Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)   serotonin
B)   propranolol
C)   insulin
D)   LTPE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Elevated levels of stress hormones most clearly contribute to developing

Accepted Answer

A)   procedural memories.
B)   implicit memories.
C)   infantile amnesia.
D)   flashbulb memories.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

Accepted Answer

A)   procedural memory.
B)   LTP.
C)   priming.
D)   the serial position effect.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Massed practice is to ________ as distributed practice is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   long-term recall;memory
B)   retrieval;retrieval failure
C)   long-term recall;short-term recall
D)   short-term learning;long-term recallE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which part of the brain plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning?

Accepted Answer

A)   hippocampus
B)   cerebellum
C)   hypothalamus
D)   amygdalaE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Paulo was robbed at gunpoint by a group of strangers.Police officers later asked him to describe in writing what he had seen and heard during the robbery.Which measure of memory retention was being used?

Accepted Answer

A)   rehearsal
B)   recognition
C)   relearning
D)   recallE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Because her memory trace has faded,Dr.Jordan remembers much less about the organic chemistry that she once learned well as a medical student.Her memory loss best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   storage decay.
B)   proactive interference.
C)   encoding failure.
D)   repression.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Most people misrecall the sentence,"The angry rioter threw the rock at the window" as "The angry rioter threw the rock through the window." This best illustrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A)   iconic memory.
B)   deep processing.
C)   semantic processing.
D)   procedural memory.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 9

Professor Maslova has so many memories of former students that she has difficulty remembering the names of new students.The professor's difficulty best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   retroactive interference.
B)   retrograde amnesia.
C)   proactive interference.
D)   source amnesia.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Imagining events can actually create false memories of those events.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   the misinformation effect.
B)   imagination inflation.
C)   reconsolidation.
D)   source amnesia.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

The process of encoding refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   the persistence of learning over time.
B)   the recall of information previously learned.
C)   getting information into memory.
D)   a momentary sensory memory lasting less than a second.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

After hearing the sound of an ambulance,you may be momentarily predisposed to interpret a friend's brief coughing spell as a symptom of serious illness.This best illustrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A)   procedural memory.
B)   the serial position effect.
C)   priming.
D)   flashbulb memory.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

A flashbulb memory would typically be a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   procedural memory.
B)   very recent memory.
C)   implicit memory.
D)   long-term memory.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

What we learn under the influence of a drug may be more easily recalled when we are once again under the influence of that same drug.This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   the serial position effect.
B)   implicit memory.
C)   state-dependent memory.
D)   long-term potentiation.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

People who lack conscious memories of their childhood sexual abuse may be told they are repressing the memory.This explanation for their lack of memories of abuse emphasizes

Accepted Answer

A)   anterograde amnesia.
B)   encoding failure.
C)   proactive interference.
D)   retrieval failure.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Memory reconsolidation involves the modification of stored memories during the process of

Accepted Answer

A)   déjà vu.
B)   repression.
C)   retrieval.
D)   source amnesia.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Memory construction research has found that

Accepted Answer

A)   recent events are more vulnerable to memory distortion than events from our more distant past.
B)   false memories of imagined events are often recalled as something that really happened.
C)   hypnotic suggestion is a particularly effective technique for accurate memory retrieval.
D)   it is very difficult to lead people to construct memories of events that never happened.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

After his last drinking spree,Fakim hid a half-empty liquor bottle.He couldn't remember where he hid it until he started drinking again.Fakim's pattern of recall best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   infantile amnesia.
B)   flashbulb memory.
C)   the serial position effect.
D)   state-dependent memory.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Juan studies for his biology class each day.He generally reviews material covered previously as well as the new material.Based on what you know about Ebbinghaus' retention curve,what can Juan expect to experience during his study sessions?

Accepted Answer

A)   He will require less and less time to relearn the previous material.
B)   He will need to spend more time studying each day.
C)   He will find that classical conditioning impairs his memory of previously learned material.
D)   He will find that automatic processing impairs his memory of new material.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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) A) and C)

Exam 8: Memory

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

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After his last drinking spree,Fakim hid a half-empty liquor bottle.He couldn't remember where he hid it until he started drinking again.Fakim's pattern of recall best illustrates

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Imagining events can actually create false memories of those events.This is known as

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The process of encoding refers to

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Juan studies for his biology class each day.He generally reviews material covered previously as well as the new material.Based on what you know about Ebbinghaus' retention curve,what can Juan expect to experience during his study sessions?

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Elevated levels of stress hormones most clearly contribute to developing

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People who lack conscious memories of their childhood sexual abuse may be told they are repressing the memory.This explanation for their lack of memories of abuse emphasizes

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Which part of the brain plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning?

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What we learn under the influence of a drug may be more easily recalled when we are once again under the influence of that same drug.This best illustrates

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After hearing the sound of an ambulance,you may be momentarily predisposed to interpret a friend's brief coughing spell as a symptom of serious illness.This best illustrates the impact of

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Most people misrecall the sentence,"The angry rioter threw the rock at the window" as "The angry rioter threw the rock through the window." This best illustrates the impact of

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Memory reconsolidation involves the modification of stored memories during the process of

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A flashbulb memory would typically be a(n)

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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

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Massed practice is to ________ as distributed practice is to ________.

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Memory construction research has found that

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Professor Maslova has so many memories of former students that she has difficulty remembering the names of new students.The professor's difficulty best illustrates

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Paulo was robbed at gunpoint by a group of strangers.Police officers later asked him to describe in writing what he had seen and heard during the robbery.Which measure of memory retention was being used?

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The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called

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Because her memory trace has faded,Dr.Jordan remembers much less about the organic chemistry that she once learned well as a medical student.Her memory loss best illustrates

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