Question 1

Shortly after hearing a list of items,people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately.This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   state-dependent memory.
B)   context-dependent memory.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   a recency effect.

Question 2

When asked misleading questions after observing an accident,eyewitnesses often reconstruct their initial memories of the event.This best illustrates:

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

Question 3

Following partial recovery from a severe stroke,Mr.Yanagita has learned how to ride a horse.However,he cannot consciously remember that he has learned to do this.It is likely that he has suffered damage to his:

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A)   cerebellum.
B)   hypothalamus.
C)   hippocampus.
D)   basal ganglia.

Question 4

We often modify our long-term memories in light of our current knowledge and expectations.This best illustrates the impact of:

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A)   implicit memory.
B)   proactive interference.
C)   anterograde amnesia.
D)   reconsolidation.

Question 5

Describe two mnemonic techniques that would enable you to remember the following list of grocery items: milk,eggs,margarine,oranges,rhubarb,ice cream,eggplant,and sausage.Explain why each would be effective.

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Question 6

The receptor sites of receiving neurons have been observed to increase following:

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A)   priming.
B)   the serial position effect.
C)   long-term potentiation.
D)   administration of propranolol.

Question 7

In one experiment,people were prompted to recall two events supposedly from their past.One was a false event that involved their committing a crime.The experiment demonstrated that

Accepted Answer

A)   events from the distant past are less vulnerable to memory distortion than more recent events.
B)   people can easily distinguish between their own true and false memories.
C)   hypnotic suggestion is an effective technique for accurate memory retrieval.
D)   it is surprisingly easy to lead people to construct false memories.

Question 8

Highly durable memories can often be retrieved from ________ memory into ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory;working
B)   working;sensory
C)   working;long-term
D)   long-term;working

Question 9

Children too young to speak have not learned the words that we use to index much of our explicit memory.This most clearly helps to explain the occurrence of:

Accepted Answer

A)   mood-congruent memory.
B)   long-term potentiation.
C)   flashbulb memory.
D)   infantile amnesia.

Question 10

Recalling your social security number and holding it in working memory would most clearly require activation of the:

Accepted Answer

A)   amygdala.
B)   basal ganglia.
C)   cerebellum.
D)   left frontal lobe.

Question 11

Consciously repeating the name of a new classmate you want to remember illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   the peg-word system.
C)   effortful processing.
D)   the self-reference effect.

Question 12

Which of the following provides a neural basis for learning and remembering conditioned associations?

Accepted Answer

A)   the serial position effect
B)   long-term potentiation
C)   procedural memory
D)   priming

Question 13

Using the mnemonic ROY G.BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow in the order of wavelength illustrates the use of:

Accepted Answer

A)   the testing effect.
B)   acronyms.
C)   the spacing effect.
D)   the peg-word system.

Question 14

Another term for implicit memory is ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic
B)   short-term
C)   nondeclarative
D)   working

Question 15

Effortful processing most clearly requires:

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic memory.
B)   implicit memory.
C)   echoic memory.
D)   working memory.

Question 16

Déjà vu refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional arousal produced by proactive interference.
B)   memory of events as real when they were only dreams.
C)   unconscious activation of particular associations in memory.
D)   eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event.

Question 17

When learning occurs through classical conditioning,the sea slug,Aplysia,releases more ________ at certain synapses.

Accepted Answer

A)   serotonin
B)   propranolol
C)   insulin
D)   LTP

Question 18

The importance of parallel processing is emphasized by a model of memory known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   mnemonics.
B)   connectionism.
C)   conditioning.
D)   the peg-word system.

Question 19

Dramatic experiences that can trigger flashbulb memories are most likely to remain bright and clear in our conscious memories because they:

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A)   are automatically processed.
B)   involve classically conditioned associations.
C)   are frequently rehearsed.
D)   initiate a memory trace in the cerebellum.

Question 20

Tim,a third-grader,learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow" to help him remember the spelling of "geography." Tim is using:

Accepted Answer

A)   a mnemonic technique.
B)   the spacing effect.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   the peg-word system.

Exam 8: Memory

Another term for implicit memory is ________ memory.

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Following partial recovery from a severe stroke,Mr.Yanagita has learned how to ride a horse.However,he cannot consciously remember that he has learned to do this.It is likely that he has suffered damage to his:

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When asked misleading questions after observing an accident,eyewitnesses often reconstruct their initial memories of the event.This best illustrates:

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Consciously repeating the name of a new classmate you want to remember illustrates

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Recalling your social security number and holding it in working memory would most clearly require activation of the:

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Tim,a third-grader,learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow" to help him remember the spelling of "geography." Tim is using:

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Shortly after hearing a list of items,people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately.This best illustrates

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Effortful processing most clearly requires:

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Children too young to speak have not learned the words that we use to index much of our explicit memory.This most clearly helps to explain the occurrence of:

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Which of the following provides a neural basis for learning and remembering conditioned associations?

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The importance of parallel processing is emphasized by a model of memory known as:

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Highly durable memories can often be retrieved from ________ memory into ________ memory.

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In one experiment,people were prompted to recall two events supposedly from their past.One was a false event that involved their committing a crime.The experiment demonstrated that

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Dramatic experiences that can trigger flashbulb memories are most likely to remain bright and clear in our conscious memories because they:

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When learning occurs through classical conditioning,the sea slug,Aplysia,releases more ________ at certain synapses.

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Using the mnemonic ROY G.BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow in the order of wavelength illustrates the use of:

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We often modify our long-term memories in light of our current knowledge and expectations.This best illustrates the impact of:

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Describe two mnemonic techniques that would enable you to remember the following list of grocery items: milk,eggs,margarine,oranges,rhubarb,ice cream,eggplant,and sausage.Explain why each would be effective.

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Déjà vu refers to the

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The receptor sites of receiving neurons have been observed to increase following:

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