PSY NEUROANATOMY OF MEMORY TEST 8 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATE 2024

1. Which of the following is NOT a cognitive process involved in memory? a. Perceiving b. Encoding c. Storage d. Retrieval e. Recalling Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-1 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Factual Answer: a. Perceiving 8.1-2. The process by which sensory information is converted into a form that can be useful to the brain's memory system is called a. sensation. b. encoding. c. information processing. d. transduction. e. perception. Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-2 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Factual Answer: b. encoding. 8.1-3. When you were a child you probably learned a rhyme for remembering the alphabet. This was a technique that helped you with the of this information, one of the basic cognitive processes of memory. a. information processing b. encoding c. input d. transduction e. perception Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-3 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Applied Answer: b. encoding 8.1-4. The form of memory that has the shortest duration is called memory. a. sensory b. perceptual c. short-term d. episodic e. semantic Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-4 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Factual Answer: a. sensory 8.1-5. Which of the following is NOT a feature of sensory memory? a. It contains all or most of what has just been perceived. b. It is difficult to distinguish from the act of perception. c. It holds information long enough for processing by the next form of memory. d. It receives its input from the first form of memory. e. It represents the original stimulus accurately. Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-5 Page Ref: 216-217 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Conceptual Answer: d. It receives its input from the first form of memory. 8.1-6. Your favorite singer has just stopped singing and for a second or so you can still hear his voice exactly as he sang the last line. Which type of memory is in operation here? a. Semantic b. Iconic c. Short-term d. Episodic e. Sensory Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-6 Page Ref: 216 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Applied Answer: e. Sensory 8.1-7. Rehearsal is often useful for transferring information from memory to memory. a. sensory; long-term b. perceptual; long-term c. short-term; long term d. iconic memory; long-term memory e. episodic; semantic Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-7 Page Ref: 217 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Factual Answer: c. short-term; long term 8.1-8. Unlike sensory memory, short-term memory a. has definite limits. b. does not process information. c. does not process information for the next form of memory. d. takes place out of awareness. e. must be reset before it can be used again. Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-8 Page Ref: 217 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Conceptual Answer: a. has definite limits. 8.1-9. Unlike short-term memory, long-term memory a. requires awareness. b. is relatively durable. c. quickly fades without rehearsal. d. receives information from a previous form of memory. e. does not involve physical changes in the brain. Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-9 Page Ref: 217 Topic: Overview of Memory Skill: Conceptual Answer: b. is relatively durable. 8.1-10. One of the key factors of Sperling's experiment was that a. participants knew which row of the matrix to recall before the material was presented. b. participants knew which row of the matrix to recall only after the material was presented. c. the tone was presented simultaneously with the material to be recalled. d. some participants were allowed to view the material to be recalled longer than the other participants. e. some participants were asked to recall letters following a high-pitched tone and some following a low-pitched tone. Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-10 Page Ref: 218 Topic: Sensory Memory Skill: Conceptual Answer: b. participants knew which row of the matrix to recall only after the material was presented. 8.1-11. In Sperling's research, if the tone was delayed for more than one second, the participants' recall of the letters a. slightly improved. b. was hampered. c. at first improved and then declined. d. at first declined and then improved. e. drastically improved. Difficulty: 1 Question ID: 8.1-11 Page Ref: 218 Topic: Sensory Memory Skill: Factual Answer: b. was hampered. 8.1-12. Sperling's procedure is called a partial-report procedure because a. only some of the participants were asked to recall the letters. b. not all letters of the alphabet were shown at once. c. participants were asked to report only one row of letters. d. some participants were better at recall then others. e. only three tones were used. Difficulty: 2 Question ID: 8.1-12 Page Ref: 218 Topic: Sensory Memory Skill: Conceptual Answer: c. participants were asked to report only one row of letters.