psychology 1101 – Flashcards
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After Maya gave her friend the password to a protected website, the friend was able to remember it only long enough to type it into the password box. In this instance, the password was clearly stored in her ________ memory.
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a) short-term b) procedural c) implicit d) flashbulb
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Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf several times each week on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between
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a) recognition and recall. b) proactive interference and retroactive interference. c) short-term memory and long-term memory. d) explicit memory and implicit memory.
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Another term for implicit memory is ________ memory.
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a) Nondeclaritive b) short-term c) state-dependent d) iconic
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Mentally rehearsing the glossary definitions of unfamiliar terms in order to remember them for a later test illustrates
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a) procedural memory. b) echoic memory. c) effortful processing. d) the peg-word system.
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Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of
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a) implicit memory. b) a mnemonic technique. c) the serial position effect. d) the spacing effect.
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The semantic processing of the words in a short poem illustrates
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a) procedural memory. b) deep processing. c) the serial position effect. d) the peg-word system
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Researchers now recognize the active information processing that occurs in short-term memory and refer to it as ________ memory.
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a) implicit b) sensory c) working d) flashbulb
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When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of
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a) flashbulb memory. b) automatic processing. c) iconic memory. d) the spacing effect.
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Which of the following is most likely to be stored as an implicit memory?
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a) a mental image of one's best friend b) a conditioned fear of guns c) one's own name d) the date of one's own birth
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Combining individual letters into familiar words enables you to remember more of the letters in this sentence. This best illustrates the value of
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a) the serial position effect. b) chunking. c) the spacing effect. d) iconic memory.
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Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories? a) hippocampus b) basal ganglia c) hypothalamus d) amygdala
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hippocampus
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Conscious memories of emotionally stressful events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the a) cerebellum. b) basal ganglia. c) hypothalamus. d) amygdala.
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hypothalamus
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Which of the following is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory? a) long-term potentiation b) priming c) proactive interference d) semantic encoding
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semantic encoding
