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1Memory is the _________ of information or experience over a period of time.
- Arehearsal
- Bintake
- Cassociation
- Dretention
2when we take in information in the course of daily life ,such as the words and diagrams presented during a lecture, we are using the memory process of.
- Aretention
- Bencoding
- Cretrieval
- Dfixation
3The three processes of memory are encoding_____ are retrieval.
- Astorage
- Brehearsal
- Crecollection
- Dfixation
4james and adam are very good friends and often sit next to each other in intro psych. James spends a lot of time in class working on homework for his biology lab while Adam listens to the lecture and takes lots of notes before the first exam james ask to borrow adams notebook from intro and studies those notes very carefully in fact both james and adam study for 10 hours for the test after the exam james finds out he got a C while adam got an A james cannot understand how they could have studied the same notes yet gotten such different grades the most likely most accurate explanation is that?
- Ajames and adam encoded the info differently
- Badam simply has a better memory than james
- Cjames is taking too many hard courses and could not retrieve the info as well as adam because of stress
- Dadam probably gave james fake notes to torpedo his work
5shane is studying for a vocab test when he studies the word braggart he thinks of how his friend bill acts whenever bill wins a tennis match shane is processing this word at a
- Ashallow level
- Bintermediate level
- Cdeep level
- Dpersonal level
6The extensiveness of processing information at a given level is called
- Ascope of processing
- Bdepth of processing
- Cspan of memory
- Delaboration
7one of the most effective ways to make our memories distinctive is
- Acures
- Brehearsal
- Cimagery
- Dconcentration
8linus and polly are arguing over the best way to study for an upcoming psychology exam polly tries to tell linus that the best way to remember things is to use flashcards but linus an astrophysics major spends a lot of time jotting down the connections between his psychology class and concepts from astrophysics polly warns him "you are wasting your time your just going to get confused " what do you think of pollys warning?
- Alinus should listen to polly there truly is one best way to remember thing
- Bpolly should back off linus is elaborating on the material at a deep level and this approach will probably pay off on the exam
- Clinus is likey to et confused when the exam has a astrophysics question
- Dpolly will do better because flashcards require shallow processing
9you tell your friends about the great time you had at the local sic flags amusement park most of the info that you have forgotten about this experience was most likely professed in your?
- Apersonal memory
- Bshort term memory
- Clong term memory
- Dsensory memory
10short term memory has a ____ capacity than sensory memory and a ______ duration
- Amore limited; longer
- Bless limited; longer
- Clarger; shorter
- Dmore limited; shorter
11according to the connectionist network view of memory, memories are _____ and according to the schema theory of memory, memories are ____?
- Aabstract concepts large knowledge structures
- Bneural connections; large knowledge structures
- Cparallel concepts; electrical impulses
- Dconcurrent concepts; nodes of info
12before an exam professor sweetheart tells the class how brilliant they are she tells the students that she has seen them learning the concepts in class and fells confident that everyone can remember the material in contrast professor meanie tells her class that she realizes they have been bored most of the time probably cannot remember most of the material and that she does not expect much from his group of uninspired pupils although the material is the same and the test are the same professor sweethearts students perform better on the test what basic memory process might explain this difference?
- Athe professors are classically conditioning the students their classes
- Bthe professors are priming different behavior so that concept related to learning and brilliance are more available to professor sweethearts students
- Cthe professor are influencing the semantic memory of the students
- Dthe professors are influencing the episodic memory of the students
13the tendency to remember the items at the beginning ad end of a list more easily than the items in the middle is the?
- Aserial cues effect
- Bbookends effect
- Cendpoints effect
- Dserial position effect
14carrie prides herself on "nerves forgetting a face" although she frequently cannot put the correct name with a specific carries is really saying that she?
- Ais better at recognition than at recall
- Bis better at recall than at recognition
- Cis better at memory retrieval than at memory reconstruction
- Dis better at memory reconstruction than at memory recall
15Faulty memory can occur due to
- Abias
- Breceipt of new info
- Cdistortion
- Dall of the above
16andrew is getting ready for a group intervieww for a job he really wants the group session will take place at the beginning of the day followed by individual interviews when the manager who is conducting the interview calls andrew he tell shim that because he has not talked at any of the other candidates yet andrew can decide when he would like his individual interview to be there are five candidates which position should andrew take ?
- Aandrew should go their because that way he will be right in the middle and the interviewer will not be too nervous or too tired
- Bandrew should go either first or last to be the candidate most likely to be remembered
- Candrew should probable go second sot that he will not be sitting around feeling nervous for too long and besides asking to go first might seem pushy
- Dit will not matter so andrew should just pick a spot randomly
17There terms for the failure of info to enter into long term memory is
- Arehearsal failure
- Bencoding failure
- Cproactive interference
- Dretroactive interference
18marco a college freshman is sure that he knows the name of his old little league coach but he cannot quit pull the name out of his memory marco is experiencing?
- Aanterograde amnesia
- Bretrograde amnesia
- Cassociative interference
- Dtop of the tongue phenomenon
19retrospective memory involves remembering info about doing something in the ____ and prospective memory involves remembering info about doing something in the ____ ?
- Apast; present
- Bpast; future
- Cpresent; future
- Dpresent ; past
20carlos who is fluent in Spanish is planning a trip to Paris and decides to take a course in french on carlos first french vocab quiz his instructor notes that he has mixed up a lot of Spanish work with french words carlos cannot understand why because he has always excelled at learning languages what is happening to Carlos?
- Acarlos is experiencing retroactive interferente his knowledge of spanish is interfering with learning the new french words
- Bcarlos is experiencing proactive interference his knowledge of spanish is interfering with learning the new french words
- Ccarlos is experiencing anterograde amnesia he seems unable to learn new words
- Dcarlos has hit his limit on languages he should stick to spanish and visit barcelona instead
21to improve your performance in your courses you must make sure the info you are studying is?
- Awell organized
- Baccurate
- Ccomplete
- Dall of the above
22one way to improve the accuracy and efficiency of retrieval is through the use of ?
- Aretrieval cues
- Bencoding cues
- Cstorage cues
- Dnon of the above
23factors associated with keeping a sharp mind as we ge include all of the following expect?
- Aeducational attainment
- Bbeing physically active
- Cengaging in comfortable easy task
- Dhaving a high IQ
24albert is a retiree in his mid 60's his wife who is the same age lies to read the latest novels and attend poetry reading she also works the daily crossword puzzle in the new your times and is taking a language class albert thinks that she is wasting her time and that retirement should be a time to kicking back they both worked hard in school and had great careers so what more does she want albert protest which of the following might be good advice for alberts wife?
- Ashe should tell albert that all of his mental activity si likely to keep her mind sharp hat he should join her in some of her pursuits
- Bshe should probably relax more after all at her age how much more can she really learn
- Cshe should leave albert alone; he is taking retirement seriously
- Dshe should continue in her activities but they will not have any impact on her later memory ability
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