Question 1

The _____ is the tendency to recall the items at the beginning and end of a list more readily than those in the middle.

Accepted Answer

A)  halo effect
B)  ambiguity effect
C)  serial position effect
D)  framing effect

Question 2

Recollections of one's first family vacation to Disneyland are most likely part of one's

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory.
B)  nondeclarative memory.
C)  episodic memory.
D)  procedural memory.

Question 3

Motivated forgetting and repressed memories are usually associated with what type of memories?

Accepted Answer

A)  procedural memories
B)  traumatic memories
C)  sensory memories
D)  flashbulb memories

Question 4

Retrieval is the memory process that

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A)  transforms information into a form that can be stored in memory.
B)  occurs when information that was retained in memory comes out of storage.
C)  stores information so that it can be retained over time.
D)  detects information from the world without receiving concrete sensory input.

Question 5

Describe the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory.

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The Atkinson-Shiffrin theory states that...

Question 6

_____ of information is linked with neural activity, especially in the brain's left frontal lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-reference
B)  Forgetting
C)  Chunking
D)  Elaboration

Question 7

According to decay theory, why do memories fade?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is a limited amount of storage available for long-term memories, so older memories must decay and make room for new memories.
B)  The cerebellum cannot hold on to information long-term.
C)  Synaptic connections become broken.
D)  A neurochemical memory trace disintegrates over time.

Question 8

_____ is a situation in which material that was learned later disrupts the retrieval of information that was learned earlier.

Accepted Answer

A)  Retroactive interference
B)  Motivated forgetting
C)  Transience
D)  Transference

Question 9

According to Baddeley's view of the three components of working memory, the _____ acts like a supervisor who monitors which information deserves our attention and which we should ignore.

Accepted Answer

A)  visuo-spatial working memory
B)  central executive
C)  phonological loop
D)  amygdala

Question 10

Fifteen-year-old Matt and his father are in an electronics store looking at video-game systems.Matt gives his father a complete breakdown of the pros and cons of each of the different video-game systems on display.According to research on encoding processes, Matt is able to accurately recall all this information because he

Accepted Answer

A)  has shallowly processed this information.
B)  has deeply processed this information.
C)  has processed this information at an intermediate level.
D)  used non-linguistic encoding processes.

Question 11

Minutes before her biology test, Katie tries to learn the definition of "osmosis" from her class notes.She repeats the definition over and over again in her mind until she is confident that she will remember it.Which of the following methods is Katie using to help her memorize the definition?

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking
B)  rehearsal
C)  mental imagery
D)  elaboration

Question 12

According to _____, memory for pictures is better than memory for words.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ebbinghau's curve of forgetting
B)  the Atkinson-Shiffrin theory
C)  the dual-code hypothesis
D)  parallel distributed processing (PDP)

Question 13

Margaret fell down her basement stairs and suffered serious injury to her amygdala.What memory problems is she most likely to have now?

Accepted Answer

A)  Margaret will have difficulty remembering her address and telephone number.
B)  Margaret will have difficulty adding numbers.
C)  Margaret will have difficulty with emotional memories.
D)  Margaret will have difficulty with short-term memories.

Question 14

A person's knowledge about the world is known as _____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic
B)  autobiographical
C)  procedural
D)  semantic

Question 15

Which of the following is true of long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-term memory is a temporary type of memory.
B)  Long-term memory stores small amounts of information for long periods of time.
C)  Long-term memory has a storage capacity that is virtually unlimited.
D)  Long-term memory is relatively simple.

Question 16

Based on the famous case study of H.M., a patient who had severe epilepsy, H.M.underwent surgery that involved removing the hippocampus and a portion of the temporal lobes of both hemispheres in his brain.After the surgery, his epilepsy was cured, but his memory was impaired.Which of the following best describes the effect that surgery had on H.M.'s memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  H.M.developed an inability to form new memories that outlive working memory.
B)  H.M.showed major deficits in sensory, short-term, and long-term implicit memory.
C)  H.M.'s procedural memory suffered the most damage.
D)  H.M.could not learn new physical tasks.

Question 17

Attention, deep processing, elaboration, and the use of mental imagery are _____ processes.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Identify the true statement about intermediate processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  The physical and perceptual features are analyzed predominantly in intermediate processing.
B)  In intermediate processing, a stimulus is typically identified and labeled.
C)  The semantic, meaningful, symbolic characteristics are used in intermediate processing.
D)  In intermediate processing, meaning is assigned to a stimulus.

Question 19

Compare and contrast the short-term memory system with the working memory system.

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Question 20

Samantha prides herself on "never forgetting a face," although she frequently cannot put the correct name with a specific "face." This shows that Samantha is

Accepted Answer

A)  better at recognition than at recall.
B)  better at recall than at recognition.
C)  better at memory retrieval than at memory reconstruction.
D)  better at memory reconstruction than at memory recall.

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_____ of information is linked with neural activity, especially in the brain's left frontal lobe.

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