PSYC 4001 Exam 2 Review

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Free recall refers to

• word association within a list of words.

• recognizing words from a list.

• recalling words from a list in any order.

• memory that requires few attentional resources.

Which of these is NOT true for an information-processing view of memory?

• It involves discrete steps.

• Each step within the model has its own characteristic and its own job to do

• The output of one step provides the input of the next step in the sequence.

• All the steps of the model run in parallel.

When asked to recall a list of 25 words, which words are participants most likely to remember?

• approximately the last 12 words on the list.

• approximately the first 12 words on the list.

• words from various positions throughout the list.

• the first few words and approximately the last 5 or 6 words on the list.

The central executive is

• used to store info to be processed later by the phonological loop.

• another lower-level assistant in the working-memory system.

• like a guidebook for how to "run a program" in the brain.

• the processes that govern the selection and timing of other mental steps.

Medial temporal lobe

• damage is associated only with retrograde amnesia

• is important for recalling old memories from years back

• is important for establishing new memories

• is important for only implicit memories

How does sleep affect consolidation of memory?

• Sleep has no effect on consolidation of memory

• Sleep provides additional cues for the memory.

• Sleep helps mood congruency.

• Sleep reinstates the memory trace.

Echoic memory

• is sensory memory for visual information

• is sensory memory for auditory information

• is short-term memory for auditory information

• is short-term memory for visual information

Double dissociations in memory are important because they

• provide strong evidence for separate memory systems.

• remain unchallenged by contemporary standards.

• provided early evidence of the extent of H.M.’s amnesia.

• suggest that damage to any area of the brain impacts all memory function

How could we get people to remember more words at the beginning of a list of words?

• shorten the presentation time for each word

• lengthen the presentation time for each word

• add a distractor task at the end of the list before recall

• have participants recall immediately after the list of words