Psychology Exam questions and
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This is an internal record or representation of some prior event or experience - ANS✅✅memory
The organization and shaping of information during processing, storage, and retrieval of memories is
called - ANS✅✅a constructive process
The three steps in memory model, which of the following is the correct memory pathway? -
ANS✅✅Encoding, storage, retrieval
In the three-stage memory model, which of the following is the correct memory pathway? -
ANS✅✅Sensory memory -- short-term memory -- long term memory
According to the three-stage memory model, information must first enter __________ memory, and
transfer to __________ memory, and then to __________ memory to be retained in our memory
systems - ANS✅✅Sensory; short-term; long-term
____________ is / are characterized by information that lasts for a few seconds or less, a large but
not unlimited storage capacity, and transmission of an accurate but not perfect "image" -
ANS✅✅Sensory memory
Selma can recall what her friend Toni said to her a few seconds ago about going shopping together
even though Selma was busy sending an email to her boss. What type of recall or memory is Selma
using? - ANS✅✅Echoic memory
Lucy is seeing light from a flashlight in a dark room as a continuous stream shortly after it is flashed.
What type of memory is this? - ANS✅✅Iconic
Hearing a tone for a split second after the tone has stopped is an example of __________ memory -
ANS✅✅Echoic
Which of the following best describes the process of chunking? - ANS✅✅Anna listens to her
mother's grocery list and intermind she groups all of the fruits together, and all the vegetables so
she can easily remember what to get at the store
, The tools the STM "worker" uses during active processing include - ANS✅✅Chunking,
maintenance rehearsal, and encoding
Other 3 memory stages, ____________ has the greatest capacity and __________has the longest
duration - ANS✅✅Long term memory; long term memory
You can extend the duration of STM through ____________ and the capacity of STM through
_____________ - ANS✅✅Maintenance rehearsal; chunking
What is the term for the general knowledge of what you have learned so far in this course? -
ANS✅✅Semantic memory
__________ devices improve memory by encoding items in a special way - ANS✅✅Mnemonic
Stephen is studying and needs to remember the pathway for vision, so he imagines walking into his
house, noting the cornea peephole in the door, and a People seated in the kitchen hands him a lens
as he entered the bedroom where retinal blanket has pictures of rods and cones. This is an example
of - ANS✅✅The method of loci
Just as chunking is a form of STM organization, __________ is / are a form of LTM organization -
ANS✅✅Hierarchies
Based on Research, if you play an audio tape of your history class while you're fully asleep you are
most likely to remember________ of the tape - ANS✅✅None
Nanette highlights the margin definitions of terms in her psychology textbook; Nathan thinks about
how each term applies to his own life or two other Concepts in the chapter. Nathan is more likely to
recall and use the terms better on an essay exam because he - ANS✅✅Processed the terms at a
deeper level than did the Nanette
If you study in an environment that keeps you relaxed but alert, the encoding specificity principle
suggests you will do best when tested if you - ANS✅✅Get adequate rest the night before, and
breathe deeply during the test
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This is an internal record or representation of some prior event or experience - ANS✅✅memory
The organization and shaping of information during processing, storage, and retrieval of memories is
called - ANS✅✅a constructive process
The three steps in memory model, which of the following is the correct memory pathway? -
ANS✅✅Encoding, storage, retrieval
In the three-stage memory model, which of the following is the correct memory pathway? -
ANS✅✅Sensory memory -- short-term memory -- long term memory
According to the three-stage memory model, information must first enter __________ memory, and
transfer to __________ memory, and then to __________ memory to be retained in our memory
systems - ANS✅✅Sensory; short-term; long-term
____________ is / are characterized by information that lasts for a few seconds or less, a large but
not unlimited storage capacity, and transmission of an accurate but not perfect "image" -
ANS✅✅Sensory memory
Selma can recall what her friend Toni said to her a few seconds ago about going shopping together
even though Selma was busy sending an email to her boss. What type of recall or memory is Selma
using? - ANS✅✅Echoic memory
Lucy is seeing light from a flashlight in a dark room as a continuous stream shortly after it is flashed.
What type of memory is this? - ANS✅✅Iconic
Hearing a tone for a split second after the tone has stopped is an example of __________ memory -
ANS✅✅Echoic
Which of the following best describes the process of chunking? - ANS✅✅Anna listens to her
mother's grocery list and intermind she groups all of the fruits together, and all the vegetables so
she can easily remember what to get at the store
, The tools the STM "worker" uses during active processing include - ANS✅✅Chunking,
maintenance rehearsal, and encoding
Other 3 memory stages, ____________ has the greatest capacity and __________has the longest
duration - ANS✅✅Long term memory; long term memory
You can extend the duration of STM through ____________ and the capacity of STM through
_____________ - ANS✅✅Maintenance rehearsal; chunking
What is the term for the general knowledge of what you have learned so far in this course? -
ANS✅✅Semantic memory
__________ devices improve memory by encoding items in a special way - ANS✅✅Mnemonic
Stephen is studying and needs to remember the pathway for vision, so he imagines walking into his
house, noting the cornea peephole in the door, and a People seated in the kitchen hands him a lens
as he entered the bedroom where retinal blanket has pictures of rods and cones. This is an example
of - ANS✅✅The method of loci
Just as chunking is a form of STM organization, __________ is / are a form of LTM organization -
ANS✅✅Hierarchies
Based on Research, if you play an audio tape of your history class while you're fully asleep you are
most likely to remember________ of the tape - ANS✅✅None
Nanette highlights the margin definitions of terms in her psychology textbook; Nathan thinks about
how each term applies to his own life or two other Concepts in the chapter. Nathan is more likely to
recall and use the terms better on an essay exam because he - ANS✅✅Processed the terms at a
deeper level than did the Nanette
If you study in an environment that keeps you relaxed but alert, the encoding specificity principle
suggests you will do best when tested if you - ANS✅✅Get adequate rest the night before, and
breathe deeply during the test
