Question 1

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone.The other five items in between are gone.His memory of things at the end of the list demonstrates the ____________.

A)encoding specificity effect
B)primacy effect
C)recency effect
D)TOT effect

primacy effect

Accepted Answer

The primacy effect refers to remembering things at the end of a list.

Question 2

Which of the following distinguishes sensory memory (SM)from short-term memory (STM)?&#10;A)STM holds only a small amount of separate pieces of information&#10;B)STM holds a large amount of separate pieces of information&#10;C)SM holds a large amount of separate pieces of information&#10;D)STM holds a small amount of uniform information

Accepted Answer

Sensory memory has a rather large capacity, while the capacity of short-term memory is only thought to be a handful of chunks of information.

Question 3

People tend to forget negative affect associated with autobiographical memories more quickly than they forget positive affect.What enhances this effect?&#10;A)Keeping the memory private&#10;B)Left frontal lobe activity&#10;C)The age of the person&#10;D)Frequently discussing the memories with a variety of people

Accepted Answer

Research has found that frequent discussions of memories enhances the positive memories and helps to reduce the negative memories.

Question 4

Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as ________.&#10;A)mild is to severe&#10;B)severe is to mild&#10;C)remembering old is to learning new&#10;D)remembering new is to learning old

Accepted Answer

Retrograde amnesia deals with not being able to get old information out of storage.

Question 5

Distributed practice in studying means to ________.&#10;A)study in short sessions spread out over time&#10;B)study in extended sessions&#10;C)send out study sessions to others&#10;D)study all of the material at one time

Accepted Answer

If you make a study schedule and stick to it, that is distributed practice.If you make the (foolish)choice to cram the night before an exam, you are engaging in massed practice.

Question 6

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________.&#10;A)episodic memory&#10;B)procedural memories&#10;C)declarative memories&#10;D)factual memory

Accepted Answer

When one is remembering general information about the world, however, this refers to semantic memories.

Question 7

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten ____________.&#10;A)more rapidly as time goes by&#10;B)gradually at first, then with increasing speed&#10;C)quickly at first, then tapers off gradually&#10;D)most quickly one day after learning

Accepted Answer

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten quickly at first, then tapers off gradually.

Question 8

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order.She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE.This tactic is called ______.&#10;A)cueing&#10;B)shadowing&#10;C)rote rehearsal&#10;D)chunking

Accepted Answer

The tactic of combining bits of information into meaningful chunks is called chunking.

Question 9

The famous case of H.M.pertains to an individual who had severe memory loss once his hippocampus was removed.However, he still had a form of ________.&#10;A)semantic memory&#10;B)implicit memory&#10;C)explicit memory&#10;D)declarative memory

Accepted Answer

While H.M.had lost some ability to engage conscious, or explicit memories, he was
still able to use implicit, or unconscious memory.

Question 10

The first step in the memory process is _____________ information in a form that the memory system can use.&#10;A)encoding&#10;B)storing&#10;C)retrieving&#10;D)evaluating

Accepted Answer

Encoding is the first step in memory.

Deck 5: Section 2: Memory: Living With Yesterday