Chapter 7 Psych

natalie picks up a peach at the grocery store. the colors of the peach remind her of a sunset which causes her to think about her family whom she enjoys admiring the sky with their back porch. what is this an example of? a) elaboration b) imagery c) sensory memory d) rehearsal

a) elaboration

curt's favorite childhood memory is playing kickball with his best buds at recess. What part of curt's memory is being activated when curt describes this memory? a) episodic b) explicit c) semantic d) iconic

a) episodic

When sarah looks at her wedding photos she smiles, gets a warm fuzzy feeling in her stomach, and begins to tear up as she remembers that day. What brain structure might be closely involved with sarah's memory? a) hippocampus b) amygdala c) cerebellum d) frontal lobes

a) hippocampus

________________ memory is essentially the place where thinking occurs. a) working b) long-term c) sensory d) short-term

a) working

marcy is beginning to recall instances of sexual abuse from her childhood, but has not had memory of such instances for the last 15 years of her life. what is a possible explanation for such an occurrence? a) it is impossible to forget such traumatic events b) her mind could have repressed the memories c) her mind probably did not encode the events properly d) this is an example of a flash bulb memory

b) her mind could have repressed the memories

what kind of memory has an unlimited capacity for information? a) short term because short memories don't take up very much space. b) long term; it can hold several billion times more than a computer! c) working memory because it works the hardest d) memory storage is not unlimited; i can't even remember what i had for breakfast this morning!

b) long term; it can hold several billion times more than a computer!

jamie is taking a history exam. the questions on jamie's exam are fill in the blank. jamie's professor is testing her ________________? a) sensory memory b) recall c) recognition d) procedural memory

b) recall

krista was in a serious car wreck. when she wakes up she is in a hospital bed surrounded by people, who know her, but she does not know them. if you were a doctor what might you diagnose krista with? a) anterograde amnesia B) retrograde amnesia c) proactive interference d) retroactive interference

b) retrograde amnesia

sharron's mom names off a list of grocery items she would like to pick up from the store. when sharron gets to the store she remembers the first few items her mom told her as well as the last few, items but has forgotten the rest. what effect is sharron experiencing? a) primary effect b) serial position effect c) regency effect d) alternate effect

b) serial position effect

what part of working memory communicates with long term memory? a) the phonological loop b) the central executive c) visuospatial memory d) sensory memory

b) the central executive

marcus's first test question reads, "what color is gram positive bacteria?" to remember the answer he thinks back to a picture of a purple bacterial cell wall in his lab manual and writes down purple. marcus has just used what to help him answer the test question correctly? a) rehearsal b) sensory memory c) imagery d) pictography

c) imagery

Christopher is currently in a french class at ou. in highschool he took spanish. on his test french exam he is asked to write the word for blue, but christopher cannot remember if the correct answer is azul or bleu. this is an example of ______________? a) anterograde amnesia b) retrograde amnesia c) proactive interference d) retroactive interference

c) proactive interference

Clara has been asked to give a speech tomorrow at her school's pep rally. clara is nervous she will forget what she is supposed to say, so she repeats her speech over and over in her head all night long. what strategy is clara using to remember her speech? a) chunking b) selective c c) rehearsal d) elaboration

c) reheasal

courtney is a senior at OU and will soon graduate with a degree in biology. her knowledge about topics such as evolution, ecology, and genetics are a part of her _____________ memory. a) procedural b) implicit c) semantic d) episodic

c) semantic

nika notices her friend's necklace is a locket and begins to think about the picture of her baby sister inside her own locket at home. what level of processing is taking place in nikas mind? a) shallow b) surface c) intermediate d) deep

d) deep

nicki has dance lessons every monday with a girl named jenifer. one day nicki sees jenifer at the mall and the girls exchange knowing smiles, but neither can remember the other's name. what principles explains this phenomenon? a) serial position principle b) temporary amnesia principle c) loftus's elaboration principle d) encoding specificity principle

d) encoding specificity principle

julie enters the school through the west doors and passes several posters that read "successful", "intelligence" and "smart". jake enters school through the east doors and passes a group of kids bullying another student calling him name such as "dumb, "stupid" and "ignorant". if jake and julie were equally knowledgeable and take the exact same test, but julie scores higher than jake, what might you say has affected each student's performance? a) classical conditioning b) operant conditioning c) semantic memorization d) priming

d) priming

in samantha's family it is a tradition to play pitch, a strategic card game, every friday night after dinner. this friday night however, samantha goes to her friend's house for dinner and afterwards they play a similar game but different card game called spades. when she goes back home, samantha struggles with the games because she keeps confusing the rules of pitch with spades. this is an example of _____________? a) anterograde b) retrograde amnesia c) proactive interference d) retroactive interference

d) retroactive interference

which is not one of the three important processes of memory? a) retrieval b) encoding c) storage d) shaping

d) shaping