Psychology 100 Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions with CORRECT Answers | 2026
• The __________________ is the brain area primarily responsible for working memory.
-✓✓ Correct Prefrontal cortex
Frontal lobes
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
• Activities such as walking down the stairs and tying your shoe are a part of your
_______. -✓✓ Declarative memory
Correct Implicit memory
Working memory
Episodic memory
• Multiple choice exams are to _________________ as essay exams are to
____________. -✓✓ Recall; recognition
Relearning; recall
Correct Recognition; recall
Recall; relearning
• ____________________ occurs when an individual cannot recall a trauma that
occurred in his/her life because it is too painful to remember. -✓✓ Correct Repression
False memories
Retrograde amnesia
Infantile amnesia
• When a person has a better memory for items at the end of a list, the _____________
is demonstrated. -✓✓ Correct Recency effect
Lasting effect
Metamemory effect
Primacy effect
• The part of the brain which is critical to working memory function is: -✓✓ The parietal
lobes
Correct The hippocampal region
The frontal lobes
The temporal lobes
• When new learning gets in the way of recalling previously learned information,
_______ has occurred. -✓✓ Proactive interference
Anterograde amnesia
Correct Retroactive interference
Retrograde amnesia
Questions with CORRECT Answers | 2026
• The __________________ is the brain area primarily responsible for working memory.
-✓✓ Correct Prefrontal cortex
Frontal lobes
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
• Activities such as walking down the stairs and tying your shoe are a part of your
_______. -✓✓ Declarative memory
Correct Implicit memory
Working memory
Episodic memory
• Multiple choice exams are to _________________ as essay exams are to
____________. -✓✓ Recall; recognition
Relearning; recall
Correct Recognition; recall
Recall; relearning
• ____________________ occurs when an individual cannot recall a trauma that
occurred in his/her life because it is too painful to remember. -✓✓ Correct Repression
False memories
Retrograde amnesia
Infantile amnesia
• When a person has a better memory for items at the end of a list, the _____________
is demonstrated. -✓✓ Correct Recency effect
Lasting effect
Metamemory effect
Primacy effect
• The part of the brain which is critical to working memory function is: -✓✓ The parietal
lobes
Correct The hippocampal region
The frontal lobes
The temporal lobes
• When new learning gets in the way of recalling previously learned information,
_______ has occurred. -✓✓ Proactive interference
Anterograde amnesia
Correct Retroactive interference
Retrograde amnesia
