Chapter 7- Memory (book questions)

After roughly how many seconds does the amount of information in immediate memory begin to drop off precipitously?

3

Why did Henry Molaison have his hippocampus removed? A He suffered from severe seizures. B He was paid to undergo the procedure. C He was in a severe accident immediately prior to surgery. D The doctor who operated on him was a monster.

A He suffered from severe seizures.

How do individual memories seem to be represented in Inside Out? A As the characters in the movie B As the shelves in the space C As the glowing orbs D As the actions the characters perform

C As the glowing orbs

Which of the following options is good test of implicit memory? A Exposing participants to a list of words, and then asking the participants to recall them. B Showing participants a list of color-word pairs, and then asking participants to recall the words given only the colors. C Exposing participants to a list of color names, then seeing if they complete the word stem "GRE__" as "GREEN." D Asking participants to remember a time when they were happy.

C Exposing participants to a list of color names, then seeing if they complete the word stem "GRE__" as "GREEN."

Which of the following is thought to "control" the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad? A The inner eye B The inner ear C The central executive D The working memory model

C The central executive

What forms of amnesia did H. M. have? A Retrograde amnesia B Anterograde amnesia C Neither D Both

D Both

Jordan is trying to remember the name of his third grade teacher; while he can remember her face, he can't seem to remember her name. Meanwhile, Polly is mixing up her third and fourth grade teachers, getting them backward. Who is committing an error of omission?

Jordan

What type of processing task is counting the number of vowels in a word?

shallow processing

Memory as the combination of both the information in the environment and what you have stored shows how memory does which of the following? A Helps form an adaptive response B Is well-expressed as a search metaphor C Is fundamentally pre-constructive D Is like a recording device

A Helps form an adaptive response

What type of long-term memory would you most likely use to answer the question, "What is the third planet from the sun?" A Semantic memory B Immediate memory C Procedural memory D Sensory memory E Episodic memory

A Semantic memory

Because Helga studied a list of words by considering whether they rhymed with the word "train," she tests herself on the list of words by writing a rhyming poem about trains. Which of the following is Helga exemplifying? A Transfer-appropriate processing B The encoding-specificity principle C Poor use of cues D An elaborative encoding strategy

A Transfer-appropriate processing

Milner demonstrated that H.M. could remember a number for up to fifteen minutes by repeating it to himself constantly. This best demonstrates what? A The capacity of immediate memory B The ability of rehearsal to maintain information C The sin of transience D The encoding-specificity principle

B The ability of rehearsal to maintain information

What kind of search metaphor seems most similar to the model of long term memory presented in Inside Out? A A wax tablet B A library C A purse D A tape recorder

B A library

Arya is trying to remember a list of names. She rehearses the list of names to herself, imagining the person's face as she says their name while also thinking of the last time she interacted with that person. What two types of elaboration is Arya using to remember her list of names? A Imagery and distinctiveness B Imagery and self-reference C Organization and self-reference D Distinctiveness and organization

B Imagery and self-reference

Which of the following is not an example of a search metaphor for memory? A Looking through a forest for a particular tree B Playing a particular melody on the piano C Trying to find a particular friend in a crowded room D Locating a country on a map

B Playing a particular melody on the piano

Elizabeth Loftus implies that many "repressed memories" in therapy are which of the following. A The result of the therapist unintentionally guiding clients to true memories that had been buried. B The result of the therapist unintentionally guiding clients to imagine events that had never occurred. C The result of the therapist intentionally guiding clients to true memories that had been buried. D The Result of the therapist intentionally guiding clients to imagine events that had never occurred.

B The result of the therapist unintentionally guiding clients to imagine events that had never occurred.

How did the researchers implant the false memory of being lost in a shopping mall? A They told the participants that they had been lost repeatedly, forcing them to accept it as true. B They asked misleading questions about being lost in a shopping mall as a child to the subjects, leading to the misinformation effect. C They implanted a false "childhood memory" of being lost in a shopping mall among retellings of other, true childhood memories that the subjects read. D They used neuroscientific techniques to implant the memory directly into participants' brains.

C They implanted a false "childhood memory" of being lost in a shopping mall among retellings of other, true childhood memories that the subjects read.

Imagine that you are playing a game where everyone has to go around naming members of a category. This time, the category is "four-footed animals." Your friend Amir has named a lion, while your friend Britney has named a leopard. Based on the knowledge that what we remember is based on not only information stored in our heads but also on currently available information, which answer do you think will come to you most readily? A Bear B Dog C Tiger D Moose

C Tiger

Based on our discussion of memories about your birthday and memories about your lunch a few weeks ago, what can we likely say about memory? A Everything is equally memorable B Memories for birthdays are always more accurate than memories for lunches. C We seem to remember some events better than others D Events that are more recent are always more memorable than events that took place long ago

C We seem to remember some events better than others

Fill in the blanks: ________ are complex knowledge structures that help us put information in context. However, they often lead to __________. A Biases; under-generalization B Schemas; under-generalization C Biases; over-generalization D Schemas; over-generalization

D Schemas; over-generalization

What does the penny example above illustrate? A A failure of search B "Pulling out the wrong penny" C Remembering something correctly D Search metaphors are insufficient

D Search metaphors are insufficient

Janice made a bad decision, and lost her phone while she was drinking. According to the encoding-specificity principle, under what conditions will she most likely remember where she left her phone? A When she is a good mood B When she is in a bad mood C When she is on land D When she is drinking

D When she is drinking

Trisha is trying to remember what color the friendship bracelet that her best friend Alex gave her in second grade was. What kind of memory is Trisha using? A Semantic memory B Immediate memory C Procedural memory D Sensory memory E Episodic memory

E Episodic memory