QUESTION 1

Information processing researchers use computer as an analogy for human memory. This analogy is limited because:

	a.	Human memories are not retrieved in the same form as they were stored.
	b.	Human memories are better for the events that are emotional.
	c.	Long-term memory has unlimited capacity.
	d.	All of the above.

2 points

QUESTION 2

Sperling's experiment, in which participants had a momentary photographic memory of all nine letters that were shown to them for 1/20^th of a second, demonstrated which kind of memory?

	a.	short-term
	b.	episodic
	c.	working
	d.	sensory

2 points

QUESTION 3

Jamille is taking a psychology exam, and encounters a question about working memory. She does not remember what working memory is, but remembers exactly where she saw this information on a textbook page. Jamille's memory of the location of the learned concept demonstrates:

	a.	automatic processing
	b.	semantic processing
	c.	self-referent effect
	d.	effortful processing

2 points

QUESTION 4

When 80-year-old Ida looked at her old wedding pictures, she was flooded with vivid memories of her parents, her husband, and the early years of her marriage. The pictures served as powerful:

	a.	sensory memories
	b.	retrieval cues
	c.	implicit memories
	d.	encoding devices

2 points

QUESTION 5

After his drinking spree, Fakim hid a half-empty liquor bottle. He couldn't remember where he hid it until he started drinking again. Fakim's pattern of recall best illustrates:

	a.	memory construction
	b.	state-dependent effects
	c.	context-dependent effects
	d.	flashbulb memory

2 points

QUESTION 6

It is much easier to remember the sequence of numbers 180019892001 when they are grouped as 1800, 1989, and 2001 because of the technique called:

	a.	spacing
	b.	maintenance rehearsal
	c.	sequencing
	d.	chunking

2 points

QUESTION 7

What kind of memory is the memory for the fact that the Earth is round?

	a.	semantic
	b.	episodic
	c.	procedural
	d.	implicit

2 points

QUESTION 8

Ted's new telephone number is 663-7589. He frequently tells people that it is 633-7589. He is puzzled as to why he does this until he realizes that the first three digits of his Social Security number are 633. Ted's problem is caused by:

	a.	decay
	b.	repression
	c.	misinformation
	d.	interference

2 points

QUESTION 9

Memories for shocking and tragic events such as 9/11 or Kennedy's assassination are known as ____________ memories:

	a.	repressed
	b.	reconstructed
	c.	flashbulb
	d.	motivated

2 points

QUESTION 10

According to the motivated forgetting theory, which type of experience is most likely to be forgotten?

	a.	an upsetting experience
	b.	an adolescent experience
	c.	a happy occasion
	d.	a recent experience