Question 1

Imagine that one week ago, you moved into a new apartment and got a new phone number. If someone asks for your phone number, you will probably have a hard time remembering it. However, in six months, you will probably have difficulty remembering your old phone number. According to interference theory, what processes are responsible for your failure to remember both the old and new phone numbers?

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Question 2

As part of a memory test, Xavier was given a list of words that included dog, pail, and hate. Later, he recalled these words as log, whale, and late. Xavier's errors in recall suggest that he had encoded the original word list ​

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A)  phonemically.
B)  structurally. ​
C)  semantically. ​
D)  retroactively. ​E) A) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 3

When you return to your hometown after being gone for a number of years, you will likely be flooded with long-forgotten memories. Psychologists attribute this to the availability of _____ that aid retrieval.

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The answer of When you return to your hometown after...

Question 4

When an individual's memory for an event is altered by the later introduction of inaccurate or misleading information, it is referred to as the _____ effect.

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A)  reconstruction
B)  postcontext
C)  source-monitoring
D)  misinformationE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Faith had brain surgery to remove a small tumor from her temporal lobe. While recovering from the surgery, Faith appeared to be fine, and she was able to talk about events from both her childhood and just before the surgery. However, she really cannot remember anything that has happened since the surgery. Faith's memory difficulties are consistent with those seen in ​

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A)  retrograde amnesia.
B)  cryptomnesia. ​
C)  anterograde amnesia. ​
D)  pseudoforgetting. ​E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

If you remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)  by recalling the word "HOMES" as a cue, you are using a(n)

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A)  acrostic.
B)  acronym. ​
C)  link method. ​
D)  method of loci. ​E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The stable ability to hold information in conscious attention is referred to as

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A)  working-memory capacity.
B)  short-term memory.
C)  long-term memory.
D)  destination memory.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above A

Question 8

When you listen to a lecture, the information is held in _____ memory until you write it in your notes.

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A)  trace
B)  sensory
C)  short-term
D)  long-termE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Your memory of how to do something, such as how to shoot a free throw in basketball, is contained in your _____ memory.

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A)  declarative
B)  nondeclarative
C)  episodic
D)  semanticE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Damage to which of the following is MOST likely to cause deficits in long-term memory? ​

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A)  Limbic system
B)  Hippocampal region ​
C)  Sympathetic nervous system ​
D)  Broca's area ​E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Kwan is driving to campus and his phone rings. Based on the results of studies on divided attention, which of the following BEST explains if Kwan should answer the phone?

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A)  No, he would experience a negative impact on his driving behavior since he would focus more on the phone call than on traffic signals.
B)  He should only answer the phone if he is an experienced driver who is driving in a familiar location.
C)  Yes, his attention system will allow him to process both traffic information and his phone conversation equally.
D)  He should only answer the phone if he has a hands-free device, so that he is not distracted by having to hold the phone.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The process of making attributions about the origins of memories is referred to as ​

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A)  reality monitoring.
B)  source monitoring. ​
C)  buffering. ​
D)  a contraindication. ​E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Cindy is watching her little sister as she skips rope. As long as the rope is turning, all Cindy can see is a blur of color. She can only make out the shape of the skipping rope when her sister stops skipping. The "blurred" image that Cindy sees while the rope is moving results from the way in which ​

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A)  flashbulb memories are formed.
B)  episodic memory is encoded. ​
C)  sensory memory works. ​
D)  rehearsal works in short-term memory. ​E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

If you try to remember something but cannot, yet you know the information is in your memory, you are experiencing the

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A)  tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
B)  pseudoamnesia phenomenon.
C)  Krensky syndrome.
D)  retrieval-delay phenomenon.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Rehearsal is MOST beneficial for maintaining information in _____ memory.

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A)  sensory
B)  short-term
C)  intermediate-term
D)  long-termE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Jade rearranges the letters HI TRE DBA T into "hit red bat." This is an example of ​

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A)  chunking.
B)  elaboration. ​
C)  rehearsal. ​
D)  clustering. ​E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

The memory process of retrieval is associated with

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A)  only short-term memory.
B)  only long-term memory.
C)  both short- and long-term memory.
D)  sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Ebbinghaus's original forgetting curves, which graphed his retention over time, suggested that most forgetting occurs ​

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A)  very gradually over long periods of time.
B)  only after several days have passed. ​
C)  as a result of interference with other information. ​
D)  very rapidly after learning something. ​E) A) and C)
F) A) and B) D

Question 19

Imagine that you complete a computer programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years, you should expect

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A)  there will be a constant, steady decline in what you can recall from the programming course.
B)  most of what you learned to be forgotten early, but later, there will be a slow, steady increase in what you can recall from the programming course.
C)  very little of what you learned to be forgotten early, but later, there will be a rapid decline in what you can recall from the programming course.
D)  most of what you learned to be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in what you can recall from the programming course.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following researchers conducted a classic experiment that demonstrated the brief duration of information in sensory memory? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Atkinson
B)  Hermann Ebbinghaus ​
C)  George Miller ​
D)  George Sperling ​E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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As part of a memory test, Xavier was given a list of words that included dog, pail, and hate. Later, he recalled these words as log, whale, and late. Xavier's errors in recall suggest that he had encoded the original word list

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When you return to your hometown after being gone for a number of years, you will likely be flooded with long-forgotten memories. Psychologists attribute this to the availability of _____ that aid retrieval.

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When an individual's memory for an event is altered by the later introduction of inaccurate or misleading information, it is referred to as the _____ effect.

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If you remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) by recalling the word "HOMES" as a cue, you are using a(n)

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The stable ability to hold information in conscious attention is referred to as

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When you listen to a lecture, the information is held in _____ memory until you write it in your notes.

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Your memory of how to do something, such as how to shoot a free throw in basketball, is contained in your _____ memory.

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Damage to which of the following is MOST likely to cause deficits in long-term memory?

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Kwan is driving to campus and his phone rings. Based on the results of studies on divided attention, which of the following BEST explains if Kwan should answer the phone?

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The process of making attributions about the origins of memories is referred to as

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Cindy is watching her little sister as she skips rope. As long as the rope is turning, all Cindy can see is a blur of color. She can only make out the shape of the skipping rope when her sister stops skipping. The "blurred" image that Cindy sees while the rope is moving results from the way in which

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If you try to remember something but cannot, yet you know the information is in your memory, you are experiencing the

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Rehearsal is MOST beneficial for maintaining information in _____ memory.

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Imagine that you complete a computer programming course, but never have a chance to use the programming language once the course is over. Based on the research results reported by Ebbinghaus, over the years, you should expect

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Which of the following researchers conducted a classic experiment that demonstrated the brief duration of information in sensory memory?

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