Question 1

Keri is forty years old and has had many experiences throughout her life. Which of the following would she be likely to remember most clearly?

Accepted Answer

Significant life events, such as a wedding, are typically remembered more clearly due to their emotional impact and importance in a person's life.

Question 2

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

Accepted Answer

Repeating the number to himself helped Buster keep it in his short-term memory, which is used for temporarily holding information.

Question 3

The magic number for the capacity of short-term memory seems to be __________, but this can be increased by using __________.

Accepted Answer

The capacity of short-term memory is often cited as 7 ± 2 items, and this can be increased by using a technique called chunking, which involves grouping information into larger, meaningful units.

Question 4

Your friend is ordering pizza and wants to know what toppings you want. You say "pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, olives, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and pineapple." Your friend doesn't write this down but then dials the pizza place and places the order. Which of the following toppings is your friend most likely to forget?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Your friend is ordering pizza and wants...

Question 5

Short-term memory can store __________ item(s), and the duration of storage is __________.

Accepted Answer

Short-term memory can typically hold an average of seven items (plus or minus two) and the duration of storage is about twenty seconds without rehearsal.

Question 6

In a memory experiment, participants heard the sentence "They turned in their papers late, so they didn't get full credit." Two minutes later, the participants were asked whether they heard the sentence above or "Their papers were turned in late, so they didn't get full credit." Many participants incorrectly reported that they heard the second version. This is because __________ memory primarily uses __________ encoding.

Accepted Answer

Long-term memory primarily uses semantic encoding, which focuses on the meaning of information rather than the exact wording, leading to confusion between sentences with similar meanings.

Question 7

Max's mother tells him she needs laundry detergent, bread, milk, crackers, cola, tortillas, eggs, and green beans. She tells him to write it down so he won't forget, but he insists he doesn't need to. When he gets home from the store he has the laundry detergent, bread, milk, crackers, and cola but apologizes because he forgot the other things she needed. Max's memory of the grocery list illustrates

Accepted Answer

The answer of Max's mother tells him she needs laundry...

Question 8

You are ordering dinner with a group of five friends at a restaurant. You notice that the waiter has neither pad nor pencil but relies on memory to get the orders correct. Assume that the waiter will report the orders to the kitchen right away (he won't do any intervening mental tasks). To give yourself the best chance of getting what you ordered, you should attempt to give your order to the waiter

Accepted Answer

The answer of You are ordering dinner with a group...

Question 9

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Accepted Answer

Long-term memories can be distorted or contain errors, as shown by the players' incorrect recall of game outcomes.

Question 10

Polina participated in a short-term memory experiment. The experimenter read aloud a list of twenty objects, and Polina had to mentally rate how effective each object would be if she was stranded on a deserted island. The experimenter then asked her to count backward by threes from one hundred. This task, known as __________, ensures Polina does not rehearse the information to keep it in her short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

The Brown-Peterson distractor technique involves a task that prevents rehearsal, such as counting backward, to test short-term memory retention.

Question 11

Toni has to remember her shopping list, which contains the following items: lemons, saw, beer, napkins, apples, lettuce, nails, cups, juice, newspaper, magazine, milk, and screwdriver. She decides to mentally place the items in categories: (1)lemons, apples, lettuce; (2)beer, juice, milk; (3)saw, nails, screwdriver; (4)newspaper, magazine; and (5)napkins, cups. Which of the following did Toni not use in this process?

Accepted Answer

The Brown-Peterson distractor technique is not used in this process. It is a method to study short-term memory duration by preventing rehearsal, which is not relevant to categorizing items.

Question 12

Jammin' Jamie, a disc jockey for a local radio station, plays requests that listeners phone in between 11 a.m. and noon. There are lots of requests, and Jamie usually forgets all but the last few requests. This pattern is an example of the __________ effect.

Accepted Answer

The recency effect refers to the tendency to remember the most recently presented information best, which explains why Jamie remembers the last few requests.

Question 13

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Accepted Answer

The primacy effect suggests that information presented first is often remembered better, so Brando should aim to be the first candidate interviewed to take advantage of this effect.

Question 14

Most older adults can remember exactly when and where they heard of the attempted assassination of President Reagan in the early 1980s. Such so-called __________ memories, which occur when emotionally impactful events happen, are usually very detailed and vivid.

Accepted Answer

Flashbulb memories are vivid and detailed memories of significant or emotional events, such as the attempted assassination of President Reagan.

Question 15

People in an experiment read a passage and then are asked to identify a list of statements that the passage may or may not have contained. The people are good at recognizing statements with the same meaning as the ones that they have heard, but they cannot identify the exact wording of these statements. This is due to

Accepted Answer

The inability to identify the exact wording of statements with the same meaning suggests that the people are using semantic encoding, which involves encoding the meaning of information rather than its exact wording.

Question 16

Counterfeiters depend on the fact that people's long-term memory often does not contain specific details but only general meanings. They are relying on the gaps that occur in memory when people

Accepted Answer

Semantic encoding involves processing the general meaning of information rather than specific details, which counterfeiters exploit.

Question 17

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

Accepted Answer

Long-term memory is believed to have an indefinite capacity, meaning it can potentially store an unlimited amount of information over time.

Question 18

After looking up a friend's new number in the phone book, Franklin discovers that the pay phone is being monopolized by someone. Assuming that Franklin is not rehearsing the number, he will be able to remember the telephone number for about

Accepted Answer

Franklin will be able to remember the telephone number for about twenty seconds because short-term memory typically holds information for approximately 15-30 seconds without rehearsal.

Question 19

Alberto arrived at a party and was introduced in order to Sandra, Frank, Jake, and Helen. Later in the evening, he could remember only Sandra's name. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember the first items in a sequence better than those that come later. Sandra was introduced first, so Alberto remembers her name.

Question 20

Yuri is going to Cancun for spring break. His mother insists that he bring back a Mexican blanket, a silver bracelet, earrings, a shell, some white sand, a sombrero, an onyx pillbox, a necklace, a poncho, and a pair of shoes. He pulls out a piece of paper to start making a list after she mentions what she wants, but he cannot remember all of the items. What is the most likely explanation?

Accepted Answer

Short-term memory typically has a limited capacity, often cited as 7±2 items, which makes it difficult to remember all ten items.

Quiz 6: Memory

Keri is forty years old and has had many experiences throughout her life. Which of the following would she be likely to remember most clearly?

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

The magic number for the capacity of short-term memory seems to be , but this can be increased by using .

Short-term memory can store item(s) , and the duration of storage is .

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Jammin' Jamie, a disc jockey for a local radio station, plays requests that listeners phone in between 11 a.m. and noon. There are lots of requests, and Jamie usually forgets all but the last few requests. This pattern is an example of the __________ effect.

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Most older adults can remember exactly when and where they heard of the attempted assassination of President Reagan in the early 1980s. Such so-called __________ memories, which occur when emotionally impactful events happen, are usually very detailed and vivid.

Counterfeiters depend on the fact that people's long-term memory often does not contain specific details but only general meanings. They are relying on the gaps that occur in memory when people

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

After looking up a friend's new number in the phone book, Franklin discovers that the pay phone is being monopolized by someone. Assuming that Franklin is not rehearsing the number, he will be able to remember the telephone number for about

Alberto arrived at a party and was introduced in order to Sandra, Frank, Jake, and Helen. Later in the evening, he could remember only Sandra's name. This is an example of

Quiz 6: Memory

Keri is forty years old and has had many experiences throughout her life. Which of the following would she be likely to remember most clearly?

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

The magic number for the capacity of short-term memory seems to be __________, but this can be increased by using __________.

Short-term memory can store __________ item(s) , and the duration of storage is __________.

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Jammin' Jamie, a disc jockey for a local radio station, plays requests that listeners phone in between 11 a.m. and noon. There are lots of requests, and Jamie usually forgets all but the last few requests. This pattern is an example of the __________ effect.

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Most older adults can remember exactly when and where they heard of the attempted assassination of President Reagan in the early 1980s. Such so-called __________ memories, which occur when emotionally impactful events happen, are usually very detailed and vivid.

Counterfeiters depend on the fact that people's long-term memory often does not contain specific details but only general meanings. They are relying on the gaps that occur in memory when people

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

After looking up a friend's new number in the phone book, Franklin discovers that the pay phone is being monopolized by someone. Assuming that Franklin is not rehearsing the number, he will be able to remember the telephone number for about

Alberto arrived at a party and was introduced in order to Sandra, Frank, Jake, and Helen. Later in the evening, he could remember only Sandra's name. This is an example of

The magic number for the capacity of short-term memory seems to be , but this can be increased by using .

Short-term memory can store item(s) , and the duration of storage is .