Question 1

Retrieval is the process of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory
B)   bringing information to mind whenever needed
C)   storing information so that it can be retained over time
D)   detecting information from the world without receiving concrete sensory input.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Factual information from studying
B)   Traumatic memories
C)   Sensory memories
D)   Flashbulb memory

Question 3

Working memory _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   has an unlimited capacity
B)   is the same as short-term memory
C)   is a passive memory system
D)   is an active memory system

Question 4

_____ memory involves the conscious recollection of facts and events whereas,_____ memory involves non-conscious knowledge derived from past experience.

Accepted Answer

A)   Explicit/implicit
B)   Implicit/explicit
C)   Short-term/long-term
D)   Long-term/short-term

Question 5

Long-term potentiation is a concept that explains _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   how people can remember material for several months
B)   how memory functions at the neuron level
C)   how cannibalized worms can pass on skills they had learned to the cannibals
D)   why students should study exam material over a period of days instead of hours

Question 6

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 7

Aaron went to school one day with his zipper down.He considers it his most embarrassing moment ever and would rather forget that the event ever occurred.Aaron is exhibiting _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional memory syndrome
B)   displacement
C)   memory decay
D)   motivated forgetting

Question 8

Which of the following occurs when material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material learned later?

Accepted Answer

A)   Elaboration
B)   Proactive interference
C)   Transference
D)   Motivated forgetting

Question 9

Although you had never been to the Fancy Foods Restaurant in your town,you weren't at all surprised when the hostess seated you,handed you the menu,and informed you that your server would soon be there to take your order.Shortly after,a man in a tuxedo came to your table.You knew exactly what was going to happen because you _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   are a certified psychic
B)   have a script for what happens in a restaurant
C)   have been to similar Fancy Foods Restaurants in other towns
D)   have a friend who works there

Question 10

_____ is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time.

Accepted Answer

A)   Divided attention
B)   Elaboration
C)   Multitasking
D)   Sustained attention

Question 11

Priming is a phenomenon that has been found to result in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   impaired explicit memory
B)   enhanced memory retrieval
C)   enhanced working memory
D)   impaired semantic memory

Question 12

_____ includes the systems involved in procedural memory,classical conditioning,and priming.

Accepted Answer

A)   Explicit memory
B)   Implicit memory
C)   Episodic memory
D)   Semantic memory

Question 13

You go to a hypnotist to help you quit smoking.The hypnotist asks you to remember and describe things that you did differently before you started smoking.Which memory system will you use most to comply with this request?

Accepted Answer

A)   Your procedural memory system
B)   Your permastore memory system
C)   Your episodic memory system
D)   Your nondeclarative memory system

Question 14

Lucy sustained a brain injury in a car accident.Although Lucy's memories of her life before the accident are intact,she is no longer able to form new,long-term memories.Every night when she goes to bed,her memories of what she had done that day are lost.Lucy suffers from _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   retrograde amnesia
B)   anterograde amnesia
C)   infantile amnesia
D)   displacement

Question 15

_____ refers to the formation of a number of different connections around a stimulus at any given level of memory encoding.

Accepted Answer

A)   Imagery
B)   Elaboration
C)   Divided attention
D)   Sustained attention

Question 16

How long does information last in sensory memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   A fraction of a second to several seconds
B)   30-60 seconds
C)   2-3 minutes
D)   5 minutes

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Sensory memory _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   holds information acquired through our senses for a brief amount of time
B)   is a form of short-term memory
C)   transfers information directly to long-term memory
D)   is very vague and unclear

Question 19

In which subsystem of long-term memory is your knowledge of how to drive a car and how to ride a bike stored?

Accepted Answer

A)   Episodic memory
B)   Semantic memory
C)   Nondeclarative (implicit)  memory
D)   Declarative (explicit)  memory

Question 20

Define the distinction between proactive and retroactive interference.

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