working memory?

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The fact that you can pronounce the words that you are reading in this sentence before you process them into long-term memory is mostly a problem for the ____.

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Trying to learn a great deal of information in one huge study session is known as ____.

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In which stage of the three-stages model of memory does encoding of the environment first occur?

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The central executive component of the working memory model is primarily involved in ____.

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Echoic sensory memory encodes information from a ____.

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Which technique is generally an effective method of study efficiently?

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Which of the following is TRUE of declarative memory?

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The SQ3R memory method stands for ____.

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When you use chunking to increase the capacity of short-term memory, ____.

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What model predicts that information that is processed deeply and elaboratively will be best retained in and recalled from long-term memory?

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If you cannot remember the events of your life before the age of 15, you may have ____ amnesia.

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