Memory Applications MC

Jeanette is curious to see how many numbers she can hold in her mind at once. She asks her friend to test her on lists of random digits to see how many she can remember. Based on what is known about the average limits of short term memory capacity, what is the most likely number of digits Jeanette will be able to remember?

7

During her psychology test, Kelsey could not remember the meaning of the term proactive interference. Surprisingly, however, she accurately remembered that the term appeared on the fourth line of a left-hand page in her textbook. Her memory of this incidental information is best explained in terms of

Automatic processing

While reading a novel at a rate of nearly 500 words per minute, Megan effortlessly understands almost every word. This ability highlights the importance of

Automatic processing

Explicit memories are

Created in the hippocampus

Things that are heard are held as a brief ________ in the sensory register

Echo

Which of the following statements about automatic processing or effortful processing is true?

Effortful processing requires conscious awareness

"When I was 5 years old I had a Paw Patrol themed birthday party" is an example of what type of memory?

Episodic

The image that persists for about one half second after being seen is a(n)

Icon

Short term (working) memory is best described as

Memory that can hold only a small amount of information

Twenty years after graduating, a subject is able to correctly identify photographers of students she attended high school with from a larger group of strangers. To do so she has used

Recognition

In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times. She is using a technique known as

Rehearsal

An example of using elaborating encoding to improve memory is

Sam remembering which tree is the ginkgo by using the phrase "stinko ginkgo" because the fruit of the ginkgo smells bad

After looking up his friend's phone number in the phone book, Alex was able to remember it only long enough to dial it correctly. In this case, the number was clearly stored in his _________ memory.

Short-term

If Jess has a type of amnesia that affects the formation of explicit memories but not implicit ones, which of the following will she be most likely to remember?

The arm position to throw the ball

As his AP psychology teacher was lecturing, Tanner was thinking about competing in a swim meet later that afternoon. Tanner has been swimming since he was 5 years old and does not have to think to swim. Where are Tanner's current thoughts being processed?

The cerebellum

The day after Kirsten was introduced to 13 people at a business luncheon, she could recall the names of only the first 4 people whom she had been introduced. Her effective recall of these particular names best illustrates the benefits of

The serial position effect (primary effect)

Jamille performs better on foreign language vocabulary tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as

The spacing effect