PSY1400 - Exam 1 (Psychology 12th
Edition) Questions and Answers
Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's Five
Great Lakes best illustrates the use of - Answer-A Mnemonic Device
After Maya gave her friend the password to a protected website, the friend was able to
remember it only long enough to type it into the password box. In this instance, the
password was clearly stored in her ______ memory. - Answer-Short-Term
Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf several times each
week on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game
improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between... - Answer-explicit
memory and implicit memory
Mentally rehearsing the glossary definitions of unfamiliar terms in order to remember
them for a later test illustrates - Answer-effortful processing
Another term for implicit memory is - Answer-non-declarative memory
Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories? - Answer-
basal ganglia
Conscious memories of emotionally stressful events are especially likely to be facilitated
by activation of the - Answer-amygdala
Which of the following is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory? -
Answer-long-term potentiation
At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she can
only remember the names of the first three and the last two neighbors. Her experience
illustrates - Answer-the serial position effect
After suffering from a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Arotza cannot form new
memories. He can, however, remember events before the accident. Arotza's memory
difficulty most clearly illustrates - Answer-anterograde amnesia
The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls positive life experiences. This best
illustrates that emotional states can become - Answer-retrieval cues
After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone passing in a car, she was asked
whether she recognized the man who was driving. Several hours later, Teresa
mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. This best illustrates
- Answer-the misinformation effect
Edition) Questions and Answers
Employing the single word HOMES to remember the names of North America's Five
Great Lakes best illustrates the use of - Answer-A Mnemonic Device
After Maya gave her friend the password to a protected website, the friend was able to
remember it only long enough to type it into the password box. In this instance, the
password was clearly stored in her ______ memory. - Answer-Short-Term
Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf several times each
week on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game
improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between... - Answer-explicit
memory and implicit memory
Mentally rehearsing the glossary definitions of unfamiliar terms in order to remember
them for a later test illustrates - Answer-effortful processing
Another term for implicit memory is - Answer-non-declarative memory
Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories? - Answer-
basal ganglia
Conscious memories of emotionally stressful events are especially likely to be facilitated
by activation of the - Answer-amygdala
Which of the following is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory? -
Answer-long-term potentiation
At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she can
only remember the names of the first three and the last two neighbors. Her experience
illustrates - Answer-the serial position effect
After suffering from a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Arotza cannot form new
memories. He can, however, remember events before the accident. Arotza's memory
difficulty most clearly illustrates - Answer-anterograde amnesia
The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls positive life experiences. This best
illustrates that emotional states can become - Answer-retrieval cues
After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone passing in a car, she was asked
whether she recognized the man who was driving. Several hours later, Teresa
mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. This best illustrates
- Answer-the misinformation effect
