Question 1

While driving her children,Adriana's car broke down.She called her husband on the cell phone for the number of a towing company.If the children's behavior prevents her from repeating the number to herself,most likely Adriana will need to dial the phone number within the next __________ or she will forget the number.

Accepted Answer

15 seconds

Question 2

To aid students in their retention of information,which subsequently enables them to earn higher exam scores,memory researchers would highlight the use of

Accepted Answer

elaborative rehearsal.

Question 3

During lecture each day,a psychology professor may explain four main points he wishes the class to retain.However,most students do not think about the material again until the following class period two days later.The forgetting that occurs between classes is most likely the result of

Accepted Answer

decay.

Question 4

When asked to recall single-digit numbers presented in various digit span sizes,the typical adult starts to encounter difficulty once he or she gets past approximately ________ digits.

Accepted Answer

seven

Question 5

Russell has played checkers at a local park in the Bronx for years.Compared to his 10-year-old grandson,Felix,when is Russell most likely to display GREATER recall for various sets of checker positions on a board?

Accepted Answer

When the pieces are placed in meaningful patterns

Question 6

What provides the best explanation for why Steve,who did not read the chapter the night before,is overwhelmed by Professor Griffith's lecture on the Civil War,while Mary,who did read the chapter,is not?

Accepted Answer

Mary is able to chunk parts of the lecture because of her prior knowledge.

Question 7

Short-term memory

Accepted Answer

is a limited capacity storage bin that can maintain information for about 15 seconds.

Question 8

In high school,Deanna took three years of Spanish.Upon enrolling in college 10 years later,she registered for a remedial French course.When required to speak in French during class discussion with her teacher and classmates,Deanna frequently responds with Spanish words instead of French words.This is one example of

Accepted Answer

proactive interference.

Question 9

Rebecca stops after reading two or three paragraphs in her psychology text.She rehearses and thinks about the material she has just read before continuing on.The aspect of memory Rebecca is most concerned with is the limited duration of

Accepted Answer

short-term memory.

Question 10

Shanna has a quiz covering research methods for both her biology and psychology classes.As she studies,she is continually getting information confused between the classes.The resulting memory loss is explained by

Accepted Answer

interference.

Question 11

Sabrina has a psychology midterm tomorrow afternoon.Before taking her test,she has to go to her sociology class in the morning.Which of the following provides the best explanation as to why Sabrina might struggle on her psychology exam?

Accepted Answer

Interference

Question 12

The Magic Number of short-term memory is

Accepted Answer

seven plus or minus two.

Question 13

Which of the following best illustrates retroactive interference?

Accepted Answer

Coach Todd calls one of her old softball players the name of one of her new players.

Question 14

The system of memory that can hold approximately seven "chunks" of information for approximately 15 seconds is called

Accepted Answer

short-term memory.
% correct 82 a = 8 b = 6 c = 4 d = 82 r = .22

Question 15

All night,Pedro has been staring at Samantha from across the dance floor.At the end of the night,he finally gets the courage to ask her for her telephone number.His mental repetition of the number on the drive home is one example of

Accepted Answer

rehearsal.
% correct 82 a = 12 b = 0 c = 82 d = 6 r = .36

Question 16

Skip has a big test tomorrow and has studied late into the night.If Skip falls asleep and takes the test first thing in the morning,which of the following would best explain any information he forgets?

Accepted Answer

Decay

Question 17

Which of the following provides the best explanation for why your history teacher can remember 14 random historic dates,while you can only recall about 7?

Accepted Answer

Chunking

Question 18

Which of the following is the best example of chunking?

Accepted Answer

Andrea creates a sentence using all of her vocabulary words.

Question 19

In the text,the authors discussed the astounding memory capabilities of Rajan.He could recall the digits for the number pi starting from nearly any place in the sequence.His amazing ability is due,in part,to his use of

Accepted Answer

chunking.
% correct 63 a = 63 b = 14 c = 2 d = 20 r = .38

Question 20

When information that you learned in your high school psychology class gets in the way of learning new information from your college-level psychology class,________ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

interference

Quiz 6: Memory