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Chapter 12 Retrieval

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

After we have stored an event, the two possible sources of forgetting due to the passage of time are ____ and ____.

a)

decay / failure to encode

b)

proactive interference / decay

c)

cue-dependent forgetting / failure to encode

d)

decay / interference

2.

____ and ___ are the main cause of forgetting in long term memory.

a)

Decay / interference

b)

The passage of time / not using the memory

c)

Alzheimer’s / dementia

d)

Interference / cue dependent forgetting

3.

Which of the following is the most important determinant of forgetting?

a)

how much time has elapsed since an event

b)

how many other experiences you have had since then

c)

how many similar experiences you have had since then

d)

how many similar experiences you have ever had

4.

Forgetting caused by the formation of new memories during the retention interval is called

a)

proactive interference

b)

retroactive interference

c)

retrograde amnesia

d)

anterograde amnesia

5.

Tulving called material that was no longer stored in memory _____, and he called material that was still stored but couldn’t be retrieved ____.

a)

unavailable, inaccessible

b)

inaccessible, unavailable

c)

erased, lost

d)

lost, misplaced

6.

A study found that people are better at recalling a list of words if the study and test phases are carried out in the same room. The text suggests that

a)

Where possible, students should study in the room where they will be tested

b)

Room cues are less important in recalling meaningful material

c)

This effect only occurs with visual cues

d)

All of the above

7.

People seem to be better at remembering an experience if their emotional state during retrieval is the same as their state during the experience. This is an example of

a)

state-dependent memory

b)

emotion matching

c)

mood matching

d)

focus dependent memory

8.

When a retrieval cue activates several memories, each one that is activated may inhibit all the others. Anderson called this

a)

mutual inhibition

b)

memory inhibition

c)

retrieval-induced forgetting

d)

retrieval blocking

9.

The more items a retrieval cue is associated with, the less effective it is in activating any one of them. This is called

a)

cue overload

b)

the radiation effect

c)

the dispersal effect

d)

spreading activation

10.

In some cases, retrieval cues are not effective. For example, if the cues present during retrieval are NOT similar to those during coding. This reflects ___

a)

Encoding specificity principle

b)

Transfer-appropriate processing

c)

Inhibition & retrieval-induced forgetting

d)

Cue overload

11.

If we retrieve only fragments of an experience, our brains will sometimes fill in the gaps with educated guesses. This process is called

a)

reconstruction

b)

augmentation

c)

top-down processing

d)

rationalization

12.

We sometimes remember an event but misremember the context in which it occurred. This is an example of

a)

reality monitoring

b)

cue overload

c)

context-dependent memory

d)

source confusion

13.

In a study they showed participants slides of an automobile accident and then asked them questions about it. If one of the questions referred, inaccurately, to a yield sign, participants were more likely to later remember seeing this sign. They called this

a)

the misinformation effect

b)

the leading-question effect

c)

a cognitive implant

d)

cognitive distortion