Mods. 31 & 32 Studying & Building Memories; Storage & Retrieval

Working memory is most active during which portion of the information-processing model?

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Long-term memory

Caitlin, a fifth grader, is asked to remember her second-grade teacher's name. What measure of retention will Caitlin use to answer this question?

• Storage

• Recognition

• Relearning

• Recall

• Encoding

Your memory of which of the following is an example of implicit memory?

• What you had for breakfast yesterday

• The need to spend some time reviewing tomorrow for an upcoming psychology quiz

• Which way to turn the car key to start the engine

• That George Washington was the first President

• How exciting it was to get the best birthday present ever.

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the capacity of short-term and working memory?

• Lasts for about 2 days in most circumstances

• Lasts for less than half a minute unless you rehearse the information

• Is thought to be unlimited - there is always room for more information

• Can handle about a half dozen items for each of the tasks you are working on at any time

• Can handle about a half dozen items total

Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words?

• Thinking about how the words relate to your own life

• Practicing the words for a single extended period

• Breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions

• Noticing where in a sentence the words appear

• Focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words

What two parts of the brain are most involved in in explicit memory?

• Frontal lobes and basal ganglia

• Amygdala and hippocampus

• Amygdala and cerebellum

• Cerebellum and basal ganglia

• Frontal lobes and hippocampus

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the relationship between emotions and memory?

• Emotion blocks memory, and it is generally true that we are unable to recall highly emotional events.

• Excitement tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but stress decreases the chance that an event will be remembered.

• Stress tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but excitement decreases the chance that an event will be remembered.

• The effect of emotion on memory depends on the interpretation of the event in the frontal lobes.

• Emotion enhances memory because it is important for our survival to remember events that make us emotional.

Which of the following is an example of flashbulb memory?

• Barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the sunlight reflected off the water.

• Robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again.

• Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment because the day was very emotional for her.

• Kris has stronger memories of her second grade teacher than she does of her third grade teacher because her second grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor.

• Anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination.

Juan returns to his grandparent's house after a 10-year absence. The flood of memories about his childhood visits is best explained by which of the following?

• Recall

• Priming

• Explicit memory

• The serial position effect

• Flashbulb memory

Which of the following is an example of the primacy effect?

• Remembering the most important assignment you have to complete for school tomorrow

• Remembering the skills you learned early in life, such as walking

• Remembering the last thing your English teacher talked about in class yesterday, but nothing from earlier in the class period

• Remembering the names of the first two co-workers you met on the first day of your new job

• Remembering that your clocks must be moved ahead one hour when daylight savings time begins in the spring