Psychology Final Test 7

Front 1

Recent studies on the relationship between schemas and memory indicate that when people remember information that is not consistent with their schemes they

Back 1

distort the information to fit with the existing schema

Front 2

The capacity of short-term memory is about ________ chunks of unrelated acoustically coded information

Back 2

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Front 3

Most of the research leading to current knowledge as to where long-term memories are processed has come from:

Back 3

studies of humans with brain damage

Front 4

Our "working memory" is the:

Back 4

short-term memory

Front 5

If forgetting occurs because newly learned material interferes with memory for earlier information, it is referred to as:

Back 5

retroactive interference

Front 6

If the memory of an experience is repressed, then we have forgotten it because:

Back 6

we did not want to remember it

Front 7

Recall of specific facts, such as those you may have learned in your psychology class, is made possible by your ________ memory.

Back 7

declarative

Front 8

You look up the phone number of a girl you have just met in the phone book. You dial it, but the line is busy. More then likely you will

Back 8

need to look it up again because it is gone from STM

Front 9

Research indicates that we will recall auditory information more efficiently than visual because:

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the auditory afterimage lasts longer

Front 10

Schemas are beneficial to use in that they:

Back 10

help us make the world seem predictable

Front 11

A person's memory of "how to" solve a math problem was probably stored in his or her:

Back 11

semantic memory

Front 12

The case of N. A., whose thalamus was damaged by a fencing foil, suggests that the thalamus:

Back 12

plays an important role in memory consolidation

Front 13

Does forgetting mean that there is not a memory stored?

Back 13

No, the forgetting may be due to a failure to retrieve the information

Front 14

Children have difficulty learning the letters in the middle of the alphabet because of the:

Back 14

serial-position effect

Front 15

STM-recall errors of hearing-impaired people tend to be:

Back 15

to items similar in appearance

Front 16

Freud's concept of repression parallels the ________ theory of forgetting

Back 16

motivated-forgetting

Front 17

Extensive research over the last few decades indicates that:

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each memory does not have one location but is spread over wide neural networks in the brain

Front 18

Visual sensory memory is called:

Back 18

iconic memory

Front 19

Multiple-choice tests such as this one measure ________ memory tasks.

Back 19

recognition

Front 20

In addition to the suggesting the overlearning of material, the spacing of study sessions and the use of breaks and rewards the text also suggests that ________ and ________ are two very important strategies for improving academic memory.

Back 20

time management; avoidance of interference