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Test Description: Ch. 8 Questions regarding memory
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) 15 years after graduating, I can ID my friends' photos from a larger group of photos. I am using
A
reminiscence
B
eidectic imager
C
recognition
D
recall
2) Memories outside of conscious awareness are called
A
explicit memories
B
reactive memories
C
implicit memories
D
proactive memories
3) Context dependent theories of memory suggest that you do best on your chemistry test if you tested
A
in the room where you studied
B
with students who share your interests
C
with a large group of chemistry majors
D
in a chemistry laboratory
4) The part of the brain that functions as a switching station between the STM and LTM is the
A
cerebral cortex
B
occipital lobe
C
frontal lobe
D
hippocampus
5) _________ concentrates on the meaning of information you want to remember.
A
not until a few hours after the learning trial is over
B
very rapidly at first then levels off to a slow decline
C
slowly at first but is essentially complete within one hour
D
as learning is still going on
6) A memory that a person is aware of having, or a memory consciously retrieved, is called
A
eidetic memory
B
priming
C
explicit memory
D
implicit memory
7) Information in long-term memory can be retained up to
A
1 hour
B
many years
C
30 seconds
D
2 seconds
8) Working memory is associated with which of the following?
A
integrated memory
B
short-term memory
C
sensory memory
D
long-term memory
9) Remembering the first and last items of a list better than items in the middle is due to
A
the pseudo-memory effect
B
the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
C
redintegration
D
the serial position effect
10) _________ concentrates on the meaning of information you want to remember.
A
dual memory
B
semantic processing
C
maintenance rehearsal
D
visual processing
11) When new learning disrupts the ability to recall stored information, __________ has happened
A
disinhibition
B
proactive interefereence
C
retroactive interference
D
retrograde amnesia
12) The tendency for prior learning to inhibit recall of later learning is called
A
retroactive interference
B
encoding failure
C
repression
D
proactive interference
13) The definition of memory is that it is an active system that encodes, stores, and _______
A
discards old infomration
B
retrieves information
C
decays information
D
processes infomration
14) _________ refers to the fading of memory traces from short-term memory.
A
decoding failure
B
disuse
C
encoding failure
D
decay
15) _________ determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.
A
encoding failure
B
selective attention
C
repression
D
eidectic encodeing
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