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A flashbulb memory would typically be a(n)


A) procedural memory.
B) very recent memory.
C) implicit memory.
D) long-term memory.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Memories of newly learned ________ are most likely to be disrupted by damage to the right hippocampus.Memories of newly learned ________ are most likely to be disrupted by damage to the left hippocampus.


A) body coordination skills;classically conditioned fears
B) classically conditioned fears;body coordination skills
C) words;visual designs
D) visual designs;words

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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A good night's sleep improves recall of the previous day's events by facilitating the transfer of memories from the


A) amygdala to the hippocampus.
B) hippocampus to the cerebral cortex.
C) cerebral cortex to the basal ganglia.
D) basal ganglia to the cerebellum.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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By incorporating errors based on a hypnotist's leading questions,"hypnotically refreshed" memories often illustrate


A) repression.
B) anterograde amnesia.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) proactive interference.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Mrs.Ramos claims to remember being sexually abused by her father when she was less than a year old.Her memory is not likely to be reliable because of


A) implicit memory.
B) proactive interference.
C) infantile amnesia.
D) positive transfer.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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The organization of individual items into larger familiar units is called


A) the self-reference effect.
B) chunking.
C) massed practice.
D) the peg-word system.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Making up a story that involves associating mental images with facts you need to remember is an effective


A) implicit memory.
B) déjà vu.
C) sensory memory.
D) mnemonic device.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Procedural memories for well-learned skills such as how to ride a bicycle are typically ________ memories.


A) working
B) implicit
C) sensory
D) explicit

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The misinformation effect best illustrates the dynamics of


A) memory construction.
B) repression.
C) proactive interference.
D) anterograde amnesia.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The hippocampus helps process ________ memories for long-term storage.


A) procedural
B) explicit
C) automatic
D) implicit

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which pioneering researcher was the first to make extensive use of nonsense syllables in the study of human memory?


A) George Miller
B) William James
C) Alan Baddeley
D) Hermann Ebbinghaus

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid,detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event.His experience best illustrates


A) implicit memory.
B) proactive interference.
C) source amnesia.
D) repression.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Another term for implicit memory is ________ memory.


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

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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High intelligence and an ability to maintain one's focus of attention is most closely associated with a high level of


A) sensory-memory capacity.
B) short-term memory capacity.
C) working memory capacity.
D) long-term memory capacity.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which memory test would most effectively reveal that Mr.Quintano,at age 55,still remembers many of his high school classmates?


A) recall
B) recognition
C) rehearsal
D) retrieval

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is most likely to be stored as an implicit memory?


A) a mental image of one's best friend
B) the date of one's own birth
C) a conditioned fear of guns
D) one's own name

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following techniques used by professional therapists is(are) likely to promote false memories in some patients?


A) hypnosis
B) guided imagery
C) dream analysis
D) all of these techniques

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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We long remember exciting or shocking events due to activation of the limbic system's


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

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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


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

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Philippe has just completed medical school.In reflecting on his years of formal education,he is able to recall the names of all his instructors except the fifth-grade teacher who flunked him.According to Freud,his forgetting illustrates


A) repression.
B) proactive interference.
C) retroactive interference.
D) the misinformation effect.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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