Question 1

Some of the information in our ________ memory is encoded into ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic; short-term
B)   short-term; sensory
C)   flashbulb; short-term
D)   long-term; iconic

Question 2

A mnemonic is a

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory memory.
B)   test or measure of memory.
C)   long-term memory.
D)   memory aid.

Question 3

The misinformation effect refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)   tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood.
B)   disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
C)   the eerie sense that "I've been in this exact situation before."
D)   incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event.

Question 4

Blocking CREB-producing neurons in the ________ of mice has been found to permanently erase an auditory fear memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   occipital lobes
B)   hypothalamus
C)   amygdala
D)   basal ganglia

Question 5

The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to

Accepted Answer

A)   chunking.
B)   storage decay.
C)   anterograde amnesia.
D)   long-term potentiation.

Question 6

The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on

Accepted Answer

A)   the serial position effect.
B)   proactive interference.
C)   visual encoding.
D)   memory.

Question 7

Mrs. Ramos claims to remember being sexually abused by her father when she was less than a year old. Her memory is not likely to be reliable because of

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   long-term potentiation.
C)   infantile amnesia.
D)   the spacing effect.

Question 8

By creating an outline in which specific facts and theories are located within the larger framework of major topics and subtopics, Jasmine can remember much more of what she reads in her textbooks. This best illustrates the benefits of

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   the serial position effect.
C)   hierarchical organization.
D)   the spacing effect.

Question 9

Students who study throughout the term and then restudy course material at the end of a semester to pass a comprehensive final are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   the serial position effect.
C)   chunking.
D)   the spacing effect.

Question 10

Research on memory construction indicates that

Accepted Answer

A)   recent events are more vulnerable to memory distortion than events from our more distant past.
B)   false memories of imagined events are often recalled as something that reallyHappened.
C)   hypnotic suggestion is a particularly effective technique for accurate memory retrieval.
D)   it is very difficult to lead people to construct memories of events that never

Question 11

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   Echoic
B)   short-term
C)   iconic
D)   flashbulb

Question 12

Your relative success in recalling a dozen different names a week after you heard them listed in order is likely to illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   a recency effect.
C)   iconic memory.
D)   a primacy effect.

Question 13

Mood-congruent memory best illustrates that the emotions we experienced while learning something become

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memories.
B)   retrieval cues.
C)   iconic memories.
D)   source misattributions.

Question 14

When Loftus and Palmer asked observers of a filmed car accident how fast the vehicles were going when they "smashed" into each other, the observers developed memories of the accident that

Accepted Answer

A)   omitted some of the most painful aspects of the event.
B)   were more accurate than the memories of observers who had not been immediately questioned about what they saw.
C)   were influenced by whether the researchers identified themselves as police officers.
D)   portrayed the event as more serious than it had actually been.

Question 15

The ability of some Alzheimer's patients to learn how to do something despite the fact that they have no conscious recall of learning their new skill best illustrates the need to distinguish between

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive interference and retroactive interference.
B)   iconic memory and echoic memory.
C)   infantile amnesia and source amnesia.
D)   explicit memory and implicit memory.

Question 16

Incest survivors who lack conscious memories of their sexual abuse may be told they are repressing the memory. This explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   encoding failure.
C)   the spacing effect.
D)   retrieval failure.

Question 17

Using your working memory to link an unfamiliar textbook glossary term with the first letter sound required to pronounce the term illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   shallow processing.
B)   the peg-word system.
C)   the serial position effect.
D)   automatic processing.

Question 18

Forming many associations between new course material and what you already know is an effective way to build a network of

Accepted Answer

A)   retrieval cues.
B)   sensory memories.
C)   state-dependent memories.
D)   serial position effects.

Question 19

Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located. This best illustrates the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)   chunking.
B)   the spacing effect.
C)   memory consolidation.
D)   the serial position effect.

Question 20

Imagine seeing a letter of the alphabet, then a simple question, then another letter, followed by another question, and so on. People who can consciously process and recall the most letters, despite such interruptions, are demonstrating effective

Accepted Answer

A)   echoic memory.
B)   procedural memory.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   working memory.

Exam 8: Learning

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called ________ memory.

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Mood-congruent memory best illustrates that the emotions we experienced while learning something become

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The misinformation effect refers to the

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When Loftus and Palmer asked observers of a filmed car accident how fast the vehicles were going when they "smashed" into each other, the observers developed memories of the accident that

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Using your working memory to link an unfamiliar textbook glossary term with the first letter sound required to pronounce the term illustrates

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Blocking CREB-producing neurons in the ________ of mice has been found to permanently erase an auditory fear memory.

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Students who study throughout the term and then restudy course material at the end of a semester to pass a comprehensive final are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates

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Forming many associations between new course material and what you already know is an effective way to build a network of

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Your relative success in recalling a dozen different names a week after you heard them listed in order is likely to illustrate

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A mnemonic is a

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The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on

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Incest survivors who lack conscious memories of their sexual abuse may be told they are repressing the memory. This explanation for their lack of abuse memories emphasizes

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Research on memory construction indicates that

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Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located. This best illustrates the importance of

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Mrs. Ramos claims to remember being sexually abused by her father when she was less than a year old. Her memory is not likely to be reliable because of

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Imagine seeing a letter of the alphabet, then a simple question, then another letter, followed by another question, and so on. People who can consciously process and recall the most letters, despite such interruptions, are demonstrating effective

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The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to

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By creating an outline in which specific facts and theories are located within the larger framework of major topics and subtopics, Jasmine can remember much more of what she reads in her textbooks. This best illustrates the benefits of

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The ability of some Alzheimer's patients to learn how to do something despite the fact that they have no conscious recall of learning their new skill best illustrates the need to distinguish between

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Some of the information in our ________ memory is encoded into ________ memory.

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