UNCW psych 105 exam 3
We can test memory in many different ways (e.g. recall, recognition,savings). What do
the results of these various test demonstrate?
A. Each memory is stored in a single location in the brain.
B. People might or might not remember something, depending on how we test them.
C, These testing methods are valid with children but not adults.
D. People who learn something in school usually forget it in real life.
E. There is no way to test the accuracy of memory. - ANS-B
Remembering how to ride a boke is and ex. of ____ memory. Remembering how many
items can be held in short-term memory is an example of_____.
A. declarative; explicit
B. procedural; semantic
C. episodic; procedural
D. semantic; procedural
E. explicit; declarative - ANS-B
Which of the following support the conclusion that memory is more like a reconstruction
than video playback?
A. We use confabulation to fill in details
B. Our memory can be influenced by our expectations
C. leading questions can change our memory.
D. We can form vivid false memories of things that never happened.
E. All of the above. - ANS-E
You remember phone numbers more easily by grouping numbers together. What is this
method called?
A. the von restorff effect
B. the savings method
C. chunking
D. confabulation
E. bit mapping - ANS-C
This test question is an ex. of measuring memory using a ____ test.
A. fee call
B. cued recall
C. recognition
D. time savings
, E. procedural - ANS-C
The Information Processing Model compares human memory to____.
A. a car engine
B. muscles
C. a computer
D. hydraulics
E. tools - ANS-C
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding short term memory?
A. short term memory lasts about 20 seconds without rehearsal
B. short term memory is a limited capacity store
C. information from short term mem can enter long term mem
D. you cant do anything with the info in short term mem
E. you can use chunking to increase the amount of info you can hold in short term mem
- ANS-D
Which of the following would you use the phonological loop for?
A. rearranging furniture in your room
B. imagining what vanilla ice cream tastes like.
C. repeating your student ID number until youve memorized it
D. remembering childhood address
E. recalling a flashbulb memory - ANS-C
if you are having a hard time remembering info for this test bc u keep thinking about info
on the previous test you may be experiencing what?
A. proactive interference
B. retroactive interference
C. decay
D. interruption
E. Memory loss - ANS-A
After a car accident, Robert cant remember the hours leading up to the accident. What
kind of memory problem is he experiencing?
A. anterograde amnesia
B. a source-monitoring error
C. retrograde amnesia
D. state-dependent memory
E. long term pontentiation - ANS-C
We can test memory in many different ways (e.g. recall, recognition,savings). What do
the results of these various test demonstrate?
A. Each memory is stored in a single location in the brain.
B. People might or might not remember something, depending on how we test them.
C, These testing methods are valid with children but not adults.
D. People who learn something in school usually forget it in real life.
E. There is no way to test the accuracy of memory. - ANS-B
Remembering how to ride a boke is and ex. of ____ memory. Remembering how many
items can be held in short-term memory is an example of_____.
A. declarative; explicit
B. procedural; semantic
C. episodic; procedural
D. semantic; procedural
E. explicit; declarative - ANS-B
Which of the following support the conclusion that memory is more like a reconstruction
than video playback?
A. We use confabulation to fill in details
B. Our memory can be influenced by our expectations
C. leading questions can change our memory.
D. We can form vivid false memories of things that never happened.
E. All of the above. - ANS-E
You remember phone numbers more easily by grouping numbers together. What is this
method called?
A. the von restorff effect
B. the savings method
C. chunking
D. confabulation
E. bit mapping - ANS-C
This test question is an ex. of measuring memory using a ____ test.
A. fee call
B. cued recall
C. recognition
D. time savings
, E. procedural - ANS-C
The Information Processing Model compares human memory to____.
A. a car engine
B. muscles
C. a computer
D. hydraulics
E. tools - ANS-C
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding short term memory?
A. short term memory lasts about 20 seconds without rehearsal
B. short term memory is a limited capacity store
C. information from short term mem can enter long term mem
D. you cant do anything with the info in short term mem
E. you can use chunking to increase the amount of info you can hold in short term mem
- ANS-D
Which of the following would you use the phonological loop for?
A. rearranging furniture in your room
B. imagining what vanilla ice cream tastes like.
C. repeating your student ID number until youve memorized it
D. remembering childhood address
E. recalling a flashbulb memory - ANS-C
if you are having a hard time remembering info for this test bc u keep thinking about info
on the previous test you may be experiencing what?
A. proactive interference
B. retroactive interference
C. decay
D. interruption
E. Memory loss - ANS-A
After a car accident, Robert cant remember the hours leading up to the accident. What
kind of memory problem is he experiencing?
A. anterograde amnesia
B. a source-monitoring error
C. retrograde amnesia
D. state-dependent memory
E. long term pontentiation - ANS-C
