Chapter 9 - Memory

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1 The modal model of the mind proposes that memory consists of three main
sensory memory, preattentive memory, and long-term memory.
sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory.
short-term memory, working memory, and semantic memory.
iconic memory, echoic memory, and working memory.

2 Alan Baddeley has proposed that working memory consists of separate but interacting components, which include all of the following except:
a visuospatial sketch pad.
a central executive.
an iconic memory.
a phonological loop.

3 The process that controls the movement of information from short-term memory into long-term memory is:
retrieval.
attention.
encoding.
recall.

4 Subjects in a classic memory experiment were given a list of nonsense syllables to memorize. Subjects in group A slept for several hours immediately after studying the list and were tested soon after waking. Subjects in group B engaged in normal, waking activity for several hours after studying the list and then were tested. The result was that:
group A forgot more items than group B, supporting the decay theory of forgetting.
group A remembered more items than group B, supporting the interference theory of forgetting.
group B forgot more items than group A, supporting the primacy effect on memory.
group B remembered more items than group A, supporting the encoding-specificity principle of memory.

5 If you are asked to produce from memory a list of items that are red, you might respond with a list that includes both apple and stop sign. Since apples and stop signs don't normally occur together, Aristotle proposed that this aspect of memory is governed by the:
encoding-specificity principle.
principle of association by similarity.
principle of free association.
principle of association by contiguity.

6 The memory of an experience is most like a:
construction built and rebuilt from various sources of information.
series of still photographs of the original event that can be shuffled into different order.
videotape of the original event that runs from beginning to end without stop.
videotape of the original that runs and stops at critical points (for a second or two) and then continues to run.

7 Recalling one's own childhood birthdays is an example of:
episodic memory.
implicit memory.
procedural memory.
semantic memory.

8 Which of the following is not an example of implicit memory?
memories produced by classical conditioning
memories that are the basis for priming
knowledge of word meanings
motor skills

9 One line of evidence for the sharp distinction between short-term explicit memory and long-term explicit memory comes from studies of:
chunking.
elaborative rehearsal.
H. M. and patients with similar brain damage.
priming.

10 Which of the following statements best describes the memory deficit of
He was unable to bring new information from sensory memory into short-term memory.
He was unable to hold declarative information in short-term memory for a prolonged period.
He was unable to encode declarative information into long-term memory.
He was unable to retrieve declarative information from long-term memory.