Question 1

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

Accepted Answer

A)   automatic processing
B)   effortful processing
C)   memory
D)   sensory encoding

Question 2

What does the equipotentiality hypothesis suggest would happen if the hippocampus was damaged?

Accepted Answer

A)   another part of the brain would compensate for the damage by taking over the memory function normally managed by the hippocampus
B)   areas near the hippocampus would decay, followed by a cascading failure of the brain leading to death
C)   people would become comatose
D)   people would lose their ability to feel fear

Question 3

The famous case of H.M. demonstrated ________ amnesia, a condition in which a person can remember previously encoded memories but cannot encode new ones.

Accepted Answer

A)   retrograde
B)   proactive
C)   anterograde
D)   retroactive

Question 4

List the three parts of the brain involved in memory processing and explain what role they play.

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Question 5

Explain the difference between recall, recognition, and relearning.

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There are three ways you can retrieve in...

Question 6

Terrance finds it difficult to learn the alphabet, until he hears the alphabet song. Then he can easily remember it. This is an example of ________ encoding.

Accepted Answer

A)   acoustic
B)   semantic
C)   sensory
D)   visual

Question 7

What was the overall result of Lashley's research that sought out the engram of human memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   He identified an engram in the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
B)   He observed that the engram exists in childhood but disappears when it is no longer needed.
C)   He found no evidence that an engram actual exists.
D)   He located the engram across the structures of the limbic system.

Question 8

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   encoding
B)   hyperthymesia
C)   retrieval
D)   storage

Question 9

What is an engram?

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional focus of a memory from a particularly meaningful event
B)   mental trauma that creates a distorted memory that is full of errors
C)   a group of neurons that serves as physical representation of a memory
D)   sensory component of a memory that can be retained for several moments

Question 10

List and define two of the seven sins of memory.

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Question 11

Amarah has an exam in a week, so she schedules 30 to 60 minutes each night to review her course material. She does this rather than waiting until the night before the exam so that she can avoid a "cram session." Amarah's approach to studying is called ________ practice.

Accepted Answer

A)   chunked
B)   massed
C)   distributed
D)   proactive

Question 12

What type of memories do we consciously try to remember, recall, and report?

Accepted Answer

A)   explicit memories
B)   implicit memories
C)   sensory memories
D)   short-term memories

Question 13

Explain the difference between proactive interference and retroactive interference.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

You see a television commercial for a product you may want to buy, and there is a telephone number you must call to place an order. Because you don't have anything with which to write down the number, you repeat it to yourself over and over again until you feel like you won't forget it. This process is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   distributed practice
B)   the method of loci
C)   rehearsal
D)   chunking

Question 15

Elena finds it very difficult to remember a long string of numbers, so she tries to memorize three numbers at a time. Later, she is able to repeat the numbers correctly because she grouped the numbers into more manageable groups of three. This is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   chunking
B)   elaborative rehearsal
C)   a mnemonic device
D)   persistence

Question 16

Elaborative rehearsal involves ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   immediately applying new information to a practical problem
B)   organizing information into manageable bits or chunks
C)   sleeping immediately after learning new information to allow your mind to process it
D)   thinking about the meaning of the new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

Question 17

Which of the following is a good example of the use of a mnemonic?

Accepted Answer

A)   being able to hum the tune to a song even when you can't remember the lyrics
B)   dreaming about an airport and deciding to take a trip
C)   remembering the names of the Great Lakes with the acronym HOMES
D)   thinking about a bike you plan to buy and having the image of the bike appear in your mind

Question 18

Barney used to live in Pittsburgh, and his telephone number started with the area code 412. Now he has moved to Baltimore, and his new telephone number has an area code of 410. Barney remembers his new area code by connecting it to the old one and just "subtracting two." This is an example of ________ rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A)   maintenance
B)   massed
C)   mnemonic
D)   elaborative

Question 19

Which of the following is not a way you can use what you know about memory to help you remember the names of all 50 states?

Accepted Answer

A)   memorize five states at a time-group the information into a more manageable size
B)   sing the names of the 50 states to the tune of "Happy Birthday"
C)   stay up the night before your exam to maximize the amount of time you have to study
D)   think of something you might do in each state if you were on a vacation in that state

Question 20

The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ________, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   coding; recoding
B)   construction; reconstruction
C)   equipotentiality; amnesia
D)   information; misinformation

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