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Ch 7 Memory
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1Which elements of memory do not actually store information, but instead describe how information may be shifted from one type of memory to another?
- Arecency effects
- Bprimacy effects
- Cserial position processes
- Dcontrol processes
2Chris forgot about his quiz, so he had only 5 minutes to learn 20 vocabulary words. He went through the list once, waited a minute, and then went through the list again in the same order. Although he was confident, his grade indicated that he missed approximately half of the words. Which words on the list did he most likely miss, and why?
- AAccording to the recency effect, he would have missed the last few words on the list.
- BAccording to the serial position effect, most of the items he missed were probably in the middle of the list.
- CAccording to the primacy effect, he would have missed all of the words on the list.
- DAccording to the primacy effect, he would have missed the first few words on the list.
3Which of the following systems coordinates attention and the exchange of information among memory storage components?
- Acentral executive
- Bphonological loop
- Cvisuospatial sketchpad
- Depisodic buffer
4Memories for information that was learned without our being aware of it are known as ___________.
- Asemantic memories
- Bdeclarative memories
- Cepisodic memories
- Dnondeclarative memories
5_________ is a process that all memories must undergo to become long-term memories.
- AConsolidation
- BChunking
- CAmnesia
- DRetrieval
6The time and manner in which information is retained between encoding and retrieval is known as __________.
- Amaintenance rehearsal
- Bstorage
- Crecall
- Delaborative rehearsal
7According to the levels of processing approach to memory, thinking about synonyms for a word (i.e., thinking about the word’s meaning) is one method of _______ processing that should _______ memory for that term.
- Ashallow; increase
- Bshallow; decrease
- Cdeep; increase
- Ddeep; decrease
8If you are learning vocabulary for a psychology exam, you are better off using a(n) ________ technique.
- Aserial processing
- Belaborative rehearsal
- Cconsolidation
- Dmaintenance rehearsal
9Which statement best sums up the status of flashbulb memories?
- ARecall for only physical details is highly accurate.
- BOver time, memory for details decays, similar to what happens with non-flashbulb memories.
- CBoth emotion and physical details are remembered very accurately.
- DDue to the emotional strain of the event, flashbulb memories are largely inaccurate.
10Dual coding seems to help memory by
- Aallowing for maintenance rehearsal.
- Bensuring that the information is encoded on two separate occasions.
- Censuring that the information is encoded in multiple ways.
- Dduplicating the rehearsal effect.
11The slightly later onset of autobiographical memory among Asian children compared to Western children is thought to result from a later onset of self-__________.
- Adefence
- Befficacy
- Cmonitoring
- Dschemas
12The act of remembering through recalling a framework and then adding specific details is known as ________.
- Aconstructive memory
- Bschematic interpretation
- Cdistinctiveness
- Dconfabulation
13If you are presented with a list of 15 words, all of which have something in common, you are most likely participating in a study focusing on __________.
- Aimagination inflation
- Bthe DRM procedure
- Cmisinformation effects
- Drepression
14Which of the following effects demonstrates that one can change the details of a memory just by how a question is phrased?
- Arepression
- Bthe DRM procedure
- Cmisinformation effect
- Dimagination inflation
15Psychologists who study false memories have engaged in a debate over the validity of recovered memories. Why are they skeptical about claims of recovered memories?
- ABrain scans can easily distinguish between true and false memories.
- BThey have never experienced recovered memories themselves.
- CScientists have proved that it is impossible to remember something that you have once forgotten.
- DMany of the techniques used to recover memories in therapy bear a striking similarity to the techniques used to create false memories in research.
16________ lasts less than a second, whereas ________ holds information for extended periods of time, if not permanently.
- ALong-term memory; process memory
- BSensory memory; short-term memory
- CIconic memory; long-term memory
- DShort-term memory; sensory memory
17Brain scans show that recently encountered items are processed in one area of the brain, whereas older items are stored in a different area. Which concept does this evidence support?
- Aa single memory store
- Bcomplex control processes
- Cmultiple memory stores
- Dretrieval
18Which of the following working-memory systems combines images and sounds into story-like episodes?
- Acentral executive
- Bvisuospatial sketchpad
- Cepisodic buffer
- Dphonological loop
19Memories that can be verbalized, whether they are about your own experiences or your knowledge about the world, are called __________.
- Aconditioned memories
- Bnondeclarative memories
- Cdeclarative memories
- Dprocedural memories
20Mary suffered a head injury during an automobile accident and was knocked unconscious. When she woke up in a hospital the next day, she could tell that she was in a hospital room, and she immediately recognized her sister, but she had no idea why she was in the hospital or how she got there. Which memory system seems to be affected in Mary’s case?
- Aepisodic memories
- Bsemantic memories
- Cnondeclarative memories
- Dworking memories
21Long-term potentiation can be described as
- ALong-term potentiation can be described as
- Ba decrease in a neuron’s electrical signaling.
- Can example of working memory.
- Ddecreased neural networking.
22Damage to the hippocampus is most likely to produce ________.
- Aanterograde amnesia
- Bretrograde amnesia
- Cblindness
- Dconsolidation
23Prolonging exposure to information by repeating it to yourself is referred to as ________.
- Amaintenance rehearsal
- Belaborative rehearsal
- Cstorage
- Drecall
24When taking a math exam, the concept of ________ would indicate that you would do best if you took the exam in the same physical setting as the setting where you learned the material.
- Asensory-dependent memory
- Bstate-dependent memory
- Cenvironmental dependency process
- Dcontext-dependent memory
25Jonathan witnessed a robbery. The police then asked him to select the perpetrator from a lineup. You can be most confident in his selection if
- Athe authorities smiled after Jonathan’s response so that he would feel comfortable during the lineup procedure.
- BJonathan was given the option to not choose any of the people from the lineup if no one fit his memory.
- Cthe authorities had the lineup presented all at the same time so Jonathan could compare the individuals.
- Dthe lineup included individuals of different races and ethnicities.
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- Psychology Quiz on Ch 7 Memory, created by David Wegert on 20/08/2022.
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