Question 1

The correlation between eyewitness confidence and eyewitness accuracy can BEST be characterized as ​

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A)  strongly positive.
B)  strongly negative. ​
C)  moderate. ​
D)  nonexistent. ​E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding is known as _____.

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Question 3

If you are given a list of vocabulary words to study briefly before being tested on your memory of them, as you read through the list, you should ​

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A)  count how many letters are in each word.
B)  concentrate on the first letter of each word. ​
C)  think of a word that rhymes with each word. ​
D)  use each word in a sentence. ​E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Briefly explain the role of attention in memory processing.

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Question 5

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon can be BEST described as an instance of

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A)  complete storage failure.
B)  complete retrieval failure.
C)  partial retrieval.
D)  partial storage.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

A relearning measure requires subjects to ​

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A)  memorize information a second time to determine how much time or effort is saved.
B)  select previously learned information from an array of options. ​
C)  reproduce information on their own without any cues. ​
D)  indicate whether a given piece of information is familiar. ​E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

In anterograde amnesia,

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A)  new information impairs the retention of previously learned information.
B)  previously learned information interferes with the retention of new information. ​
C)  a person loses memories of events that occurred prior to a head injury. ​
D)  a person loses memories of events that occur after a head injury. ​E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

A retrieval cue is ​

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A)  a brain structure stimulus used to locate a particular memory.
B)  the same thing as an elaboration encoding variable. ​
C)  a stimulus associated with a memory that is used to locate that memory. ​
D)  always based on the mood you were in when a memory was first encoded. ​E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

The reconstructive nature of memory BEST reflects which of the following unifying themes of your textbook? ​

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A)  Psychology is empirical.
B)  Psychology evolves in a sociocultural context. ​
C)  Behavior is determined by multiple causes. ​
D)  People's experience of the world is highly subjective. ​E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Children often have difficulty remembering the letters in the middle of the alphabet because of ​

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A)  overlearning the first letters in the alphabet.
B)  distributed practice. ​
C)  the serial-position effect. ​
D)  the use of mnemonic devices. ​E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Using the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory, describe the capacity, durability, and typical form of information storage in each of the three human memory systems.

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Question 12

Psychologists who doubt the accuracy of recovered memories of abuse maintain that

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A)  the recovered memories result from the ineffective encoding of everyday events.
B)  repression does not actually happen.
C)  the recovered memories are inadvertently created in individuals after a therapist makes suggestions of childhood abuse.
D)  individuals purposely make up stories of abuse to damage the reputation of the accused individual.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Gregory is telling Molly a joke when she suddenly stops him and tells him that she told him that same joke last week. In this example, Gregory ​

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A)  has apparently made a source-monitoring error.
B)  appears to have made a reality-monitoring error. ​
C)  is showing the misinformation error. ​
D)  is experiencing proactive interference. ​E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

When, during a psychology test, you try to remember something your instructor said in class last week, you are using what researchers call _____ memory.

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A)  proactive
B)  retrograde
C)  prospective
D)  retrospectiveE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

When their mom took them to the store yesterday, she asked David and Andrew to help her remember to buy apples. While David focused his attention on how apples were his favorite fruit, Andrew thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart. David was using _____ and Andrew _____.

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A)  elaboration; structural encoding
B)  elaboration; visual imagery
C)  phonemic encoding; structural encoding
D)  phonemic encoding; visual imageryE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The empirical finding that outlining material from textbooks can enhance retention of the material is MOST consistent with which of the following approaches for improving memory?

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A)  Massed practice
B)  Distributed practice
C)  Organization
D)  Deep processingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

A memory code that emphasizes the meaning of verbal input is called a(n)  _____ code.

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A)  structural
B)  phonemic
C)  semantic
D)  episodicE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Noah learned to play Mozart's Concerto Number 21 when he was 8 years old. He is now 30 and hasn't played the piano for 12 years, but his sister has asked him to play the concerto at her wedding. When Noah sits down to practice, he finds that he has the piece mastered in just a few hours, even though it took him weeks to learn the first time. This example illustrates

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A)  recognition as a measure of memory retention.
B)  recall as a measure of memory retention.
C)  relearning as a measure of memory retention.
D)  the impact of pseudoforgetting.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Studies show that taking an exam on material increases performance on a later exam even more than studying for an equal amount of time. This is referred to as ​

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A)  elaboration.
B)  sensitization. ​
C)  the testing effect. ​
D)  the overlearning effect. ​E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Enhancing memory by associating a word with an image to represent the word is known as the _____ method.

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