Psych study set

Which of the following are examples of encoding specificity impacting memory?

Correct Answer(s) mood-dependent retrieval state-dependent retrieval location-dependent retrieval Incorrect: Free recall

Signe was an eyewitness to a crime and is cooperating with law enforcement. Identify which of the following forms of questioning constitutes cued recall.

Cued recall "Tell us if you recognize any of the faces in this photo spread." "Did you see a man escaping the scene in a Ford Fiesta?" "Would you say the thief was carrying more than 12 teddy bears?" Free Recall "Walk us through the events as you remember them." "How did you feel about what you saw?" "Describe the person you saw to this sketch artist."

Which of the following are examples of semantic memory?

FALSE:2) walking on the beach while gazing out at the ocean waves, Mentally retracing your steps to find your house key CORRECT: explaining a recipe to a friend Explaining the rules of a card game

Which of the following features do flashbulb memories possess?

False: Some flashbulb memories have a strong emotional component, while others do not. The accuracy of flashbulb memories stays high long after the event. Flashbulb memories change very little over time. True: People have confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb memories because they are so vivid.

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about lessons learned from the patient known as H.M.

H.M., later revealed to be a person named Henry Molaison, had portions of his medial temporal lobes removed to treat severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy. His short-term memory, as well as most of the long-term memories that he formed prior to the surgery, were intact after surgery; however, his ability to transfer information from working memory to long-term memory was severely impaired. This demonstrated that working memory and long-term memory are both distinct and interlinked.

Which of the following are characteristics of working memory?

Correct Answer(s) Information can be maintained through rehearsal. Its capacity is very limited. Incorrect Answer(s) It holds one piece of information at a time. Information is lost after 2 or 3 seconds.

hich scenario is an example of the process of memory consolidation?

a) Jared spends all night reciting a phone number to himself so he won't forget it.b) As a side-effect of medication, June can't remember what happened yesterday, even though she was fine & clear-headed at the time.c) Sergio better remembers the names of clients he met the previous day after a good night's sleep.d) Brady remembers events that happened last year about as clearly as events that happened five years ago. c) Sergio better remembers the names of clients he met the previous day after a good night's sleep. c) Sergio better remembers the names of clients he met the previous day after a good night's sleep.

Nicholas is writing a memoir and finds it difficult to recall the details of his childhood visits to his late grandparents' home. Fortunately, the house is still in the family. Upon visiting the house and spending time in it, he finds memories of those childhood visits flooding back. What principle explains this change?

encoding specificity

Humans are the only species to show any evidence of having episodic memories.

false

Memory distortions mainly occur when the stakes associated with remembering correctly are low.

false

chunking

grouping separate stimuli into meaningful categories

On an intelligence test, you are given the following verbal analogy: "puppy is to dog as kitten is to ______." To answer this item correctly, you need to infer a general rule. Then you will apply this rule to "kitten" to obtain the correct answer. This item--which goes from specific examples to general rule--requires which kind of reasoning?

inductive reasoning

visuspatial sketchpad

process dedicated to manipulating shapes and images

phonological loop

process dedicated to storing and rehearsing language

Identify each of the following scenarios as either free recall or cued recall.

reciting a poem from memory on the spur of the moment free recall Correct label: free recall answering multiple-choice questions cued recall Correct label: cued recall naming 10 people from grade school without looking at a yearbook free recall Correct label: free recall finishing singing a song after hearing the first few seconds cued recall Correct label: cued recall

Onahoua has a neurodegenerative disorder that makes it hard for her to come up with words and to describe how images relate to one another. She also struggles to understand both written and spoken instructions. Which term best describes her condition?

semantic dementia

Identify each strategy as an effective or ineffective method for improving memory in the long term.

taking short breaks during work and long breaks on your days off Correct label: effective mixing visual learning with auditory learning Correct label: effective going to bed at a reasonable hour Correct label: effective transitioning directly from one learning topic to the next Correct label: ineffective

central executive

the control center that supports cognitive operations on sensory inputs

working memory

the processes by which we actively keep information in our current thoughts