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In a typical collaborative memory experiment,the group of participants asked to recall information with others is termed the nominal group.

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Which statement accurately describes the results of a typical collaborative memory experiment?


A) Each individual in the nominal group outperforms the collective performance of the collaborative group on the recall test.
B) Most individuals in the nominal group outperform the collective performance of the collaborative group on the recall test.
C) The collective performance of the collaborative group is greater than the combined performance of individuals in the nominal group on the recall test.
D) The combined performance of individuals in the nominal group is greater than the collective performance of the collaborative group on the recall test.

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Jessica Li held up three rows of four letters on a poster board to her high school class for a fraction of a second.She then removed it and immediately asked the class to name the 12 letters they had just been shown.Based on previous research,about how many letters would you expect individual students to recall?


A) 0
B) 5
C) 8
D) 10

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Sarah says she can vividly remember the day her baby brother was born.This is an example of _____ memory.


A) procedural
B) implicit
C) iconic
D) explicit

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Research has shown that different aspects of a single memory are stored in:


A) the hippocampus and adjacent areas of the cortex.
B) primarily the hippocampus.
C) the brain's temporal lobe.
D) different places in the cortex throughout the brain.

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Use the following to answer questions : Scenario II Famous within psychology,patient HM had parts of his temporal lobes-including his hippocampus-removed to stop incurable and life-threatening epileptic seizures.The surgery was successful;however,patient HM was left with a severe case of anterograde amnesia.Subsequent tests found that his short-term and implicit memory systems were not affected by the surgery. -(Scenario II) As a result of the surgery,HM could NOT:


A) remember a relative's phone number called frequently in the decade preceding the surgery.
B) successfully hold a phone number in memory for 15 seconds by mentally rehearsing it.
C) remember a phone number called repeatedly an hour ago.
D) remember how to use a telephone.

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When recalling the morning of September 11,2001,Rob is able to describe what he was doing and saying at the moment the principal of his middle school opened the classroom door to advise the class to turn on the television.Rob's ability to describe the day's events in detail is an example of:


A) a flashbulb memory.
B) transience.
C) a semantic memory.
D) consistency bias.

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You are taking a biology class.During the lecture,you listen,take notes,and think about how the information is related to you.These are examples of _____ information into memory.When you rehearse this information,you are facilitating _____.During a test,you must remember the information,which is called _____.


A) storing;retrieval;encoding
B) encoding;retrieval;storage
C) storing;encoding;retrieval
D) encoding;storage;retrieval

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Professor Slate develops a drug that can erase specific memories of traumatic experiences.When should this drug be administered?


A) while the patient is asleep
B) while the patient is recalling the traumatic experience
C) immediately after the patient awakens in the morning
D) while the patient is thinking about something pleasant

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The case of HM is a documented case of a patient whose speech skills and intelligence were unaffected by the removal of his hippocampus and parts of his temporal lobe but who could not form new long-term memories.Which memory disorder was MOST pronounced in HM?


A) transient amnesia
B) retrograde amnesia
C) prograde amnesia
D) anterograde amnesia

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Proactive interference refers to situations in which earlier learning impairs memory for information acquired later.

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Waitresses who use organizational encoding to organize orders into groups are essentially:


A) chunking the information.
B) rehearsing the information.
C) utilizing the serial position effect.
D) utilizing state-dependent learning.

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When you successfully remember something,your _____ shows increased activity,whereas when you try but fail to remember something,your _____ shows increased activity.


A) hippocampus;left frontal lobe
B) hippocampus;right frontal lobe
C) left frontal lobe;hippocampus
D) right frontal lobe;hippocampus

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Which statement accurately summarizes the effects of sleep on long-term storage?


A) Sleep facilitates long-term storage because it prevents proactive interference from occurring that otherwise might interfere with consolidation.
B) Sleep facilitates the consolidation of trivial information that might be discarded as unimportant in the fully conscious state.
C) Sleep helps strip memories of their emotionality,thereby aiding in their subsequent clarity.
D) Sleep helps us to remember what is important and discard what is trivial.

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Most people would be incredibly accurate at matching names to faces from their high school yearbook,even decades after they graduated.

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Source memory refers to:


A) when,where,and how information was acquired.
B) the credibility or accuracy of the information in memory.
C) remembering to do something in the future.
D) the memories that remain after transience has occurred.

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Using social pressure,Shaw and Porter (2015) got a large percentage of the university students in their study to falsely remember _____ as adolescents.


A) committing a crime
B) breaking their leg
C) winning a radio contest
D) visiting Mount Rushmore

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Gavin is asked to remember a list of 20 words.Some of the words are written in blue ink,and some are written in red ink.A week later,he is asked to recall as many words as possible.Gavin will probably do better on the task if,during the encoding phase,he:


A) thinks about the colour of each word.
B) pairs each word on the list with a word with which it rhymed.
C) thinks about the meaning of each word.
D) spells each word silently to himself.

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Remembering how to ride your bike is an example of _____ memory.


A) working
B) explicit
C) procedural
D) episodic

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Angelika studies a set of pictures.The next day,she is asked to provide details about the pictures.Which brain structures are MOST responsible for her accurate recall?


A) the left frontal lobe and the occipital lobe
B) the left frontal lobe and the right temporal lobe
C) the hippocampus and the occipital lobe
D) the hippocampus and the right temporal lobe

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