Chapter 8 quiz

b. make more errors in their recollections

Experiments that argue against a special flashbulb memory mechanism find that as time increases since the occurrence of the flashbulb event, participants: a. report less vivid recollections of the event b. make more errors in their recollections c. report less confidence about their recollections d. remember more details about the event

d. constructive memory processes

In the "sleep list" false memory experiment, false memory occurs because of a. none of these b. verbatim recall c. the effect of scripts d. constructive memory processes

d. the presence of a weapon hinders memory for other parts of the event

Stany and Johnson's "weapons focus" experiment, investigating memory for crime scenes, found that: a. the presence of a weapon has no effect on memory for the event b. the threat of a weapon causes people to focus their attention away from the weapon itself c. the presence of a weapon enhances memory for all parts of the event d. the presence of a weapon hinders memory for other parts of the event

b. constructive nature of memory

Bartlett's experiment in which English participants were asked to recall the "war of the Ghosts" story that was taken from the French Indian Culture illustrated the: a. reminiscence bump b. constructive nature of memory c. familiarity effect d. misinformation effect

d. auditory from a female speaker

In Lindsay's misinformation effect experiment, participants saw a sequence of slides showing a maintenance man stealing money and a computer. The slide presentation included narration by a female speaker who described what was happening in the slides as they were shown. Results showed that the misinformation effect was greatest when MPI presentation was: a. auditory from a male speaker b. Visual c. auditory, regardless of the gender of the speaker d. auditory from a female speaker

d. none of these

The conclusion to be drawn from the man names Shereshevskii whose abnormal brain functioning gave him virtually limitless word-for-word memory is having memory like a video recorder: a. is an advantage because it eliminates "selective" recording (remembering some events and forgetting others), which provides no useful service to humans b. is largely a blessing because no event would be erased c. helped him draw powerful influences and intelligent conclusions from his vast knowledge base d. none of these

d. source misattributions

The experiment for which people were asked to make fame jusdgements for bothe famous and non famous names (and for which Sebastian Weissdorf was one of the names to be remembered) illustrated the effect of ______________ on memory a. repeated rehearsal of distinctive names b. schemas c. encoding specificity d. source misattributions

a. MPI impairs or replaces memories formed during the original experiencing of an event.

The memory-trace replacement hypothesis states that the misinformation effect occurs because: a. MPI impairs or replaces memories formed during the original experiencing of an event b. MPI fills in the gaps in the original memory where it lacked detail c. the original memory for an event decays over time, leaving room for MPI to infiltrate memory later d. MPI cuse the rememberer that an error in memory is occurring

c. schema

Your friend has been sick for several days, so you go over to her home to make her some chicken soup. Searching for a spoon, you first reach in a top drawer beside the dishwasher. Then you turn to the big cupboard beside the stove to search for a pan. In your search you have relied on a kitchen: a. scan technique b. source memory c. schema d. episodic memory

d. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness compares each person in the lineup to his or her memory of the event

which of the following statements is true of police lineups? a. A stimultaneous lineup decreases the chance of falsely identifying an innocent person as the perpetrator b. a sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness will make a relative judgement about the suspects they saw c. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness compares people in the lineup to each other d. A sequential lineup increases the chance that the witness compares each person in the lineup to his or her memory of the event