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Memory aids that involve the use of vivid imagery and clever ways of organizing material are called


A) procedural memories.
B) implicit memories.
C) iconic memories.
D) mnemonics.

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The importance of effortful processing for long-term retention is best illustrated by


A) the testing effect.
B) implicit memory.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) repression.

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The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ________ effect.


A) serial position
B) misinformation
C) retrieval practice
D) spacing

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During the course of a day, people may unconsciously encode the sequence of the day's events. This best illustrates


A) the spacing effect.
B) automatic processing.
C) procedural memory.
D) the self-reference effect.

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Words, images, and other bits of information used to access a stored memory are called


A) chunks.
B) retrieval cues.
C) acronyms.
D) peg-word systems.

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Briefly glancing at a visual scene without consciously processing it may lead us to experience ________ when we subsequently focus conscious attention on the scene.


A) déjà vu
B) proactive interference
C) flashbulb memory
D) the serial position effect

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Our two-track mind is most clearly illustrated by the difference between


A) anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.
B) proactive interference and retroactive interference.
C) implicit memory and explicit memory.
D) short-term memory and long-term memory.

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The three steps in memory information processing are


A) input, processing, output.
B) input, storage, output.
C) input, storage, retrieval.
D) encoding, storage, retrieval.

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In Sperling's memory experiment, research participants were shown three rows of three letters, followed immediately by a low, medium, or high tone. The participants were able to report


A) all three rows with perfect accuracy.
B) only the top row of letters.
C) only the middle row of letters.
D) any one of the three rows of letters.

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The ability of some Alzheimer's patients to learn how to do something despite the fact that they have no conscious recall of learning their new skill best illustrates the need to distinguish between


A) proactive interference and retroactive interference.
B) iconic memory and echoic memory.
C) infantile amnesia and source amnesia.
D) explicit memory and implicit memory.

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Ebbinghaus' retention curve best illustrates the value of


A) chunking.
B) the peg-word system.
C) rehearsal.
D) implicit memory.

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Memories for well-learned automatic skills such as how to tie your shoes are called ________ memories.


A) iconic
B) procedural
C) working
D) state-dependent

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A loss of an encoded memory as a result of a gradual fading of the physical memory trace best illustrates


A) repression.
B) interference.
C) storage decay.
D) the misinformation effect.

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Memory reconsolidation involves the modification of stored memories during the process of


A) déjà vu.
B) repression.
C) retrieval.
D) source amnesia.

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The retention of encoded information over time refers to


A) effortful processing.
B) implicit memory.
C) repression.
D) storage.

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Many of the experimental participants who were asked how fast two cars in a filmed traffic accident were going when they smashed into each other subsequently recalled seeing broken glass at the scene of the accident. This experiment best illustrated


A) proactive interference.
B) the self-reference effect.
C) the spacing effect.
D) the misinformation effect.

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Textbook chapters are often organized into ________ to facilitate information processing.


A) mnemonic devices
B) chunks
C) hierarchies
D) recognizable units

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The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called


A) retroactive interference.
B) the testing effect.
C) the spacing effect.
D) proactive interference.

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Your relative success in recalling a dozen different names a week after you heard them listed in order is likely to illustrate


A) implicit memory.
B) a recency effect.
C) iconic memory.
D) a primacy effect.

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Shelly was able to remember the names of three new class members for only a minute or two after they had been introduced to her. The new class members' names were briefly stored in her ________ memory.


A) flashbulb
B) implicit
C) short-term
D) iconic

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