Question 1

What is autobiographical memory?

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Question 2

If you were an expert memory consultant for a jury trial,what information would you share with the jury about memory? What factors might influence what you tell the jury?

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Question 3

In general,as the amount of learning prior to recall increases,__________ increases.

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A)  availability
B)  decay
C)  interference
D)  constructive memoryE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

__________ refers to how you retain encoded information in memory.

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A)  Encoding
B)  Storage
C)  Retrieval
D)  TransferE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

The processes of encoding,storage,and retrieval __________ with each other and are
__________.

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A)  interact;interdependent
B)  interact;not interdependent
C)  do not interact;interdependent
D)  do not interact;not interdependentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

__________ interference is caused by an activity occurring after we learn something,but before we are asked to recall that thing.

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A)  Decay
B)  Proactive
C)  Retroactive
D)  ReconstructiveE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

This type of memory is for events that have occurred in the past.

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A)  repressed memories
B)  retrospective memory
C)  persistence
D)  maintenance rehearsalE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

A typical serial position curve shows that recall of words in a list is best for items __________ of the list and poorest for items __________.

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A)  at and near the end;in the middle
B)  at and near the end;near the beginning
C)  near the beginning;in the middle
D)  near the beginning;at and near the endE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 9

Research shows that encoding in short-term memory is primarily

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A)  visual.
B)  semantic.
C)  acoustic.
D)  none of theseE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Compare the two main theories of forgetting-decay theory and interference theory-and identify their strengths and weaknesses.

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Question 11

Jennifer cannot remember where she heard that pigs were very intelligent animals.Roger thinks he read in The Sunday Herald that Death Valley is the warmest spot in the United States;however,he really read about Death Valley in Outside Magazine.These memory lapses are examples of

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A)  suggestibility.
B)  misattribution.
C)  absent-mindedness.
D)  persistence.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

One model proposes that three processes are involved in searching short-term memory.If the processes occur simultaneously,the model uses which type of processing?

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A)  serial
B)  compound
C)  parallel
D)  linearE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Based on what you know about distributed learning and encoding specificity,how could students manage their study time so that they could maximally recall the material studied?

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Students can manage their study time to ...

Question 14

Linton's self study of autobiographical memory found that her rate of forgetting events was

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A)  circular.
B)  linear.
C)  curvilinear.
D)  constant.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Mnemonic devices are best described as

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A)  experimental devices used in cognitive studies.
B)  strategies for efficient problem solving.
C)  artificial-intelligence algorithms that mimic human reasoning.
D)  specific techniques to help you memorize lists of words.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Encoding of information in the long-term store is not exclusively __________.There also is evidence for __________ encoding.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic;visual
B)  visual;acoustic
C)  acoustic;semantic
D)  visual,semanticE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

In an exhaustive serial processing search of short-term memory,people generally take __________ amount(s) of time to find a target __________.

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A)  different;depending on where in the list it is located.
B)  the same;regardless of where in the list it is located.
C)  the same;as long as the target is one of the first 3 items.
D)  the same;as long as the target is one of the last 3 items.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Imagine a world in which encoding in long-term memory was not primarily semantic,but rather was visual or tactile.What might subjective organization in free recall be like in such cases?

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In a world where encoding in long-term m...

Question 19

__________ refers to how you transform a physical,sensory input into a kind of representation that can be placed into memory.

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A)  Encoding
B)  Storage
C)  Retrieval
D)  TransferE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The process of taking new information and integrating it with stored information in long term memory is called

Accepted Answer

A)  metacognition.
B)  consolidation.
C)  constructive memory.
D)  reality monitoring.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 6: Memory Processes

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This type of memory is for events that have occurred in the past.

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Encoding of information in the long-term store is not exclusively __________.There also is evidence for __________ encoding.

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Linton's self study of autobiographical memory found that her rate of forgetting events was

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One model proposes that three processes are involved in searching short-term memory.If the processes occur simultaneously,the model uses which type of processing?

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__________ refers to how you transform a physical,sensory input into a kind of representation that can be placed into memory.

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