Chapter 6 Quizzes

The predominant type of coding in LTM is a. concrete. b. visual. c. semantic. d. phonological.

c. semantic.

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? a. APPLE b. BEAR c. REAR d. PAIR

a. APPLE

________ memories are to experiences as ________ memories are to facts. a. Episodic; semantic b. Implicit; episodic c. Procedural; episodic d. Semantic; implicit

a. Episodic; semantic

Which of the following would most likely be a detailed long-term memory? a. I was talking to that girl just before class. b. I talked to my cousin Amelia on the phone six months ago. c. I was talking to that boy three months ago. d. I just sat down.

a. I was talking to that girl just before class.

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. LTMs are unaffected by damage to the hippocampus. b. Short-term and long-term memories can operate independently of each other. c. The hippocampus is necessary for forming new LTMs. d. Short-term and long-term memories are controlled by different mechanisms.

a. LTMs are unaffected by damage to the hippocampus.

People who suffer from alcohol abuse may suffer from ________ brought on by Korsakoff's syndrome, and be unable to form new long-term memories. a. amnesia b. agnosia c. the primacy effect d. the serial effect

a. amnesia

Work with brain-injured patients reveals that ____ memory does not depend on conscious memory. a. implicit and procedural b. semantic and episodic c. declarative and non-declarative d. personal semantic and remote

a. implicit and procedural

The primacy effect (from the serial position curve experiment) is associated with ________ memory. a. sensory b. long-term c. short-term d. implicit

b. long-term

Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to autobiographical memories? a. When autobiographical memories are impaired, the episodic content contained within them will cause a blockage of access to related semantic content. b. Autobiographical memories can involve both episodic and semantic content. c. Autobiographical memories are highly accurate from as early as 3 months of age. d. It is not possible to have an autobiographical memory that has only semantic or episodic content but not both.

b. Autobiographical memories can involve both episodic and semantic content.

The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that ____ is crucial for the formation of LTMs. a. vitamin B1 b. the hippocampus c. synaptic consolidation d. deep processing

b. the hippocampus

Which of the following is an example of a semantic memory? a. I remember seeing a volcano erupt in Hawaii last summer. b. 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. d. I remember my earth science teacher telling me how volcanoes erupt.

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

Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic memory? a. I remember that more than 33% of U.S. drivers have admitted to using a cell phone when driving. b. I remember that experiments have shown that talking on cell phones can impair driving ability. c. I remember the day we learned about how talking on cell phones can impair driving ability. d. None of the above (a, b, and c are all examples of semantic memory)

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

When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds a. has no effect on the curve. b. increases both the primacy and the recency effects. c. decreases the recency effect. d. increases the primacy effect.

c. decreases the recency effect.

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 a. intact procedural memory but defective episodic memory. b. intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory. c. intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory. d. intact episodic memory but defective procedural memory.

c. 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 a. retroactive inhibition. b. the self-reference effect. c. release from proactive interference. d. disinhibition

c. release from proactive interference.

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 a. utilize proactive interference when administering the memory task. b. use backward instead of forward priming. c. test patients with amnesia. d. employ multiple rounds of repetition priming.

c. test patients with amnesia.

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. The phonological similarity effect b. The cocktail party phenomenon c. A partial-report procedure d. A build-up and release of proactive interference

d. A build-up and release of proactive interference

Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory? a. Because you have to make an effort to learn the association between the neutral and conditioned stimulus. b. Because it usually involves memory for the episode in which it occurred. c. Because it is based on motor skills like procedural memory is. d. Because it is involves learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it.

d. 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? a. Matching Spanish vocabulary words with their English translations b. Recalling the names of popular fairy tales c. Recognizing words that had been presented in an earlier list d. Completing a word for which the first and last letter have been supplied

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

Ming is taking a memory test. She is more likely to recall the name of a popular singer if she had a. recently seen the singer on TV and read about the singer in a magazine. b. just read about the singer in a magazine. c. just seen the singer on TV. d. attended the singer's concert last year with her boyfriend.

d. attended the singer's concert last year with her boyfriend.

Explicit memory is to _____ as implicit memory is to _____. a. episodic; semantic b. self; others c. primacy; recency d. aware; unaware

d. aware; unaware

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 a. have participants see the words on a screen, rather than hear them. b. have participants say "la, la, la" while studying the list. c. present the list more slowly. d. have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list.

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

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 a. intact procedural memory but defective semantic memory. b. intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory. c. intact episodic memory but defective procedural memory. d. intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory.

d. intact semantic memory but defective episodic memory.

The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true a. unless we are told explicitly that the statements are false. b. only when we are aware we've seen them before. c. only when we agree with them. d. simply because we have been exposed to them before.

d. simply because we have been exposed to them before.

One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that a. people use it strategically to enhance memory for events. b. it always leads to episodic memory for events. c. it is enhanced by the self-reference effect. d. we are not conscious we are using it.

d. we are not conscious we are using it.