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Parker, Cahill, and McGaugh (2006) termed patient AJ's condition - Answers✔Hyperthmestic
The rate of forgetting exhibited by Ebbinghaus could best be described as which of the
following? - Answers✔Logarithmic
Jost's Law states that if two memories are equally strong at a given time, which memory will
tend to be more durable and forgotten less rapidly? - Answers✔The older
Synaptic consolidation is generally considered to last on the order of - Answers✔Hours to days
What was the critical factor related to forgetting in the Baddeley and Hitch (1977) study of rugby
players' memories? - Answers✔Number of intervening games
When the target information is distorted by subsequent information, this is known as which form
of interference? - Answers✔Retroactive
What term did Anderson et al. (1994) coin to refer to the predisposition for selective retrieval of
some exemplars from long-term memory to impair later recall of related items? -
Answers✔Retrieval-induced forgetting
How does interference arise according to associative blocking? - Answers✔The cue fails to
retrieve the target due to persistently evoking a stronger competitor
Mather and Carstensen (2005) argue that as people advance in age, their focus on maintaining a
sense of which of the following tends to increase, along with their emotion regulation skill? -
Answers✔Well-being
In psychoanalytic theory, which defence mechanism is believed to unconsciously banish
memories that may cause pain and conflict? - Answers✔Repression
How frequently are participants instructed whether to remember or forget the stmuli they had just
seen in the LIST- method directed forgetting procedure? - Answers✔After half the stimulus set
has been presented
Bjork and Bjork(2003) found that their directed forgetting participants had forgotten from where
they knew a tested name, misattributing the name's familiarity to: - Answers✔Fame
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Anderson et al.(2004) notably observed DECREASED activation in which structure when
participants suppressed retrieval? - Answers✔Hippocampus
Benoit and Anderson(2012) compared which two strategies of controlling unwanted memories to
see whether they engaged different mechanisms? - Answers✔Thought substitution and direct
suppression
Goernert and Larson(1994) reported a release of directed forgetting after they -
Answers✔Supplied subset of the items participants studied on the first list
Sahakyan and Kelley(2002) observed that ______ the mental context eradicated the effects of
instructions to forget. - Answers✔Reinstating
What is the main difficulty related to studying autobiographical memory? - Answers✔A lack of
control over the learning environment
The directive function of autobiographical memories refers to - Answers✔Using past
experiences to solve problems
What limitation did Brewer (1988) attempt to avoid by sampling at random times -
Answers✔Biased selection
In brewer's 1988 study, 26% of recorded events - Answers✔were correctly recalled
Unlike most people, RM would seem to fit the profile of using which type of framework to
organize memories - Answers✔Date-based calendar
Which of the following is NOT true of flashbulb memories - Answers✔Their accuracy tend to be
incredibly stable over the years
Which term is applied to a sudden loss of autobiographical memory which is often accompanied
by wandering? - Answers✔Fugue
Which of the following is NOT typically characteristic of fugue states? - Answers✔The use of
amytal or hypnosis tends to be effective, even for what are thought to be legitimate cases
Failure to notice the introduction of an unexpected object in a visual display is best termed -
Answers✔Inattentional blindness
What percentage of participants in Levinetal.'s(2002) study recognized any of the three changes
to the confederate? - Answers✔0
Bekerian and Bowers(1983) argued that leading questions lose their potency if individuals are
questioned - Answers✔Systematically from earlier to later incidents
How did age influence suggestibility in the Brewer, Williams, and Semmler(2005) study? -
Answers✔Older adults were more likely to choose someone from a lineup, even in target-absent
conditions
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Memory Exam Questions And Answers
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Parker, Cahill, and McGaugh (2006) termed patient AJ's condition - Answers✔Hyperthmestic
The rate of forgetting exhibited by Ebbinghaus could best be described as which of the
following? - Answers✔Logarithmic
Jost's Law states that if two memories are equally strong at a given time, which memory will
tend to be more durable and forgotten less rapidly? - Answers✔The older
Synaptic consolidation is generally considered to last on the order of - Answers✔Hours to days
What was the critical factor related to forgetting in the Baddeley and Hitch (1977) study of rugby
players' memories? - Answers✔Number of intervening games
When the target information is distorted by subsequent information, this is known as which form
of interference? - Answers✔Retroactive
What term did Anderson et al. (1994) coin to refer to the predisposition for selective retrieval of
some exemplars from long-term memory to impair later recall of related items? -
Answers✔Retrieval-induced forgetting
How does interference arise according to associative blocking? - Answers✔The cue fails to
retrieve the target due to persistently evoking a stronger competitor
Mather and Carstensen (2005) argue that as people advance in age, their focus on maintaining a
sense of which of the following tends to increase, along with their emotion regulation skill? -
Answers✔Well-being
In psychoanalytic theory, which defence mechanism is believed to unconsciously banish
memories that may cause pain and conflict? - Answers✔Repression
How frequently are participants instructed whether to remember or forget the stmuli they had just
seen in the LIST- method directed forgetting procedure? - Answers✔After half the stimulus set
has been presented
Bjork and Bjork(2003) found that their directed forgetting participants had forgotten from where
they knew a tested name, misattributing the name's familiarity to: - Answers✔Fame
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Anderson et al.(2004) notably observed DECREASED activation in which structure when
participants suppressed retrieval? - Answers✔Hippocampus
Benoit and Anderson(2012) compared which two strategies of controlling unwanted memories to
see whether they engaged different mechanisms? - Answers✔Thought substitution and direct
suppression
Goernert and Larson(1994) reported a release of directed forgetting after they -
Answers✔Supplied subset of the items participants studied on the first list
Sahakyan and Kelley(2002) observed that ______ the mental context eradicated the effects of
instructions to forget. - Answers✔Reinstating
What is the main difficulty related to studying autobiographical memory? - Answers✔A lack of
control over the learning environment
The directive function of autobiographical memories refers to - Answers✔Using past
experiences to solve problems
What limitation did Brewer (1988) attempt to avoid by sampling at random times -
Answers✔Biased selection
In brewer's 1988 study, 26% of recorded events - Answers✔were correctly recalled
Unlike most people, RM would seem to fit the profile of using which type of framework to
organize memories - Answers✔Date-based calendar
Which of the following is NOT true of flashbulb memories - Answers✔Their accuracy tend to be
incredibly stable over the years
Which term is applied to a sudden loss of autobiographical memory which is often accompanied
by wandering? - Answers✔Fugue
Which of the following is NOT typically characteristic of fugue states? - Answers✔The use of
amytal or hypnosis tends to be effective, even for what are thought to be legitimate cases
Failure to notice the introduction of an unexpected object in a visual display is best termed -
Answers✔Inattentional blindness
What percentage of participants in Levinetal.'s(2002) study recognized any of the three changes
to the confederate? - Answers✔0
Bekerian and Bowers(1983) argued that leading questions lose their potency if individuals are
questioned - Answers✔Systematically from earlier to later incidents
How did age influence suggestibility in the Brewer, Williams, and Semmler(2005) study? -
Answers✔Older adults were more likely to choose someone from a lineup, even in target-absent
conditions
