Classical experiments in psychology chapter 29, 30, 31

What are Ebbinghaus’s famous nonsense syllables?

• Meaningless one syllable words

• Meaningful one syllable words

• Common words that we use in everyday language picked to best test memory

• Any three letter word

What is an example of a nonsense syllable word?

• Weg

• Rab

• Kit

• Loy

What did Ebbinghaus’s method of memory savings mean?

• Ebbinghaus's method measures the accuracy of memory recall.
• Ebbinghaus's method focuses on the emotional impact of memories.
• Ebbinghaus's method involves the use of mnemonic devices for memory enhancement.
• Ebbinghaus's method of memory savings refers to the measurement of how much time or effort is saved when relearning previously learned material.

How many subjects did Ebbinghaus use?

• One: Just himself

• One: A fellow psychologist

• Multiple: Himself included

• Multiple: Excluding him, since he was taking notes

What did Bartlett discover about his participants' ability to remember certain shapes and pictures?

• Participants recalled shapes and pictures based solely on their visual appearance.
• Participants accurately remembered all shapes and pictures without distortion.
• Participants would remember some things but would replace others with something familiar. They would develop schema

• Participants only remembered shapes and pictures that were unfamiliar to them.

What are schemas/schematas?

• Schemas are physical structures in the brain.
• Schemas are types of computer algorithms.

• Schemas are universal laws of nature.
• Schemas are pre-existing impressions we already have, and we use them to relate to a current event.

What did the participants do unconsciously to remember the story “The War of the Ghost?”

• They created images of the story in their mind, instead of remembering the phrases of it.

• They memorized the story word for word.
• They forgot the less entertaining parts entirely.

• They created a completely different story.

What happened to H.M. as a result of his surgery?

• H.M. could remember all past events but not new ones.
• H.M. developed a photographic memory post-surgery.
• H.M. gained enhanced cognitive abilities after the surgery.
• H.M. experienced severe memory loss and could not form new long-term memories.

What are the types of memory that were discovered?

• Immediate memory, delayed memory, procedural memory
• Visual memory, auditory memory, spatial memory
• Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
• Declarative memory, Procedural memory, Implicit memory, Explicit memory

What was the problem that H.M. solved faster than other amnesiac patients?

• Solving Einstein's Relativity Problem faster than other amnesiac patients

• Solving The Ravine of Kale Problem faster than other amnesiac patients

• Solving The Tower of Hanoi Problem faster than other amnesiac patients

• Solving complex math equations faster than other amnesiac patients.