360 Chapter 5

Front 1

When people have ample time to study they focus on _____ while when they are under time constraints they focus on _____.

Back 1

difficult concepts; easy concepts

Front 2

One of the primary problems with the use of hypnosis to help eyewitnesses recall crimes is

Back 2

hypnotists can induce witnesses to report things they never saw, or to report incorrectly

Front 3

In a review of wrongly convicted cases based on subsequent DNA evidence, Wells et al (2000) found

Back 3

eyewitness testimony was the primary factor in establishing the initial wrongful conviction

Front 4

The recency effect found in a serial position curve can be eliminated if

Back 4

subjects perform another task for 30 seconds, suggesting that the recency effect is caused by retrieval from STM

Front 5

Warrington and Weiskrantz discovered that patients with severe amnesia performed as well as control subjects on

Back 5

a word-fragment test

Front 6

Learning can be characterized as the transfer of information between STM to LTM.

Back 6

True

Front 7

Both Brown & McNeill and Read & Bruce found that the most frequently used strategy for searching LTM during the 'tip-of-the-tongue' stage was to

Back 7

use partial information related to the spelling of the name

Front 8

Which is an example of procedural memory?

Back 8

tying your shoe

Front 9

Which task requires explicit memory in Squire and Knowlton’s memory taxonomy?

Back 9

a recall test

Front 10

A cognitive interview involves

Back 10

reinstating the context and reporting everything

Front 11

Memory for skills is a component of implicit memory.

Back 11

True

Front 12

Selection of a search strategy occurs during which stage of learning?

Back 12

retrieval

Front 13

Showing mug shots to eyewitnesses is a good method for improving the reliability of the witness.

Back 13

False

Front 14

Semantic memory is ____ while episodic memory is _____.

Back 14

general knowledge; memory for temporally linked information

Front 15

The primacy effect is better memory performance early in the morning.

Back 15

False

Front 16

A benefit of taking a Cognitive Psychology course is that you are more likely to use __________ judgments to make predictions about your learning.

Back 16

theory-based

Front 17

A subject was told to study the following words: book, chair, calendar, alarm, phone, lamp, pencil, and desk. Later he recalled book, chair, pencil, and desk . This result is best explained as

Back 17

the serial position effect

Front 18

Memory for names and concepts in a cognitive psychology course stabilizes at above-chance levels after how many years of retention?

Back 18

3 years

Front 19

The best predictor of retention of high school algebra is

Back 19

continued study of advanced mathematics

Front 20

A distinction between direct and indirect tests of memory, according to multimemory theories, is that direct tests measure

Back 20

episodic memory