Psychology Exam test questions and
answers graded A+
short term memory - ANS✅✅chunking is associated with...
eidetic memory - ANS✅✅photographic memory is also called...
interference - ANS✅✅blocking of a memory by previous or subsequent memories
recognition - ANS✅✅which of the following applies to the ability to identify the name of your first
grade teacher in a newspaper article
nondirected thinking - ANS✅✅while playing tennis, a scientist realizes the solution to a problem.
this is called...
selective attention - ANS✅✅while entertaining a group of friends in the living room, you hear your
infant sister crying in the bedroom. this is an example of...
have limited capacity - ANS✅✅short term memories...
7 items - ANS✅✅George Miller theorized that short term memory is limited to about
recombination - ANS✅✅mentally rearranging parts in order to find a novel solution is called...
insight - ANS✅✅the "aha" experience, or sudden realization of the solution to a problem, is
called...
true - ANS✅✅true or false: short term memory lasts for less than 20 seconds without rehearsal
true - ANS✅✅true or false: according to some theories, to recall a particular event, you should try
to recreate the mood you were in when it happened
, false - ANS✅✅true or false: a multiple choice question retrieves information through recall
true - ANS✅✅true or false: confabulation can include wrong or fictional information
feature extraction - ANS✅✅how are you able to find the answer to the question of "how many
faces can you find in this picture?"
three kinds of memory - ANS✅✅sensory storage, short term memory, long term memory
three ways to improve your memory - ANS✅✅chunking/associating with strong emotions,
rehearsal, mnemonic devices
directed and nondirected - ANS✅✅what are the two types of thinking?
retroactive interference - ANS✅✅Dawn's old boyfriend called the other day. she couldn't
remember his name though. she just kept thinking of her new boyfriend's name. what type of
interference is this?
operant conditioning - ANS✅✅learning from the consequences of behavior. the consequences of
behavior make the behavior either more likely to be repeated in the future, or less likely to happen
in the future
practice - ANS✅✅repetition of a task, help to bind responses together
positive transfer - ANS✅✅when a previously learned response helps you learn or master a new
task
feedback - ANS✅✅finding out the results of an action or performance
Ivan Pavlov - ANS✅✅he held a famous classical conditioning experiment with a dog salivating by
hearing the sound of a bell
reinforcer - ANS✅✅stimulus that increase the likelihood that a response will occur again
answers graded A+
short term memory - ANS✅✅chunking is associated with...
eidetic memory - ANS✅✅photographic memory is also called...
interference - ANS✅✅blocking of a memory by previous or subsequent memories
recognition - ANS✅✅which of the following applies to the ability to identify the name of your first
grade teacher in a newspaper article
nondirected thinking - ANS✅✅while playing tennis, a scientist realizes the solution to a problem.
this is called...
selective attention - ANS✅✅while entertaining a group of friends in the living room, you hear your
infant sister crying in the bedroom. this is an example of...
have limited capacity - ANS✅✅short term memories...
7 items - ANS✅✅George Miller theorized that short term memory is limited to about
recombination - ANS✅✅mentally rearranging parts in order to find a novel solution is called...
insight - ANS✅✅the "aha" experience, or sudden realization of the solution to a problem, is
called...
true - ANS✅✅true or false: short term memory lasts for less than 20 seconds without rehearsal
true - ANS✅✅true or false: according to some theories, to recall a particular event, you should try
to recreate the mood you were in when it happened
, false - ANS✅✅true or false: a multiple choice question retrieves information through recall
true - ANS✅✅true or false: confabulation can include wrong or fictional information
feature extraction - ANS✅✅how are you able to find the answer to the question of "how many
faces can you find in this picture?"
three kinds of memory - ANS✅✅sensory storage, short term memory, long term memory
three ways to improve your memory - ANS✅✅chunking/associating with strong emotions,
rehearsal, mnemonic devices
directed and nondirected - ANS✅✅what are the two types of thinking?
retroactive interference - ANS✅✅Dawn's old boyfriend called the other day. she couldn't
remember his name though. she just kept thinking of her new boyfriend's name. what type of
interference is this?
operant conditioning - ANS✅✅learning from the consequences of behavior. the consequences of
behavior make the behavior either more likely to be repeated in the future, or less likely to happen
in the future
practice - ANS✅✅repetition of a task, help to bind responses together
positive transfer - ANS✅✅when a previously learned response helps you learn or master a new
task
feedback - ANS✅✅finding out the results of an action or performance
Ivan Pavlov - ANS✅✅he held a famous classical conditioning experiment with a dog salivating by
hearing the sound of a bell
reinforcer - ANS✅✅stimulus that increase the likelihood that a response will occur again
