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Chapter 1: Overview and History
1. A relatively permanent record of an experience is the essence of .
a) behavioral potential
b) learning
c) memory *
d) performance
2. Which is not a way that the term “memory” is used by psychologists?
a) as a unit of analysis *
b) as a storage mechanism
c) as a process
d) as a record
3. Memory is .
a) a storage facility
b) the result of experience
c) a process
d) all of the above *
4. Which is NOT a way that the term memory is used?
a) an item that holds the contents of previous experiences
b) a location where information is kept
c) mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, or retrieving information
d) a perfect replication of events *
5. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of learning?
a) behavior potential
b) maturation *
c) relative permanence
d) experience
6. Learning is .
a) a relatively permanent change in behavior potential
b) a process
c) the result of experience
d) all of the above *
7. What is a good definition of learning?
a) a change in the potential to alter behavior as a consequence of experience *
b) putting information in the memory store
c) retaining contents of experience
d) the mental process used to acquire, store, or retrieve information
,8. An $riengram $riis $rito $rimemory $rias .
a) a $rikeyboard $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
b) a $rimouse $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
c) a $rifile $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer $ri*
d) a $ricentral $riprocessing $riunit $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
9. Why $riare $rithere $riso $rimany $rimetaphors $rifor $rimemory?
a) because $rimemory $ricannot $ribe $ristudied $riobjectively
b) to $ridemonstrate $rithat $riall $riof $riour $rimemories $riare $ridifferent
c) because $riwe $ricannot $riobserve $rimemory $ridirectly $ri*
d) because $ripeople’s $riattitudes $riand $riopinions $richange $riso $rimuch $riover $ritime
10. Metaphors $rifor $rimemory $ri(like $ria $rirecorder $rior $riorganized $ristorage) $riare $riused $ribecause .
a) the $riuncomplicated $rinature $riof $rimemory $rimakes $rimetaphors $rieasy $rito $rifind
b) memory $rimust $ribe $riobserved $riindirectly, $riso $rimetaphors $riare $riuseful $ritools $rifor
$riunderstanding $riits $ri complexities $ri *
c) you $rican $riexercise $riyour $rimemory $rilike $ria $rimuscle, $riso $ricreating $rinew $rimetaphors
$rimakes $riyour $ri memory $ri more $ri efficient
d) using $rilanguage $rias $ria $rimental $rirepresentation $riprevents $rimemory $riloss
11. Which $rimetaphor $ricaptures $rithe $riidea $rithat $rithere $riis $rian $riorganization $rito $rimemory?
a) cow’s $ r i stomach
b) lock $riand $rikey
c) video $ ri camera
d) network $ri*
12. Which $rimetaphor $ricaptures $rithe $riidea $rithat $riinformation $riin $rimemory $rican $ribe $riforgotten?
a) leaky $ribucket $ri*
b) computer
c) junk $ridrawer
d) library
13. Which $rimetaphor $riof $rimemory $riconveys $rithe $riidea $rithat $rimemories $riare $ridiscrete
$ricollections $riof $riinformation?
a) hidden $riobserver
b) computer
c) literacy $ri*
d) aviary
14. One $ricontribution $riof $riPlato’s $riphilosophy $rito $riwork $rion $rimemory $riwas $rithe $riidea $rithat .
a) different $riimpressions $rivary $riin $riquality $ri*
b) memory $riis $ritied $riexclusively $rito $riexperience
c) no $riman $riis $rian $riisland
d) memories $riare $ristored $riin $ria $ricollective $risubconscious
, 15. Aristotle’s $ r i laws $ r i of $ ri association $ r i include $ r i all $ r i of $ r i the $ r i following $ r i EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) contiguity
c) contrast
d) idealized $ r i abstractions $ r i *
16. Aristotle’s $ r i laws $ r i of $ ri association $ r i include $ r i all $ r i of $ r i the $ r i following $ r i EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) regularity $ r i *
c) contrast
d) contiguity
17. Who $riwas $rithe $riseventeenth-century $riscientist/philosopher $riwho $rideveloped $ria $risophisticated
$ritheory $ri of $ri memory $ri but $ri never $ri followed $ri up $ri on $riit, $rileaving $riit $rito $rifall $riinto $ri obscurity,
$rifurther $ri delaying $rithe $ri onset $ri of $ri a $ri scientific $ri study $ri of $ri memory?
a) Isaac $riNewton
b) Robert $riHooke $ri*
c) Charles $ r i Darwin
d) Benjamin $ r i Franklin
18. What $riinfluence $ridid $riDarwin $rihave $rion $ritheories $riof $rimemory?
a) the $riidea $rithat $rimemory $ridevelops $riin $ria $riperson $rithrough $ria $riselection $riprocess
b) the $riconcept $rithat $rimemory $riis $ridependent $rion $ria $ricomplex $ribrain
c) the $riidea $rithat $rimemory $rihas $rideveloped $riover $rithe $rigenerations $rito $riadapt $rito $rithe
$ridemands $riof $rithe $ri environment $ri *
d) none
19. Memory $ridevelopment $riin $ria $riperson $riis $riguided $riby $rihis $rior $riher $riDNA.
a) true
b) false
c) partially $ r i true*
d) true, $riexcept $rifor $ricases $riof $ribrain $ridamage
20. An $riimportant $riconcept $rithat $riis $riheavily $riused $riin $ritheories $riof $rimemory $rithat $rideveloped
$riout $riof $rithe $ri empiricist $ritradition $riis .
a) the $ r i association $ r i *
b) adaptation $rito $richanges $riin $rithe $rienvironment
c) the $riengram
d) separation $riof $rimind $riand $ribody
21. Empiricists $risuch $rias $riAristotle $ribelieved $rithat $rimemory $rioperates $rias .
a) associations $ribetween $riexperiences $rior $ristimuli $ri*
b) a $ribridge $ribetween $riperceptions $riand $rirational $riabstractions $ri(since $riempirical
$riobservations $ri are $ri often $ri distorted)
c) an $riabstract, $riperfect $rirealm $riwithout $rineed $rifor $riadditional $riinquiry
d) the $rirational $rilink $ribetween $rithe $rimind $riand $rithe $ribody
Human Memory 4th Edition
$ri $ri $ri
$ri by Gabriel A. Radvansky
$ri $ri $ri
FULL TEST BANK!!!
$ri $ri
,TEST BANK Human Memory 4th Edition by Gabriel Radvansky
Chapter 1: Overview and History
1. A relatively permanent record of an experience is the essence of .
a) behavioral potential
b) learning
c) memory *
d) performance
2. Which is not a way that the term “memory” is used by psychologists?
a) as a unit of analysis *
b) as a storage mechanism
c) as a process
d) as a record
3. Memory is .
a) a storage facility
b) the result of experience
c) a process
d) all of the above *
4. Which is NOT a way that the term memory is used?
a) an item that holds the contents of previous experiences
b) a location where information is kept
c) mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, or retrieving information
d) a perfect replication of events *
5. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of learning?
a) behavior potential
b) maturation *
c) relative permanence
d) experience
6. Learning is .
a) a relatively permanent change in behavior potential
b) a process
c) the result of experience
d) all of the above *
7. What is a good definition of learning?
a) a change in the potential to alter behavior as a consequence of experience *
b) putting information in the memory store
c) retaining contents of experience
d) the mental process used to acquire, store, or retrieve information
,8. An $riengram $riis $rito $rimemory $rias .
a) a $rikeyboard $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
b) a $rimouse $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
c) a $rifile $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer $ri*
d) a $ricentral $riprocessing $riunit $riis $rito $ria $ricomputer
9. Why $riare $rithere $riso $rimany $rimetaphors $rifor $rimemory?
a) because $rimemory $ricannot $ribe $ristudied $riobjectively
b) to $ridemonstrate $rithat $riall $riof $riour $rimemories $riare $ridifferent
c) because $riwe $ricannot $riobserve $rimemory $ridirectly $ri*
d) because $ripeople’s $riattitudes $riand $riopinions $richange $riso $rimuch $riover $ritime
10. Metaphors $rifor $rimemory $ri(like $ria $rirecorder $rior $riorganized $ristorage) $riare $riused $ribecause .
a) the $riuncomplicated $rinature $riof $rimemory $rimakes $rimetaphors $rieasy $rito $rifind
b) memory $rimust $ribe $riobserved $riindirectly, $riso $rimetaphors $riare $riuseful $ritools $rifor
$riunderstanding $riits $ri complexities $ri *
c) you $rican $riexercise $riyour $rimemory $rilike $ria $rimuscle, $riso $ricreating $rinew $rimetaphors
$rimakes $riyour $ri memory $ri more $ri efficient
d) using $rilanguage $rias $ria $rimental $rirepresentation $riprevents $rimemory $riloss
11. Which $rimetaphor $ricaptures $rithe $riidea $rithat $rithere $riis $rian $riorganization $rito $rimemory?
a) cow’s $ r i stomach
b) lock $riand $rikey
c) video $ ri camera
d) network $ri*
12. Which $rimetaphor $ricaptures $rithe $riidea $rithat $riinformation $riin $rimemory $rican $ribe $riforgotten?
a) leaky $ribucket $ri*
b) computer
c) junk $ridrawer
d) library
13. Which $rimetaphor $riof $rimemory $riconveys $rithe $riidea $rithat $rimemories $riare $ridiscrete
$ricollections $riof $riinformation?
a) hidden $riobserver
b) computer
c) literacy $ri*
d) aviary
14. One $ricontribution $riof $riPlato’s $riphilosophy $rito $riwork $rion $rimemory $riwas $rithe $riidea $rithat .
a) different $riimpressions $rivary $riin $riquality $ri*
b) memory $riis $ritied $riexclusively $rito $riexperience
c) no $riman $riis $rian $riisland
d) memories $riare $ristored $riin $ria $ricollective $risubconscious
, 15. Aristotle’s $ r i laws $ r i of $ ri association $ r i include $ r i all $ r i of $ r i the $ r i following $ r i EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) contiguity
c) contrast
d) idealized $ r i abstractions $ r i *
16. Aristotle’s $ r i laws $ r i of $ ri association $ r i include $ r i all $ r i of $ r i the $ r i following $ r i EXCEPT .
a) similarity
b) regularity $ r i *
c) contrast
d) contiguity
17. Who $riwas $rithe $riseventeenth-century $riscientist/philosopher $riwho $rideveloped $ria $risophisticated
$ritheory $ri of $ri memory $ri but $ri never $ri followed $ri up $ri on $riit, $rileaving $riit $rito $rifall $riinto $ri obscurity,
$rifurther $ri delaying $rithe $ri onset $ri of $ri a $ri scientific $ri study $ri of $ri memory?
a) Isaac $riNewton
b) Robert $riHooke $ri*
c) Charles $ r i Darwin
d) Benjamin $ r i Franklin
18. What $riinfluence $ridid $riDarwin $rihave $rion $ritheories $riof $rimemory?
a) the $riidea $rithat $rimemory $ridevelops $riin $ria $riperson $rithrough $ria $riselection $riprocess
b) the $riconcept $rithat $rimemory $riis $ridependent $rion $ria $ricomplex $ribrain
c) the $riidea $rithat $rimemory $rihas $rideveloped $riover $rithe $rigenerations $rito $riadapt $rito $rithe
$ridemands $riof $rithe $ri environment $ri *
d) none
19. Memory $ridevelopment $riin $ria $riperson $riis $riguided $riby $rihis $rior $riher $riDNA.
a) true
b) false
c) partially $ r i true*
d) true, $riexcept $rifor $ricases $riof $ribrain $ridamage
20. An $riimportant $riconcept $rithat $riis $riheavily $riused $riin $ritheories $riof $rimemory $rithat $rideveloped
$riout $riof $rithe $ri empiricist $ritradition $riis .
a) the $ r i association $ r i *
b) adaptation $rito $richanges $riin $rithe $rienvironment
c) the $riengram
d) separation $riof $rimind $riand $ribody
21. Empiricists $risuch $rias $riAristotle $ribelieved $rithat $rimemory $rioperates $rias .
a) associations $ribetween $riexperiences $rior $ristimuli $ri*
b) a $ribridge $ribetween $riperceptions $riand $rirational $riabstractions $ri(since $riempirical
$riobservations $ri are $ri often $ri distorted)
c) an $riabstract, $riperfect $rirealm $riwithout $rineed $rifor $riadditional $riinquiry
d) the $rirational $rilink $ribetween $rithe $rimind $riand $rithe $ribody
