Question 1

Which of the following statements is true about a schema?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a way of ejecting anxiety-evoking ideas from conscious awareness. 
B)  It is a way of mentally representing the world, which can influence perceptions. 
C)  It is a way of retrieving accurate information from long-term memory. 
D)  It is a way of displacing information in short-term memory by adding new information.

Question 2

General knowledge is referred to as__________.

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic memory  
B)  semantic memory  
C)  implicit memory  
D)  prospective memory

Question 3

Which of the following is true about the storage of information in long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information is stored as choppy impressions in long-term memory. 
B)  We tend to organize information according to a hierarchical structure. 
C)  We tend to organize information in order of the occurrence of events. 
D)  The information in long-term memory is stored for a maximum of 12 minutes.

Question 4

When we look at a visual stimulus, our impressions of it may seem fluid enough. This is because:

Accepted Answer

A)  saccadic eye movements create perceptions at a rate of approximately 20 per second, making the images seem continuous. 
B)  short-term memories overlap, which gives the impression of a single perception. 
C)  sensory memory briefly holds perceptions, making them seem connected. 
D)  perceptions in short-term memory are not stored but are constantly replaced with new perceptions.

Question 5

In the context of Long-term memory, which of the following statements is true of flashbulb memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stimuli that stand out are preserved in detail in a person's long-term memory. 
B)  Hormones act independently of emotions that arise during the retrieval of a flashbulb memory. 
C)  Information on unique stimuli is accessible only through specific cues. 
D)  A person recreates the experience of a flashbulb memory in order to access the stored information.

Question 6

Tracy had taken tennis lessons when she was very young and was a good tennis player while she was in school. However, she had not played tennis for years when she decided to enroll in a tennis class at college. At the tennis class, a moment after she picked up her racket, Tracy realized that she had shifted it to the correct forehand grip without even thinking. Tracy's _____ made this possible.

Accepted Answer

A)  implicit memory  
B)  episodic memory  
C)  psychomotor memory  
D)  semantic memory

Question 7

In sensory memory, the memory traces of visual stimuli last many times longer than the traces of auditory stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If the__________is damaged, a person can form visual memories but not verbal memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  limbic system  
B)  hippocampus  
C)  thalamus  
D)  optic nerve

Question 9

Which of the following is true about maintenance rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involves storing a list of letters or numbers on an electronic storage device for later use. 
B)  It involves encoding a list of letters by relating it to something already known. 
C)  It involves mentally repeating a list or saying the information to oneself. 
D)  It involves trying to remember a long list of letters or numbers that has been read once.

Question 10

__________is the failure to remember events that occurred prior to physical trauma because of the effects of the trauma.

Accepted Answer

A)  Infantile amnesia  
B)  Retrograde amnesia  
C)  Dissociative amnesia  
D)  Anterograde amnesia

Question 11

Caleb read in the newspaper that a popular corporation had appointed a new CEO. When he was talking about this to a friend, Caleb could only remember the first letter and the last letter of the new CEO's name. This illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the displacement effect  
B)  chunking  
C)  eidetic imagery  
D)  the serial-position effect

Question 12

According to Freud, we are motivated to forget painful memories and unacceptable ideas because they produce anxiety, guilt, and shame.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

__________is the maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Displacement  
B)  Serial positioning  
C)  Memory tracing  
D)  Eidetic imagery

Question 14

Mental repetition of information to keep it in memory is called elaborative rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of prospective memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moods and attitudes affect prospective memory. 
B)  Prospective memory is permanent and easily accessible. 
C)  Task executions are controlled by prospective memory. 
D)  Prospective memory is declarative in nature.

Question 16

Jason, while standing on the deck of a ship, is trying to memorize distant landmarks to the harbor entrance; he is trying to create a mental picture of all the names. He is using _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  an acoustic code  
B)  prospective memory  
C)  a visual code  
D)  implicit memory

Question 17

Which of the following is true about the serial-position effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the tendency to recall more accurately the first five items on a list. 
B)  It is the tendency to recall more accurately only the item at the exact center of a list. 
C)  It is the tendency to recall more accurately the last five items on a list. 
D)  It is the tendency to recall more accurately the first and last items on a list.

Question 18

The enhanced efficiency in a synapse after brief rapid stimulation is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  subliminal stimulation  
B)  synaptic degradation  
C)  long-term potentiation  
D)  priming

Question 19

In the context of prospective memory, which of the following scenarios depict event-based tasks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert is able to recall the last rock concert he attended with his friends during his sophomore year. 
B)  Robin takes a five-minute break from work every three hours in order to maximize her work potential. 
C)  Gruber is able to balance a motorcycle with ease because he has the prior experience of learning how to ride a bicycle. 
D)  Rochelle feeds her cat every morning before leaving for work and cleans its litter box after getting back from work.

Question 20

Implicit memories involve methods and skills, cognitive and physical, and are also referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

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

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In the context of prospective memory, which of the following scenarios depict event-based tasks?

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If the__________is damaged, a person can form visual memories but not verbal memories.

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In the context of Long-term memory, which of the following statements is true of flashbulb memory?

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Jason, while standing on the deck of a ship, is trying to memorize distant landmarks to the harbor entrance; he is trying to create a mental picture of all the names. He is using _____.

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__________is the maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.

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When we look at a visual stimulus, our impressions of it may seem fluid enough. This is because:

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Which of the following is true about the storage of information in long-term memory?

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Mental repetition of information to keep it in memory is called elaborative rehearsal.

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General knowledge is referred to as__________.

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According to Freud, we are motivated to forget painful memories and unacceptable ideas because they produce anxiety, guilt, and shame.

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In sensory memory, the memory traces of visual stimuli last many times longer than the traces of auditory stimuli.

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Which of the following statements is true of prospective memory?

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Mental repetition of information to keep it in memory is called elaborative rehearsal.

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