Question 1

Explain why semantic encoding yields much better theory of deep processing.

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Question 2

Consider the Loftus and Palmer (1974)experiment from your text.Why did the participants who heard the word "smashed" instead of "contacted" to describe a collision,recall that there was broken glass at the accident scene,when,in fact,there was not?

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Question 3

What is memory illusion? Discuss two common memory illusions.

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Question 4

Recall Bousfield's (1953)experiment from your text.Why did the subjects recall the 60 randomly presented words within their respective categories (e.g. ,names,animals,vegetables,and professions)after they were memorized instead of in the order those items were originally presented?

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Question 5

Explain the concept of parallel distributed processing.Compare it with the information-processing approach.

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Question 6

Differentiate between explicit memory and implicit memory.

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Question 7

Cognitive psychologists agree that long-term memory stores at least three major categories of information.What are they? Provide an example for each of the three categories.

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Quiz 7: Memory