AP Psychology: Cognition Flashcard

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Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues? Options: Recognition, Recall, Relearning, Rehearsal, Imagery

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Recall

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Where are Tyler's current thoughts being processed? Options: sensory memory, the cerebellum, working memory, echoic memory, long-term memory

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working memory

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Sherry easily remembers the telephone reservation number for Holiday Inns by using the mnemonic 1-800-HOLIDAY. She is using a memory aid known as

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chunking

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Children can better remember an ancient Latin verse if the definition of each unfamiliar Latin word is carefully explained to them. This best illustrates the value of

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long-term potentiation

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Although Mr. Kameda has recently learned to play poker quite well, he cannot consciously remember ever having played poker. It is likely that he has suffered damage to his

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hippocampus

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The fact that older people are often less able than younger adults to recall recently learned information can be best explained in terms of the greater difficulty older people have with

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retrieval.

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After learning the combination for his new locker at school, Milton is unable to remember the combination for his year-old bicycle lock. Milton is experiencing the effects of

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retroactive interference.

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Memory of your familiar old e-mail password may block the recall of your new password. This illustrates

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proactive interference.

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Your friend told you that eating chocolate was shown to improve memory recall. You may later recall this “fact” but forget where you heard it. You assume that you heard it on the news, a credible source, so you begin eating chocolate. Your behavior best illustrates

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source amnesia.

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Research on memory construction indicates that: recent events are more vulnerable to memory distortion than events from our more distant past., false memories often feel as real as true memories., hypnotic suggestion is a particularly effective technique for accurate memory retrieval., it is very difficult to lead people to construct memories of events that never happened., true memories are created by long-term potentiation, and false memories are encoded in the cerebellum.

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false memories often feel as real as true memories.