Question 1

What is sensory memory?

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Sensory memory holds informati...

Question 2

What is said to occur when short-term memory is holding its maximum, and each new item entering short-term memory pushes out an existing item?

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A)   displacement
B)   chunking
C)   consolidation
D)   encoding

Question 3

Anastasia has just looked up a new phone number. While dialling the number, she repeats it to herself to keep it in her

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A)   short-term memory.
B)   sensory memory.
C)   intermediate memory.
D)   long-term memory.

Question 4

What are the roles of encoding, storage, and retrieval in remembering?

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Encoding is transforming information int...

Question 5

The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of a(n)

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A)   consolidation failure.
B)   encoding failure.
C)   motivated forgetting.
D)   retrieval failure.

Question 6

Short-term memory usually codes information according to

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A)   visual images.
B)   sound.
C)   meaning.
D)   episodes.

Question 7

The serial position effect occurs when the physical or environmental context influences how memories are formed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Removing from consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called

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A)   repression.
B)   proactive interference.
C)   displacement.
D)   regression.

Question 9

What is the serial position effect?

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The serial position effect is the tenden...

Question 10

What happens when we block or interfere with long-term-potentiation?

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A)   We interfere with learning.
B)   People do not remember the events that took place before we blocked long-term potentiation out.
C)   Recall and recognition are enhanced.
D)   People are not able to concentrate on what they are doing.

Question 11

Retention tests showed that the deeper the level of processing, the higher the accuracy of memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Forgetting older information due to the effects of learning new information is called

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A)   proactive interference.
B)   encoding failure.
C)   decay.
D)   retroactive interference.

Question 13

What is meant by the statement "memory is reconstructive in nature"?

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Our memory does not work like a video re...

Question 14

Information in the short-term memory must be rehearsed in order to be retained for longer than about

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A)   1 or 2 seconds.
B)   20 or 30 seconds.
C)   5 seconds.
D)   2 or 3 minutes.

Question 15

Rehearsal increases the amount of time information can be held in

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A)   long-term memory.
B)   sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.
C)   short-term memory.
D)   sensory memory.

Question 16

Which of the following best explains what seems to happen in anterograde amnesia?

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A)   Information from the distant past is forgotten.
B)   The ability to form memories after the brain surgery is seriously impaired.
C)   There is a failure to recall any events prior to the brain trauma.
D)   Memories from the distant past interfere with subsequent memories.

Question 17

According to basic memory theory, when you recall information to answer questions on this test, you are

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A)   retrieving information.
B)   reintegrating information.
C)   decoding information.
D)   assimilating information.

Question 18

In college, Anita is having difficulty learning Spanish because French words she learned in high school keep coming to mind. This is an example of

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A)   decay.
B)   interference.
C)   consolidation failure.
D)   displacement.

Question 19

Remembering that we are supposed to perform some action at a certain time is

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A)   prospective memory.
B)   diary dialogue.
C)   autobiographical memory schedule.
D)   retrospective memory.

Question 20

Information you learn in psychology is held in non-declarative memory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Memory

What is sensory memory?

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What is meant by the statement "memory is reconstructive in nature"?

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Which of the following best explains what seems to happen in anterograde amnesia?

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The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of a(n)

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Forgetting older information due to the effects of learning new information is called

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Information you learn in psychology is held in non-declarative memory.

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The serial position effect occurs when the physical or environmental context influences how memories are formed.

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According to basic memory theory, when you recall information to answer questions on this test, you are

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Retention tests showed that the deeper the level of processing, the higher the accuracy of memory.

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Information in the short-term memory must be rehearsed in order to be retained for longer than about

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What is said to occur when short-term memory is holding its maximum, and each new item entering short-term memory pushes out an existing item?

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What is the serial position effect?

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What are the roles of encoding, storage, and retrieval in remembering?

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Rehearsal increases the amount of time information can be held in

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Removing from consciousness disturbing, guilt-provoking or otherwise unpleasant memories so that one is no longer aware that a painful event occurred is called

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What happens when we block or interfere with long-term-potentiation?

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Anastasia has just looked up a new phone number. While dialling the number, she repeats it to herself to keep it in her

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