Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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 nameE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which measure of memory retention assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again?

Accepted Answer

A)   recognition
B)   retrieval
C)   relearning
D)   recallE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Some of the information in our ________ memory is encoded into ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic; short-term
B)   short-term; sensory
C)   flashbulb; short-term
D)   long-term; iconicE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Our short-term memory span is approximately ________ items.

Accepted Answer

A)   2
B)   5
C)   7
D)   10E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Conscious rehearsal of what you just heard a friend tell you requires

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   automatic processing.
C)   working memory.
D)   deep processing.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

An iconic memory is a ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory
B)   short-term
C)   flashbulb
D)   proceduralE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Encoding that requires attention and conscious awareness is called

Accepted Answer

A)   priming.
B)   effortful processing.
C)   the peg-word system.
D)   mnemonics.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

The effortful processing of information

Accepted Answer

A)   cannot occur simultaneously with automatic processing.
B)   refers to the process of getting information out of memory storage.
C)   can become automatic through practice.
D)   occurs less frequently among adults than children.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Researchers now recognize the active information processing that occurs in short-term memory and refer to it as ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory
B)   working
C)   flashbulb
D)   implicitE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   working memory
B)   sensory memory
C)   flashbulb memory
D)   long-term memoryE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

You are most likely to automatically encode information about

Accepted Answer

A)   politicians' names.
B)   friends' birthdays.
C)   new phone numbers.
D)   the sequence of your day's events.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following questions would best enable you to remember that you saw the word PEACH on today's test?

Accepted Answer

A)   Does the word rhyme with teach?
B)   Is the word italicized?
C)   Does the word contain 5 letters?
D)   Is the word a type of fruit?E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 13

A friend claims that the faster you read, the more you remember. Use your knowledge of effortful processing and effective encoding strategies to refute your friend's claim.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

During her psychology test, Kelsey could not remember the meaning of the term proactive interference. Surprisingly, however, she accurately remembered that the term appeared on the fourth line of a left-hand page in her textbook. Her memory of this incidental information is best explained in terms of

Accepted Answer

A)   automatic processing.
B)   sensory memory.
C)   deep processing.
D)   mnemonics.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized, they often substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list. This best illustrates the effects of

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit memory.
B)   source amnesia.
C)   semantic processing.
D)   state-dependent memory.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which measure of memory is being used?

Accepted Answer

A)   recognition
B)   rehearsal
C)   recall
D)   relearningE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Automatic processing most clearly occurs without

Accepted Answer

A)   encoding.
B)   conscious rehearsal.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   chunking.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

According to Allen Baddeley, we consciously process incoming auditory and visual-spatial information in our ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit
B)   working
C)   procedural
D)   state-dependentE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Visual sensory memory is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic memory.
B)   echoic memory.
C)   photomemory.
D)   semantic memory.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Cheri doesn't remember that she got sick after eating oatmeal on several occasions in early childhood. However, whenever she smells oatmeal she experiences a classically conditioned feeling of nausea. Cheri's conditioned reaction indicates that she retains a(n)  ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   flashbulb
B)   echoic
C)   iconic
D)   implicitE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Cheri doesn't remember that she got sick after eating oatmeal on several occasions in early childhood. However, whenever she smells oatmeal she experiences a classically conditioned feeling of nausea. Cheri's conditioned reaction indicates that she retains a(n) ________ memory.

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