Question 1

Retroactive interference refers to the

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A)   decay of physical memory traces.
B)   disruptive effect of previously learned material on the recall of new information.
C)   disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of previously learned material.
D)   blocking of painful memories from conscious awareness.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Although Ron typically smokes two packs of cigarettes a day,he recalls smoking little more than a pack a day.This poor memory best illustrates

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A)   the misinformation effect.
B)   motivated forgetting.
C)   imagination inflation.
D)   storage decay.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

The process in which memories registered in the hippocampus are transferred for long-term storage to other regions of the brain illustrates

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A)   priming.
B)   memory consolidation.
C)   the serial position effect.
D)   the encoding specificity principle.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

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A)   procedural memory.
B)   LTP.
C)   priming.
D)   the serial position effect.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants almost completely decay in as short a time as

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A)   12 seconds.
B)   1 minute.
C)   12 minutes.
D)   1 hour.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Implicit memory is to explicit memory as ________ is to ________.

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A)   iconic memory;echoic memory
B)   automatic processing;effortful processing
C)   short-term memory;long-term memory
D)   the spacing effect;the self-reference effectE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

A friend claims that the faster you read,the more you remember.Use your knowledge of effortful processing and effective encoding strategies to refute your friend's claim.

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The answer of A friend claims that the faster you...

Question 8

The receptor sites of receiving neurons have been observed to increase following

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A)   priming.
B)   the serial position effect.
C)   long-term potentiation.
D)   administration of propranolol.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

When you have to make a long-distance call,dialing an unfamiliar area code plus a seven-digit number,you are likely to have trouble retaining the just-looked-up number.This best illustrates the limited capacity of ________ memory.

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A)   long-term
B)   implicit
C)   short-term
D)   explicitE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened,which measure of memory is being used?

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A)   recognition
B)   rehearsal
C)   recall
D)   relearningE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Craik and Tulving experimentally demonstrated that people effectively remember seeing a specific word after they decide whether that word fits into an incomplete sentence.This research highlighted the effectiveness of

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A)   distributed practice.
B)   the peg-word system.
C)   deep processing.
D)   echoic memory.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ________ memory.

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A)   sensory
B)   long-term
C)   working
D)   implicitE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

The tip-of-the-tongue forgetting experienced by older adults can best be explained in terms of the greater difficulty older people have with

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A)   automatic processing.
B)   repression.
C)   positive transfer.
D)   retrieval.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Information learned while a person is ________ is best recalled when that person is ________.

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A)   sad;happy
B)   drunk;sober
C)   angry;calm
D)   drunk;drunkE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing at the exact moment when he heard of his grandfather's unexpected death.This best illustrates ________ memory.

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A)   nondeclarative
B)   implicit
C)   flashbulb
D)   proceduralE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Passing an electric current through the brain during electroconvulsive therapy is most likely to disrupt

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A)   long-term memories.
B)   procedural memories.
C)   very recent memories.
D)   flashbulb memories.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Arnold was not paying attention to his professor's lecture.But when the professor asked him what she had just said,he was surprised that he had a fleeting memory of her last few words.Arnold's experience best illustrates ________ memory.

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A)   procedural
B)   echoic
C)   implicit
D)   iconicE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

The availability of glucose energy necessary for memory consolidation is most likely to be enhanced by

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A)   priming.
B)   stress hormones.
C)   propranolol.
D)   the serial position effect.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Nancy was daydreaming about her college plans during a boring lecture on the history of computers.She doesn't remember that ENIAC was the first functioning digital computer because she wasn't paying attention.Nancy's poor memory is best explained in terms of

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A)   interference.
B)   encoding failure.
C)   storage decay.
D)   source amnesia.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Many of the experiment participants who were asked how fast two cars in a filmed traffic accident were going when they smashed into each other subsequently recalled seeing broken glass at the scene of the accident.This experiment best illustrated

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive interference.
B)   source amnesia.
C)   positive transfer.
D)   the misinformation effect.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Exam 9: Memory

Nancy was daydreaming about her college plans during a boring lecture on the history of computers.She doesn't remember that ENIAC was the first functioning digital computer because she wasn't paying attention.Nancy's poor memory is best explained in terms of

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When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened,which measure of memory is being used?

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Craik and Tulving experimentally demonstrated that people effectively remember seeing a specific word after they decide whether that word fits into an incomplete sentence.This research highlighted the effectiveness of

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The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ________ memory.

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Arnold was not paying attention to his professor's lecture.But when the professor asked him what she had just said,he was surprised that he had a fleeting memory of her last few words.Arnold's experience best illustrates ________ memory.

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The availability of glucose energy necessary for memory consolidation is most likely to be enhanced by

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The tip-of-the-tongue forgetting experienced by older adults can best be explained in terms of the greater difficulty older people have with

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When you have to make a long-distance call,dialing an unfamiliar area code plus a seven-digit number,you are likely to have trouble retaining the just-looked-up number.This best illustrates the limited capacity of ________ memory.

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Implicit memory is to explicit memory as ________ is to ________.

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Retroactive interference refers to the

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The receptor sites of receiving neurons have been observed to increase following

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Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing at the exact moment when he heard of his grandfather's unexpected death.This best illustrates ________ memory.

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Many of the experiment participants who were asked how fast two cars in a filmed traffic accident were going when they smashed into each other subsequently recalled seeing broken glass at the scene of the accident.This experiment best illustrated

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The process in which memories registered in the hippocampus are transferred for long-term storage to other regions of the brain illustrates

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Although Ron typically smokes two packs of cigarettes a day,he recalls smoking little more than a pack a day.This poor memory best illustrates

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Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that unrehearsed short-term memories for three consonants almost completely decay in as short a time as

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A friend claims that the faster you read,the more you remember.Use your knowledge of effortful processing and effective encoding strategies to refute your friend's claim.

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Passing an electric current through the brain during electroconvulsive therapy is most likely to disrupt

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The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

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Information learned while a person is ________ is best recalled when that person is ________.

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