Exam 6: Memory

A) Psychologists do not believe it is possible to identify the physical brain bases of a memory.
B) There is probably no single site or process in the brain corresponding to a particular memory.
C) Any given memory probably involves many simultaneous brain processes and locations because a stimulus contains a single sensory aspect.
D) The term engram typically involves physical memory that corresponds only to sensory memory.

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

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A) Episodic
B) Semantic
C) Non-declarative
D) Procedural

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A) Encoding $\rarr$ storage $\rarr$ retrieval
B) Storage $\rarr$ retrieval $\rarr$ encoding
C) Encoding $\rarr$ retrieval $\rarr$ storage
D) Storage $\rarr$ encoding $\rarr$ retrieval

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A) typically concern major,unexpected public or personal events.
B) are remarkably accurate,even years after the initial event.
C) must be due to special encoding mechanisms for emotionally charged events.
D) are generally less accurate than memories for more mundane events because of the emotion surrounding the original event.

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A) Sensory memory is referred to as working memory.
B) Working memory avoids the use of cognitive resources of information.
C) Working memory stores information on a relatively permanent basis,although it may be difficult to retrieve.
D) Working memory permits us to keep information in an active state briefly so that we can do something with the information.

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A) Explicit memory and implicit memory cannot exist side by side.
B) Explicit memory can be studied through experiments that use priming.
C) Implicit memory is involved in prejudice and discrimination.
D) Implicit memory refers to memories of which people are consciously aware.

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A) anterograde
B) retrograde
C) retroactive
D) proactive

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A

A) Material is forgotten at a relatively constant rate once it has been learned.
B) Nothing is ever really forgotten.
C) Material is forgotten at a relatively slow rate at first,and then the rate of forgetting speeds up.
D) Material is forgotten relatively rapidly at first,and then the rate of forgetting slows down.

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A) The information is difficult to retrieve because it is stored along with so many other pieces of information in Drew's long-term memory.
B) The information was learned so long ago that it is no longer stored in Drew's long-term memory.
C) The information was not encoded,because Drew never really paid attention to Lincoln's head on the penny.
D) The information was immediately displaced from Drew's working memory after it was encoded.

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

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A) Working memory is the initial,momentary storage of information,lasting only an instant.
B) Working memory uses cognitive resources during its operation,which makes us less aware of our surroundings.
C) Stress can increase the effectiveness of working memory by reducing its capacity.
D) Working memory is a set of permanent memory stores that actively manipulate and rehearse information.

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B

A) primacy
B) recency
C) serial memory
D) item order

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A) serial position
B) list memory
C) cereal position
D) item order

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A) recall
B) procedural
C) recognition
D) non-declarative

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A) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease.
B) Autobiographical memory is just as inaccurate as other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than are others.
C) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.The different periods of one's life are remembered with equal ease.
D) Autobiographical memory is more accurate than other types of memory.Some periods of one's life are recalled more easily than others.

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A) primacy
B) recency
C) list memory
D) serial order

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