psych ch8

It's evening and we're mentally replaying the day's events. We picture our facial expressions as we listened to a friend's tale of woe. Because we were unable to see these expressions at the time, our recall necessarily illustrates: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. the spacing effect. mood-congruent memory. reconsolidation. proactive interference.

reconsolidation

When they are retrieved, memories are often altered before they are stored again. This process is called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. retroactive interference. state-dependent memory. repression. reconsolidation.

reconsolidation

Our memory of facts and experiences that we consciously know and can easily recite is known as: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. explicit memory. long-term potentiation. implicit memory. nondeclarative memory.

explicit memory

Mabel has Alzheimer's disease and her _____ memories of people and events are lost, but she is able to display an ability to form new _____ memories by being shown words repeatedly. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. explicit; implicit explicit; detailed implicit; explicit explicit; implied

explicit; implicit

In the _____ effect, the last items on a list are remembered better than the middle items on a list. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. testing recency serial position primacy

recency

During a basketball game, Tyree suffered a concussion. Afterwards, he could not remember the game or what happened when he was treated in the hospital. Tyree was experiencing: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. consolidation. anterograde amnesia. retroactive interference. repression.

anterograde amnesia

When one hears a familiar word in one's native language, it is virtually impossible not to recognize the word's meaning. This BEST illustrates the importance of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. iconic memory. automatic processing. the spacing effect. flashbulb memory.

automatic processing

The process for when memories that are temporarily stored in the hippocampus migrate for storage elsewhere in the brain is called memory _____. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

consolidation

Encoding is to _____ as storage is to _____. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. data input into a computer; data saved on the hard drive data stored on the hard drive; data printed on a page data on a flash drive; the computer screen data printed on a page; key strokes

data input into a computer; data saved on the hard drive

This prolonged strengthening of potential neural firing is believed to be the basis for learning and memory and is known as _____. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

long-term potentiation

Although Ron typically smokes two packs of cigarettes each day, he recalls smoking little more than one pack per day. This poor memory BEST illustrates: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. the testing effect. the spacing effect. motivated forgetting. the misinformation effect.

motivated forgetting

Episodic memory is exemplified by one's memory of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. the name of Montana's state capital. how to ride a bicycle. one's first kiss. the formula for the area of a triangle.

one's first kiss

Joe is happy to hear that the test will be all multiple-choice questions as he feels he has a good chance to pass by using: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. relearning. recall. reconstruction. recognition.

recognition

Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news of the Sandy Hook school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. This BEST illustrates _____ memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. flashbulb echoic iconic implicit

flashbulb

Sensory memory is to _____ as long-term memory is to _____. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. permanent; fleeting fleeting; permanent temporary; brief stable; fleeting

fleeting; permanent

According to _____, one reason that people forget is because they are repressing painful memories. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

freud

The _____ is the brain area involved in processing explicit memories for storage. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. hippocampus parietal lobe medulla amygdala

hippocampus

Our unconscious memory of learned skills is known as _____ memory.

implicit

Six-year-old Fiona has no memory of a trip she took to the hospital when she was 2 years old, yet the rest of her family recalls what happened in vivid detail. Her inability to remember this event is known as _____ amnesia.

infantile

At a loud party, Maggie met so many new people that when she ran into one of her new acquaintances on campus the next day, she was unable to remember the person's name. The MOST likely explanation for her forgetting the name of her new acquaintance is called _____.

interference

James has suffered hippocampal damage from a near-fatal bus crash. He is not able to remember verbal information, but retains the ability to recall visual designs and locations. He may have suffered damage to his: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. right hippocampus. left hippocampus. left thalamus. right thalamus.

left hippocampus

Our capacity for storing long-term memories is: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. unknown. limited. inconsistent. limitless.

limitless

Walking past a classroom's open door, Michael overhears an instructor say, "In the next unit, we will explore how information is acquired, stored, and retrieved for later use." Michael realizes that the next unit must be about: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. learning. intelligence. memory. perception.

memory

After being verbally threatened by a person in a passing car, Samantha was asked if she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Samantha mistakenly recalled that the driver was male rather than female. Samantha's experience BEST illustrates the _____ effect. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

misinformation

An attorney uses misleading questions to distort a court witness's recall of a previously observed crime. This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.

misinformation

Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's five Great Lakes BEST illustrates the use of a(n) _____ aid or device.

mnemonic

Whenever Rachel gets blue, she immediately is flooded with thoughts of failed relationships and missed chances. Rachel's experience BEST illustrates _____ memory.

mood congruent (i thought its state dependent???)

In daily life, when one says one remembers some information or a piece of knowledge, one means that one is able to use it. Memory, therefore, entails not only encoding and storage but also _____.

retrieval

While taking his statistics exam, Charles is trying to remember a statistical formula that he studied the night before. However, he cannot seem to recall the correct information. Charles is failing to _____ information from his long-term memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. sensory input rehearse store retrieve

retrieve

After switching dorm rooms and getting a new phone number, Samantha found that it was harder to remember her previous dorm room's phone number. Samantha was experiencing _____.

retroactive

Xui is studying for her chemistry exam. After reviewing the information she learned in lectures and from the textbook, she takes practice tests to test her understanding and memory of what she has learned. Xui is using the distributed practice technique often called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. the spacing effect. chunking. the testing effect. mnemonics.

the testing effect

As Trent reads a textbook, he actively integrates sentences with the memory representation of earlier sentences that he is maintaining in memory. Trent's active processing is taking place in _____ memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. sensory long-term implicit working

working

Learning to ride a bike is likely to require activation of the _____ rather than the ______. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. basal ganglia; cerebellum and hippocampus cerebellum and basal ganglia; hippocampus cerebellum and hippocampus; basal ganglia hippocampus; cerebellum and basal ganglia

cerebellum and basal ganglia; hippocampus

The spacing effect refers to the benefit of _____ practice. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. semantic distributed mnemonic massed

distributed

Carlos can't remember Juan Alvarez's name because he wasn't paying attention when Juan was formally introduced. Carlos' poor memory is BEST explained in terms of _____ failure. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

encoding

If you study for a test by reviewing multiple-choice items but your test is given in an essay format, you aren't likely to do as well as you might have if the test were also multiple choice. This is explained by the: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. hippocampus. encoding specificity principle. concept of explicit memory. Premack principle.

encoding specificity principle

One evening, Zoe examines the schedule for her favorite football team. The team plays 16 games each season. Later she tries recalling that schedule for a friend who likes the same team. It is more likely that Zoe will recall opponents at the beginning of the schedule particularly well. This phenomenon is called the _____ effect. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. mood-congruent memory recency primacy serial memory

primacy

Memories can often be triggered by an associated environmental stimulus. This process is called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. consolidation. recollection. priming. explicit memory.

priming

Whenever Mark tries to recall his new cell-phone number, he keeps getting it mixed up with his old cell-phone number. Mark's failure to remember his new cell-phone number is probably caused by _____.

proactive interference

Whenever Mark tries to recall his new cell-phone number, he keeps getting it mixed up with his old cell-phone number. Mark's failure to remember his new cell-phone number is probably caused by: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. encoding failure. the misinformation effect. proactive interference. retroactive interference.

proactive interference

If one has NOT studied well for a test, in which format is one likely to get a higher score? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. recall related information recognition extrapolation

recognition

Jonny has suffered hippocampal damage from a near-fatal bus crash. He is able to remember verbal information, but has no ability to recall visual designs and locations. He has MOST likely suffered damage to his: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. left thalamus. right thalamus. right hippocampus. left hippocampus.

right hippocampus

At a block party, Marci meets nine new neighbors. Moments later she can only remember the names of the first three and last two neighbors she met. Her experience illustrates the _____ effect. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

serial position

Millie has been having difficulties remembering what people have just said. She is unable to follow along during her favorite television shows. Millie is having difficulty with her _____ memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. short-term echoic long-term flashbulb

short term

Theo suffers from depression and is currently in treatment. His physician is using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which will affect his _____ memory. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. explicit short-term implicit long-term

short term

As one is reading this question right now, one is consciously processing the meaning of the words in _____ memory.

short-term

_____ memory holds a few items, such as a phone number, briefly before the information is stored or forgotten. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Implicit Long-term Sensory Short-term

short-term

Several months after watching a science fiction movie about space travel and alien abduction, Steve began to remember that aliens had abducted him and had subjected him to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie. His mistaken recall BEST illustrates: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. source amnesia. the misinformation effect. déjà vu. the spacing effect.

source amnesia

Walid has been working 70-hour workweeks and has been getting his days and nights mixed up as well as having trouble separating his dreams from reality. Just yesterday, he thought a project had been completed, but in reality it was only a dream. This problem is known as: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. retroactive interference. infantile amnesia. proactive interference. source amnesia.

source amnesia

Ricardo distributes his study time rather than cramming because he wants to retain the information for the long term. He is taking advantage of the _____ effect.

spacing

Ralph came home quite drunk from a party on Saturday night. Luckily he was given a ride home. He threw his apartment keys down somewhere and immediately fell asleep. He may not be able to find his keys until he is once again drunk because of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. a repressed memory. state-dependent memory. source amnesia. the misinformation effect.

state-dependent

When something good happens to you the rest of your life feels more positive. This is BEST explained by: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. state-dependent memory. cognitive mediation. the encoding specificity principle. the serial position effect.

state-dependent memory

Tameka is reading a novel. When the phone rings, she looks up to see if her husband is going to answer it, which he does. She returns her attention to the book, going back to the exact spot on the page where she left off. Tameka is able to effortlessly return to her reading because: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. of the automatic processing of space. women are better at remembering their place in a book than are men. of the effortful processing of space. she is extremely intelligent.

the automatic processing of space

Cory studied French in high school but has not heard or spoken French in years. Her friend introduces her to someone from France. He begins speaking French and Cory can't understand a word. A week later after study, she understands and can respond correctly. Cory was able to improve so rapidly due to: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. relearning. remembering. rehearsal. recall.

relearning

Jake is describing a chance encounter with an acquaintance. "I couldn't remember her name, yet it was on the tip of my tongue!" he exclaims. Jake is experiencing a failure of a memory process called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. storage. encoding. retrieval. interference.

retrieval

Dana is suffering from _____ when she fails to remember events preceding traumatic brain injury. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. anterograde amnesia consolidation proactive interference retrograde amnesia

retrograde amnesia

Omar experienced a dissociative fugue state. He suddenly snapped out of it in front of a pet supplies display in a Boise, Idaho, discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro, North Carolina. Omar's amnesia is BEST described as: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. anterograde. retrograde. retroactive. proactive.

retrograde