EXP 3604 Chp. 8 Quiz

Which brain region is MOST responsible for the impact of emotional memories? Medulla Pons Amygdala Hippocampus

Amygdala

Which is true of the patient AJ who has superior memory abilities? AJ has superior memory for historical facts. AJ has superior selective attention abilities. AJ can remember personally relevant details but not much else. AJ can perform exceptionally well on semantic details.

AJ can remember personally relevant details but not much else.

Which process of memory does a game like "telephone" where the original message often becomes quite distorted from the final message illustrate? Narrative-rehearsal Constructive Consequentiality based Life-narrative

Constructive

Which of the following has been shown to play a role in the strength of memories that are associated with emotion? Androgen Cortisol Cholesterol Acetylcholine

Cortisol

How can police officers interacting with eyewitnesses later impact jurors? If police officers increase eyewitnesses' confidence, jurors are less likely to convict the perpetrator. If police officers suggest the perpetrator may not be present, jurors are more likely to convict an innocent person. If police officers increase eyewitnesses' confidence, jurors are more likely to convict an innocent person. If police officers decrease eyewitnesses' confidence, jurors are more likely to convict an innocent person.

If police officers increase eyewitnesses' confidence, jurors are more likely to convict an innocent person.

How does a cognitive interview differ from standard questioning by police? It is not supposed to be recorded. It is less subject to suggestibility. It is shorter in duration. It is more subject to suggestibility.

It is less subject to suggestibility.

Flashbulb memory is BEST represented by which of the following statements? It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event. It is vivid memory for emotional events. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for emotional events.

It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time.

A nationwide poll found that the majority of people surveyed believed that human memory works like a video camera. Does evidence support this belief? No, memory is a reconstructive process that is subject to information presented later. No, only some memories are recorded and then able to be accessed later. Yes, our memories are recorded and then can be played back accurately at any time. No, our memories are recorded but some of the videos recorded get lost forever.

No, memory is a reconstructive process that is subject to information presented later.

Latoya is remembering a fun day at the beach that she had with her dad when she was a little girl. Which region of brain will have the LEAST connection to the more personal aspects of Latoya's memory? Hypothalamus Prefrontal cortex Amygdala Hippocampus

Prefrontal cortex

When attempting to find items to make soup for a sick friend, someone who searches for those items in the locations they themselves keep them in their own kitchen rely on which? Script Scan technique Schema Source memory

Schema

When John attributes information learned in a biology class instead to a more recent psychology class, which type of error has been committed? Bias fallacy Misinformation effect Source monitoring Illusion of truth

Source monitoring

Jacoby and colleagues (1989) conducted an experiment that has now become known as "Becoming Famous Overnight" dealing with which type of memory error? Base rate fallacy Illusory truth effect Source monitoring Misinformation effect

Source monitoring

Your text's discussion of eyewitness testimony illustrates that this type of memory is frequently influenced by which? Decreased confidence due to postevent questioning Elaboratively rehearsing these kinds of events due to fear Source-monitoring errors due to familiarity Focused attention to relevant information due to the emotional nature of these events

Source-monitoring errors due to familiarity

For most adults over age 40, the reminiscence bump describes enhanced memory for childhood and middle age. young adulthood and middle age. childhood and adolescence. adolescence and young adulthood.

adolescence and young adulthood.

The misinformation effect occurs when a person's memory for an event is modified by misleading information presented after the event. during the event. before the event. by many others.

after the event.

In the "word list" false memory experiment where several students incorrectly remembered hearing the word "sleep," false memory occurs because of the effect of scripts. verbatim recall. constructive memory processes. cryptoamnesia

constructive memory processes.

A lesson to be learned from the research on flashbulb memories is that rehearsal cannot account for them. they are permanent and resist forgetting. extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate. people's confidence in a memory predicts its accuracy (high confidence = high accuracy).

extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate.

"S," who had a photographic memory that was described as virtually limitless, was able to achieve many feats of memory. According to the discussion in your text, S's memory system operated using more visual encoding than normal. in a manner that bypassed normal neurological "blocks." using stronger semantic connections than normal. less efficiently than normal.

less efficiently than normal.

Autobiographical memory research shows that a person's brain is more extensively activated when viewing photos the person has never seen before. the person took himself or herself. of familiar places. the person has seen before.

the person took himself or herself.

Stanny and Johnson's (2000) "weapons focus" experiment, investigating memory for crime scenes, found that the threat of a weapon causes people to focus their attention away from the weapon itself. the presence of a weapon has no effect on memory for the event. the presence of a weapon hinders memory for other parts of the event. the presence of a weapon enhances memory for all parts of the event.

the presence of a weapon hinders memory for other parts of the event.