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Understanding Psychology, 6/e

Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Memory


1	______________ memory is a type of sensory memory which stores information coming from the ears.
		A)	Iconic
		B)	Echoic
		C)	Implicit
		D)	Semantic


2	When the information is considered and organized in some fashion, it is called ______________ rehearsal.
		A)	repetitive
		B)	constructive
		C)	elaborative
		D)	schematic


3	In a multiple-choice test, students are asked to ______________ the correct information.
		A)	associate
		B)	prime
		C)	recall
		D)	recognize


4	A memory of a(n) ______________ would be a likely subject for a flashbulb memory.
		A)	car accident
		B)	routine visit to the doctor
		C)	typical day at school
		D)	uneventful day at work


5	Autobiographical memories encompass our
		A)	semantic memories.
		B)	procedural memories.
		C)	implicit memories.
		D)	episodic memories.


6	A memory trace is
		A)	a permanent change in neural pathways.
		B)	a physical change in the brain.
		C)	immune to changes due to the passage of time.
		D)	exclusive to short-term memory.


7	Alzheimer's disease
		A)	does not seem to be inherited.
		B)	may result from a defect in the production of the protein beta amyloid.
		C)	is more commonly known as amnesia.
		D)	first attacks long-term memory.


8	Encoding
		A)	is the storage of material in memory.
		B)	occurs after the storage of material in memory.
		C)	is the process by which information is initially recorded in memory.
		D)	is a form of forgetting.


9	The levels-of-processing theory suggests that signals processed on shallow levels will be remembered ______________ signals processed on deep levels.
		A)	to the same extent as
		B)	to a lesser degree than
		C)	better than
		D)	less consciously than


10	When writing an essay about Abraham Lincoln, Tara remembered the opening line of the Gettysburg address and his hometown of Springfield. What memory model explains this phenomena?
		A)	tip-of-the-tongue
		B)	schemas
		C)	associative
		D)	episode


11	The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is a common disorder of long-term memory
		A)	storage.
		B)	encoding.
		C)	recognition.
		D)	retrieval.


12	Research on eyewitness court testimony shows that eyewitnesses
		A)	distort what they recall so that they can appear later on talk shows.
		B)	are extremely accurate in recalling what they saw.
		C)	are misled by the phrasing of a lawyer's questions.
		D)	recall accurately, but only if they are well paid for testifying.


13	When musicians learn that the spaces on the music staff spell the word "FACE," they are employing a strategy to improve retention called
		A)	mnemonics.
		B)	tip-of-the-tongue.
		C)	priming.
		D)	repetitive rehearsal.


14	A professor forgets the names of students who took her class two semesters ago because she learned the names of all the students this semester. This is an example of the memory problem called
		A)	proactive interference.
		B)	retroactive interference.
		C)	decay.
		D)	Alzheimer's disease.


15	A patient cannot remember his wedding day exactly two years before an accident. This is a symptom of
		A)	anterograde amnesia.
		B)	Korsakoff's syndrome.
		C)	proactive amnesia.
		D)	retrograde amnesia

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