Question 1

Which statement is most accurate about maintenance rehearsal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Maintenance rehearsal is effective in transferring information to long-term memory, but is not effective in transferring short-term information.
B)   Maintenance rehearsal can sometimes be effective in transferring information to long-term memory.
C)   Maintenance rehearsal is not effective at all in transferring information to long-term memory.
D)   The effectiveness of maintenance rehearsal is based on effort; any amount of effort to use maintenance rehearsal will be rewarded with an equal benefit in the success of transferring information to long-term memory.

Question 2

The serial position curve shows that when attempting to recall a list of items immediately after being exposed to them, ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   all items are recalled at equal levels
B)   the items at the beginning and the end of the list are better recalled than the items in the middle of the list
C)   the items in the middle of the list are better recalled than the items at the beginning or the end of the list
D)   the items at the beginning of the list are better recalled than the items in the middle of the list

Question 3

When you take your next psychology exam, you will draw most heavily from your ____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit
B)   procedural
C)   episodic
D)   semantic

Question 4

The encoding function of memory refers to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   consolidating information with other related information
B)   inputting information into memory
C)   processing information in memory
D)   recalling information from memory

Question 5

Typing information into a computer is most analogous to the ____ of memory traces in humans.

Accepted Answer

A)   storage
B)   review
C)   retrieval
D)   encoding

Question 6

An important difference between computers and the human mind is the mind's ability to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   store memories
B)   encode information
C)   retrieve memories
D)   experience consciousness

Question 7

The three-stages model proposes that memory stages operate in a ____ fashion.

Accepted Answer

A)   random
B)   parallel
C)   perpendicular
D)   serial

Question 8

Computer processing ultimately fails as an analogy for the human mind because ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   humans do not encode information, but computers do
B)   computers do not store information, but humans do
C)   computers retrieve information, but humans do not
D)   humans have conscious awareness, but computers do not

Question 9

Recall the case of H.M. as described in your text. With his hippocampus removed, H.M. was ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   able to store new declarative memories, but unable to store new procedural memories
B)   able to store new episodic memories, but unable to recall how the memories were learned
C)   able to store new procedural memories, but unable to store new declarative memories
D)   able to store new episodic memories, but unable to use them to change behavior

Question 10

Which statement is TRUE regarding sensory memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Haptic sensory memory involves stimuli we touch.
B)   Sensory memory is so short that we are never consciously aware of it.
C)   Iconic sensory memory processes information we hear.
D)   Echoic sensory memory deals with stimuli we see.

Question 11

You are explaining the three-stages model of memory to your friend. What would you call the first stage of memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Long-term memory
B)   Working memory
C)   Short-term memory
D)   Sensory memory

Question 12

Proactive interference ____ and retroactive interference ____ as we get older.

Accepted Answer

A)   increases; increases
B)   increases; decreases
C)   decreases; increases
D)   decreases; decreases

Question 13

If you remember what you did last Friday night, you are remembering a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   semantic memory
B)   procedural memory
C)   episodic memory
D)   lexical memory

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a way that short-term memory can be encoded?

Accepted Answer

A)   visually
B)   haptically
C)   semantically
D)   acoustically

Question 15

Which model of memory best accounts for the fact that in reading this question, you must access the meaning of these words even before you store them in short-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   The three-stages model
B)   The bottom-up processing model
C)   The serial processing model
D)   The working memory model

Question 16

What is an example of the use of implicit memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Remembering how to knit a sweater
B)   Remembering where you parked your car at the mall
C)   Remembering the name of an old friend
D)   Remembering the answer to a test question while taking an exam

Question 17

Benton is filling out an application for a mortgage. On the application, Benton is asked to give his former address. To Benton's surprise, he cannot recall his last address. The only address that comes to mind is his current one. Benton appears to be experiencing ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   memory decay
B)   retroactive interference
C)   repression
D)   proactive interference

Question 18

A current controversy surrounding episodic memory and semantic memory is whether they are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   more important to identity than procedural memories
B)   part of short-term memory
C)   more easily recalled than procedural memories
D)   separate memory systems

Question 19

If you remember how to tie your shoes, you are specifically using a(n)  ____ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   haptic
B)   semantic
C)   procedural
D)   episodic

Question 20

Your knowledge of animals is most likely stored in your long-term memory in the form of a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   question
B)   list
C)   picture
D)   schema

Exam 7: Memory

Computer processing ultimately fails as an analogy for the human mind because ____.

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An important difference between computers and the human mind is the mind's ability to ____.

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The three-stages model proposes that memory stages operate in a ____ fashion.

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Which of the following is NOT a way that short-term memory can be encoded?

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Which model of memory best accounts for the fact that in reading this question, you must access the meaning of these words even before you store them in short-term memory?

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A current controversy surrounding episodic memory and semantic memory is whether they are ____.

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Proactive interference ____ and retroactive interference ____ as we get older.

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If you remember what you did last Friday night, you are remembering a(n) ____.

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What is an example of the use of implicit memory?

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Typing information into a computer is most analogous to the ____ of memory traces in humans.

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If you remember how to tie your shoes, you are specifically using a(n) ____ memory.

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When you take your next psychology exam, you will draw most heavily from your ____ memory.

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Which statement is most accurate about maintenance rehearsal?

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Your knowledge of animals is most likely stored in your long-term memory in the form of a ____.

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Which statement is TRUE regarding sensory memory?

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Benton is filling out an application for a mortgage. On the application, Benton is asked to give his former address. To Benton's surprise, he cannot recall his last address. The only address that comes to mind is his current one. Benton appears to be experiencing ____.

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The encoding function of memory refers to ____.

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Recall the case of H.M. as described in your text. With his hippocampus removed, H.M. was ____.

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The serial position curve shows that when attempting to recall a list of items immediately after being exposed to them, ____.

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You are explaining the three-stages model of memory to your friend. What would you call the first stage of memory?

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