Test Bank For Memory 3rd Edition By Alan Baddeley; Michael W. Eysenck; Michael C. Anderson

TEST BANK Human Memory 4th Edition by Gabriel Radvansky
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Chapterc1:cOverviewcandcHistory

1. Acrelativelycpermanentcrecordcofcancexperienceciscthecessencecofc .
a) behavioralcpotential
b) learning
c) memoryc*
d) performance

2. Whichciscnotcacwaycthatcthectermc“memory”ciscusedcbycpsychologists?
a) ascacunitcofcanalysisc*
b) ascacstoragecmechanism
c) ascacprocess
d) ascacrecord

3. Memorycisc .
a) acstoragecfacility
b) thecresultcofcexperience
c) acprocess
d) allcofcthecabovec*

4. WhichciscNOTcacwaycthatcthectermcmemoryciscused?
a) ancitemcthatcholdsctheccontentscofcpreviouscexperiences
b) aclocationcwherecinformationcisckept
c) mentalcprocessescinvolvedcincacquiring,cstoring,corcretrievingcinformation
d) acperfectcreplicationcofceventsc*

5. WhichcofcthecfollowingciscNOTcancaspectcofclearning?
a) behaviorcpotential
b) maturationc*
c) relativecpermanence
d) experience

6. Learningcisc .
a) acrelativelycpermanentcchangecincbehaviorcpotential
b) acprocess
c) thecresultcofcexperience
d) allcofcthecabovec*

7. Whatciscacgoodcdefinitioncofclearning?
a) acchangecincthecpotentialctocaltercbehaviorcascacconsequencecofcexperiencec*
b) puttingcinformationcincthecmemorycstore
c) retainingccontentscofcexperience
d) thecmentalcprocesscusedctocacquire,cstore,corcretrievecinformation

,8. Ancengramcisctocmemorycasc .
a) ackeyboardcisctocaccomputer
b) acmousecisctocaccomputer
c) acfilecisctocaccomputerc*
d) accentralcprocessingcunitcisctocaccomputer

9. Whycarectherecsocmanycmetaphorscforcmemory?
a) becausecmemoryccannotcbecstudiedcobjectively
b) tocdemonstratecthatcallcofcourcmemoriescarecdifferent
c) becausecweccannotcobservecmemorycdirectlyc*
d) becausecpeople’scattitudescandcopinionscchangecsocmuchcoverctime

10. Metaphorscforcmemoryc(likecacrecordercorcorganizedcstorage)carecusedcbecausec .
a) thecuncomplicatedcnaturecofcmemorycmakescmetaphorsceasyctocfind
b) memorycmustcbecobservedcindirectly,csocmetaphorscarecusefulctoolscforcunderstandingcit
sccomplexitiesc*
c) youccancexercisecyourcmemoryclikecacmuscle,csoccreatingcnewcmetaphorscmakescyourcm
emorycmorecefficient
d) usingclanguagecascacmentalcrepresentationcpreventscmemorycloss

11. Whichcmetaphorccapturescthecideacthatcthereciscancorganizationctocmemory?
a) cow’scstomach
b) lockcandckey
c) videoccamera
d) networkc*

12. Whichcmetaphorccapturescthecideacthatcinformationcincmemoryccancbecforgotten?
a) leakycbucketc*
b) computer
c) junkcdrawer
d) library

13. Whichcmetaphorcofcmemorycconveyscthecideacthatcmemoriescarecdiscreteccollectionscofcin
formation?
a) hiddencobserver
b) computer
c) literacyc*
d) aviary

14. OneccontributioncofcPlato’scphilosophyctocworkconcmemorycwascthecideacthatc .
a) differentcimpressionscvarycincqualityc*
b) memorycisctiedcexclusivelyctocexperience
c) nocmanciscancisland
d) memoriescarecstoredcincaccollectivecsubconscious

,15. Aristotle’sclawscofcassociationcincludecallcofcthecfollowingcEXCEPTc .
a) similarity
b) contiguity
c) contrast
d) idealizedcabstractionsc*

16. Aristotle’sclawscofcassociationcincludecallcofcthecfollowingcEXCEPTc .
a) similarity
b) regularityc*
c) contrast
d) contiguity

17. Whocwascthecseventeenth-
centurycscientist/philosophercwhocdevelopedcacsophisticatedctheorycofcmemorycbutcnevercfollo
wedcupconcit,cleavingcitctocfallcintocobscurity,cfurthercdelayingctheconsetcofcacscientificcstudycofcm
emory?
a) IsaaccNewton
b) RobertcHookec*
c) CharlescDarwin
d) BenjamincFranklin

18. WhatcinfluencecdidcDarwinchaveconctheoriescofcmemory?
a) thecideacthatcmemorycdevelopscincacpersoncthroughcacselectioncprocess
b) thecconceptcthatcmemoryciscdependentconcaccomplexcbrain
c) thecideacthatcmemorychascdevelopedcovercthecgenerationsctocadaptctocthecdemandscofcth
ecenvironmentc*
d) none

19. MemorycdevelopmentcincacpersonciscguidedcbychiscorchercDNA.
a) true
b) false
c) partiallyctrue*
d) true,cexceptcforccasescofcbraincdamage

20. Ancimportantcconceptcthatcischeavilycusedcinctheoriescofcmemorycthatcdevelopedcoutcofcthece
mpiricistctraditioncisc .
a) thecassociationc*
b) adaptationctocchangescincthecenvironment
c) thecengram
d) separationcofcmindcandcbody

21. EmpiricistscsuchcascAristotlecbelievedcthatcmemorycoperatescasc .
a) associationscbetweencexperiencescorcstimulic*
b) acbridgecbetweencperceptionscandcrationalcabstractionsc(sincecempiricalcobservationsca
recoftencdistorted)
c) ancabstract,cperfectcrealmcwithoutcneedcforcadditionalcinquiry
d) thecrationalclinkcbetweencthecmindcandcthecbody

, 22. Ancimportantcideacforcmemorycresearchctakencfromcthecrationalistctraditioncincphilosophyciscth
atc .
a) thecmindciscrational
b) everythingciscexplainablecwithcempiricalctesting
c) geneticsciscthecguidectocunderstandingcmemorycatcitscbasicclevel
d) thecmindcactivelycconstructscourcinterpretationcofcrealityc*

23. SomethingcdiscoveredcbycEbbinghauscthatcdescribescacprocesscthatccancreducectheceffectscofcfo
rgettingcisc .
a) forgettingccurve
b) overlearningc*
c) learningccurve
d) savings

24. Ebbinghauscusedcnonsensecsyllablesctocstudycmemorycbecausec .
a) hecwantedctocstudycmemorycincitscpurecformc*
b) hecdidcnotchavecothercpeoplectoctest
c) theycareceasyctoccreatecincGerman
d) hecwantedcancexperimentallyccleancwayctocassesscpriorcknowledge

25. WhichcofcthecfollowingciscNOTcacprinciplecofcmemorycdiscoveredcbycEbbinghaus?
a) learningccurve
b) schemac*
c) savings
d) distributioncofcpractice

26. Whichcofcthecfollowingcimportantcfigurescincthechistorycofcmemorycresearchcwascinterestedcinch
owcpriorcknowledgecinfluencescmemory?
a) Ebbinghaus
b) Bartlettc*
c) Thorndike
d) Tolman

27. WhatciscancimportantcconceptcincmemorycdevelopedcbycBartlett?
a) learningccurve
b) schemac*
c) savings
d) distributioncofcpractice

28. WhatciscancimportantcdistinctioncinctypescofcmemorycmadecbycWilliamcJames?
a) memorycstorechegemony
b) hierarchicalcrotations
c) thecdifferencecbetweencprimarycandcsecondarycmemoryc*
d) thecdifferencecbetweencproceduralcandcdeclarativecmemory