UNIT 5

What is semantic memory related to?

• a. It is related to specific events

• b. It is related with generalized knowledge

• c. It is related with grammatical knowledge

What triggers episodic memory?

• a. Retrospective memory

• b. Prospective memory

• c. Both

What statement is true?

• a. Episodic memory is more vulnerable than semantic memory

• b. Semantic memory is more vulnerable than episodic memory

• c. Semantic memory is equally vulnerable to episodic memory

Episodic memory is supported by and ___semantic memory by___

• a. prefrontal lobe/temporal lobe

• b. Thalamus/broca’s area

• c. hippocampus/anterior temporal lobes

What type of memory is impared in amnesia?

• a. Episodic memory

• b. Implicit memory

• c. Both

According to Barlett, what influences schemas?

• a. Social and cultural factors

• b. Episodic false memories

• c. Semantic false memories

What did Bower, Karlin, and Dueck’s find by using “droodles”?

• a. Semantic memory was influenced by experiences in life

• b. Figures were better recalled when the label was given

• c. Errors occurred when participants were asked about recalling the story

What part(s) of the memory process is influenced more by giving labels to a figure?

• a. Retrieval

• b. Encoding

• c. None

What is the eect of having inter-word associated words in a list?

• a. Performance is better

• b. Performance is neutral

• c. Performance is worse

What is the effect of learning material words from three different semantic groups?

• a. Words are retrieved worse because the semantic memory is fulfilled

• b. Words are retrieved in clusters

• c. Words are encoded as images