Question 1

Semantic and episodic memories may be stored in the frontal and temporal lobes as well but in different locations than short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.His memory of things at the end of the list demonstrates the

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding specificity effect
B)  primacy effects
C)  recency effect
D)  TOT effect.

Question 3

For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event,and the memory is the solution to that problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bartlett
B)  Meyer
C)  Ebbinghaus
D)  Skinner

Question 4

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory
B)  long-term memory
C)  sensory memory
D)  implicit memory

Question 5

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 6

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a revolving door
B)  a filing cabinet
C)  a desktop
D)  a television

Question 7

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 8

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology.The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person.If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus,what contribution might you describe to the class?

Accepted Answer

A)  He described the limits of sensory storage.
B)  He discovered the parts of the brain responsible for processing memories.
C)  He created nonsense syllables in order to study memory in a "pure" form.
D)  He developed a series of memory aids that is still used by students today.

Question 9

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  remembered solving the problem and could do so again
B)  didn't remember the problem and couldn't solve it
C)  remembered solving the problem but couldn't do it again
D)  didn't remember solving the problem but could do it again

Question 10

Echoic memory is the auditory form of sensory memory,which takes the form of an echo that lasts for up to 1.5 seconds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes,because seeing is believing.
B)  No,because eyewitnesses are not usually honest.
C)  Yes,because eyewitnesses are very confident about their testimony.
D)  No,because there is a great possibility of a "false positive" identification.

Question 12

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 13

Define the memory trace decay theory of forgetting.

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Question 14

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum
B)  prefrontal lobes of the cortex
C)  hippocampus
D)  amygdala

Question 15

If one wants to increase the capacity of short-term memory,more items can be held through the process of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  chunking
B)  decoding
C)  rote rehearsal
D)  data compression

Question 16

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  more rapidly as time goes by
B)  gradually at first,then with increasing speed
C)  quickly at first,then tapers off gradually
D)  most quickly one day after learning

Question 17

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.Each of these short segments of the number are called ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

The most influential researcher into eyewitness memory has been ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broadbent
B)  Sperling
C)  Loftus
D)  Treisman

Question 19

When memories are stored in long-term memory,which of the following forms of information is used?

Accepted Answer

A)  sounds
B)  visual images
C)  meanings of words and concepts
D)  all of the above

Question 20

Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

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

Exam 6: Memory

Define the memory trace decay theory of forgetting.

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For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event,and the memory is the solution to that problem?

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

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Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the _____________.

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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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Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

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Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

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Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they _______________.

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When memories are stored in long-term memory,which of the following forms of information is used?

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The most influential researcher into eyewitness memory has been ______.

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If one wants to increase the capacity of short-term memory,more items can be held through the process of __________.

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Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.His memory of things at the end of the list demonstrates the

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Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology.The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person.If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus,what contribution might you describe to the class?

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Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten ____________.

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A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime.Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

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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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The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be _________.

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Semantic and episodic memories may be stored in the frontal and temporal lobes as well but in different locations than short-term memory.

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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.Each of these short segments of the number are called ________.

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Echoic memory is the auditory form of sensory memory,which takes the form of an echo that lasts for up to 1.5 seconds.

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