Transcript Chapter 7 Quiz Human Memory

Chapter 7 Quiz
Human Memory
Don’t forget to write your answers on a
separate piece of paper to grade when you’re
done!
1. The three stages of Atkinson-Shiffrin process
of memory are:
a) iconic, echoic, encoding
b) sensory, short term, long term
c) shallow, medium, and deep processing
d) semantic, episodic, procedural
2. Which of the following examples best
illustrates episodic memory?
a) telling someone how to tie a shoe
b) answering correctly that the Battle of
Hastings was in 1066
c) knowing that the word for black in
French is noir
d) remembering that a clown was at your
fifth birthday party
3. Doug wrote a grocery list of 10 items, but leaves it at
home. The list included in order: peas, corn, squash,
onions, apples, pears, bananas, flour, milk, and eggs.
If the law of primacy holds, which of the following is
Doug most likely to remember when he gets to the
store?
a) peas, pears, eggs
b) banana, flour, peas
c) apples, pears, bananas
d) peas, corn, onions
4. Mnemonic devices
a) can only be used to remember concrete
words
b) have existed since ancient times
c) are generally ineffective and are
unnecessary in modern times
d) are the main element for improving
everyday memory
5. According to the levels of processing theory of
memory
a) we remember items that are repeated again and
again
b) maintenance rehearsal will encode items into
our long-term memory
c) deep processing involves elaborative rehearsal,
ensuring encoding into long-term memory
d) input, output, and storage are the three levels
6. Which of the following brain structures plays
a key role in transferring information from
short-term memory to long-term memory?
a) hypothalamus
b) thalamus
c) hippocampus
d) frontal lobe
7. Dan was drunk, so his girlfriend convinced him to
get out of his car, and she drove him home in her car.
He could not remember where his car was parked
when he got up the next morning, but after drinking
some liquor, Dan remembered where he left his car.
This phenomenon best illustrates:
a) the misinformation effect
b) mood-congruent memory
c) the framing effect
d) state-dependent memory
8. Which of the following terms is synonymous
with “motivated forgetting”?
a) regression
b) repression
c) sublimation
d) rationalization
9. A retrieval cue is
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
10. Focusing awareness on a narrow range of
stimuli or events involves
a) encoding
b) attention
c) elaboration
d) clustering
11. If you were attempting to recall a memory,
the memory process you would be using is
a) encoding
b) storage
c) retrieval
d) acquisition
12. A memory code that emphasizes the
meaning of the verbal input is called
a) a structural code
b) a phonemic code
c) a semantic code
d) an episodic code
13. Which level of processing should result in
the longest lasting memory codes?
a) structural encoding
b) mnemonic encoding
c) semantic encoding
d) phonemic encoding
14. Pseudoforgetting is viewed as a function of
a) interference effects
b) lack of attention
c) hippocampal damage
d) insufficient retrieval cues
15. Overlearning material will
a) not improve retention
b) improve retention
c) improve retention for nonsense syllables,
but not much else
d) result in “burnout”
Chapter 7 Answer Key
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. B
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
C
C
C
B
B
Essay Question Possibilities!!
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One of the following essay questions will
appear on your test, be familiar with all of
them!!
Essay Question # 1
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Using the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of
memory, describe the capacity, the durability,
and the typical form of information storage in
each of the three human memory systems, and
identify the processes that transfer information
from one system to another.
Essay Question # 2
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Compare the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of
short-term memory with Baddely’s more
complex model of short-term memory.
Essay Question # 3
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Compare and evaluate decay theory and
interference theory as explanations of
forgetting.
Essay Question # 4
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Distinguish between implicit and explicit
memory, declarative and procedural memory,
and semantic and episodic memory, and
explain how these are interrelated.
Essay Question # 5
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Outline some strategies that can be used to
improve everyday memory.
Good Luck!
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Make sure to double check all of your answers
and study them for the upcoming exam.
Remember, AT LEAST FIVE of the questions
from this quiz will make some sort of
appearance on the chapter test along with one
of the essay questions.
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Take advantage of this study guide and good
luck on your test!