PSYCH 515 PRACTICE EXAMINATION
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⫸ What cognitive ability is demonstrated by monkeys after extensive
training on analogy tasks? Answer: They can match relations between
objects, though it requires extensive practice.
⫸ What does the term 'rational choice' refer to in the context of
animal decision-making? Answer: Making decisions that maximize
the average reward based on available options.
⫸ What is habituation in the stentor? Answer: Initially contracts
following an innocuous disturbance but does not respond after many
exposures.
⫸ What are the three stages of memory? Answer: Encoding,
retention, and retrieval.
⫸ How many songs can songbirds remember? Answer: 32 songs,
one for each of 2-3 neighbors, even after migration.
⫸ How long can fur seals remember their offspring? Answer: After
one year or more apart.
,⫸ What do prairie dogs discriminate after 5 months of hibernation?
Answer: Odors of their littermates.
⫸ How many locations can Clark's nutcrackers recover nuts from
after 6 months? Answer: 6,000 locations.
⫸ What happens to memory after a 4-hour delay? Answer: Excellent
memory initially, but drops off rapidly thereafter.
⫸ What is the relationship between the usefulness of old information
and forgetting? Answer: The more quickly old information becomes
useless, the more quickly it should be forgotten.
⫸ What are the two types of memory storage? Answer: Short-term
memory and long-term memory.
⫸ What are the types of long-term memory? Answer: Non-
declarative (implicit), semantic (facts), and episodic (episodes).
⫸ What is the primacy effect in memory? Answer: The tendency to
remember the first items in a series better than those in the middle.
⫸ What is the recency effect in memory? Answer: The tendency to
remember the last items in a series better than those in the middle.
, ⫸ Which animals can outperform humans on certain memory tasks?
Answer: Chimpanzees.
⫸ What is the generation effect in memory? Answer: Memory lasts
longer if you generate the information yourself, such as through
flashcards.
⫸ What is semantic memory? Answer: A type of long-term memory
that involves facts and knowledge.
⫸ What is episodic memory? Answer: A type of long-term memory
that involves personal experiences and specific events.
⫸ What do rats preferentially investigate in terms of episodic
memory? Answer: Objects that are in a new location for that context.
⫸ Which brain structure is crucial for encoding long-term memory?
Answer: The hippocampus.
⫸ What type of memory retrieval involves recognizing previously
presented information? Answer: Recognition.
⫸ What type of memory retrieval involves recalling information
without cues? Answer: Recall.
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⫸ What cognitive ability is demonstrated by monkeys after extensive
training on analogy tasks? Answer: They can match relations between
objects, though it requires extensive practice.
⫸ What does the term 'rational choice' refer to in the context of
animal decision-making? Answer: Making decisions that maximize
the average reward based on available options.
⫸ What is habituation in the stentor? Answer: Initially contracts
following an innocuous disturbance but does not respond after many
exposures.
⫸ What are the three stages of memory? Answer: Encoding,
retention, and retrieval.
⫸ How many songs can songbirds remember? Answer: 32 songs,
one for each of 2-3 neighbors, even after migration.
⫸ How long can fur seals remember their offspring? Answer: After
one year or more apart.
,⫸ What do prairie dogs discriminate after 5 months of hibernation?
Answer: Odors of their littermates.
⫸ How many locations can Clark's nutcrackers recover nuts from
after 6 months? Answer: 6,000 locations.
⫸ What happens to memory after a 4-hour delay? Answer: Excellent
memory initially, but drops off rapidly thereafter.
⫸ What is the relationship between the usefulness of old information
and forgetting? Answer: The more quickly old information becomes
useless, the more quickly it should be forgotten.
⫸ What are the two types of memory storage? Answer: Short-term
memory and long-term memory.
⫸ What are the types of long-term memory? Answer: Non-
declarative (implicit), semantic (facts), and episodic (episodes).
⫸ What is the primacy effect in memory? Answer: The tendency to
remember the first items in a series better than those in the middle.
⫸ What is the recency effect in memory? Answer: The tendency to
remember the last items in a series better than those in the middle.
, ⫸ Which animals can outperform humans on certain memory tasks?
Answer: Chimpanzees.
⫸ What is the generation effect in memory? Answer: Memory lasts
longer if you generate the information yourself, such as through
flashcards.
⫸ What is semantic memory? Answer: A type of long-term memory
that involves facts and knowledge.
⫸ What is episodic memory? Answer: A type of long-term memory
that involves personal experiences and specific events.
⫸ What do rats preferentially investigate in terms of episodic
memory? Answer: Objects that are in a new location for that context.
⫸ Which brain structure is crucial for encoding long-term memory?
Answer: The hippocampus.
⫸ What type of memory retrieval involves recognizing previously
presented information? Answer: Recognition.
⫸ What type of memory retrieval involves recalling information
without cues? Answer: Recall.
