Question 1

Encoding that requires attention and conscious awareness is called

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A)   massed practice.
B)   effortful processing.
C)   distributed practice.
D)   procedural memory.

Question 2

Memory is best defined as

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A)   the conscious encoding of information.
B)   stored knowledge that has been semantically encoded.
C)   the persistence of learning through the storage and retrieval of information.
D)   the retrieval of stored information in precisely the same form in which it was encoded.

Question 3

While reading highly familiar words at a very rapid speed,Carla effortlessly understands almost every word.This ability highlights the importance of

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A)   echoic memory.
B)   automatic processing.
C)   the spacing effect.
D)   mnemonics.

Question 4

The growth and maturation of which brain structure aids the construction of detailed memories in children?

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A)   hippocampus
B)   amygdala
C)   frontal lobes
D)   parietal lobes

Question 5

During her evening Spanish language exam,Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon.Her difficulty best illustrates

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A)   the misinformation effect.
B)   proactive interference.
C)   source amnesia.
D)   retroactive interference.

Question 6

The basal ganglia would be of most importance in forming implicit memories of

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A)   baseball batting skills.
B)   radio news stories.
C)   classmates' names.
D)   textbook glossary terms.

Question 7

Memory experts who express skepticism regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories emphasize that

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A)   there is very little people can do to relieve the distress resulting from traumatic memories.
B)   most extremely traumatic life experiences are never encoded into long-term memory.
C)   therapeutic techniques encourage the construction of false memories.
D)   people rarely recall memories of long-forgotten unpleasant events.

Question 8

Which of the following questions would best enable you to remember that you saw the word peach on today's test?

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A)   Does the word rhyme with teach?
B)   Is the word italicized?
C)   Does the word contain five letters?
D)   Is the word a type of fruit?

Question 9

Our two-track mind is most clearly illustrated by the difference between

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A)   massed practice and distributed practice.
B)   encoding and retrieval.
C)   implicit memory and explicit memory.
D)   short-term memory and long-term memory.

Question 10

Having read a story once,certain people with severe memory problems will read it faster the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story before.They have most likely suffered damage to the

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A)   hippocampus.
B)   cerebellum.
C)   basal ganglia.
D)   amygdala.

Question 11

Unconsciously encoding incidental information regarding space,time,and frequency best illustrates

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A)   working memory.
B)   the spacing effect.
C)   automatic processing.
D)   mnemonics.

Question 12

The last three steps of the SQ3R study technique are

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A)   recognize,recall,and relearn.
B)   reason,research,and revise.
C)   read,retrieve,and review.
D)   repeat,reconsolidate,and rest.

Question 13

Brenda is studying for her psychology course.Which stage of the memory process does her studying involve,according to the information-processing model?

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

Question 14

The Atkinson-Shiffrin three-stage information-processing model proposed that we first record to-be-remembered information as a fleeting

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A)   implicit memory.
B)   short-term memory.
C)   sensory memory.
D)   flashbulb memory.

Question 15

Which of the following is a form of sensory memory?

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A)   procedural memory
B)   working memory
C)   echoic memory
D)   short-term memory

Question 16

To study the impact of practice on memory retention,Hermann Ebbinghaus practiced learning

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A)   poems.
B)   names.
C)   short sentences.
D)   nonsense syllables.

Question 17

Familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before contributes to

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A)   automatic processing.
B)   imagination inflation.
C)   repression.
D)   déjà vu.

Question 18

Jane was in a car accident but has no memory of events right before the accident.What is the likely reason?

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A)   Her working memory did not have time to consolidate the information into long-term memory.
B)   Her sensory memory failed to process the information.
C)   Her long-term memory has been damaged as a result of the accident.
D)   Her short-term memory did not have time to transfer the information into her working memory.

Question 19

Which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary terms with their correct definitions?

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A)   recognition
B)   relearning
C)   rehearsal
D)   recall

Question 20

Automatic processing and effortful processing refer to two types of

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A)   encoding.
B)   sensory memory.
C)   conscious awareness.
D)   short-term memory.

Exam 8: Memory

Having read a story once,certain people with severe memory problems will read it faster the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story before.They have most likely suffered damage to the

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Unconsciously encoding incidental information regarding space,time,and frequency best illustrates

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Which of the following is a form of sensory memory?

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Brenda is studying for her psychology course.Which stage of the memory process does her studying involve,according to the information-processing model?

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The last three steps of the SQ3R study technique are

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Memory is best defined as

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Which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary terms with their correct definitions?

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Memory experts who express skepticism regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories emphasize that

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Automatic processing and effortful processing refer to two types of

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During her evening Spanish language exam,Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon.Her difficulty best illustrates

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Jane was in a car accident but has no memory of events right before the accident.What is the likely reason?

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While reading highly familiar words at a very rapid speed,Carla effortlessly understands almost every word.This ability highlights the importance of

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The growth and maturation of which brain structure aids the construction of detailed memories in children?

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Our two-track mind is most clearly illustrated by the difference between

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