Deck 36: Psychology in Action: Mnemonics

Question 1

In order to remember the muscle name latissimusdorsi,Janie thinks of the term as "the ladder misses the door,sigh." Then she pictures a ladder glued to her back where the muscle is found,and pictures the ladder leading up to her shoulder where a small door should be,but is missing.Lastly,she pictures the ladder sighing like an animated character in a cartoon.Janie has stretched the muscle name and added mental pictures in order to add meaning and make this technical term more familiar.Janie is using the basic principles of

A)mnemonics.
B)eidetic imagery.
C)implicit priming.
D)rote rehearsal.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The basic idea of which of the following involves imposing an artificial organization on material if none is naturally present?

A)mnemonics
B)eidetic imagery
C)elaborative processing
D)rote learning

Answer 2

A

Question 3

(1)Make things meaningful; (2)make information familiar; (3)use mental pictures;and (4)form bizarre,unusual,or exaggerated mental associations are the basic principles of

A)rote learning.
B)redintegration.
C)implicit priming.
D)mnemonics.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A novice sailor who is having trouble telling port from starboard may remember that port and left both have four letters or may remind him or herself that "I left port." This illustrates the use of

A)eidetic imagery.
B)rote learning.
C)mnemonics.
D)maintenance rehearsal.

Question 5

To remember that the jawbone is the mandible,you can associate it to a man nibbling,or maybe picture a man dribbling a basketball with his jaw.Both strategies would be examples of

A)mnemonics.
B)eidetic images.
C)semantic priming.
D)maintenance rehearsal.

Question 6

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember information,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)Turn information into mental pictures and make these images as vivid as possible.
B)Bizarre images work best for confusing,complex information that you wish to retain for a long period of time.
C)If some facts or ideas in a Chapter seem to stay in your memory easily,associate other more difficult facts with them.
D)If you encounter technical terms that have little or no immediate meaning for you,give them meaning,even if you have to stretch the term to do so.

Question 7

If you remember that "dinero" is money by visualizing a mental image of yourself buying a Mexican dinner with dinero,you are using

A)a mnemonic.
B)an eidetic image.
C)semantic priming.
D)an icon.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic principles of mnemonics listed in your textbook?

A)Make things meaningful even if you have to stretch the technical term.
B)Mental pictures are easier to remember than words.
C)Use rote rehearsal whenever possible.
D)Form bizarre,unusual,or exaggerated mental associations.

Question 9

You must learn the 12 cranial nerves for Anatomy and Physiology class.Your best bet for being able to learn this material would be using

A)mnemonics.
B)eidetic imagery.
C)rote learning.
D)maintenance rehearsal.

Question 10

A strategy or a device that acts as a system or aid to improving memory is called a(n)

A)mnemonic.
B)rote retriever.
C)implicit image.
D)eidetic image.

Question 11

Which of the following would NOT be considered a mnemonic?

A)forming bizarre mental associations
B)acrostics
C)the keyword method
D)eidetic imagery

Question 12

To help you remember the notes in the treble and bass cleff,your music teacher has you memorize the sentences,"Every Good Boy Does Fine" and "Good Boys Do Fine Always." Since each letter (or note)forms a word within the sentence,these would be examples of

A)acrostics.
B)the serial position effect.
C)rote learning.
D)progressive-part learning.

Question 13

Which of the following suggests that a mnemonic strategy is being used?

A)"Remember that the hippocampus is buried within the temporal lobes."
B)"For Ebbinghaus,picture a house ebbing away."
C)"Try saying to the person,I am curious,how do you spell your name?"
D)"Pay extra attention to the middle portion of a long list."

Question 14

Which of the following would be the best strategy to use when memorizing information that lacks inherent meaning,such as a shopping list?

A)eidetic imagery
B)priming
C)mnemonics
D)redintegration

Question 15

Regarding the use of mnemonics to remember the information in one's college studies,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)Words are generally easier to remember than visual pictures and images.
B)Acrostics are more effective if you make up your own than using ones suggested by others.
C)Bizarre images make stored information more distinctive and easier to retrieve,but mainly help to improve immediate memory.
D)College students who used exaggerated mental associations to remember the names of unfamiliar terms outperformed students who just used rote memory.

Question 16

If you are attempting to learn a list of terms with no meaningful relationship among these terms,you should remember that mnemonic techniques

A)will be ineffective in learning these terms.
B)will be superior to rote learning.
C)tend to improve implict memories rather than explicit memories.
D)tend to improve procedural memories rather than semantic memories.

Question 17

Using a memory aid,such as using the acronym HOMES to remember the names of the original Great Lakes,would be an example of

A)eidetic images.
B)icons.
C)mnemonics.
D)mental images.

Question 18

Regarding mnemonic devices,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)Mnemonics systems use mental images and unusual associations to link new information with familiar memories already stored in long-term memory.
B)Mnemonics help most in the initial stages of storing information.
C)Mnemonic memories tend to be less fragile than conventional memories.
D)Mnemonics are not likely to be helpful unless you make extensive use of mental images.

Question 19

Your anatomy teacher suggests that you memorize the sentence "On Old Olympus Towering Top a Famous Vocal German Viewed Some Hops" to remember the 12 cranial nerves since the first letter of each nerve corresponds to the first letter of each word in this nonsense sentence.This technique is an example of

A)acrostics.
B)the serial position effect.
C)rote learning.
D)progressive-part learning.

Question 20

Which of the following is a mnemonic technique?

A)Making a rhyme out of the last letter of all items in a list to be recalled.
B)Using maintenance rehearsal to keep information in long-term memory.
C)Making bizarre and unusual associations.
D)Using the tip-of-the-tongue effect.

Question 21

You are having trouble remembering history.Which of the following would NOT help you to remember history?

A)Picture each historical personality as a person you know right now,such as a friend.
B)Make parks and schools you know into countries.
C)Consider history as part of the long-ago past and see your long-dead relatives as part of this past.
D)Visualize battles and other events as if they are happening in your own city.

Question 22

To remember the following short list in order-elephant,doorknob,string,watch,rifle,oranges-Tara pictures a full­ size elephant balanced on a doorknob playing with a string tied to him and then pictures a watch tied to the string,and a rifle shooting oranges at the watch.Tara is

A)forming a chain.
B)taking a mental walk.
C)using a system.
D)using the serial position method.

Question 23

Mnemonic memories work best in the short run and are more fragile than conventional memories.

Question 24

"Taking a mental walk" involves associating topics with the images of objects found along the walk.This mnemonic technique was first used by

A)Ancient Greek orators.
B)European musicians.
C)Renaissance painters.
D)English scholars,such as John Locke.

Question 25

Which type of mnemonic was shown in one experiment to help people remember lists of 15 to 22 errands?

A)acrostics
B)the keyword method
C)forming a story or chain
D)taking a mental walk

Question 26

To remember the Spanish word carta means "letter," you imagine a shopping cart filled with postal letters.By linking the new word carta to a familiar word,you have used

A)the keyword method.
B)the serial position method.
C)acrostics.
D)eidetic imagery.

Question 27

In research studies,rote learning has been shown to be superior to the use of mnemonics in learning technical terms.

Question 28

Many times,the first letters or syllables of words or ideas can be formed into another word that will serve as a reminder of order.This mnemonic technique is referred to as

A)using a system.
B)the serial position effect.
C)rote learning.
D)progressive-part learning.

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a mnemonic technique?

A)using a system,such as making a sentence out of the first letters of the items on a list
B)using the tip-of-the-tongue effect
C)forming a chain
D)taking a mental walk

Question 30

Ancient Greek orators had an interesting way to remember ideas in order when giving a speech,which involved

A)the use of acrostics.
B)forming a chain of outrageous or bizarre association.
C)taking a mental walk.
D)the use of the serial position effect.

Question 31

Which of the following is an aid to memory that uses a familiar word or image to link two items?

A)iconic approach
B)keyword method
C)acrostics
D)eidetic imagery

Question 32

Making a short story that links all the items on your grocery list you want to remember is an example of

A)a context-dependent cue.
B)forming a chain.
C)using rehearsal to keep information in long-term memory.
D)the serial position effect.

Question 33

If you are having trouble remembering the slides of famous paintings in art history class,the most effective way to remember this information is to

A)stare at each painting for as long as it is present and then at a white sheet of paper and try to create an afterimage.
B)make each artist's name into an object or image and then picture the object in the paintings done by the artist.
C)utilize acrostics to remember the painting and artist.
D)use maintenance rehearsal and redintegration.

Question 34

To remember the points he wants to make during a speech,Sam visualizes himself strolling down the lane where he lives and seeing the main ideas of his speech posted on each tree along the lane.Sam is

A)using acrostics.
B)forming a chain of outrageous associations.
C)taking a mental walk.
D)using a system.

Question 35

Roy G.Biv is taught by science teacher to help students to remember the colors of the spectrum in order.Thus,Roy A.Biv is an example of

A)a mnemonic system.
B)the serial position effect.
C)rote learning.
D)progressive-part learning.

Question 36

An excellent technique to use when you want to work "backward" from an English word to a foreign vocabulary word is the method.

A)mental walk
B)keyword
C)acrostic
D)story-chain

Question 37

Which type of mnemonic could help a person to remember a list of 20 or more items on their shopping list?

A)acrostics
B)forming a chain
C)the keyword method
D)bizarre images

Question 38

Your teacher has you learn the following: "One is bun,two is a shoe,three is a tree,four is a door,five is a hive,six is sticks,seven is heaven,eight is a gate,nine is a line,and ten is a hen." Then,he gives you a list of words to remember and instructs you to form an image associating the first listed word "frog" with "bun," which rhymes with "one" for the first word in the sequence.You picture a "frog­burger on a bun." Then you associate the shoe with the second listed item,and so on.You are

A)using acrostics.
B)forming a chain.
C)using a system.
D)using the keyword method.

Question 39

When trying to remember an association of several concepts in order,it is best to

A)form a chain of outrageous associations.
B)visualize a list in your mind.
C)use maintenance rehearsal.
D)use state dependent memory.

Question 40

To remember the Spanish word pajaro means "bird," you can link it to a word in English that it sounds like,such as "parked car­o." Therefore,you might visualize a parked car jam­packed full of birds.You have just used

A)the keyword method.
B)implicit priming.
C)acrostics.
D)eidetic imagery.

Question 41

Provide an example of how each of the following mnemonic methods could be used to remember a psychology concept or term: (a)the keyword method, (b)forming a story or a chain, (c)taking a mental walk,and (d)using a system.

Question 42

The four basic principles of mnemonics are (1)make things meaningful, (2)make information familiar, (3)form bizarre,unusual,or exaggerated mental associations,and (4)use .

Question 43

Musicians remember the notes represented by the lines and spaces of the musical staff by learning "F­A­C­E" and "Every Good Boy Does Fine," which are example of the mnemonic device known as .

Question 44

To remember the Spanish word "gato" for cat,you link the English word cat to the word gate by imagining "a cat sitting on a gate." You are using the method.

Question 45

In using mnemonics,words are generally easier to remember than visual pictures or images.

Question 46

In a research study,using the mnemonic of forming a story or a chain has been used successfully in recalling lists of 20 or more items.

Question 47

Ancient Greek orators had an interesting way to remember ideas in order when giving a speech,which is referred to as taking a(n)__________.

Question 48

If a familiar word or image is used to link two other words or items,you are using the type of mnemonic known as the keyword method.

Question 49

To remember a list of unrelated words in order (dog,truck,store,eggs,blue,bush,park,dentist,house),you connect them by saying,"The dog jumped in the truck and rode to the store with his master to get some eggs that they dyed blue and hid in a bush at the park and were found by the dentist,who sent them back to their house." You are using the mnemonic method known as forming a(n).

Question 50

Discuss the four basic principles of mnemonics,and explain how each is able to improve your memory.