PSYCH 111- Ch. 8 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
The remarks Tony's parents make only get on his nerves when he is in an evil mood, that
is, he perceives them as criticisms. When he is in a good mood, he hears the same kinds
of parental remarks as helpful suggestions. This best illustrates that our emotional
states influence the process of _________. ANSWER Encoding; the processing of
information into the memory system--ex. extracting meaning
The best possible answer is encoding because it refers to his reaction and
interpretation of the event as it occurs-as it is encoded-rather than retroactive
consideration.
Jeremy can process and store new information accurately, but when being tested on
what was learned he becomes anxious and cannot retrieve easily the new information
learned. Jeremy most clearly demonstrates difficulty with - ANSWER Retrieval; He
struggles from retrieving the memory he has already processed.
The address for tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen, but the image
disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write down the complete address. Much
to his surprise, however, he has retained a momentary mental image of the five-digit zip
code. His experience best illustrates ________ memory - ANSWER Iconic memory; a
momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli-- photographic or picture memory
By consciously rehearsing in many separate study sessions over the semester the facts
you need to learn, you are most clearly taking advantage of - ANSWER Distributed
practice; practice and repetition over time
A conscious memory of the name of the first president of the United States is a(n)
________ memory. - ANSWER Explicit; memory of facts and experiences that one can
consciously know and declare
Third-grader Tim learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses
Yellow" to help him remember how to spell "geography." Tim is using - ANSWER
Mnemonic; memory aid that uses vivid imagery and organizational devices
, Jamille is taking French in school. She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she
studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before
the test. This illustrates what is known as - ANSWER Spacing Effect
Following treatment in a group of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Karen
falsely remembered aspects of others' traumatic life experiences as part of her own life
history. This best illustrates the risks of - ANSWER source amnesia, that is, attributing to
the wrong source an event we have experienced, here Karen is attributing the details
from others' traumatic stories to her own history
Andrea's recalling a number of instances where her husband had mistreated her after
watching a TV soap opera that featured marital conflict and divorce is an example of -
ANSWER Priming; the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in
memory
Every time 80-year-old Ida would glance at one of her old wedding pictures, she was
overwhelmed by distinct memories of her parents, her husband, and the early years of
her marriage. The picture served as a powerful retrieval cue; bits of information that you
can later use to access the information, in this case, pictures of her wedding.
Memory of your familiar old e-mail password may block the recall of your new password.
- ANSWER Proactive interference; the forward-acting disruptive effect of prior learning
on the recall of new information
Because her memory trace has faded, Dr. Jordan remembers much less about the
organic chemistry that as a medical student she had learned well. Her memory loss best
illustrates _____. ANSWER Storage decay; after encoding something well, we sometimes
later forget
Although she suffered a stroke, Farina could learn to hit a tennis ball. She was unable,
however, to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who worked
with her each day to develop her tennis swing. Farina is most likely to have suffered
damage to her ANSWER Hippocampus; helps process explicit memories for storage
The remarks Tony's parents make only get on his nerves when he is in an evil mood, that
is, he perceives them as criticisms. When he is in a good mood, he hears the same kinds
of parental remarks as helpful suggestions. This best illustrates that our emotional
states influence the process of _________. ANSWER Encoding; the processing of
information into the memory system--ex. extracting meaning
The best possible answer is encoding because it refers to his reaction and
interpretation of the event as it occurs-as it is encoded-rather than retroactive
consideration.
Jeremy can process and store new information accurately, but when being tested on
what was learned he becomes anxious and cannot retrieve easily the new information
learned. Jeremy most clearly demonstrates difficulty with - ANSWER Retrieval; He
struggles from retrieving the memory he has already processed.
The address for tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen, but the image
disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write down the complete address. Much
to his surprise, however, he has retained a momentary mental image of the five-digit zip
code. His experience best illustrates ________ memory - ANSWER Iconic memory; a
momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli-- photographic or picture memory
By consciously rehearsing in many separate study sessions over the semester the facts
you need to learn, you are most clearly taking advantage of - ANSWER Distributed
practice; practice and repetition over time
A conscious memory of the name of the first president of the United States is a(n)
________ memory. - ANSWER Explicit; memory of facts and experiences that one can
consciously know and declare
Third-grader Tim learns the sentence "George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses
Yellow" to help him remember how to spell "geography." Tim is using - ANSWER
Mnemonic; memory aid that uses vivid imagery and organizational devices
, Jamille is taking French in school. She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she
studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before
the test. This illustrates what is known as - ANSWER Spacing Effect
Following treatment in a group of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Karen
falsely remembered aspects of others' traumatic life experiences as part of her own life
history. This best illustrates the risks of - ANSWER source amnesia, that is, attributing to
the wrong source an event we have experienced, here Karen is attributing the details
from others' traumatic stories to her own history
Andrea's recalling a number of instances where her husband had mistreated her after
watching a TV soap opera that featured marital conflict and divorce is an example of -
ANSWER Priming; the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in
memory
Every time 80-year-old Ida would glance at one of her old wedding pictures, she was
overwhelmed by distinct memories of her parents, her husband, and the early years of
her marriage. The picture served as a powerful retrieval cue; bits of information that you
can later use to access the information, in this case, pictures of her wedding.
Memory of your familiar old e-mail password may block the recall of your new password.
- ANSWER Proactive interference; the forward-acting disruptive effect of prior learning
on the recall of new information
Because her memory trace has faded, Dr. Jordan remembers much less about the
organic chemistry that as a medical student she had learned well. Her memory loss best
illustrates _____. ANSWER Storage decay; after encoding something well, we sometimes
later forget
Although she suffered a stroke, Farina could learn to hit a tennis ball. She was unable,
however, to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who worked
with her each day to develop her tennis swing. Farina is most likely to have suffered
damage to her ANSWER Hippocampus; helps process explicit memories for storage
