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Which of the following is a way police have changed their interrogation
techniques to lower the risk of false memory syndrome? Police have
______________________ .
a
decided to only prosecute cases with DNA evidence
b.
modified the way witnesses are questioned
c
required new officers to study psychology and learn about false memory
syndrome
d
spoken to victim advocacy groups to learn more about sensitivity -
(answers)modified the way witnesses are questioned
When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on
______________________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-
term memory storage system that helps you choose the correct answer.
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a
encoding
b
recognition
c
storage
d
the Stroop effect - (answers)recognition
Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors
and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from
before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ______________________
amnesia.
a
anterograde
b
flashbulb
c
graduated
d
retrograde - (answers)retrograde
What is the main idea of levels of processing theory?
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a
Aerobic exercise promotes neurogenesis.
b
If you want to remember a piece of information, you should think about it more
deeply and link it to other information and memories to make it more meaningful.
c
In order to remember information, you should build a web of retrieval cues to
help you access material when you want to remember it.
d
Overlearning can help prevent storage decay. - (answers)If you want to remember
a piece of information, you should think about it more deeply and link it to other
information and memories to make it more meaningful.
Encoding information occurs through ______________________ .
a
automatic processing and effortful processing
b
automatic storing and effortful retrieving
c
processing and storing
d
storing and retrieving - (answers)automatic processing and effortful processing
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Which of the following is a good example of acoustic encoding?
a
being able to hum the tune to a song even when you can't remember the lyrics
b
dreaming about an airport and deciding to take a trip
c
remembering the names of the Great Lakes with the acronym HOMES
d
thinking about a bike you plan to buy and having the image of the bike appear in
your mind - (answers)being able to hum the tune to a song even when you can't
remember the lyrics
The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ______________________
, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ______________________
.
a
coding; recoding
b
construction; reconstruction
c
equipotentiality; amnesia
d
information; misinformation - (answers)construction; reconstruction