Human Memory 4th Edition
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#z by Gabriel A. Radvansky
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Chapter # z 1: # z Overview #z and # z History
1. A relatively permanent record of an experience is the essence of .
a) behavioral potential
b) learning
c) memory *
d) performance
2. Which is not a way that the term “memory” is used by psychologists?
a) as a unit of analysis *
b) as a storage mechanism
c) as a process
d) as a record
3. Memory is .
a) a storage facility
b) the result of experience
c) a process
d) all of the above *
4. Which is NOT a way that the term memory is used?
a) an item that holds the contents of previous experiences
b) a location where information is kept
c) mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, or retrieving information
d) a perfect replication of events *
5. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of learning?
a) behavior potential
b) maturation *
c) relative permanence
d) experience
6. Learning is .
a) a relatively permanent change in behavior potential
b) a process
c) the result of experience
d) all of the above *
7. What is a good definition of learning?
a) a change in the potential to alter behavior as a consequence of experience *
b) putting information in the memory store
c) retaining contents of experience
d) the mental process used to acquire, store, or retrieve information
,8. An #zengram #zis #zto #zmemory #zas .
a) a #zkeyboard #zis #zto #za #zcomputer
b) a #zmouse #zis #zto #za #zcomputer
c) a #zfile #zis #zto #za #zcomputer #z*
d) a #zcentral #zprocessing #zunit #zis #zto #za #zcomputer
9. Why #zare #zthere #zso #zmany #zmetaphors #zfor #zmemory?
a) because #zmemory #zcannot #zbe #zstudied #zobjectively
b) to #zdemonstrate #zthat #zall #zof #zour #zmemories #zare #zdifferent
c) because #zwe #zcannot #zobserve #zmemory #zdirectly #z*
d) because #zpeople’s #zattitudes #zand #zopinions #zchange #zso #zmuch #zover #ztime
10. Metaphors #zfor #zmemory #z(like #za #zrecorder #zor #zorganized #zstorage) #zare #zused #zbecause .
a) the #zuncomplicated #znature #zof #zmemory #zmakes #zmetaphors #zeasy #zto #zfind
b) memory #zmust #zbe #zobserved #zindirectly, #zso #zmetaphors #zare #zuseful #ztools #zfor
#zunderstanding #z its #z complexities #z *
c) you #zcan #zexercise #zyour #zmemory #zlike #za #zmuscle, #zso #zcreating #znew #zmetaphors
#zmakes #zyour #z memory #z more #z efficient
d) using #zlanguage #zas #za #zmental #zrepresentation #zprevents #zmemory #zloss
11. Which #zmetaphor #zcaptures #zthe #zidea #zthat #zthere #zis #zan #zorganization #zto #zmemory?
a) cow’s # z stomach
b) lock #zand #zkey
c) video #z camera
d) network #z*
12. Which #zmetaphor #zcaptures #zthe #zidea #zthat #zinformation #zin #zmemory #zcan #zbe #zforgotten?
a) leaky #zbucket #z*
b) computer
c) junk #zdrawer
d) library
13. Which #zmetaphor #zof #zmemory #zconveys #zthe #zidea #zthat #zmemories #zare #zdiscrete
#zcollections #zof #z information?
a) hidden #zobserver
b) computer
c) literacy #z*
d) aviary
14. One #zcontribution #zof #zPlato’s #zphilosophy #zto #zwork #zon #zmemory #zwas #zthe #zidea #zthat .
a) different #zimpressions #zvary #zin #zquality #z*
b) memory #zis #ztied #zexclusively #zto #zexperience
c) no #zman #zis #zan #zisland
d) memories #zare #zstored #zin #za #zcollective #zsubconscious
, 15. Aristotle’s # z laws # z of # z association # z include # z all # z of # z the # z following # z EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) contiguity
c) contrast
d) idealized # z abstractions # z *
16. Aristotle’s # z laws # z of # z association # z include # z all # z of # z the # z following # z EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) regularity # z *
c) contrast
d) contiguity
17. Who #zwas #zthe #zseventeenth-century #zscientist/philosopher #zwho #zdeveloped #za #zsophisticated
#ztheory #z of #z memory #z but #z never #z followed #z up #z on #zit, #zleaving #z it #z to #z fall #z into #z obscurity,
#z further #z delaying #z the #z onset #z of #z a #z scientific #z study #z of #z memory?
a) Isaac #zNewton
b) Robert #zHooke #z*
c) Charles # z Darwin
d) Benjamin # z Franklin
18. What #zinfluence #zdid #zDarwin #zhave #zon #ztheories #zof #zmemory?
a) the #zidea #zthat #zmemory #zdevelops #zin #za #zperson #zthrough #za #zselection #zprocess
b) the #zconcept #zthat #zmemory #zis #zdependent #zon #za #zcomplex #zbrain
c) the #zidea #zthat #zmemory #zhas #zdeveloped #zover #zthe #zgenerations #zto #zadapt #zto #zthe
#zdemands #zof #z the #z environment #z *
d) none
19. Memory #zdevelopment #zin #za #zperson #zis #zguided #zby #zhis #zor #zher #zDNA.
a) true
b) false
c) partially # z true*
d) true, #zexcept #zfor #zcases #zof #zbrain #zdamage
20. An #zimportant #zconcept #zthat #zis #zheavily #zused #zin #ztheories #zof #zmemory #zthat #zdeveloped #zout
#zof #zthe #z empiricist #z tradition #z is .
a) the # z association # z *
b) adaptation #zto #zchanges #zin #zthe #zenvironment
c) the #zengram
d) separation #zof #zmind #zand #zbody
21. Empiricists #zsuch #zas #zAristotle #zbelieved #zthat #zmemory #zoperates #zas .
a) associations #zbetween #zexperiences #zor #zstimuli #z*
b) a #zbridge #zbetween #zperceptions #zand #zrational #zabstractions #z(since #zempirical
#zobservations #z are #z often #z distorted)
c) an #zabstract, #zperfect #zrealm #zwithout #zneed #zfor #zadditional #zinquiry
d) the #zrational #zlink #zbetween #zthe #zmind #zand #zthe #zbody