Question 1

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  new material interferes with memory of old material
B)  new material has suppressed short-term memories
C)  old material interferes with memory of new material
D)  old material has eliminated memories of new material

Question 2

A recognition test requires one to:

Accepted Answer

A)  reproduce material when provided a cue.
B)  profit from previous learning to relearn faster.
C)  pick the correct answer from among several possible ones provided.
D)  reproduce material without cues being provided.

Question 3

The concept of a house would be stored in _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the sensory registers
B)  short-term memory
C)  eidetic memory
D)  long-term memory

Question 4

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  there is a direct relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention
B)  there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in the sensory registers and their retention
C)  there is a direct relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention
D)  there is an inverse relationship between the number of items in short-term memory and their retention

Question 5

A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an icon
B)  a pictograph
C)  a trace
D)  a symbol

Question 6

Information is grouped for storage in short-term memory through the process of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  rote rehearsal
B)  cueing
C)  chunking
D)  categorizing

Question 7

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  5,plus or minus 2 pieces of information
B)  11,plus or minus 2 chunks
C)  15,plus or minus 2 engrams
D)  3,plus or minus 2 numbers

Question 8

The average memory span consists of _______ items.

Accepted Answer

A)  five
B)  six
C)  seven
D)  nine

Question 9

The hippocampus is instrumental in:

Accepted Answer

A)  the formation of short-term memory.
B)  the retrieval of memories from long-term memory.
C)  maintaining a constant level of information filtration by the sensory registers.
D)  transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

Question 10

Memory span is a characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory.
B)  short-term memory.
C)  sensory memory.
D)  semantic memory.

Question 11

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three notes of music for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them.If the instructions to recall the notes came immediately,the students usually succeeded.If the instructions came more than three seconds after the notes were played,the students were much less successful.The MOST plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that,in the latter case,_____________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  the echo never made it to the sensory registers
B)  the echo faded after being stored in short-term memory
C)  the echo was already stored in long-term memory
D)  the echo faded before being stored in short-term memory

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Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________________.

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The average memory span consists of _______ items.

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Information is grouped for storage in short-term memory through the process of __________.

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What is the capacity of short-term memory?

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The hippocampus is instrumental in:

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A recognition test requires one to:

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A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

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Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________________.

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The average memory span consists of _______ items.

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