Question 1 This multiple choice question is testing _____________ because it inv

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Question 1

This multiple choice question is testing _____________ because it involves identifying information you previously learned among other irrelevant bits of information.

Relearning

Recognition

Recall

Encoding

Question 2

Jessica remembers her old boyfriend’s telephone number so well that it is difficult for her to remember her new boyfriend’s telephone number. This best demonstrates:

Proactive interference

Retroactive Interference

Retrograde Interference

Semantic Interference

Question 3

The act of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness is known as ________.

encoding

retrieval

interference

storage

Question 4

Because Chrissy didn't purposely or actively try to encode the directions from her office to the bathroom, but can still find her way to the bathroom, she probably used ______________ to commit this information to memory.

semantic encoding

rehearsal

effortful processing

automatic processing

Question 5

Elena finds it very difficult to remember a long string of numbers, so she tries to memorize three numbers at a time. Later, she is able to repeat the numbers correctly because she grouped the numbers into more manageable groups of three. This is an example of ________.

chunking

elaborative rehearsal

blocking

engramming

Question 6

You have to memorize the names of all 50 states for an exam tomorrow. According to our textbook, which of the following is not a helpful way to get the names of the states into your memory before the exam?

group the information into a more manageable size:  memorize five states at a time

sing the names of the 50 states to the tune of “Happy Birthday”

think of something you might do in each state if you were on a vacation in that state

stay up all night before your exam to maximize the amount of time you have to study

Question 7

What does the equipotentiality hypothesis suggest would happen if someone's hippocampus was damaged?

another part of the brain would compensate for the damage by taking over the memory functions normally managed by the hippocampus

areas near the hippocampus would also begin to decay, followed by a cascading failure of the brain leading to death

the person would lose their ability to feel fear

the person would enter a coma

Question 8

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is correct?

Eyewitness testimony is always reliable.

Eyewitness testimony is never reliable.

Eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of suggestion.

The eyewitness testimony of adults, but NOT children, is reliable.

Question 9

When Benny was five he cut his leg on some glass and needed stiches. Years later, his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog. Now, when people ask about his scar he distinctly remembers the dog biting him. This is an example of ____________.

forgetting

the misinformation effect

misattribution

blocking

Question 10

____________ lasts about 20 seconds, and has a capacity of 7 (give or take 2) items of information.

Sensory memory

Short-term memory

Long-term memory

Procedural memory

This multiple choice question is testing _____________ because it involves identifying information you previously learned among other irrelevant bits of information.

Answers: A.

Relearning

B.

Recognition

C.

Recall

D.

Encoding

Explanation / Answer

ANSWER 1:

Option C - Recall

ANSWER 2:

Option A - Proactive Interference

ANSWER 3:

Option B - Retrieval

ANSWER 4:

Option D - Automatic processing

ANSWER 5:

Option A - chunking

ANSWER 6:

Option D - stay up all night before your exam to maximize the amount of time you have to study

ANSWER 7:

Option A - another part of the brain would compensate for the damage by taking over the memory functions normally managed by the hippocampus

ANSWER 8:

Option C - eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of suggestion

ANSWER 9:

Option C - Misattribution

ANSWER 10:

Option B - Short-term memory

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