AP Psych Unit 4 Pretest

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized, they often substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list. This best illustrates the effects of:

• automatic processing

• source amnesia

• semantic encoding

• memory decay

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In an effort to remember the name of the classmate who sat behind her in fifth grade, Martina mentally recited the names of other classmates who sat near her. Martina's effort to refresh her memory by activating related associations is an example of:

• priming

• deja vu

• encoding

• relearning

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Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of:

• repression

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

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The ability to learn something without any conscious memory of having learned it suggests the need to distinguish between:

• proactive and retroactive interference

• short-term and long-term memory

• recognition and recall

• explicit and implicit memory

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Studies of amnesics suggest that:

• memory is a single, unified system

• there are two distinct types of memory

• there are three distinct types of memory

• memory losses following brain trauma are unpredictable

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When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being utilized?

• reconstruction

• recognition

• rehearsal

• recall

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The three steps in memory information processing are:

• input, processing, output

• input, storage, output

• input, storage, retrieval

• encoding, storage, retrieval

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Students who restudy course material in order to pass a comprehensive examination are especially likely to demonstrate long-term retention of the course material. This best illustrates:

• implicit memory

• the serial position effect

• the method of loci

• the spacing effect

• chunking

Although Faustina can learn and remember how to solve a complicated jigsaw puzzle, she is unable to learn and remember the names of people to whom she has been introduced. Faustina is most likely to have suffered damage to her:

• hypothalamus

• brainstem

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

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Brenda has trouble remembering her new five-digit ZIP plus four-digit address code. What is the most likely explanation for the difficulty Brenda is having?

• Nine digits are at or above the upper limit of most people's short-term memory capacity.

• Nine digits are at or above the upper limit of most people's iconic memory capacity.

• The extra four digits cannot be organized into easily remembered chunks.

• Brenda evidently has an impaired implicit memory.

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