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    PSY 360 week 3 quiz PSY 360 week 3 quiz 1. When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that _____ has occurred. A. forgetting B. a money trace C. sensory decay D. encoding failure E. secondary memory 2. Unattended information is stored briefly in: A. sensory memory B. short-term memory C. long-term memory D. working memory E. secondary memory 3. The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of: A. directing the flow of information B. controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity C. carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory D. maintaining visual material in memory through visualization E. storing the meaning of complex verbal material 4. Words from the beginning of a list are more likely to be recalled than words from the middle of the list. This phenomenon is known as the _____ effect. A. recency B. primacy C. forgetting D. interference E. memory trace 5. One basic physiological mechanism for learning is the ____ rule, which states that if a synapse between two neurons is repeatedly activated at about the same time the postsynaptic neuron fires, the chemistry of the synapse changes. A. Carlson B. Hebb C. Baddeley D. Tulving E. icon 6. The term “anterograde amnesia” refers to: A. the loss of the ability to form new memories B. the loss of the ability to recall old events C. the loss of short-term memory D. the loss of sensory memory E. the loss of all memory ability 7. The _____ component of working memory is thought to be a temporary storage system that interacts with long-term memory and the other components of working memory to facilitate the transfer of information to long-term memory. A. episodic buffer B. visuospatial sketchpad C. central executive D. phonological loop E. semantic buffer 8. Sensory memories exist for every sensory modality. A. True B. False 9. Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is: A. unlimited B. 7 + 2 items C. 18 items D. 5000 items E. 50,000 items 10. The code in long-term memory is based on: A. sound B. visual imagery C. meaning D. both sound and visual imagery E. both sound and meaning 11. Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve demonstrates that: A. forgetting is rapid at first and then levels off B. forgetting is slow at first and then speeds up C. forgetting occurs at a steady pace, beginning immediately after learning D. no forgetting occurs until 24 hours after learning E. forgetting reaches a peak about 3 days after learning 12. Proactive interference refers to the fact that: A. new material can disrupt the recall of previously learned material B. previously learned material can disrupt the learning of new material C. the passage of time leads to memory decay D. active interference can strengthen a memory trace E. memories can become stronger over time 13. According to the retrieval cue explanation of interference, you are more likely to forget where you parked your car in a lot where: A. you have never parked before B. you have always parked in the same place C. you have parked frequently, but in many different spaces D. you parked a year ago, but not more recently E. you parked yesterday 14. “Cramming” for exams tends to be ineffective because of the: A. chunking effect B. spacing effect C. state-dependence effect D. context effect E. encoding specificity effect 15. Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of: Studies of flashbulb memory indicate that A. stronger emotional responses to an event are associated with less detailed memories B. more retellings of the event are associated with more accurate memories C. flashbulb memories are no more accurate than memories for more mundane life events D. people are less confident in the accuracy of flashbulb memories than they are about more ordinary memories E. flashbulb memories are only created for positive emotional events

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    PSY 360 week 3 quiz PSY 360 week 3 quiz 1. When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that _____ has occurred. A. forgetting B. a money trace C. sensory decay D. encoding failure E. secondary memory 2. Unattended information is stored briefly in: A. sensory memory B. short-term memory C. long-term memory D. working memory E. secondary memory 3. The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of: A. directing the flow of information B. controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity C. carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory D. maintaining visual material in memory through visualization E. storing the meaning of complex verbal material 4. Words from the beginning of a list are more likely to be recalled than words from the middle of the list. This phenomenon is known as the _____ effect. A. recency B. primacy C. forgetting D. interference E. memory trace 5. One basic physiological mechanism for learning is the ____ rule, which states that if a synapse between two neurons is repeatedly activated at about the same time the postsynaptic neuron fires, the chemistry of the synapse changes. A. Carlson B. Hebb C. Baddeley D. Tulving E. icon 6. The term “anterograde amnesia” refers to: A. the loss of the ability to form new memories B. the loss of the ability to recall old events C. the loss of short-term memory D. the loss of sensory memory E. the loss of all memory ability 7. The _____ component of working memory is thought to be a temporary storage system that interacts with long-term memory and the other components of working memory to facilitate the transfer of information to long-term memory. A. episodic buffer B. visuospatial sketchpad C. central executive D. phonological loop E. semantic buffer 8. Sensory memories exist for every sensory modality. A. True B. False 9. Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is: A. unlimited B. 7 + 2 items C. 18 items D. 5000 items E. 50,000 items 10. The code in long-term memory is based on: A. sound B. visual imagery C. meaning D. both sound and visual imagery E. both sound and meaning 11. Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve demonstrates that: A. forgetting is rapid at first and then levels off B. forgetting is slow at first and then speeds up C. forgetting occurs at a steady pace, beginning immediately after learning D. no forgetting occurs until 24 hours after learning E. forgetting reaches a peak about 3 days after learning 12. Proactive interference refers to the fact that: A. new material can disrupt the recall of previously learned material B. previously learned material can disrupt the learning of new material C. the passage of time leads to memory decay D. active interference can strengthen a memory trace E. memories can become stronger over time 13. According to the retrieval cue explanation of interference, you are more likely to forget where you parked your car in a lot where: A. you have never parked before B. you have always parked in the same place C. you have parked frequently, but in many different spaces D. you parked a year ago, but not more recently E. you parked yesterday 14. “Cramming” for exams tends to be ineffective because of the: A. chunking effect B. spacing effect C. state-dependence effect D. context effect E. encoding specificity effect 15. Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of: Studies of flashbulb memory indicate that A. stronger emotional responses to an event are associated with less detailed memories B. more retellings of the event are associated with more accurate memories C. flashbulb memories are no more accurate than memories for more mundane life events D. people are less confident in the accuracy of flashbulb memories than they are about more ordinary memories E. flashbulb memories are only created for positive emotional events

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    PSY 360 week 3 quiz PSY 360 week 3 quiz 1. When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that _____ has occurred. A. forgetting B. a money trace C. sensory decay D. encoding failure E. secondary memory 2. Unattended information is stored briefly in: A. sensory memory B. short-term memory C. long-term memory D. working memory E. secondary memory 3. The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of: A. directing the flow of information B. controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity C. carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory D. maintaining visual material in memory through visualization E. storing the meaning of complex verbal material 4. Words from the beginning of a list are more likely to be recalled than words from the middle of the list. This phenomenon is known as the _____ effect. A. recency B. primacy C. forgetting D. interference E. memory trace 5. One basic physiological mechanism for learning is the ____ rule, which states that if a synapse between two neurons is repeatedly activated at about the same time the postsynaptic neuron fires, the chemistry of the synapse changes. A. Carlson B. Hebb C. Baddeley D. Tulving E. icon 6. The term “anterograde amnesia” refers to: A. the loss of the ability to form new memories B. the loss of the ability to recall old events C. the loss of short-term memory D. the loss of sensory memory E. the loss of all memory ability 7. The _____ component of working memory is thought to be a temporary storage system that interacts with long-term memory and the other components of working memory to facilitate the transfer of information to long-term memory. A. episodic buffer B. visuospatial sketchpad C. central executive D. phonological loop E. semantic buffer 8. Sensory memories exist for every sensory modality. A. True B. False 9. Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is: A. unlimited B. 7 + 2 items C. 18 items D. 5000 items E. 50,000 items 10. The code in long-term memory is based on: A. sound B. visual imagery C. meaning D. both sound and visual imagery E. both sound and meaning 11. Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve demonstrates that: A. forgetting is rapid at first and then levels off B. forgetting is slow at first and then speeds up C. forgetting occurs at a steady pace, beginning immediately after learning D. no forgetting occurs until 24 hours after learning E. forgetting reaches a peak about 3 days after learning 12. Proactive interference refers to the fact that: A. new material can disrupt the recall of previously learned material B. previously learned material can disrupt the learning of new material C. the passage of time leads to memory decay D. active interference can strengthen a memory trace E. memories can become stronger over time 13. According to the retrieval cue explanation of interference, you are more likely to forget where you parked your car in a lot where: A. you have never parked before B. you have always parked in the same place C. you have parked frequently, but in many different spaces D. you parked a year ago, but not more recently E. you parked yesterday 14. “Cramming” for exams tends to be ineffective because of the: A. chunking effect B. spacing effect C. state-dependence effect D. context effect E. encoding specificity effect 15. Your memory of your first college lecture would be an example of: Studies of flashbulb memory indicate that A. stronger emotional responses to an event are associated with less detailed memories B. more retellings of the event are associated with more accurate memories C. flashbulb memories are no more accurate than memories for more mundane life events D. people are less confident in the accuracy of flashbulb memories than they are about more ordinary memories E. flashbulb memories are only created for positive emotional events

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    1.Whenwecannotretrieveinformationfrommemory,wesaythat_____hasoccurred.
    A.forgetting
    B.amoneytrace
    C.sensorydecay
    D.encodingfailure
    E.secondarymemory
    2.Unattendedinformationisstoredbrieflyin:
    A.sensorymemory
    B.shorttermmemory
    C.longtermmemory
    D.workingmemory
    E.secondarymemory
    3.Thecentralexecutiveinworkingmemoryishypothesizedtohavethefunctionof:
    A.directingtheflowofinformation
    B.controllinganunlimitedamountofresourcesandcapacity
    C.carryingoutsubvocalrehearsaltomaintainverbalmaterialinmemory
    D.maintainingvisualmaterialinmemorythroughvisualization
    E.storingthemeaningofcomplexverbalmaterial
    4.Wordsfromthebeginningofalistaremorelikelytoberecalledthanwordsfromthemiddleofthe
    list.Thisphenomenonisknownasthe_____effect.
    A.recency
    B.primacy
    C.forgetting
    D.interference
    E.memorytrace
    5.Onebasicphysiologicalmechanismforlearningisthe____rule,whichstatesthatifasynapse
    betweentwoneuronsisrepeatedlyactivatedataboutthesametimethepostsynapticneuronfires,
    thechemistryofthesynapsechanges.
    A.Carlson
    B.Hebb
    C.Baddeley
    D.Tulving
    E.icon
    6.Thetermanterogradeamnesiarefersto:
    A.thelossoftheabilitytoformnewmemories
    B.thelossoftheabilitytorecalloldevents
    C.thelossofshorttermmemory
    D.thelossofsensorymemory
    E.thelossofallmemoryability
    7.The_____componentofworkingmemoryisthoughttobeatemporarystoragesystemthat
    interactswithlongtermmemoryandtheothercomponentsofworkingmemorytofacilitatethe
    transferofinformationtolongtermmemory.
    A.episodicbuffer
    B.visuospatialsketchpad
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    C.centralexecutive
    D.phonologicalloop
    E.semanticbuffer
    8.Sensorymemoriesexistforeverysensorymodality.
    A.True
    B.False
    9.Psychologistsbelievethatthecapacityoflongtermmemoryis:
    A.unlimited
    B.7+2items
    C.18items
    D.5000items
    E.50,000items
    10.Thecodeinlongtermmemoryisbasedon:
    A.sound
    B.visualimagery
    C.meaning
    D.bothsoundandvisualimagery
    E.bothsoundandmeaning
    11.Ebbinghaussforgettingcurvedemonstratesthat:
    A.forgettingisrapidatfirstandthenlevelsoff
    B.forgettingisslowatfirstandthenspeedsup
    C.forgettingoccursatasteadypace,beginningimmediatelyafterlearning
    D.noforgettingoccursuntil24hoursafterlearning
    E.forgettingreachesapeakabout3daysafterlearning

    12.Proactiveinterferencereferstothefactthat:
    A.newmaterialcandisrupttherecallofpreviouslylearnedmaterial
    B.previouslylearnedmaterialcandisruptthelearningofnewmaterial
    C.thepassageoftimeleadstomemorydecay
    D.activeinterferencecanstrengthenamemorytrace
    E.memoriescanbecomestrongerovertime
    13.Accordingtotheretrievalcueexplanationofinterference,youaremorelikelytoforgetwhere
    youparkedyourcarinalotwhere:
    A.youhaveneverparkedbefore
    B.youhavealwaysparkedinthesameplace
    C.youhaveparkedfrequently,butinmanydifferentspaces
    D.youparkedayearago,butnotmorerecently
    E.youparkedyesterday
    14.Crammingforexamstendstobeineffectivebecauseofthe:
    A.chunkingeffect
    B.spacingeffect
    C.statedependenceeffect
    D.contexteffect
    E.encodingspecificityeffect
    15.Yourmemoryofyourfirstcollegelecturewouldbeanexampleof:
    Studiesofflashbulbmemoryindicatethat
    A.strongeremotionalresponsestoaneventareassociatedwithlessdetailedmemories
    B.moreretellingsoftheeventareassociatedwithmoreaccuratememories
    C.flashbulbmemoriesarenomoreaccuratethanmemoriesformoremundanelifeevents
    D.peoplearelessconfidentintheaccuracyofflashbulbmemoriesthantheyareaboutmore
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    ordinarymemories
    E.flashbulbmemoriesareonlycreatedforpositiveemotionalevents
    16.Studiesofeyewitnessmemory:
    A.supportBartlettsideaofmemoryasaconstructiveprocess
    B.revealsurprisinglyaccuratememoriesofstressfulevents
    C.suggestthatconfidenceisanimportantattributeofanaccuratewitness
    D.showthatwitnessesareremarkablyresistanttomisleadinginformation
    E.helpustounderstandwhyeyewitnessesalmostnevermakemistakes
    17.UsingtheDeese/RoedigerMcDermottparadigm,researchershaveshownthat80%of
    participantsrememberwordsonalistthatwerenotactuallyincluded.
    A.True
    B.False
    18.InRebersstudiesofnonanalyticconceptformationinwhichparticipantsattemptedtolearnto
    categorizeletterstringsderivedfromcomplexgrammars,
    A.participantswholearnedletterstringsthatfollowedthegrammarmadefewererrorsthancontrol
    participantslearningrandomstrings
    B.participantswhoweretoldthattheletterstringsfollowedcomplexrulesperformedbetterthandid
    thoseparticipantswhodidnotknowthis
    C.thebestperformancecamefromparticipantswhosuccessfullyfiguredouttheruleforgenerating
    theletterstrings
    D.memorizingexemplarswasanineffectivestrategyincategorylearning
    E.performanceneverroseabovechancelevelforanyparticipants
    19.Theschemaviewofconceptformationassumesthat:
    A.thereareclearboundariesamongindividualschemata
    B.thereiscognitiveeconomyamongconcepts
    C.informationisabstractedacrossinstances
    D.noinformationisstoredaboutactualinstances
    E.schematacontaincharacteristicsofcategories,butnoinformationabouthowcategoriesare
    relatedtoeachother
    20.Youmighthaveascriptfor:
    A.whataclassroomlookslike
    B.whatapetis
    C.whatacatis
    D.whathappenswhenyougotothebarber/hairstylist
    E.whatrapmusicsoundslike
    21.Ifinformationfromastoryispresentedinscrambledorder,
    A.peopleactuallyrecallitbetterthanifithadbeenpresentedinproperorder,becausetheypay
    moreattentiontoit
    B.peoplerecalljustasmuchinformationasifithadbeenpresentedinproperorder
    C.peopletendtorecallitinthescriptedorder
    D.peoplecannotrecallanyofthedetailsofthestory
    E.wecannotpredicthowmuchwillberecalled,orinwhatorder
    22.Apple,piano,andtableareexamplesofbasiclevelcategories.
    A.True
    B.False
    23.Propertiesandfactsarestoredatthehighestlevelpossible,accordingtotheprincipleof:
    A.encodingspecificity
    B.connectionism
    C.cognitiveeconomy
    D.typicality
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    E.lexicaldestiny
    24.ConradhasfoundevidencethatthestatementAsharkcanmovecanbeverifiedinthesame
    amountoftimeasAnanimalcanmove.Theseresultssuggestthatreactiontimeisbestpredicted
    by:
    A.cognitiveeconomy
    B.frequencyofassociation
    C.encodingspecificity
    D.episodicmemory
    E.typicality
    25.Thewordsuperiorityeffectisrelatedtotheideaof:
    A.cognitiveeconomy
    B.schemata
    C.typicality
    D.spreadingactivation
    E.prototypes
    26.ACTmodelsdistinguishamongthreetypesofmemorysystems:
    A.workingmemory,episodicmemory,anddeclarativememory
    B.semanticmemory,episodicmemory,andproceduralmemory
    C.proceduralmemory,declarativememory,andsemanticmemory
    D.workingmemory,declarativememory,andproceduralmemory
    E.semanticmemory,episodicmemory,andconceptmemory
    27.WhichofthefollowingisFALSEregardingaconnectionisttrainingepoch?
    A.Itbeginsbygeneratingarandomoutput.
    B.Connectionweightsareinitiallysetatrandomlevels.
    C.Generatedoutputpatternsarecomparedwithtargetpatterns.
    D.Backpropagationoccursovermanytrials.
    E.Connectionweightsareadjustedbeforethenexttargetisinput.
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