Question 1

People who suffer from amnesia usually lose some or all of their __________ memories but retain __________ memories that are relatively unimpaired.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic...episodic
B)  episodic...semantic
C)  factual...procedural
D)  procedural...factual

Question 2

A person with Alzheimer's disease will develop

Accepted Answer

A)  anterograde amnesia only.
B)  retrograde amnesia only.
C)  anterograde and retrograde amnesia.
D)  confusion,but no specific type of amnesia.

Question 3

A mnemonic device is any memory aid that relies on encoding each item in a special way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

If you were trying to remember the names of U.S.presidents,you would probably have the most trouble remembering

Accepted Answer

A)  the first few.
B)  the last few.
C)  the ones near the middle of the order.
D)  those of the party you do not favor.

Question 5

Which of the following types of memory is least impaired in the patient H.M.(who has hippocampal damage) ?

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit memory
B)  procedural memory
C)  declarative memory
D)  recall of events from the most recent year

Question 6

One way to expand the amount of material one can store in short-term memory is to

Accepted Answer

A)  pause a few minutes between learning the material and testing memory.
B)  organize the material into chunks.
C)  think only about the sound of the words and not their meaning.
D)  make sure you have more retroactive interference than proactive interference.

Question 7

An essay exam is best described as a __________ test of memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  cued recall
B)  free recall
C)  recognition
D)  relearning

Question 8

People with Korsakoff's syndrome suffer from

Accepted Answer

A)  retrograde,but not anterograde amnesia.
B)  anterograde,but not retrograde amnesia.
C)  both retrograde and anterograde amnesia.
D)  neither retrograde nor anterograde amnesia.

Question 9

What have psychologists learned about memory from studies of the patient H.M.?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is possible to lose the ability to store new memories,without necessarily losing the ability to recall old memories.
B)  The corpus callosum is particularly important for maintaining communication between the left and right hemispheres of the cortex.
C)  People with amnesia are more likely to lose their procedural memories than to lose their factual memories.
D)  It is possible to form new long-term memories even after losing all ability to form short-term memories.

Question 10

Memory improves when there is an increase in

Accepted Answer

A)  retroactive interference.
B)  proactive interference.
C)  Korsakoff's syndrome.
D)  depth of processing.

Question 11

Prolonged deficiency of vitamin B-1 leads to a condition that is characterized by severe memory problems.The name of that condition is

Accepted Answer

A)  Kleine-Levin syndrome.
B)  Korsakoff's syndrome.
C)  Cotard's syndrome.
D)  Turner's syndrome.

Question 12

Which type of memory was least impaired in patient H.M.?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

You memorize a list of paired associates including "RUBBER-BAND." Later someone asks you what word on the list refers to a group that plays music,and you do not think of the word BAND.Why not?

Accepted Answer

A)  serial-order effect
B)  von Restorff effect
C)  encoding specificity principle
D)  depth-of-processing principle

Question 14

When you are trying to memorize a list of words,the more you think about their meaning,the easier they will be to remember later.This is known as the

Accepted Answer

A)  von Restorff effect.
B)  state-dependent memory principle.
C)  levels-of-processing principle.
D)  method of loci.

Question 15

What memory problem is characteristic of people with Korsakoff's syndrome or prefrontal cortex damage?

Accepted Answer

A)  They forget material that is presented visually,but they have normal memory for material they hear.
B)  They fill in the gaps in their memory with a mixture of old information and wild guesses.
C)  They have normal long-term memory,but essentially no short-term memory.
D)  They remember facts,but they forget skills.

Question 16

The "central executive" aspect of working memory is responsible for

Accepted Answer

A)  storing visual memories.
B)  controlling muscle movements.
C)  shifting attention.
D)  rehearsing sounds.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

Accepted Answer

A)  An experimenter tells you to remember "HIZNF," but then asks you to count backward by threes from 227.Twenty seconds later you cannot remember HIZNF.
B)  You read a story but when you try to tell it you leave out several unimportant details and you distort some others.
C)  You have changed your telephone number three times this year.As a result,you keep forgetting your new number.
D)  You have had a new combination lock each of the last 3 years.As a result,you can no longer remember the combination you had 3 years ago.

Question 18

A retrieval cue essentially is

Accepted Answer

A)  a link between a short-term memory and an item in the sensory store.
B)  an item in the sensory store that has faded.
C)  a memory that has already been retrieved and forgotten.
D)  a reminder,or an association with information in long-term memory.

Question 19

In the experiment by Peterson and Peterson that demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over 20 seconds,why did they ask their subjects to count backward by threes during the delay?

Accepted Answer

A)  to increase depth of processing
B)  to prevent rehearsal
C)  to enable subjects to engage in chunking
D)  to increase the probability of consolidation

Question 20

Ebbinghaus forgot materials very rapidly,but most college students forget the same materials much more slowly.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  College students are,on the average,more intelligent.
B)  College students have had more practice at memorizing useless information.
C)  Ebbinghaus was suffering from greater proactive interference.
D)  Ebbinghaus was beginning to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Exam 7: Memory

Ebbinghaus forgot materials very rapidly,but most college students forget the same materials much more slowly.Why?

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Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

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What memory problem is characteristic of people with Korsakoff's syndrome or prefrontal cortex damage?

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If you were trying to remember the names of U.S.presidents,you would probably have the most trouble remembering

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One way to expand the amount of material one can store in short-term memory is to

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Prolonged deficiency of vitamin B-1 leads to a condition that is characterized by severe memory problems.The name of that condition is

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A retrieval cue essentially is

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People who suffer from amnesia usually lose some or all of their __________ memories but retain __________ memories that are relatively unimpaired.

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The "central executive" aspect of working memory is responsible for

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What have psychologists learned about memory from studies of the patient H.M.?

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Which type of memory was least impaired in patient H.M.?

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People with Korsakoff's syndrome suffer from

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When you are trying to memorize a list of words,the more you think about their meaning,the easier they will be to remember later.This is known as the

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Memory improves when there is an increase in

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In the experiment by Peterson and Peterson that demonstrated the decay of short-term memory over 20 seconds,why did they ask their subjects to count backward by threes during the delay?

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A person with Alzheimer's disease will develop

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Which of the following types of memory is least impaired in the patient H.M.(who has hippocampal damage) ?

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A mnemonic device is any memory aid that relies on encoding each item in a special way.

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An essay exam is best described as a __________ test of memory.

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You memorize a list of paired associates including "RUBBER-BAND." Later someone asks you what word on the list refers to a group that plays music,and you do not think of the word BAND.Why not?

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