chapter 8

Suppose a researcher replicates the methods used by Roediger and McDermott and presents participants with the following words: desk, chair, computer, pencil, printer, stapler, paperclip, envelope, and pen. Which of the following would participants be LEAST likely to falsely recognize?

television

amaal has to make an important phone call. Unfortunately, his cell phone is not charged so he has to use his landline, which does not store phone numbers. To make the call, he has to get the number from his cell phone and remember it long enough to dial it on his landline. For this task, which memory is most important?

working memory

Most of the time people encode:

hat is necessary to learn

How are memories stored?

In an interconnected fashion.

According to Roediger and McDermott, what test should Michael perform BEST on?

a multiple choice test

Amy prefers recognition tests to recall tests. Which type of test would Amy like the best?

a multiple choice test.

Which of the following lists will be most likely to lead to a false memory for the word 'cow' on a recognition test?

barn, hay, stable, pitchfork

hat aspect of memory leads to false memories?

The fact that memories are stored in an interconnected fashion.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main processes related to memory

decay

Whenever Valerie experiences intense feelings of fear, she is overwhelmed with childhood memories of her abusive parents. Valerie's experience best illustrates:

mood-congruent memory.

Which of the following tasks is a recognition task?

multiple choice

Anne remembers her last birthday. What will be the FIRST stage of processing that allowed for this memory to be formed?

encoding

. When we want to remember something we need to use _______ in that order.

encoding, storage, and retrieval

ameka is reading a novel. When the phone rings, she looks up to see if her husband is going to answer it. When he does, she returns her attention to the book, going back to the exact spot on the page where she left off. Tameka is able to effortlessly return to her reading because:

of the automatic processing of space.

Our ability to recognize material can make us feel _____, which might lead to poorer performance on certain tests.

overconfident

Suppose a researcher replicates the methods used by Roediger and McDermott and presents participants with the following words: desk, chair, computer, pencil, printer, stapler, paperclip, envelope, and pen. Which of the following would participants be MOST likely to falsely recognize?

paper

Professor Chen wants to study memory. The two basic ways that she can test memory are called:

recall and recognition

According to Roediger and McDermott, what memory task results in superior performance?

recognition

Ivan recently suffered a severe stroke and is no longer able to remember events from his childhood. His memory problems are related to:

retrieval failure.

Which of the following is an example of a task that requires recall?

short answer

. Ceci and Bruck's study of children's memories showed that ________ percent of the children who had not received genital examinations from a pediatrician still pointed to either genital or anal areas when asked about their examinations.

55

In Roediger and McDermott's study, how many participants RECALLED items NOT presented on the study list?

60

In Roediger and McDermott's study, how many participants RECOGNIZED items NOT presented on the study list?

80

Imagine a study in which participants are shown 2,000 slides of houses and storefronts, each for only 10 seconds. Later, these same participants are shown 300 of the original slides paired with slides they have not seen before. According to research, these participants would be able to recognize ______ percent of the slides they had seen in the first round of viewing.

90

What is the name for the process of learning new information

Encoding

According to Roediger and McDermott, what test should Sarah perform WORST on?

a short answer test

Our tendency to recall the last and first items in a list is known as:

the serial position effect.

Our memory of facts and experiences that we consciously know and can easily recite is known as:

explicit memory.

. Interconnections between memories can lead to:

false memories

The results from Roediger and McDermott support the idea of:

false memory