Question 1

When someone is trying to memorize a list of items,memory will be better if the person organizes the items into related categories.Who is most likely to do so?

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A)  young children,but not adults
B)  females,but not males
C)  adults,regardless of whether or not they have attended school
D)  people who have attended school for some length of timeE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

If you were trying to remember the names of U.S.presidents,you would probably have the most trouble remembering

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A)  the first few.
B)  the last few.
C)  the ones near the middle of the order.
D)  those of the party you do not favor.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

People can often work on two unrelated tasks (such as remembering a series of 5 digits while also doing a visual task) with less interference between the tasks than one might expect.This fact has been taken as support for the idea that

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A)  short-term and long-term memory are really the same thing.
B)  working memory is made up of more than one component.
C)  memories are stored in subcortical,not cortical,structures.
D)  memories processed in the left hemisphere do not interact with memories processed in the right hemisphere.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

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.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B) B

Question 5

The patient H.M.suffered severe anterograde amnesia as a result of damage to which part of his brain?

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A)  cerebellum
B)  fornix
C)  hippocampus
D)  corpus callosumE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

You memorize twenty poems while your twin plays video games.Then both of you memorize another poem and you forget it faster.Why did you forget it faster?

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A)  serial-order effect
B)  depth of processing
C)  proactive interference
D)  encoding specificityE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

You have a psychology test in four days,and you will spend a total of ten hours studying.Because you paid attention while reading the memory chapter,you know that the best strategy for studying is to

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A)  study 9 1/2 hours the first day,and then review for 30 minutes just before the test.
B)  preview the material for 30 minutes the first day and then study the 9 1/2 hours just before the test.
C)  distribute the 10 hours in shorter study sessions across the four days
D)  study whenever you want,because timing is unimportant.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

The concept of working memory is roughly synonymous with

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A)  long-term memory.
B)  episodic memory.
C)  procedural memory.
D)  one's current sphere of attention.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

A retrieval cue essentially is

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A)  a link between a short-term memory and an item in the sensory store.
B)  an item in the sensory store that has faded.
C)  a memory that has already been retrieved and forgotten.
D)  a reminder,or an association with information in long-term memory.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B) D

Question 10

In one recent study relevant to infant amnesia,three-to-four-year-old children could describe an experience that happened a few months ago ONLY IF

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A)  they had a close and lasting relationship with the researcher.
B)  they had a close and warm relationship with their mother.
C)  they knew enough words at the time of the original experience.
D)  their hippocampus was mature at the time of the questioning.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

The information-processing model compares human memory to that of a computer.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Procedural memory is considered to be a type of implicit memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

If you want to remember a set of information for a long time,under a variety of conditions,the best advice is to study the information repeatedly at your usual work station (e.g. ,your desk).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Your memory of the rules of basketball or golf is a type of

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A)  semantic memory.
B)  episodic memory.
C)  procedural memory.
D)  declarative memory.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The encoding specificity principle refers to the fact that retrieval cues are more effective in stimulating a memory if those retrieval cues

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A)  pertain to the sound of the word instead of its meaning.
B)  increase excitation in the left hemisphere of the brain.
C)  resemble what people were thinking about when they formed the memory.
D)  use the same auditory frequency as the theta waves in the brain.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

What is unusual about implicit tests of memory,as compared to the recall and recognition methods?

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A)  Implicit tests of memory provide a direct measurement of the person's depth of processing.
B)  Implicit tests of memory are based on direct measurement of the activity of various parts of the brain.
C)  Implicit tests of memory sometimes show signs of memory even in people who say they do not remember.
D)  Implicit tests of memory require people not only to remember but also to explain how they remember.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The telephone company's use of area codes followed by different 4-digit phone numbers makes it easier to remember the numbers of several different friends because of

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A)  chunking.
B)  sensory storage.
C)  the von Restorff effect.
D)  matrix memory.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Memory improves when there is an increase in

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A)  retroactive interference.
B)  proactive interference.
C)  Korsakoff's syndrome.
D)  depth of processing.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C) D

Question 19

What is anterograde amnesia?

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A)  inability to recall procedural memories
B)  loss of memories that were formed before a certain event
C)  inability to form new long-term memories
D)  loss of all memories,new and oldE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Two groups of people watched a videotape of an automobile accident.One group was asked the question "Did you see the children getting off the school bus?" even though there was no school bus in the video.A week later,both groups were asked,"Did you see a school bus in the film?" What happened?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many participants in each group said "yes," and the probability of saying "yes" was the same for both groups.
B)  Participants who heard the first question were more likely to say "yes" to the second question than those who did not hear the first question.
C)  Participants who heard the first question were more likely to say "no" to the second question than those who did not hear the first question.
D)  Over 95% of participants in both groups accurately responded "no."E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 7: Memory

When someone is trying to memorize a list of items,memory will be better if the person organizes the items into related categories.Who is most likely to do so?

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If you were trying to remember the names of U.S.presidents,you would probably have the most trouble remembering

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People can often work on two unrelated tasks (such as remembering a series of 5 digits while also doing a visual task) with less interference between the tasks than one might expect.This fact has been taken as support for the idea that

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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 patient H.M.suffered severe anterograde amnesia as a result of damage to which part of his brain?

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You memorize twenty poems while your twin plays video games.Then both of you memorize another poem and you forget it faster.Why did you forget it faster?

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You have a psychology test in four days,and you will spend a total of ten hours studying.Because you paid attention while reading the memory chapter,you know that the best strategy for studying is to

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The concept of working memory is roughly synonymous with

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A retrieval cue essentially is

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In one recent study relevant to infant amnesia,three-to-four-year-old children could describe an experience that happened a few months ago ONLY IF

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The information-processing model compares human memory to that of a computer.

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Procedural memory is considered to be a type of implicit memory.

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If you want to remember a set of information for a long time,under a variety of conditions,the best advice is to study the information repeatedly at your usual work station (e.g. ,your desk).

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Your memory of the rules of basketball or golf is a type of

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The encoding specificity principle refers to the fact that retrieval cues are more effective in stimulating a memory if those retrieval cues

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What is unusual about implicit tests of memory,as compared to the recall and recognition methods?

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The telephone company's use of area codes followed by different 4-digit phone numbers makes it easier to remember the numbers of several different friends because of

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Memory improves when there is an increase in

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What is anterograde amnesia?

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Two groups of people watched a videotape of an automobile accident.One group was asked the question "Did you see the children getting off the school bus?" even though there was no school bus in the video.A week later,both groups were asked,"Did you see a school bus in the film?" What happened?

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