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By Brookej | Updated: Jul 30, 2011
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1.
The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls experiences with former teachers who were warm and generous. This best illustrates that emotional states can be:
Retrieval cues
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Recognition
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2.
Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy. This best illustrates ________ memory.
Echoic
Flashbulb
Implicit
Iconic
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3.
At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she can only remember the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experience illustrates:
Source amnesia
The next-in-line effect
Implicit memory
The serial position effect
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4.
Although Jordan could not recall the exact words of a poem he had recently heard, he clearly remembered the meaning of the poem. This best illustrates the importance of:
Semantic encoding
Mood-congruent memory
The serial position effect
The method of loci
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5.
Mrs. McBride can’t consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so. Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates:
Source amnesia
Proactive interference
Automatic procesisng
Repression
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6.
After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she was questioned as to whether she recognized the man who was driving the car. Several hours later, Teresa mistakenly recalled that the driver was a male rather than a female. Teresa’s experience best illustrates:
a. implicit memory.
b. proactive interference.
c. the misinformation effect.
d. the serial position effect.
Implicit memory
Proactive interference
The misinformation effect
The serial position effect
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7.
It is easier to remember “what sobriety conceals, alcohol reveals” than to recall “what sobriety conceals, alcohol unmasks.” This best illustrates the value of:
The serial position effect
Acoustic encoding
The spacing effect
Implicit memory
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8.
Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the:
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Sensory cortex
Motor cortex
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9.
A measure of your memory in which you need to pick the correctly learned answer from a displayed list of options is known as a measure of:
Recall
Recognition
Reconstruction
Relearning
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10.
The method of loci relies heavily on the use of:
Visual encoding.
Implicit memory.
The spacing effect.
Mood-congruent memory.
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11.
The extensive rehearsal necessary to encode nonsense syllables best illustrates:
The spacing effect.
Implicit memory.
The serial position effect
Effortful processing
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12.
During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates:
The spacing effect
Proactive interference
Cource amnesia
Retroactive interference
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13.
Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf on a particular course. Yet the more he plays the course, the more his game improves. His experience illustrates the need to distinguish between:
Shotr-term and long-term memory
Proactive and retroactive interference
Explicit and implicit memory
Recognition and recall
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14.
After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam’s memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:
Repression
Retroactive interference
Encoding failure
Source amnesia
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15.
Which of the following is believed to be the synaptic basis for learning and memory?
Priming
Semantic encoding
Proactive interference
Long-term potentiation
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16.
Recalling something that you had once merely imagined happening as something you had directly experienced best illustrates:
The self-reference effect
Mood-congruent memory.
Proactive interference
Source amnesia.
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17.
An understanding of the spacing effect provides insight into effective strategies for:
Rehersal
Chunking.
Retrieval.
Automatic processing.
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18.
Employing the single word “HOMES” to remember the names of North America’s five Great Lakes best illustrates the use of:
The method of loci
The serial position effect
A mnemonic device
Implicit memory
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19.
Ebbinghaus observed that it is much easier to learn meaningful material than to learn nonsense material. This best illustrates the advantage of:
The “peg-word” system.
The spacing effect.
Semantic encoding.
Implicit memory.
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20.
When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of:
Flashbulb memory
Automatic processing.
Iconic memory.
The spacing effect.
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The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls experiences with...
Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they...
At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments...
Although Jordan could not recall the exact words of a poem he had...
Mrs. McBride can’t consciously recall how frequently she criticizes...
After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car, she...
It is easier to remember “what sobriety conceals, alcohol reveals”...
Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated...
A measure of your memory in which you need to pick the correctly...
The method of loci relies heavily on the use of:
The extensive rehearsal necessary to encode nonsense syllables best...
During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers...
Mr. Nydam suffers amnesia and is unable to remember playing golf on a...
After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam...
Which of the following is believed to be the synaptic basis for...
Recalling something that you had once merely imagined happening as...
An understanding of the spacing effect provides insight into effective...
Employing the single word “HOMES” to remember the names of North...
Ebbinghaus observed that it is much easier to learn meaningful...
When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually...
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