Memory

A researcher presents a participant with the following set of words: teacher, notes, lesson, chalk, read, blackboard, essay, homework, exam, class, cram, grades, textbook, review, lecture. The researcher then asks the participants whether they remember seeing the word study on the list. Many participants falsely remember seeing this word. This is an example of a/an __________.

• memory illusion

• amnesic episode

• short-term memory lapse

• iconic memory decay

The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon is an example of __________ failure.

• encoding

• rehearsal

• short-term memory

• retrieval

Although 30-year-old Diana hadn’t ridden a bike for 10 years, as soon as she got on the bike she knew how to ride it.  Her ability to keep her balance and maneuver a bike relies on __________.

• explicit memory

• semantic memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory

The order of the basic memory processes in which information enters the memory system and is later used is _________.

• acquisition, elaboration, and storage

• encoding, retrieval, and storage

• acquisition, encoding, and retrieval

• encoding, storage, and retrieval

This system of memory allows individuals to hold only about 7 "chunks" of information in mind ________.

• sensory memory

• long-term memory

• short-term memory

• semantic memory

Which student below is using elaborative rehearsal to prepare for a vocabulary test?

• Cynthia, who writes down each word and its definition five times in her notebook

• Harriet, who repeats the words over and over to herself all day long

• James, who uses flash cards of the words to go over the definitions

• Ryan, who draws pictures to illustrate the meanings of each word and connect it to real life

Given this list of words to remember: Book, Ruler, Coffee, Apple, Table, Song, Bird, Guitar, Holiday, Face, Paper, Eyes. According to the recency effect, the words that will be remembered the best are __________.

• Paper, Eyes

• Book, Eyes

• Book, Ruler

• Apple, Table