Chapter 6 Quiz Human COG PSYC

The primacy effect (from the serial position curve experiment) is associated with ________ memory.

long-term

Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that he only remembers the names of the people in the first group, though he also remembers the profession of the last woman he met (the accountant). Lamar's experience demonstrates

A build-up and release of proactive interference

A study participant is given a list of words to remember. One week later, he recalls the list. Let's say that one of the list words was PEAR. Which of the following, none of which actually appeared on the list, would be most likely incorrectly recalled if the participant doesn't remember PEAR?

APPLE

Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to autobiographical memories?

Autobiographical memories can involve both episodic and semantic content.

Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?

Because it is involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it.

Which task below would most likely be used to test for implicit memory?

Completing a word for which the first and last letter have been supplied

The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to get rid of the recency effect is to

Have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list.

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory?

I remember the big island of Hawaii has many active volcanoes.

Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic memory?

I remember the day we learned about how talking on cell phones can impair driving ability

The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true

Simply because we have been exposed to them before

People who suffer from alcohol abuse may suffer from ________ brought on by Korsakoff's syndrome, and be unable to form new long-term memories.

amnesia

K.C., who was injured in a motorcycle accident, remembers facts like the difference between a strike and a spare in bowling, but he is unaware of experiencing things like hearing about the circumstances of his brother's death, which occurred two years before the accident. His memory behavior suggests

an intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory.

Ming is taking a memory test. She is more likely to recall the name of a popular singer if she had

attended the concert last year with her boyfriend

Explicit memory is to _____ as implicit memory is to _____.

aware; unaware

When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds

decreases the recency effect

________ memories are to experiences as ________ memories are to facts.

episodic; semantic

Which of the following would most likely be a detailed long-term memory?

i was talking to that girl right before class

Work with brain-injured patients reveals that ____ memory does not depend on conscious memory.

implicit and procedural

Your text describes an "Italian woman" who, after an attack of encephalitis, had difficulty remembering people or facts she knew before. She could, however, remember her life events and daily tasks. Her memory behavior reflects

intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory.

Suppose you have been studying your French vocabulary words for several hours and are making many mistakes. You switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeably better. You are experiencing

release from proactive interference

The predominant type of coding in LTM is

semantic

One way to ensure that a person does not remember that a word was presented to them in the past (when testing priming) is to

test patients with amnesia

The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that ____ is crucial for the formation of LTMs.

the hippocampus

One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that

we are not conscious we are using it