Unit 7- Memory- MC practice
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What 2 parts of the brain are most involved in implicit memory? A. FRONTAL LOBES AND BASAL GANGLIA B. AMYGDALA AND HIPPOCAMPUS C. AMYGDALA AND CEREBELLUM D. CEREBELLUM AND BASAL GANGLIA E. FRONTAL LOBES AND HIPPOCAMPUS
C
Which of the following is an example of a flashbulb memory? A. BARRY REMEMBERS AN ESPECIALLY BRIGHT SUNRISE BECAUSE HE WAS BY THE OCEAN AND THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTED OFF THE WATER B. ROBERT REMEMBERS THAT CORRELATION DOES NOT PROVE A CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE HIS TEACHER EMPHASIZED THIS FACT OVER AND OVER C. ANNA REMEMBERS WHEN HER FATHER RETURNED FROM AN OVERSEAS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE THE DAY WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR HER. D. KRIS HAS STRONGER MEMORIES OF HER SECOND GRAE TEACHER THAN HER THIRD GRADE TEACHER BECAUSE HER SECOND GRADE TEACHER HAS THE SAME NAME AS HER NEIGHBOR E. ANTON REMEMBERS A MOMENT FROM HIS LAST HOMECOMING DANCE BECAUSE A STROBE LIGHT SEEMED TO FREEZE THE SCENE IN HIS IMAGINATION
C
Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia? A. HALLE CAN REMEBER HER NEW LCOKER COMBINATION, BUT NOT HER OLD ONE B. WILLIAM HAS LOST HIS MEMORY OF THE 2 WEEKS BEFORE HE HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE A BENIGN BRAIN TUMOR C. LOUIS CAN REMEMBER HIS PAST, BUT NOTHING SINCE EXPERIENCING A BRAIN INFECTION 4 YRS AGO D. MADDIE CAN'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF WHEN SHE WAS MUGGED DOWNTOWN 6 MONTHS AGO E. KALUND KNOWS FRENCH, LATIN, AND SPANISH AND FREQUENTLY GETS THEM CONFUSED ON EXAMS
C
Which of the following is an example of the serial position effect? A. REMEMBERING THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE FOR SCHOOL TOMORROW B. REMEMBERING THE SKILLS YOU LEARNED EARLY IN LIFE, SUCH AS WALKING C. REMEMBERING THE BEGINNING AND END OF YOUR GROCERY LIST, BUT NOT THE ITEMS IN THE MIDDLE. D. REMEMBERING THE NAMES OF CO-WORKERS YOU MET AT YOUR NEW JOB E. REMEMBERING WHERE YOU LEFT YOUR CELL PHONE WHEN YOU CANNOT FIND IT
C
Which of the following is most likely to be encoded automatically? A. THE SIDE-ANGLE-SIDE GEOMETRY THEOREM B. THE NAMES OF THE LAST 10 US PRESIDENTS C. WHAT YOU ATE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING D. THE NAMES OF YOUR COUSINS E. THE LICENSE PlATE OF YOUR NEW CAR
D
Caitlin, a fifth grader, is asked to remember her second-grade teacher's name. What measure of retention will Caitlin use to answer? A. STORAGE B. RECOGNITION C. RELEARNING D. RECALL E. ENCODING
C
In history class, James is effortfully connecting the new material to what he has learned in the past. This making of connections in the moment best describes James' A. ICONIC MEMORY B. SENSORY MEMORY C. WORKING MEMORY D. ECHOIC MEMORY E. LONG-TERM MEMORY
B
John has notices that he does better on his chemistry exams when he takes them in the same seat that he sits in during class than a different seat on exam day. If he is properly prepared for each exam, then ----- may explain his difference in scores. A. RECALL B. CONTEXT EFFECTS C. EXPLICIT MEMORY D. THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT E. FLASHBULB MEMORY
A
Meloni's new friend from another state just gave her his phone number. As she goes to enter the number into her contact list she find that she cannot remember all the numbers in their right order. Which of the following is the best explanation for this failure? A. BEING 10 DIGITS, THE NUMBER IS BEYONF MILLER'S "MMAGIC NUMBER" B. SHE WAS SO EXCITED THAT SHE COULD NOT TYPE THE NUMBERS FAST ENOUGH C. SHE LACKS PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY D. BECAUSE THE NUMBER WAS SO SHORT, SHE DID NOT PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO IT E. HER ICONIC MEMORY DISRUPTED HER ENCODING OF THE NUMBER
E
Muhammad has been in his school cafeteria hundreds of times. it is a large room, and there are nine free-standing pillars the support the roof. One day, to illustrate the nature of forgetting, Muhammad's teacher asks him how many pillars are in the cafeteria. He has difficulty answering the question, but replies that he thinks its 6. What memory concept does this example illustrate? A. STORAGE DECAY B. RETROGRADE AMNESIA C. PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE D. RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE E. ENCODING FAILURE
E
Researchers studying the links among emotion, stress, and memory have discovered that A. EMOTION BLOCKS MEMORY, AND IT IS GENERALLY TRUE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO RECALL HIGHLY EMOTIONAL EVENTS B. EXCITEMENT TENDS TO INCREASE THE CHANCE THAT AN EVENT WILL BE REMEMBERED, BUT STRESS DECREASES THE CHANCE THAT AN EVENT WILL BE REMEMBERED C. STRESS TENDS TO INCREASE THE CHANCE THAT AN EVENT WILL BE REMEMBERED, BUT EXCITEMENT DECREASES THE CHANCE THAT AN EVENT WILL BE REMEMBERED D. BOTH STRESS AND EMOTION MAKE EVENTS HARDER TO REMEMBER E. BOTH STRESS AND EMOTION MAKE EVENTS MORE MEMORABLE
A
Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words? A. THINKING ABOUT HOW THE OWRDS RELATE TO YOUR OWN LIFE B. PRACTICING THE WORDS FOR A SINGLE EXTENDED PERIOD C. BREAKING UP THE PRACTICE INTO SEVERAL RELATIVELY SHORT SESSIONS D. NOTICING WHERE IN A SENTENCE THE WORDS APPEAR E. FOCUSING ON THE NUMBER OF VOWELS AND CONSONANTS IN THE WORDS
