Chapter 6 Quiz - Long-term Memory Structure

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

_____ memories are those that we are not aware of

Implicit

Why is classical conditioning considered to be a form of implicit memory?

It involves learning an association between stimuli without being aware of / remembering the pairing of stimuli

Neuropsychological evidence indicated that STM and LTM probably

are caused by different mechanisms that act independently

Murdoch's experiment described the serial position curve and found that memory is best for _____ of a list

both the first and last words

Regarding free recall of a list of items, which of the following will most likely cause the recency effect to disappear by preventing rehearsal from taking place? a. Inserting a 30-second delay before recall b. Presenting the stimulus list at a slower pace c. Counting backward for 30 seconds before recall d. Using a very long list (greater than 30 items at one item per second)

c. Counting backward for 30 seconds before recall

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory? a. I remember my earth science teacher telling me how volcanoes erupt. b. I remember seeing a volcano erupt in Hawaii last summer. c. I remember the big island of Hawaii has many active volcanoes. d. I remember "volcano" was the first word on the list Juan read to me.

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

Which of the following demonstrates a double dissociation based on two patients (Tom and Tim) with brain-injuries in different areas? a. Both Tom and Tim have good episodic memory but poor semantic memory. b. Tom and Tim both show deficits in episodic and semantic memory. c. Tom has good semantic memory and poor episodic memory, while Tim has good episodic memory but poor semantic memory. d. Both Tom and Tim have good semantic memory but poor episodic memory.

c. Tom has good semantic memory and poor episodic memory, while Tim has good episodic memory but poor semantic memory.

Which of the following is NOT a conclusion from the case of H.M., who had an operation to help alleviate his epileptic seizures? a. The hippocampus is necessary for forming new LTMs. b. Short-term and long-term memories are controlled by different mechanisms. c. Short-term and long-term memories can operate independently of each other. d. LTMs are unaffected by damage to the hippocampus.

d. LTMs are unaffected by damage to the hippocampus.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an implicit memory? a. Classical conditioning b. Repetition priming c. Procedural memory d. Semantic memory

d. Semantic memory

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

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 many personal experiences such as how he heard about his brother's death, which occurred two years before the accident. His memory behavior suggests _________.

intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory

Lucille is teaching Kendra how to play racquetball. She teaches her how to hold the racquet, where to stand, and how to make effective shots. These learned skills that Lucille has acquired are an example of ________ memory

procedural

The primacy effect is attributed to

recall of information stored in the LTM

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 following statement represents what kind of memory? "The Beatles stopped making music together as a group in the early 1070s."

semantic

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

simply because we have been exposed to them before

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

the hippocampus

Memory enhancement due to repetition priming is a result of

the test stimulus being the same or resembling the priming stimulus