Psy 200 Module 23 quiz

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Walking past a classroom's open door, Michael overhears an instructor say, "In the next unit, we will explore how information is acquired, stored, and retrieved for later use." Michael realizes that the next unit must be about: A. learning. B. intelligence. C. perception. D. memory.

D.

Cory studied French in high school but has not heard or spoken French in years. Her friend introduces her to someone from France. He begins speaking French and Cory can't understand a word. A week later after study, she understands and can respond correctly. Cory was able to improve so rapidly due to: A. relearning. B. remembering. C. rehearsal. D. recall.

A.

How many bits of information did George Miller propose that humans can store in their short-term memory at a given time? A. seven, plus or minus two B. five, plus or minus one C. five, plus or minus two D. seven, plus or minus one

A.

Millie has been having difficulties remembering what people have just said. She is unable to follow along during her favorite television shows. Millie is having difficulty with her _____ memory. A. short-term B. long-term C. flashbulb D. echoic

A.

Ricardo distributes his study time rather than cramming because he wants to retain the information for the long term. He is using the ___________ effect. A. spacing B. serial position C. semantic D. next-in-line

A.

Two-year-old Jackson's older brother popped a balloon in Jackson's face. This caused Jackson to become afraid when he next saw his brother with a balloon. This classically conditioned fear of the balloon is an example of a(n) _____ memory. A. implicit B. sensory C. explicit D. declarative

A.

Your girlfriend is talking to you, and you ask her to repeat what she just said. Before she does so, you respond with your answer of "Yes." This is likely due to __________ memory. A. echoic B. iconic C. declarative D. implicit

A.

_____ memory involves the immediate, very brief recording of stimulus information in the memory system. A. Sensory B. Long-term C. Short-term D. Flashbulb

A.

___________ is a newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, as well as of information retrieved from long-term memory. A. Working memory B. Spacing effect C. Iconic memory D. Automatic processing

A.

For his chemistry test in two days, Tarik has to memorize the elements on the periodic table. He writes them on index cards and then keeps the cards with him at all times, periodically reading through them. Tarik is using _______________ to encode information for storage. A. the serial position effect B. rehearsal C. automatic processing D. long-term potentiation

B.

From sensory memory, individuals process information into short-term memory, where they encode it through: A. retrieval. B. rehearsal. C. repression. D. retention.

B.

Phone companies created seven-digit phone numbers because this amount BEST suits the capacity of our: A. recall. B. short-term memory. C. sensory memory. D. long-term memory.

B.

Tameka is reading a novel. When the phone rings, she looks up to see if her husband is going to answer it, which 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: A. she is extremely intelligent. B. of the automatic processing of space. C. of the effortful processing of space. D. women are better at remembering their place in a book than are men.

B.

The spacing effect refers to the benefit of _____ practice. A. semantic B. distributed C. mnemonic D. massed

B.

The three steps in memory information processing are: A. input, storage, output. B. encoding, storage, retrieval. C. input, processing, output. D. input, storage, retrieval.

B.

This is a relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of your memory system. A. short-term memory B. long-term memory C. immediate memory D. sensory memory

B.

Which of the following is NOT a measure of retention? A. recall B. recoding C. recognition D. relearning

B.

______________ aids can be used to help remember things like speeches or lists of items. These aids often incorporate the use of vivid imagery and organizational devices. A. Dynamic B. Mnemonic C. Hyperbolic D. Retrospective

B.

Even after we learn the material, _______________ increases retention. A. unlearning B. sleeping C. overlearning D. underlearning

C.

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 before. A. 70 B. 40 C. 90 D. 20

C.

Rory agreed to join a biology study group. When the study group leader gave him her phone number, he had nothing on which to record the number. So, Rory repeated the number to himself several times until he found a pen to write the number on his hand. The process Rory used to encode the number into longer-term memory is called: A. retrieval. B. storage. C. rehearsal. D. sensory input

C.

According to psychologists, memory refers to all of the following measures of retention EXCEPT: A. retrieval of information. B. storage of information. C. relearning information. D. categorizing information.

D.

Joe is happy to hear that the final will be all multiple-choice questions since he feels he has a better chance to pass the class by using __________ the information. A. recall of B. reconstruction of C. relearning D. recognition of

D.


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