Question 1

The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on

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memory

Question 2

The process of encoding refers to

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getting information into memory

Question 3

The retention of encoded information over time refers to

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storage

Question 4

The process of getting information out of memory is called

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retrival

Question 5

Your consciously activated by limited- capacity memory is called ______________ memory

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short term

Question 6

Automatic processing and effortful proccessing are two types of

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encoding

Question 7

Automatic processing occurs without

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conscious awarness

Question 8

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

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Automatic processing

Question 9

The effortful processing of information

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can become automatic through practice

Question 10

The conscious repetition of information to maintain it memory is called

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rehearsal

Question 11

Ebbinghaus\' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discover that

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the amount remembered depends on the time spent learning

Question 12

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

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spacing effect

Question 13

The importance of effortful processing for long term retention is best illustrates by

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the testing effect

Question 14

The tendency to immediately recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ____________ effect

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serial position

Question 15

Shortly after hearing a list of items, people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately. This best illustrates

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the spacing effect

Question 16

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized, they often substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list. This best illustrates the effects of

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encoding meaning

Question 17

A mnemonic device is a

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memory aid

Question 18

Visually associating five items needed from the grocery store with mental images of a bun, a shoe, a tree, a door, and a hive best illustrates the us of

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the peg-word system

Question 19

Chunking refers to

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the organization of information into memory through the use of visual imagery

Question 20

Using the mnemonic ROY G BIV to remember the colors of the rainbow in the order of wavelength illustrates the us of

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an acronym

Question 21

The address for obtaining tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen, but the image disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write don the complete address. To his surprise, however, he has retained a momentary mental image of the five digit zip code. His experience best illustrates _______________ memory

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iconic

Question 22

Echoic memory refers to

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a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

Question 23

\"The magical Number Seven, plus or minus two\" refers to the storage capacity of _______________ memory

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short term

Question 24

Short-term recall is slightly better

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for random digits than for random letters

Question 25

Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing at the exact moment when he head of his grandfather\'s unexpected death. This best illustrates

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flashbulb memory

Question 26

A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in_____________ memory

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long-term

Question 27

The loss of memory is called

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amnesia

Question 28

A retention of skills and dispositions without conscious recollection is known as ___________ memory

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implicit

Question 29

When an eyewitness to an audio accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being used?

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recall

Question 30

Memories are primed by

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retrieval cues

Question 31

Watching a TV soap opera involving marital conflict and divorce led Andrea to recall several instances in which her husband had mistreated her. The effect of the TV program on Andrea\'s recall provides an example of

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priming

Question 32

Deja Vu refers to the

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eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event

Question 33

While in a context similar to one you\'ve been in before, you see a stranger who looks and walks like on of your friends. These circumstances are likely to trigger the experience of

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Deja Vu

Question 34

After his last drinking spree, Fakim his a half empty liquor bottle. He couldn\'t remember where he hid it until he started drinking again. Fakim\'s pattern of recall best illustrates

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state-dependent memory

Question 35

Ebbinaghuas discovered that the rate at which we forget newly learned information is initially

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rapid and subsequently slows down

Question 36

Old information can sometimes facilitate our learning of new information as when knowing

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positive transfer

Question 37

Among contemporary memory researchers, increasing numbers think that _____________ rearely, if ever, occurs

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repression

Question 38

Research on memory construction indicates that memories of past experiences are likely to be

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distorted by our current assumptions

Question 39

Loftus and Palmer asked two groups of observers how fast two cars had been going in a filmed traffic accident. Observers who heard the vividly descriptive word \"smashed\" in relation to the accident later recalled

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broken glass at the scene of the accident

Question 40

Research on memory construction indicates that

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false memories often feel as real as true memories

Question 41

People with vivid imaginations are more likely than others to experience a

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false memory

Question 42

Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony. After their painful divorce, however, they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event. Their recollections best illustrate the nature of

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memory construction

Question 43

Research on young children;s false eyewitness recollections has indicated that

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it is surprisingly difficult for both children and professional interviews to reliably separate the children\'s true memories from false memories

Question 44

When children are interviewed about their recollections of possible sexual abuse, their reports are especially credible if

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involved adults have not discussed the issue with them prior to the interview

Question 45

To help resolve the controversy over reports of repressed memories of sexual abuse, the major psychological and psychiatric associations suggested that

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adult memories of experiences happening before age 3 are unreliable

Question 46

Research reports of repression and recovered memories indicate that

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extremely stressful life experiences are especially likely to be well remembered

Question 47

People should avoid back to back study times for learning spanish and french vocabulary in order to minimize

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interference

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