PSYC 387 Learning Psychology Unit 7 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update
2026/2027
According to the _____ metaphor, experiences are stashed in the brain like photographs in an
album.
a) storage
b) cache
c) stockpile
d) collector - Answers a) storage
Kamil and Balda found that Clark's nutcrackers could recall the location of food caches for up to
6 ____________.
a) hours
b) days
c) weeks
d) months - Answers d) months
Endel Tulving said that _____ memories have to do with "knowledge of the world."
a) semantic
b) episodic
c) linguistic
d) academic - Answers a) semantic
Memories that cannot be expressed are called
a) ineffable
b) nondeclarative
c) explicit
d) motoric - Answers b) nondeclarative
Riding a bicycle is an example of ____ memory.
a) rotary
b) procedural
, c) physical
d) muscular - Answers b) procedural
Forgetting can be measured as a flattening of the generalization gradient, a procedure called
gradient____________.
a) levelling
b) degradation
c) reduction
d) deterioration - Answers b) degradation
When measuring forgetting using the extinction method, the behaviour studied is
a) put on extinction before the retention interval
b) put on extinction after the retention interval
c) alternately extinguished and retrained
d) completely extinguished before training begins - Answers b) put on extinction after the
retention interval
The first person to argue that the passage of time does not cause forgetting was probably
__________.
a) Ebbinghaus
b) McGeoch
c) Steinmetz
d) Underwood - Answers b) McGeoch
The "man who couldn't forget" was studied by
a) Freud
b) Luria
c) Ebbinghaus
d) Underwood - Answers b) Luria
When what we learned on Monday interferes with our ability to recall what we learned the
following Tuesday, we speak of ____________.
2026/2027
According to the _____ metaphor, experiences are stashed in the brain like photographs in an
album.
a) storage
b) cache
c) stockpile
d) collector - Answers a) storage
Kamil and Balda found that Clark's nutcrackers could recall the location of food caches for up to
6 ____________.
a) hours
b) days
c) weeks
d) months - Answers d) months
Endel Tulving said that _____ memories have to do with "knowledge of the world."
a) semantic
b) episodic
c) linguistic
d) academic - Answers a) semantic
Memories that cannot be expressed are called
a) ineffable
b) nondeclarative
c) explicit
d) motoric - Answers b) nondeclarative
Riding a bicycle is an example of ____ memory.
a) rotary
b) procedural
, c) physical
d) muscular - Answers b) procedural
Forgetting can be measured as a flattening of the generalization gradient, a procedure called
gradient____________.
a) levelling
b) degradation
c) reduction
d) deterioration - Answers b) degradation
When measuring forgetting using the extinction method, the behaviour studied is
a) put on extinction before the retention interval
b) put on extinction after the retention interval
c) alternately extinguished and retrained
d) completely extinguished before training begins - Answers b) put on extinction after the
retention interval
The first person to argue that the passage of time does not cause forgetting was probably
__________.
a) Ebbinghaus
b) McGeoch
c) Steinmetz
d) Underwood - Answers b) McGeoch
The "man who couldn't forget" was studied by
a) Freud
b) Luria
c) Ebbinghaus
d) Underwood - Answers b) Luria
When what we learned on Monday interferes with our ability to recall what we learned the
following Tuesday, we speak of ____________.
