Question 1

What type of stimuli did Hermann Ebbinghaus use in his memory experiments?

Accepted Answer

A)   words 
B)   numbers
C)   pictures
D)   nonsense syllables E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)   a table
B)   a modem
C)   a rainbow 
D)   a photograph E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic memory 
B)   echoic memory 
C)   distributed memory
D)   procedural memory E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic 
B)   nondeclarative
C)   declarative 
D)   semantic E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   have the participants report the entire matrix of letters they saw as fast as they could
B)   have the participants report the entire matrix of letters but mask the letters after the presentation with a very bright light 
C)   cue the participants, using a tone, as to which line of the matrix they were to report 
D)   test the use of chunking E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Our visual sensation of a passing automobile would be initially stored in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the sensory registers
B)   short-term memory
C)   long-term memory
D)   the hippocampusE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   elaborative rehearsals
B)   flashbulb memories
C)   eidetic images
D)   eyewitness imagesE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Someone a short distance away, to whom we have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you are attending to that conversation. This is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Broadbent's filter theory
B)   shadowing
C)   the cocktail party phenomenon
D)   cue-controlled inhibitionE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

In the information processing model of memory, the process of encoding would be analogous to which part of a modern computer?

Accepted Answer

A)   a memory stick (or thumb drive)  
B)   a central processing unit
C)   a wireless mouse and keyboard 
D)   a flat panel monitor E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Information that was either unintentionally committed to or unintentionally retried from memory is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   eidetic memory
B)   procedural memory
C)   implicit memory
D)   explicit memoryE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   amygdaloid amnesia
B)   inferograde amnesia
C)   retrograde amnesia 
D)   anterograde amnesia E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event, and the memory is the solution to that problem?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bartlett
B)   Meyer
C)   Ebbinghaus
D)   SkinnerE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 13

Researchers using MRI scanning have found that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   false memories of visual images and visual images of real events are processed in different brain locations
B)   false memories of visual images and visual images of real events are processed in much the same way 
C)   they could not localize where false visual images were processed
D)   they could not localize where correct or real visual images were processed E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Godden and Baddeley found that if you study on land, you do better when tested on land, and if you study underwater, you do better when tested underwater. This finding is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   memorability
B)   registered learning
C)   encoding specificity 
D)   accessible decoding E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   phi phenomenon
B)   recency effect 
C)   chunking effect
D)   primacy effect E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Recalling the definition of long-term memory is an example of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic 
B)   semantic 
C)   working
D)   implicit E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

A visual image held in the sensory register is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an icon
B)   a pictograph
C)   a trace
D)   a symbolE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session. She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder. What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Accepted Answer

A)   serial position effect
B)   state-dependent learning
C)   transfer test
D)   imageryE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 19

The most influential researcher into eyewitness memory has been ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Broadbent 
B)   Sperling
C)   Loftus 
D)   Treisman E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

The TOT is:

Accepted Answer

A)   the process of selectively noticing certain stimuli.
B)   the uncomfortable state of being close to recalling but not actually being able to recall it.
C)   a technique that improves memory.
D)   where one subconsciously substitutes one word for another (e.g., a malapropism) .E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 6: Memory

Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of ________ memory.

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When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the ________.

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Researchers using MRI scanning have found that ________.

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People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as ________.

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Our visual sensation of a passing automobile would be initially stored in ________.

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A visual image held in the sensory register is ________.

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The TOT is:

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Godden and Baddeley found that if you study on land, you do better when tested on land, and if you study underwater, you do better when tested underwater. This finding is an example of ________.

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Someone a short distance away, to whom we have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you are attending to that conversation. This is an example of ________.

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What type of stimuli did Hermann Ebbinghaus use in his memory experiments?

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Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session. She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder. What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

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In the information processing model of memory, the process of encoding would be analogous to which part of a modern computer?

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For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event, and the memory is the solution to that problem?

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The key to the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory was to ________.

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Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ________.

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The most influential researcher into eyewitness memory has been ________.

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Recalling the definition of long-term memory is an example of ________ memory.

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Information that was either unintentionally committed to or unintentionally retried from memory is known as ________.

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Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

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

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