Chapter 8 Memory quiz

What is the main idea of the Stroop effect

The brain's reaction time slows when it must deal with conflicting information.

What is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over different periods of time?

memory

Which of the following is a way police have changed their interrogation techniques to lower the risk of false memory syndrome? Police have

modified the way witnesses are questioned

When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system that helps you choose the correct answer.

recognition

In order to remember his lines for the play, Guy repeats his lines over and over again. This process is called ________.

rehearsal

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as

retrieval

What kind of memory involves storage of brief events, such as sights, sounds, and tastes?

sensory

Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. This is an example of ________: the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

suggestibility

Which of the following is an example of a mnemonic device

using the acronym "HOMES" to remember the names of the five Great Lakes