Question 1

Which of the following ways of measuring memory involves supplying or reproducing memorized information with a minimum of external cues?

Accepted Answer

Recall involves retrieving information from memory with minimal external cues, requiring the individual to generate answers on their own, such as in fill-in-the-blank or essay questions.

Question 2

Essay questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and the recitation of poems all measure memory through

Accepted Answer

These types of questions and activities primarily measure memory through recall, as they require the individual to retrieve information from memory without the aid of cues.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a commonly used method of measuring memory?

Accepted Answer

Redintegration is not commonly listed among the standard methods for measuring memory. The typical methods include recall, recognition, and relearning. Recall involves retrieving information without cues, recognition requires identifying information from a set of options, and relearning measures how much faster information is processed or learned the second time. Redintegration, on the other hand, refers to the process where memories are reconstructed or triggered by specific cues, which is not a direct method of measuring memory.

Question 4

When a new experience triggers the retrieval of a past experience without yielding any of the details, this new experience seems familiar even though the older memory is too weak to rise to the level of awareness. This experience is known as

Accepted Answer

Déjà vu is the phenomenon where a new experience feels familiar in a vague way, even though the specific details of the past experience cannot be recalled, fitting the description provided.

Question 5

Recall, recognition, and relearning are three commonly used

Accepted Answer

Recall, recognition, and relearning are methods of measuring memory. Recall involves retrieving information without cues, recognition involves identifying information from a set of options, and relearning measures how much faster one relearns material that has been previously learned and then forgotten.

Question 6

The serial position effect tends to occur when one is measuring memory by

Accepted Answer

The serial position effect is a phenomenon observed when people are asked to recall a list of items. It refers to the tendency to remember items at the beginning (primacy effect) and end (recency effect) of a list better than those in the middle.

Question 7

Essay questions tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because with an essay question,

Accepted Answer

Essay questions are more difficult primarily because they require recall of information rather than recognition. In a multiple-choice question, the correct answer is provided among the options, and the task is to recognize it. In contrast, an essay requires the test-taker to retrieve the relevant information from memory without any cues, making it a more challenging task.

Question 8

You are watching a popular TV game show, and one of the contestants is about to solve the puzzle. You can tell by the look on his face and by the tone of his voice that he will give the right answer. You were observing the contestant's

Accepted Answer

The "feeling of knowing" is a psychological phenomenon where a person is aware that they know something or are about to retrieve a piece of information, even if they haven't articulated it yet. This matches the scenario described, where the contestant shows signs of knowing the answer before actually saying it.

Question 9

The illusion that you have already experienced a new situation that you are actually seeing for the first time is called

Accepted Answer

Déjà vu is the phenomenon where an individual feels an eerie sense of familiarity in a situation that they are experiencing for the first time.

Question 10

A research participant is asked to memorize a list of words. The next day, this participant is asked to write all the words on a piece of paper that she can remember were on the list. This type of task illustrates the measurement of memory through

Accepted Answer

This task is an example of recall because the participant is asked to retrieve and write down the words from memory without being provided with any cues or choices. Recall involves retrieving information from memory without much help, unlike recognition, which involves identifying information from a set of options.

Question 11

Three commonly used methods of measuring memory are

Accepted Answer

Recall, recognition, and relearning are three widely recognized methods for measuring memory. Recall involves retrieving information without cues, recognition requires identifying information from a set of options, and relearning measures how much faster one reacquires knowledge previously learned and then forgotten.

Question 12

Which of the following methods of measuring memory is being used when a student is required to recite poetry or the lines of a famous play verbatim?

Accepted Answer

Recall is the method of memory measurement being used when a student is required to recite poetry or the lines of a famous play verbatim, as it involves retrieving information from memory without the aid of cues.

Question 13

Memories may be revealed through recall, recognition, relearning, and

Accepted Answer

Priming is a process by which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus, thus revealing memories.

Question 14

Déjà vu experiences feel familiar but yet strange because

Accepted Answer

Déjà vu experiences are thought to occur when a past memory is retrieved, but the memory is too weak to provide detailed recollection, leading to the sensation of familiarity without specific recall.

Question 15

When your little niece asked you to name Santa's reindeer with no hints or clues, your memory was being measured by

Accepted Answer

Recall is the correct answer because it involves retrieving information from memory without any cues or prompts, just like trying to remember Santa's reindeer names without any hints.

Question 16

On a trivia computer game, you are asked to name the seven dwarfs from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with no hints or clues. Your memory is being tested through

Accepted Answer

Recall involves retrieving information from memory without the aid of cues, which is what is required when naming the seven dwarfs without hints or clues.

Question 17

According to the serial position effect, you are most likely to forget which items on a list?

Accepted Answer

The serial position effect suggests that items in the middle of a list are more likely to be forgotten than those at the beginning (primacy effect) or the end (recency effect).

Question 18

A history exam that requires students to "Discuss economic factors that contributed to World War I" is measuring

Accepted Answer

This question requires students to retrieve information from their memory without being provided with specific cues or options, which is the essence of recall. Recognition would involve choosing the correct answer from given options, relearning refers to the process of reacquiring knowledge that has been forgotten, and serial position effect is related to the order in which information is presented and remembered, none of which are relevant to the task of discussing economic factors from memory.

Question 19

Déjà vu, the experience that you have previously experienced a new situation, is an example of

Accepted Answer

Déjà vu is often considered a result of partial memory, where the brain recognizes elements of a new situation as familiar, leading to the feeling of having experienced it before.

Question 20

You witness a crime, and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw. The memory test being utilized in this instance is

Accepted Answer

Recall is the memory test being utilized when you are asked to describe in detail what you saw, as it involves retrieving information from your memory without the aid of cues.

Quiz 7: Memory