Question 1

If one wants to increase the capacity of short-term memory,more items can be held through the process of

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A)  flashbulb memory.
B)  hypnotic regression.
C)  photographic memory.
D)  chunking.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Emilio is seeing a sports psychologist to help improve his mental preparation and performance.The psychologist asks Emilio to see himself making his free throws.As Emilio visualizes his dribbling,shooting motion,and release,he sees himself as an outside observer would.Memory researchers argue this demonstrates

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A)  the presence of iconic and echoic memory.
B)  brain stimulation that leads to the development of engrams.
C)  that working memory differs from short-term memory.
D)  the reconstructive nature of memory.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Eyewitness testimony has been found to be most accurate when

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A)  a weapon is used in the commission of a crime.
B)  the witness is presented a simultaneous,as opposed to a sequential,lineup.
C)  the witness has ample time to observe the person under good viewing conditions.
D)  the witness is distracted or must fill in gaps in their memory with stereotyped information.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to complete a mirror tracing task.It was later found that they

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A)  remembered performing the task and improved in future performance.
B)  didn't remember performing the task and didn't improve in performance.
C)  remembered performing the task but didn't improve in performance.
D)  didn't remember performing the task but improved in performance over time.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

A key theme that has emerged from the memory research literature is that

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A)  all explicit and implicit memories are stored in the hippocampus.
B)  memory illusions are evidence of serious memory problems such as Alzheimer's disease or amnesia.
C)  active reconstruction of events alters our memory of the important and unimportant events of our lives.
D)  the passage of time has little or no effect on the accuracy of our memories.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Your friend Carrie was sexually assaulted and can't forget her experience.She has heard that there are pills that "erase traumatic memories" and wants to take one.She asks you what you know about these pills.What advice can you give Carrie?

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A)  The drugs will completely block recall of her trauma.
B)  The drugs may only dampen the effects of the trauma but not erase the memory.
C)  The drugs have no effect on memories for traumatic events.
D)  The drugs often make memories of trauma worse,and they persist longer.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

The case of Nadean Cool,who came to believe she had dissociative identity disorder and had suffered brutal and repeated child abuse,demonstrates that

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A)  therapy can help people to uncover memories of painful experiences that are repressed.
B)  people who want to obtain financial compensation from family often lie about past events that they supposedly remember.
C)  it is common for people to develop psychogenic amnesia when they have experienced severe abuse in the past.
D)  therapeutic techniques such as guided imagery and hypnotic age regression can lead us to falsely recall past events.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in.As he walked out of the classroom,he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper.Shaquin's problem is the __________ component of memory.

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A)  encoding
B)  storage
C)  retrieval
D)  retentionE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

You and your friends are getting together on Friday to play Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings Special Edition.What type of memory is most important for doing well in this game?

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A)  Iconic memory
B)  Episodic memory
C)  Semantic memory
D)  Implicit memoryE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

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A)  A table
B)  A modem
C)  A rainbow
D)  A photographE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

In the text,the authors discussed the astounding memory capabilities of Rajan.He could recall the digits for the number pi starting from nearly any place in the sequence.His amazing ability is due,in part,to his use of

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A)  flashbulb memory.
B)  hypnotic regression.
C)  photographic memory.
D)  chunking.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number

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A)  five,plus or minus four.
B)  seven,plus or minus two.
C)  nine,plus or minus three.
D)  11,plus or minus one.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Robert took a psychology course in 1951 and,although he doesn't remember a lot about the course,there are many concepts that he still remembers very well.The information that Robert can still remember in 2010 was likely

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A)  a part of his eidetic memory.
B)  phonologically encoded.
C)  in permastore.
D)  because he has an encyclopedic memory.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

In __________ amnesia,we lose the capacity to form new memories,and in __________ amnesia,we lose some memories of our past.

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A)  retrograde;anterograde
B)  anterograde;retrograde
C)  generalized;psychogenic
D)  psychogenic;generalizedE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be

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A)  a revolving door.
B)  a filing cabinet.
C)  a desktop.
D)  a television.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following is not a form of implicit memory?

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A)  Priming
B)  Habituation
C)  Semantic
D)  ConditioningE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Knowing how to navigate the route from one's residence hall room to the location of one's college algebra class is an example of a

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A)  script.
B)  schema.
C)  priming cue.
D)  retrieval cue.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Long-term potentiation enhances the release of the neurotransmitter __________ into the synaptic cleft between neurons and is associated with enhanced learning.

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A)  acetylcholine
B)  glutamate
C)  dopamine
D)  norepinephrineE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

As Dominique reviews the vocabulary terms for her French class,she is most likely to experience the greatest degree of forgetting

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A)  immediately after taking a test.
B)  immediately before taking a test.
C)  immediately after learning new words.
D)  immediately after finishing a semester.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

When someone attempts to recreate a retrieval environment that is as similar as possible to the initial encoding,or learning,environment as possible,he or she is making use of the principle of

Accepted Answer

A)  encoding specificity.
B)  distributed practice.
C)  priming.
D)  parsimony.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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In amnesia,we lose the capacity to form new memories,and in amnesia,we lose some memories of our past.

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Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to complete a mirror tracing task.It was later found that they

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Eyewitness testimony has been found to be most accurate when

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The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be

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Long-term potentiation enhances the release of the neurotransmitter __________ into the synaptic cleft between neurons and is associated with enhanced learning.

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As Dominique reviews the vocabulary terms for her French class,she is most likely to experience the greatest degree of forgetting

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Your friend Carrie was sexually assaulted and can't forget her experience.She has heard that there are pills that "erase traumatic memories" and wants to take one.She asks you what you know about these pills.What advice can you give Carrie?

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The case of Nadean Cool,who came to believe she had dissociative identity disorder and had suffered brutal and repeated child abuse,demonstrates that

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In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number

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You and your friends are getting together on Friday to play Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings Special Edition.What type of memory is most important for doing well in this game?

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Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in.As he walked out of the classroom,he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper.Shaquin's problem is the __________ component of memory.

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Robert took a psychology course in 1951 and,although he doesn't remember a lot about the course,there are many concepts that he still remembers very well.The information that Robert can still remember in 2010 was likely

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In the text,the authors discussed the astounding memory capabilities of Rajan.He could recall the digits for the number pi starting from nearly any place in the sequence.His amazing ability is due,in part,to his use of

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Which of the following is not a form of implicit memory?

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Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

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A key theme that has emerged from the memory research literature is that

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In __________ amnesia,we lose the capacity to form new memories,and in __________ amnesia,we lose some memories of our past.

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Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to complete a mirror tracing task.It was later found that they

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Eyewitness testimony has been found to be most accurate when

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Long-term potentiation enhances the release of the neurotransmitter __________ into the synaptic cleft between neurons and is associated with enhanced learning.

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The case of Nadean Cool,who came to believe she had dissociative identity disorder and had suffered brutal and repeated child abuse,demonstrates that

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Robert took a psychology course in 1951 and,although he doesn't remember a lot about the course,there are many concepts that he still remembers very well.The information that Robert can still remember in 2010 was likely

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Which of the following is not a form of implicit memory?

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