Psy2012 Module 11

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The initial kind of memory that holds information in a “raw” form for a few seconds is called:

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sensory memory

Front 2

You were introduced to a number of new people at a study session. You had a hard time remembering their names, except the last person to whom you were introduced. What bestaccounts for this memory?

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recency effect

Front 3

Unlike that of sensory or short-term memories, the capacity of long-term memory:

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is almost unlimited

Front 4

Why are telephone numbers seven digits?

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seven digits is the capacity for short term memory

Front 5

Julia shows her 10-year-old daughter Heidi a picture of midtown Manhattan. After looking at the picture for half a minute, Heidi is able to vividly describe it from a visual image of the picture that she continues to see in her mind. Heidi has a memory capacity called:

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photographic memory

Front 6

What typically happens to information in short-term memory if it is not actively processed?

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it dissapears within seconds

Front 7

An education major is interviewing a veteran teacher for a class project. The teacher is asked about how to help students learn and says, “Give lots of examples.” Based on the textbook, what is the best reason for teachers to give examples?

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examples help students to connect what they are trying to learn with old information

Front 8

Repeating information over and over so that it does not fade from short-term memory is called ____ rehearsal.

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maintenance

Front 9

Dr. Sagan asks Carl to list the names of the moons of Jupiter during an astronomy class quiz on the previous day’s lecture. If Carl’s recall of the moons is influenced by the recency effect, he will:

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remember the last moon Dr. Sagan mentioned

Front 10

Candy is meeting her boyfriend’s cousins at a family reunion. She remembers Cindy, Rick, Dirk, Denece, and Garth. But she forgets Tom, Nancy, David, and Imogene. What is the best explanation?

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the cousins she remembered were introduced to her at the beginning and the end of the reunion; the others were introduced in the middle

Front 11

According to Elizabeth Loftus, food aversions can be:

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the results of a false memory

Front 12

An usher points out a seat to Peter in a darkened theater by moving a flashlight in a rectangular motion. Peter sees the form of a rectangle because images from the flashlight are being briefly stored in:

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iconic memory

Front 13

The things that matter to us, such as names of family members and close friends and hobbies, are easily remembered. What kind of encoding most probably occurs with this type of information?

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automatic

Front 14

In the case of Katrina described in Module 11, her memory of sexual abuse was:

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a false memory implantedthrough psychiatric and other contraversal treatments

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"Semantic and episodic memories are examples of declarative memory.

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TRUE

Front 16

A function of sensory memory is that it increases the amount of information coming in to our memory.

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FALSE

Front 17

Short-term memory performs three functions. Which of the following is not among the three functions?

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provides a location for network nodes

Front 18

The word that best describes encoding is:

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input

Front 19

Sly is assigned a locker in gym class with the combination 19-5-4. In order to remember it, he thinks of it as the year 1954. His method of remembering best illustrates:

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chunking

Front 20

The three key processes of memory are encoding, storing, and retrieving.

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TRUE