Chapter 7 Quiz

Certain types of brain damage impair someone's ability to form long-term memories, without a loss of old memories. What type of memory loss is this?

Anterograde amnesia

What does an implicit test of memory measure?

Recent experiences that people may not remember consciously

Which of these is an example of procedural memory?

Remember how to ride a bicycle

What term refers to the strengthening of a stored memory over time?

Consolidation

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

Remember the rules for playing tennis

What is good advice for someone interviewing a young child about possible child abuse?

Encourage the child to draw a picture as well as describing the event.

Suppose you try to remember everything you did last summer. What type of memory test is this?

Free recall

What did Hermann Ebbinghaus contribute to the study of memory?

He conducted the first experiments to measure memory.

A student spent a year and a half practicing his ability to memorize sequences of numbers. By the end of the year, how had his memory changed—if at all?

He had improved his ability to memorize numbers, but not letters or faces.

In memory research, what does the savings method measure?

How rapidly you can relearn something apparently forgotten

Why do many psychologists recommend that a police lineup should be done in sequence, with a yes or no answer to each, with no opportunity to go back

It would minimize the chance of falsely identifying an innocent person.

Amnesia is a loss of what?

Memory

What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup?

Present the lineup sequentially, with no opportunity to reexamine a photo.

In which way do procedural memories most consistently differ from declarative memories?

Procedural memories develop gradually.

Your memory of the names of the planets is an example of what?

Semantic memory

According to the principle of encoding specificity, what would help you remember something always?

Study in a wide variety of locations and times of day.

Which of these is an example of a mnemonic device?

The method of loci

Professor Kennedy learns the names of all the students in her class each year. As a result of retroactive interference, what is she likely to forget?

The names of students from previous years.

What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup?

Use a supervising officer who does not know which person the police suspect.