Deck 2: Memory

Question 1

What term describes when forgetting occurs when later learning disrupts the memory for earlier learning?

A)Proactive interference
B)Lack of cues
C)Retroactive interference
D)Repression
E)All of these

Answer 1

Retroactive interference

Question 2

In the Loftus and Palmer(1974) study into leading questions, what % of participants, one week later, reported seeing broken glass when the question contained the verb "smashed"?

A)14
B)18
C)30
D)32
E)33

Answer 2

32

Question 3

What research tool did Deffenbacher use to investigate the link between stress and eyewitness recall?

A)Meta-analysis
B)Laboratory experiment
C)Field experiment
D)Cognitive interviews
E)Questionnaires

Answer 3

Meta-analysis

Question 4

Which type of memory is about remembering past events we have experienced?

A)Episodic
B)Semantic
C)Short-term
D)Implicit
E)None of these

Question 5

The multistore model's three kinds of memory store are:

A)Semantic memory, short-term memory, and somatic memory
B)Sensory memory, semantic memory, and long-term memory
C)Semantic memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
D)Sensory memory, short-term memory, and semantic memory
E)Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory