Question 1

Proactive interference occurs when

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A)   new information impairs the retention of previously learned information.
B)   previously learned information interferes with the retention of new information.
C)   a person loses memories of events that occurred prior to a head injury.
D)   a person loses memories of events that occur after a head injury.

Question 2

Imagine you complete a computer-programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years you should expect

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A)   there will be a constant, steady decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course.
B)   most of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a slow, steady increase in what you are able to recall from the programming course.
C)   very little of what you learned will be forgotten early, but later there will be a rapid decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course.
D)   most of what you learned will be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in what you are able to recall from the programming course.

Question 3

A retrieval cue is

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A)   a brain structure stimulus used to locate a particular memory.
B)   the same thing as an elaboration encoding variable.
C)   a stimulus associated with a memory that is used to locate that memory.
D)   always based on the mood you were in when a memory was first encoded.

Question 4

Which theory of forgetting would best explain Emily's being unable to remember her second grade teacher's name yesterday, but today Emily can remember her teacher's name?

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A)   interference
B)   motivated forgetting
C)   retrieval failure
D)   decay

Question 5

Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events are referred to as

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A)   episodic memories.
B)   flashbulb memories.
C)   tip-of-the-tongue memories.
D)   long-term memories.

Question 6

The process of making attributions about the origins of memories is referred to as

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A)   reality monitoring.
B)   source monitoring.
C)   buffering.
D)   a contraindication.

Question 7

The view that short-term and long term memory were independent systems was based originally on the idea that short-term memory depended on ____ encoding and long-term memory depended on ____ encoding.

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A)   phonemic; semantic
B)   acoustic; semantic
C)   semantic; acoustic
D)   phonemic; acoustic

Question 8

The first memory process that involves getting information into memory is

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A)   memorization.
B)   storage.
C)   encoding.
D)   retrieval.

Question 9

Pseudoforgetting is information loss due to ineffective

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A)   encoding only.
B)   storage only.
C)   retrieval only.
D)   encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Exam 13: Human Memory Part 1

Proactive interference occurs when

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Which theory of forgetting would best explain Emily's being unable to remember her second grade teacher's name yesterday, but today Emily can remember her teacher's name?

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The view that short-term and long term memory were independent systems was based originally on the idea that short-term memory depended on encoding and long-term memory depended on encoding.

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Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events are referred to as

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The process of making attributions about the origins of memories is referred to as

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Imagine you complete a computer-programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years you should expect

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The first memory process that involves getting information into memory is

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Pseudoforgetting is information loss due to ineffective

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A retrieval cue is

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Exam 13: Human Memory Part 1

Proactive interference occurs when

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Which theory of forgetting would best explain Emily's being unable to remember her second grade teacher's name yesterday, but today Emily can remember her teacher's name?

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The view that short-term and long term memory were independent systems was based originally on the idea that short-term memory depended on ____ encoding and long-term memory depended on ____ encoding.

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Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events are referred to as

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Imagine you complete a computer-programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years you should expect

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