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1
According to Atkinson & Shiffrin’s model incoming visual and auditory information is initially processed in
A)sensory memory.
B)short-term memory.
C)long-term memory.
D)working memory.
2
Mark is attempting to remember a list of 20 words. When asked to recall the list of words, he is most successful in recalling items at the beginning and end of the list and not very successful at recalling those words in the middle of the list. Mark's performance is best described by
A)the concept of schema.
B)the effect of elaborative rehearsal.
C)the serial position effect.
D)the misinformation effect.
3
Dr. Davis is investigating the effects of elaborative rehearsal on recall of a list of words. He randomly assigns participants to 3 groups. Group 1 is asked count the letters of each word in the list. Group 2 is asked to count the number of syllables in each word. Group 3 is asked to rate the pleasantness of each word. Based on what you have learned, which group would you expect to recall the most words?
A)Group 3
B)Group 2
C)Group 1
D)There will probably be no difference among the three groups.
4
Anna is attempting to remember a list of items on a shopping list. She forms an image of her house and mentally places each item on the list in different locations throughout her house. Anna now associates each location in her house with different items on the list. Which of the following best describes this process?
A)Context dependent memory
B)Neural network theory
C)The development of a schema
D)Method of loci
5
Zaheer remembers the first time he drove his parents' car alone. This memory is part of his
A)procedural memory.
B)semantic memory.
C)implicit memory.
D)episodic memory.
6
Your memory for the name of the Prime Minister is part of your
A)episodic memory.
B)semantic memory.
C)implicit memory.
D)flashbulb memory.
7
Lisa was a witness to a crime and has been asked to identify the person she saw committing the crime. Her ability to do this involves _________ memory.
A)declarative
B)implicit
C)explicit
D)non-declarative
8
Whom did Ebbinhaus conduct his nonsense syllables research on?
A)The general population
B)His children
C)College students
D)Himself
9
Which theory of forgetting states that forgetfulness is due to the passage of time?
A)Decay theory
B)Motivated forgetting theory
C)Proactive interference theory
D)Repression theory
10
Michael is studying for his maths and science exams on the same night. He studies for the maths exam first because that is the first exam he is going to take. During the maths exam he can only remember the science exam material. Which of the following concepts best explains what Michael is experiencing?
A)Tip-of-the-tongue state
B)Proactive interference
C)Retroactive interference
D)Repression
11
Lucy's grandmother suffered a head injury from a car accident and has a difficult time recalling events that took place prior to the accident. Which of the following terms best describes what Lucy's grandmother is experiencing?
A)Retrograde amnesia
B)Anterograde amnesia
C)Retroactive interference
D)Proactive interference
12
Arthur is 75 years old. For the past few years he has gradually begun to experience language problems, disorganised thinking, personality changes and memory loss. Which condition does Arthur’s set of symptoms resemble?
A)Retrograde amnesia
B)Korsakoff's dementia
C)Alzheimer's disease
D)Anterograde amnesia
13
Which neurotransmitter system is most disrupted by Alzheimer's disease?
A)Dopamine
B)Acetylcholine
C)GABA
D)Serotonin
14
The term ‘source confusion’ refers to?
A)The tendency to falsely remember events that did not occur
B)The inability of professionals to distinguish between children’s accurate and false reports
C)The possibility that false memories can be ‘recovered’ under certain conditions such as hypnosis
D)The tendency to remember something as familiar but forget where we encountered it
15
The term ‘boundary extensions’ refers to which of the following?
A)Remembering a scene as less expansive than it really was
B)The ability to correctly reproduce drawings and photographs
C)Remembering a scene as more expansive than it really was
D)Distortions in memory created by the constant re-telling of a story





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