Question 1

In interviewing witnesses to a bank robbery, detective Watson hears a slightly different story from each witness. Some witnesses say the robber was tall, while others maintain he was short. Some say he was wearing a black jacket, while others say it was blue. One person even said there were two robbers. The most likely explanation for these differences in the witnesses' recall is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive interference
B)   eidetic imagery
C)   retroactive interference
D)   reconstructive memoryE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

Visual information fades more slowly than auditory information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is true of memory and culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Members of non-Western cultures perform poorly on tests that require the memorization of long lists of words, numbers, and facts because the exercises seem odd and foreign to them.
B)   People from Western cultures are better than members of other cultures at remembering lines of descent of families and detailed accounts of cultural heroes.
C)   People from Western schools do not perform as well as members of other cultures on tests that require memorization of long lists of words and numbers.
D)   Being able to recite long lists of facts, details, words, and numbers is the best overall measure of memory and is consistently high across cultures.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Explain what the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is, what factors make it more likely to occur, and what can be done to cope with it when it occurs.

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Question 5

Someone a short distance away, to whom you 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)   the Phi phenomenon
B)   cue-controlled inhibition
C)   Broadbent's filter theory
D)   the cocktail-party phenomenonE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   one second
B)   several seconds
C)   40 seconds
D)   1/4 of a secondE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The two primary tasks of short-term memory are to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   store information permanently and to process how meaningful that information is
B)   store information permanently and to work on that (and other)  information
C)   store information briefly and to work on that (and other)  information
D)   hold on to information just long enough to begin initial processing by the nervous system and to selectively filter out irrelevant informationE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Procedural memories appear to be located primarily in the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hippocampus
B)   reticular formation
C)   basal ganglia
D)   cerebellumE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The ability to remember the things that we have experienced, imagined, and learned is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   memory
B)   acquisition
C)   self-efficacy
D)   intelligenceE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

The computer-like model used to describe the way humans encode, store, and retrieve information is the ________ model.

Accepted Answer

A)   psychodynamic
B)   heuristic model
C)   information-processing
D)   holisticE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

In summary, research on recovered memories ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   indicates they are usually vague and unreliable
B)   has found that they are usually the creations of overzealous therapists and other external sources
C)   indicates they are usually detailed and highly accurate
D)   has been unable to find a reliable way, thus far, of separating real memories from false onesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Christine has always had an unusually effective memory. She credits this to the fact that after seeing something just once, she can visualize the object in great detail, as if she was looking at a photograph of it. Christine's ability is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic imagery
B)   clairvoyance
C)   eidetic imagery
D)   mnemonicsE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Short-term memory usually has only one task to perform at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter theory with Treisman's modified filter theory. Which theory best accounts for the ways in which people select what they attend to from the massive amount of information entering the sensory registers?

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Question 15

He: "We met at nine." She: "We met at eight."
He: "I was on time."
She: "No, you were late."
In these lyrics from the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi," a couple tries to recall the first time they met. The information they are seeking is part of ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   eidetic
B)   semantic
C)   procedural
D)   episodicE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Eyewitness testimony is generally very accurate and reliable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Interference theory holds that the passage of time leads to forgetting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Ebbinghaus found that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the rate of forgetting increased after the first few hours
B)   forgetting occurred at a fairly steady pace
C)   the rate of forgetting was slow during the first few hours, increased during the period of 6 to 12 hours after learning, then decreased again after 12 hours
D)   the longer he waited to relearn a list of words, the more time it took for the relearning to occur.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

The finding that people who learn material in a particular physiological condition tend to recall that material better if they return to the same condition they were in during learning is called ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   retroactive
B)   context-dependent
C)   state-dependent
D)   cue-controlledE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three nonsense syllables for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them. If the instructions to recall the syllables came immediately, the students were usually successful. If the instructions came even one second after the syllables were shown, the students were much less successful. The most plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that in the latter case the icon ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   never made it to the sensory registers
B)   faded after being stored in short-term memory
C)   was already stored in short-term memory
D)   faded before being stored in short-term memoryE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 6: Memory

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The two primary tasks of short-term memory are to ________.

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Procedural memories appear to be located primarily in the ________.

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Someone a short distance away, to whom you 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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The computer-like model used to describe the way humans encode, store, and retrieve information is the ________ model.

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The finding that people who learn material in a particular physiological condition tend to recall that material better if they return to the same condition they were in during learning is called ________ memory.

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Interference theory holds that the passage of time leads to forgetting.

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Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter theory with Treisman's modified filter theory. Which theory best accounts for the ways in which people select what they attend to from the massive amount of information entering the sensory registers?

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Ebbinghaus found that ________.

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Which of the following is true of memory and culture?

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An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for ________.

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Eyewitness testimony is generally very accurate and reliable.

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Short-term memory usually has only one task to perform at a time.

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He: "We met at nine." She: "We met at eight." He: "I was on time." She: "No, you were late." In these lyrics from the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi," a couple tries to recall the first time they met. The information they are seeking is part of ________ memory.

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Explain what the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is, what factors make it more likely to occur, and what can be done to cope with it when it occurs.

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In summary, research on recovered memories ________.

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Christine has always had an unusually effective memory. She credits this to the fact that after seeing something just once, she can visualize the object in great detail, as if she was looking at a photograph of it. Christine's ability is an example of ________.

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Visual information fades more slowly than auditory information.

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The ability to remember the things that we have experienced, imagined, and learned is known as ________.

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Exam 6: Memory

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The two primary tasks of short-term memory are to ________.

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Procedural memories appear to be located primarily in the ________.

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Someone a short distance away, to whom you 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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The computer-like model used to describe the way humans encode, store, and retrieve information is the ________ model.

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The finding that people who learn material in a particular physiological condition tend to recall that material better if they return to the same condition they were in during learning is called ________ memory.

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Interference theory holds that the passage of time leads to forgetting.

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Compare and contrast Broadbent's filter theory with Treisman's modified filter theory. Which theory best accounts for the ways in which people select what they attend to from the massive amount of information entering the sensory registers?

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Ebbinghaus found that ________.

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Which of the following is true of memory and culture?

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An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for ________.

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Eyewitness testimony is generally very accurate and reliable.

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Short-term memory usually has only one task to perform at a time.

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He: "We met at nine." She: "We met at eight." He: "I was on time." She: "No, you were late." In these lyrics from the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi," a couple tries to recall the first time they met. The information they are seeking is part of ________ memory.

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Explain what the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is, what factors make it more likely to occur, and what can be done to cope with it when it occurs.

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In summary, research on recovered memories ________.

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Christine has always had an unusually effective memory. She credits this to the fact that after seeing something just once, she can visualize the object in great detail, as if she was looking at a photograph of it. Christine's ability is an example of ________.

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Visual information fades more slowly than auditory information.

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The ability to remember the things that we have experienced, imagined, and learned is known as ________.

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