Question 1

You are volunteering at a psychiatric ward for the summer. On your first day, a man comes up to you and says you have very pretty eyes and asks your name. You thank him and give him your name. For the next four days, the same man approaches you, says you have pretty eyes, and asks for your name. After a week, you ask a doctor on the ward about this man, and the doctor tells you that the man suffers from:

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A)  retrograde amnesia.
B)  anterograde amnesia.
C)  retroactive interference.
D)  proactive interference.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Memories are MOST fragile:

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A)  shortly after encoding.
B)  immediately after consolidation.
C)  years after consolidation.
D)  immediately after reconsolidation.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Semantic encoding is related to an increase of activity in which brain regions?

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A)  the lower left frontal lobe and the inner part of the left parietal lobe
B)  the lower left frontal lobe and the inner part of the left temporal lobe
C)  the lower right frontal lobe and the inner part of the left occipital lobe
D)  the lower right frontal lobe and the inner part of the right parietal lobeE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Because they have a(n)  _____ component, _____ memories usually are well recalled.

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A)  emotional; semantic
B)  emotional; flashbulb
C)  cognitive; iconic
D)  cognitive; sourceE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold.

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A)  type of
B)  utility of the
C)  complexity of the
D)  amount ofE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

A man and his son were watching Jeopardy on TV. The man correctly answered the questions in the category "World War II," and his son was impressed. The son then told his father that he remembered watching a program on World War II once at a friend's house. The man was using _____ memory while the son was using _____ memory.

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A)  explicit; semantic
B)  semantic; implicit
C)  semantic; episodic
D)  episodic, semanticE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

While stopping at the store to pick up some snacks, you run into Ben, an old friend you haven't seen in a while. You and Ben talk, catching up on things. Then Ben says, "I remember the time we went to the World Series game." He continues to tell you about the game. What type of memory is Ben using to tell the story of the game?

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A)  explicit
B)  implicit
C)  procedural
D)  semanticE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Memory for cognitive and motor skills (e.g., how to study or how to drive a car)  that you clearly know even if you cannot describe them is known as _____ memory.

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A)  priming
B)  episodic
C)  semantic
D)  proceduralE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The enhanced ability to think about a word or object due to a recent exposure to that same word or object is called:

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A)  priming.
B)  episodic memory.
C)  semantic memory.
D)  procedural memory.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is true?

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A)  Studying twice yields higher recall only if the memory test is at least two days from the study period.
B)  Studying and then quizzing will yield higher recall no matter when the test is given.
C)  Studying and then quizzing will be more effective as the time needed to retain the information increases.
D)  Studying twice or studying and then quizzing are equally effective.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Wilhelm and colleagues (2011)  had participants memorize a list of word pairs and subsequently recall them after equivalent periods of either sleep or wakefulness. Immediately after the initial memorization, half of the participants in both groups were told that they would be tested on these word pairs later. Which statement accurately summarizes the major finding of this study?

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A)  Participants who slept after memorizing the word pairs usually recalled more word pairs than those who stayed awake.
B)  There was no difference in memory recall after sleep or an equivalent period of wakefulness, so long as participants in the wakefulness group did not encounter distracting information in the interim between memorization and recall.
C)  Participants who slept after memorizing the word pairs recalled more than those who stayed awake, but only when they were not aware that they would be tested on this information.
D)  Participants who slept after memorizing the word pairs recalled more than those who stayed awake, but only when they were aware that they would be tested on this information.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

When attention is divided, what happens in the brain?

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A)  There is less activity in the cerebellum during retrieval.
B)  There is greater activity in the lower left frontal lobe during encoding.
C)  There is less activity in the upper right frontal lobe during retrieval.
D)  There is reduced hippocampal activity during encoding.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

The _____ is highly involved in the formation of flashbulb memories.

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A)  amygdala
B)  hypothalamus
C)  tectum
D)  primary visual cortexE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The inability to transfer new information from short-term to long-term memory is defined as:

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A)  normal forgetting.
B)  retrograde amnesia.
C)  prograde amnesia.
D)  anterograde amnesia.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

In the absence of rehearsal, research has shown that information can be held in the short-term memory store for _____ seconds or less.

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A)  5
B)  7
C)  10
D)  20E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

While Carla is out with friends one night she is hit by a speeding car. Carla is in a coma for three weeks. When she finally wakes up, she has trouble not only remembering what she was doing the night of the accident but also the names of her family and friends, her address, and where she goes to school. She can, however, form new memories. Carla is suffering from:

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory loss.
B)  anterograde amnesia.
C)  retrograde amnesia.
D)  iconic memory loss.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The case of HM is a documented case of a patient who could not form new long-term memories due to the removal of his _____ and parts of his temporal lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus
B)  amygdala
C)  corpus callosum
D)  cerebellumE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

The distorting influence of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on the recall of previous experiences is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  false recognition.
B)  bias.
C)  retroactive interference.
D)  source memory.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Studies using fMRI have revealed that the second time an object is viewed there is _____ activity in the visual cortex, suggesting that priming makes perception of the object _____.

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A)  more; easier
B)  more; more difficult
C)  less; easier
D)  less; more difficultE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

When rats are given drugs that block long-term potentiation (LTP)  they:

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A)  develop stronger synaptic connections.
B)  stop eating and grooming.
C)  get easily lost in familiar mazes.
D)  more easily recall where they've been.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Short-term memory is limited in how long it can hold information and in the _____ information it can hold.

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Because they have a(n) _ component, _ memories usually are well recalled.

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The enhanced ability to think about a word or object due to a recent exposure to that same word or object is called:

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The _____ is highly involved in the formation of flashbulb memories.

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Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is true?

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Studies using fMRI have revealed that the second time an object is viewed there is _ activity in the visual cortex, suggesting that priming makes perception of the object _.

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Semantic encoding is related to an increase of activity in which brain regions?

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When attention is divided, what happens in the brain?

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Memory for cognitive and motor skills (e.g., how to study or how to drive a car) that you clearly know even if you cannot describe them is known as _____ memory.

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When rats are given drugs that block long-term potentiation (LTP) they:

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The inability to transfer new information from short-term to long-term memory is defined as:

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In the absence of rehearsal, research has shown that information can be held in the short-term memory store for _____ seconds or less.

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