True or False Questions from Lectures
Implicit memory effects diminish more rapidly than memory for past events.
False- Episodic memory decays more quickly.
In the Scientific American Frontiers segment on amnesic EP, EP was unable to remember his name
False- He could remember his name.
Iconic memory is a place where auditory information is briefly held, and echoic and memory is where visual information is briefly held.
False- Iconic is visual, echoic is hearing.
mood does not affect context-dependent memory.
False- Mood can be considered a context.
The dependent variable and Sternberg's experiment was accuracy.
False- RTs
Parallel searches are like what happens in the varied mapping condition of Schneider and Shiffrin's experiments.
False- Serial search
According to Gary Wells on the 60 Minutes segment, simultaneous lineups enhance the accuracy of convictions
False- can lead to false convictions
Creating a sentence out of a word that you are trying to remember is is an example of shallow processing
False- example of deeper level processing.
Miller proposed that one way to enhance the capacity of short-term memory is to practice the digit span task
False- he proposed chunking
Articulatory suppression is the result of hypoxia.
False- it is the result of saying some irrelevant word when trying to remember some other words.
Consolidation occurs in the first one to two minutes after an event.
False- it takes about 45 minutes.
According to the modal model, memory is only a set of memory structures.
False- memory structures and control processes.
The primacy and recency effects are due to retrieval from short term memory.
False- only recency
Trying to remember the letters B-T-G would be easier then trying to remember the letters F-Z-K.
False- similar items get confuse, whereas distinct items do not.
The manner in which memory is tested has no impact on how you should study
False- study in a way that is consistent in how your memory will be tested.
The absolute identification and the digit span tasks lead to different estimates of the capacity of short-term memory.
False- they both around the same number.
The full Report Procedure produces an inaccurate measure of the capacity of sensory memory.
True
The modal model is the most common way of thinking about memory.
True
The number of rehearsal predicts free recall performance.
True
The performance of the absolute identification task illustrates one way to measure the capacity of short-term memory.
True
The phonological loop is the voice that you hear in your head.
True
The serial self-terminating search is just like what one does when searching for their house keys.
True
Working memory emphasizes the goal of short term memory is to do something with the information that it contains in order to meet a goal.
True
implicit memory is when a recent event needlessly impacts your behavior without your awareness.
True
one of the big ideas in this class is that much of the craziness that we observe in our behavior and the behavior of others is the result of the manner in which the cognitive system overcomes limits on the amount and quality of information that it has to work with
True
our knowledge of the world affects our experience and therefore what we remember.
True
our memories can be affected by the suggestions of others.
True
the influence of ascending neuron on a receiving neuron increases as the result of a physical change in the axon and the dendrite at the synapse
True
we often read into situations things that did not actually occur.
True
Memory is best when the context during study and the context during test are the same.
True- definition of context dependent memory.
The amygdala influences the activity of the hippocampus.
True- directs hippocampus to store meaningful or important events.
Based on prior research, if one studies high on marijuana, then one will remember the material better if high on marijuana.
True- example of state-dependent
Sometimes memory is impacted by factors out of our control.
True- referred to as implicit memory.
Hippocampus is the part of the brain involved in emption.
False- Amygdala is.
Shallow processing during study improves memory.
False- Deeper processing improves memory.
Compared to humans, monkeys have a terrible spatial memory.
False
Flashbulb memories are more accurate than everyday memories
False
Memories change over time, but are not susceptible to our own biases.
False
Once information is lost from short term memory, it may never be retrieved.
False
Over time, details are lost from memory, but other than that the content is not altered
False
The serial position curve increases and the parallel position curve remains constant.
False
True or false, memories are encoded completely and without error
False
unlike normal individuals, amnesiacs are immune to implicit effects
False
Short-term memory has a limited capacity.
True
Source memory is memory for where or when something occurred
True
Sperling was interested in the capacity of iconic memory.
True
The distractor test used in the Brown-Peterson procedure causes people to forget.
True
A flashbulb memory is one for an event that provokes a powerful emotional reaction.
True
Control processes influence how memories are stored and retrieved.
True
Declarative memories are memories for events or knowledge about the world.
True
Eyewitness testimony is most often used to convict people of a crime
True
Information can be held in short-term memory indefinitely, as long as that information is attended to.
True
Information resides in short term memory for 15 or 20 seconds without rehearsal.
True
Long term memory is permanent according to the modal model.
True
Memory for past events requires one to define the event with respect to the context in which it occurred.
True
Memory is the acquisition, representation, and retrieval of information
True
People tend to be highly confident in their memories for emotional events.
True
People with greater memory spans tend to have higher IQ cues.
True
Recognition involves determining whether an event occurred or not?
True
Relating information to aspects of yourself will help you remember that information.
True
Sensory memory is where brief representations of our environment are stored.
True
