PSYC575 Quiz Representation of Knowledge and Human Memory Encoding Storage (Liberty University Online)
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When Shepard compared subjects' memory for sentences versus memory for pictures,
he found that the subjects:
had a higher rate of errors in the sentence condition than in the picture condition.
had the same number of errors in the picture condition as in the sentence c...
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Quiz: Representation of Knowledge and Human Memory: Encoding & Storage
Score for this quiz: 80 out of 100
Submitted Jul 21 at 10:44pm
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Question 1
2..5 pts
When Shepard compared subjects' memory for sentences versus memory for pictures,
he found that the subjects:
had a higher rate of errors in the sentence condition than in the picture condition.
had the same number of errors in the picture condition as in the sentence condition.
had a higher rate of errors in the picture condition than in the sentence condition.
were able to remember not only the gist of the pictures, but the verbatim record of the
sentences.
IncorrectQuestion 2
.5 pts
What regions of Andy's brain are activated as Andy processes verbal and visual
information?
occipital regions
temporal regions
prefrontal regions
parietal regions
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Question 3
2..5 pts
Exemplar theories hold that we store:
several different instances of a category but abstract a general model for comparison
purposes.
a number of different instances of a category and judge new instances by degree of
similarity.
a general representation of a category, but when it comes time to judge, we generate
specific instances for comparison.
a general representation of a category and judge instances by degree of similarity.
Question 4
2..5 pts
Suppose you went to a university workshop on how to apply for financial aid and were
given a short set of explicit instructions at the end. After handing out aid forms, the
instructor then asked you to report how much of the verbatim instructions you recall.
Which statement indicates what you probably would recall from the instructions?
I would probably recall the style of the message, but not the meaning.
I would probably recall both meaning and sentence structure.
I would probably recall the gist of the instructions.
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I would probably recall the instructions verbatim.
Question 5
2..5 pts
Which statement is NOT true of propositions?
A proposition preserves the detail of linguistic information.
A proposition is the smallest unit of knowledge that can stand as a separate assertion.
Propositions provide an analytic tool for understanding meaningful information.
Propositions represent meaningful structures in language.
Question 6
2..5 pts
Although an ostrich cannot fly, we still recognize it as a bird. This illustrates the fact that
schemas:
encode both general information and specific features in the same slot.
may be inaccurate and undependable in certain situations.
can accommodate exceptions to general rules.
focus on visual detail as opposed to general features.
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