Question 1

Memory is defined as an active system that consists of three processes.They are ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  receiving information from the senses,organizing and storing the information,and retrieving the information from storage
B)  the unconditioned stimulus,the conditioned stimulus,and the conditioned response
C)  bottom-up processing,selective attention,and top-down processing
D)  acquisition,extinction,and spontaneous recovery

Question 2

Although Sperling found evidence that iconic memory lasts about half a second,in reality information gets pushed out rather quickly by newer information.Evidence suggests that iconic memory really lasts about __________ of a second.

Accepted Answer

A)  three quarters
B)  half
C)  one quarter
D)  one tenth

Question 3

A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which was one reported in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  repressed memory syndrome
B)  tip-of-the-tongue aphasia
C)  separating trivial from important memories.
D)  cognitive penetrance

Question 4

A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that him/her in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  interference theory
B)  decay or disuse
C)  encoding failure
D)  retroactive interference

Question 5

Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

Accepted Answer

A)  primary memory.
B)  short-term memory.
C)  factual memory.
D)  long-term memory.

Question 6

In the famous case of H.M.,after having part of his brain removed,he could no longer __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  pay attention to specific stimuli
B)  retrieve memories
C)  form new memories
D)  make sense of memories

Question 7

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments,such as the first three digits,then the next two,and then the final four.These short segments of the number are called _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  codes
B)  cues
C)  chunks
D)  stores

Question 8

Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic memory
B)  procedural memories
C)  declarative memories
D)  semantic memory

Question 9

Memories for general facts and personal information are called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic memory
B)  procedural memories
C)  declarative memories
D)  factual memory

Question 10

A mnemonist is a person with exceptional memory ability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory,in which an afterimage or icon will be held in neural form for about .50 to 2.00 seconds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Retroactive interference as used in the study of memory refers to when___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  older information already in memory interferes with the retrieval of newer information
B)  newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information
C)  information is not attended to and fails to be encoded
D)  information that is not accessed decays from the storage system over time

Question 13

According to primacy and recency effects,when reading the chapters of the textbook,you are most likely to forget _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the information you first read
B)  the information you most recently read
C)  the information in the middle of the chapter
D)  the information from the summary

Question 14

Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

Accepted Answer

A)  It does not operate on a conscious level.
B)  It is a more recently identified type of memory.
C)  It is concerned with the identification of only certain words and objects.
D)  People with perfectly intact memories are often the focus of study.

Question 15

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could
B)  have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after presentation with a very bright light
C)  cue the participants,using a tone,as to which line of the matrix they were to report
D)  test the use of chunking

Question 16

You started out by using WordPerfect and then moved to Microsoft Word because your company demanded that all documents be in Word.If you have trouble with Word,it is most likely due to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proactive interference.
B)  retroactive interference.
C)  anterograde interference.
D)  consolidation problems.

Question 17

Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by the levels-of-processing model of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  recalling an object's function
B)  attending to the sound of a word
C)  thinking about the meaning of a word
D)  recalling that an object was rectangular

Question 18

Semantic memory is organized __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  in chunks
B)  sequentially and chronologically
C)  hierarchically
D)  chronologically

Question 19

According to the levels-of-processing model of memory,we are most likely to remember information that we process at a _____________ level.

Accepted Answer

A)  deeper
B)  medium
C)  shallower
D)  any of these,depending on the information

Question 20

Iconic memory allows the eye to fuse the images from each tiny movement of the eye into a smooth,continuous pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Memory

Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of ___________.

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In the famous case of H.M.,after having part of his brain removed,he could no longer __________.

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Although Sperling found evidence that iconic memory lasts about half a second,in reality information gets pushed out rather quickly by newer information.Evidence suggests that iconic memory really lasts about __________ of a second.

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Memories for general facts and personal information are called __________.

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Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory,in which an afterimage or icon will be held in neural form for about .50 to 2.00 seconds.

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A psychologist asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that him/her in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

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Semantic memory is organized __________.

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You started out by using WordPerfect and then moved to Microsoft Word because your company demanded that all documents be in Word.If you have trouble with Word,it is most likely due to __________.

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According to the levels-of-processing model of memory,we are most likely to remember information that we process at a _____________ level.

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Memory is defined as an active system that consists of three processes.They are ____________.

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Iconic memory allows the eye to fuse the images from each tiny movement of the eye into a smooth,continuous pattern.

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Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

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Retroactive interference as used in the study of memory refers to when___________.

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Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments,such as the first three digits,then the next two,and then the final four.These short segments of the number are called _________.

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Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

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A mnemonist is a person with exceptional memory ability.

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A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which was one reported in your textbook?

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Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by the levels-of-processing model of memory?

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The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to _____________.

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According to primacy and recency effects,when reading the chapters of the textbook,you are most likely to forget _________.

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