Memory_ AP Psychology_ Practice Flashcard

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In a research study on the multi-store method of memory, one group of randomly assigned high school students were given 5 minutes to rehearse details about a stimulus after being exposed to it for 15 seconds. A second group were not given time to rehearse the details of the stimulus. Which research design best represents this study?

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Experiment

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Devi spent time developing a set of note cards for an upcoming test that used word associations based on what the words meant in relation to each other. Which of the following did Devi use with this study method? State-dependent memory, Latent learning, Effortful processing, Procedural memory

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Effortful processing

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According to the multi-store model of memory, the first stage in memory processing involves which of the following? Retrieval, Storage, Rehearsal, Encoding

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Encoding

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When Amy was seven years of age, she had a babysitter from France. During this time Amy learned to speak a little French. Years later, when Amy got to college, she signed up for a beginning French class. Amy learned the material in her French class much more quickly than her classmates did. Amy’s rapid learning was most likely due to

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implicit memory

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Chuck recalls the day last summer when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee. This is an example of

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episodic memory

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Dr. Roberts conducts a study in which one group of participants counts the number of syllables in each member of a list of twenty words, and the second group creates stories from the same set of words. When later asked to write down as many of the previously seen words as possible, the second group of participants recalls more words than the first group. This study shows the importance of

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semantic encoding

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To help himself remember the name of his new colleague, Hope, Jose thinks about the meaning of her name—the feeling of hopefulness. Which concept best corresponds to Jose’s strategy?

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Semantic encoding

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Hillary glances at a graph and then turns her head away less than a second later. When she tries to immediately remember what she saw, which type of memory does she use?

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Iconic

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What sort of memory is Erwin using when he reminds himself to stop at the grocery store for milk and cereal?

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Prospective

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If mice lack an enzyme essential to the process of long-term potentiation, what will be the most likely consequence?

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They will be unable to learn a maze.