Question 1

You try to remember a phone number by repeating it over and over to yourself. What type of rehearsal are you using?
A) condensed
B) permanent
C) elaborativ.
D) maintenanc.
E) implicit

Accepted Answer

The type of rehearsal being used here is maintenance rehearsal, which involves repeating information over and over in order to keep it in short-term memory.

Question 2

Because of the limited capacity of ________ memory, it is unsafe to talk on a cell phone while driving on a freeway during rush hour.
A) sensor.
B) procedural
C) episodic
D) workin.
E) echoic

Accepted Answer

Working memory has a limited capacity, which makes it difficult to perform multiple tasks that require attention, such as driving and talking on a cell phone simultaneously.

Question 3

Memory is considered to
A) involve storage of information as in a bank vault.
B) operate just like a video recorder.
C) be a perfect replication of our experiences.
D) be an interpretative process.
E) be a permanent form of information storage.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!). Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth, but time is up. As Janie is walking down the stairs, all of a sudden, she remembers the fifth point, but it is too late. Janie had a problem with
A) translation
B) storag.
C) retrieva.
D) evaluation
E) interpolation

Accepted Answer

Janie had a problem with retrieval because she had difficulty accessing the fifth point in her memory at the right time.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true about retrieval?
A) It is a process that allows an extinguished CR to recover.
B) It is a process of getting stored memories back out into consciousness.
C) It is a process of getting information from the sensory receptors to the brain.
D) It is the reason that conditioned taste aversions last so long.
E) It is the process of making sure that stored memories do not decay.

Accepted Answer

Retrieval is the process of accessing stored memories and bringing them back into consciousness. It involves searching through long-term memory to find the information that is needed at the moment.

Question 6

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in.ked out of the classroom, he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper. problem is the ________ component of memory.
A) encoding
B) storage
C) retrieval 
D) retentio.
E) metacognition

Accepted Answer

Retrieval is the process of bringing information from memory into conscious awareness. In this case, Shaquin realized that he forgot to include some information in his paper after he had already handed it in, indicating that he was having difficulty retrieving the information at the time he was writing the paper. Encoding refers to the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, storage refers to maintaining information over time, retention refers to keeping information in memory for long periods of time, and metacognition refers to knowledge and awareness of one's own thought processes.

Question 7

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?
A) a table
B) a modem
C) a rainbo.
D) a photograph
E) a filing cabinet

Accepted Answer

Eidetic imagery is often described as having a "photographic memory," meaning that one can recall visual information with great accuracy and detail as if looking at a photograph.

Question 8

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.
A) workin.
B) declarative
C) procedural
D) sensor.
E) photographic

Accepted Answer

The stream of information from your foot is sensory information, which is first processed by sensory memory. Sensory memory is a very brief form of memory that allows the brain to take in sensory information and hold it briefly for processing.

Question 9

When people hear a sound, their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve, which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound. This process is called
A) encoding.
B) storage.
C) retrieval.
D) evaluation.
E) rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

The process described involves turning one type of information (vibrations in the air) into another type of information (neural messages). This is essentially what is meant by the term "encoding" in psychology.

Question 10

Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like ________ memory.
A) iconi.
B) echoi.
C) working
D) long-term
E) semantic

Accepted Answer

Iconic memory refers to the brief sensory memory of visual stimuli that lasts only a fraction of a second. The fading of the last image on a TV screen is similar to iconic memory because it is a brief and transient visual memory. Echoic memory refers to the brief sensory memory of auditory stimuli and is not applicable in this scenario. Working memory involves the active processing and manipulation of information and is not relevant in this scenario. Long-term memory is a more permanent type of memory storage and is not applicable in this scenario. Semantic memory refers to the long-term memory of knowledge about the world, concepts, and language and is not applicable in this scenario.

Question 11

Jamal is trying to buy something over the phone. He asks his partner to read him his credit card number. However, when he tries to repeat it to the sales clerk on the other end of the line, he can't remember all the numbers. Jamal is coming up against
A) the decay of numerical memor.
B) the extinction of auditory traces.
C) George Miller's magic number 7, plus or minus 2.
D) the limits of procedural memory.
E) the problem of absent-mindedness.

Accepted Answer

Jamal's difficulty in remembering the credit card number is related to George Miller's theory that the average number of objects an individual can hold in working memory is about 7, plus or minus 2. This suggests that Jamal's struggle is due to the natural limitations of his working memory capacity.

Question 12

Psychologists see memory as a(n) ________ system.
A) learnin.
B) interpretive
C) cognition
D) imitation
E) homeostasis

Accepted Answer

Memory is considered an interpretive system because it involves processing, understanding, and making sense of information, rather than merely copying or maintaining balance.

Question 13

Suzy looks up from her lunch, realizing that Jacques has just said something to her. What was it? Oh, yes, he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies. Suzy's ability to retrieve what Jacques said is due to her ________ memory.
A) iconic sensory
B) echoic sensor.
C) workin.
D) tactile sensory
E) gustatory sensory

Accepted Answer

Echoic sensory memory is responsible for auditory information processing and allows for short-term retention and recall of recent sounds or words. So, Suzy's ability to recall the words Jacques said to her is due to echoic sensory memory.

Question 14

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later, she tries to call again-but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.
A) sensory
B) workin.
C) echoi.
D) implicit
E) procedural

Accepted Answer

The scenario described in the question suggests that Tamika was trying to hold onto the telephone number she just looked up for a short period while trying to dial the number. This type of memory is known as working memory, which has a limited duration of about 20-30 seconds without rehearsal. The other types of memory mentioned, such as sensory memory (holds information briefly after the original stimulus has ended), Echoic memory (specific to auditory stimuli), implicit memory (automatic processing of information without conscious effort), and procedural memory (memory for skills and procedures) are not applicable to the scenario described.

Question 15

An eidetic image will fade from memory if you
A) describe it.
B) think about it.
C) are aware of it.
D) view it for too long.
E) rehearse it.

Accepted Answer

Describing an eidetic image, which is an unusually vivid and detailed mental image not typically forgotten immediately, can cause it to fade from memory. This is because the act of translating the visual and spatial details of the image into language can alter or diminish the original vividness and detail of the mental image.

Question 16

Our memory ability is WORST for
A) information that we focused our attention on.
B) information in which we are interested.
C) emotionally arousing information.
D) information that we have practiced repeatedly.
E) information that doesn't fit with previous experiences.

Accepted Answer

Our memory tends to be worse for information that doesn't fit with our previous experiences because it is harder to integrate new, incongruent information with existing knowledge structures, making it more difficult to recall later.

Question 17

If sensory memories were to last longer than normal,
A) we would need more working memory.
B) our senses would not work together.
C) we would become overloaded by the amount of incoming information.
D) it would ultimately destroy cortical neurons.
E) sensory memory would be able to hold more information.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If sensory memories were to last longer...

Question 18

When you hear a phone number and are able to recall it for about 20 or 30 seconds, the phone number is thought to reside within ________ memory.
A) sensor.
B) workin.
C) gustatory
D) procedural
E) long-term

Accepted Answer

The ability to hold information in mind for a short period of time is known as working memory. A phone number that can be recalled for about 20 or 30 seconds is an example of information that is stored in working memory. Options A, C, D, and E do not accurately describe the type of memory involved in this situation.

Question 19

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?
A) storage
B) retrieva.
C) encodin.
D) decoding
E) processing

Accepted Answer

Trying to remember someone's name is an example of retrieval because it involves trying to retrieve or recall information from past experiences.

Question 20

The rapidly passing scenery you see out the window is first stored in ________ memory.
A) echoic
B) iconi.
C) long-term
D) workin.
E) nociceptive

Accepted Answer

The sensory input from the scenery seen out of the window is first processed by the visual sensory memory, also known as iconic memory, before being further stored or forgotten.

Quiz 5: Memory

You try to remember a phone number by repeating it over and over to yourself. What type of rehearsal are you using?

Because of the limited capacity of ________ memory, it is unsafe to talk on a cell phone while driving on a freeway during rush hour.

Memory is considered to

Which of the following statements is true about retrieval?

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in.ked out of the classroom, he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper. problem is the ________ component of memory.

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

The stream of information from your foot is first passed through ________ memory.

When people hear a sound, their ears turn the vibrations in the air into neural messages from the auditory nerve, which makes it possible for the brain to interpret the sound. This process is called

Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like ________ memory.

Jamal is trying to buy something over the phone. He asks his partner to read him his credit card number. However, when he tries to repeat it to the sales clerk on the other end of the line, he can't remember all the numbers. Jamal is coming up against

Psychologists see memory as a(n) ________ system.

Suzy looks up from her lunch, realizing that Jacques has just said something to her. What was it? Oh, yes, he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies. Suzy's ability to retrieve what Jacques said is due to her ________ memory.

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later, she tries to call again-but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.

An eidetic image will fade from memory if you

Our memory ability is WORST for

If sensory memories were to last longer than normal,

When you hear a phone number and are able to recall it for about 20 or 30 seconds, the phone number is thought to reside within ________ memory.

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

The rapidly passing scenery you see out the window is first stored in ________ memory.