Chapter 6

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According to your text, which of the following movies is LEAST accurate in its portrayal of a memory problem?
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50 First Dates
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The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being true _____.
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simply because we have been exposed to them before
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Wickens et al.'s"fruit, meat, and professions" experiment failed to show a release from proactive interference in the "fruit" group because _____.
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the stimulus category remained the same
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Which task below would most likely be used to test for implicit memory?
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Completing a word for which the first and last letter have been supplied
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Which of the following would most likely be a detailed long-term memory?
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I was talking to that girl just before class
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Which of the following is NOT an example of an implicit memory? a. Repetition priming b. Classical conditioning c. Procedural memory d. Semantic memory
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d. Semantic memory
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Memory enhancement due to repetition priming is a result of _____.
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the test stimulus being the same or resembling the priming stimulus
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A patient with impaired episodic memory would most likely have the greatest difficulty in _____.
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remembering graduating from college
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One of the defining characteristics of implicit memory is that _____.
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we are not conscious we are using it
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Which of the following is NOT an example of semantic memory?
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I remember the day we learned about how talking on cell phones can impair driving ability
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The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that _____ is crucial for the formation of LTMs.
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the hippocampus
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Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to autobiographical memories?
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Autobiographical memories can involve both episodic and semantic content
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Your book discusses the memory functioning of patient H.M. who underwent brain surgery to relieve severe epileptic seizures. H.M.'s case has been extremely informative to psychologists by demonstrating that _____.
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STM can operate normally while LTM is impaired
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Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?
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I remember the big island of Hawaii has many active volcanoes
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Your text describes an "Italian woman" who, after an attack of encephalitis, had difficulty remembering people or facts she knew before. She could, however, remember her life events and daily tasks. Her memory behavior reflects _____.
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intact episodic memory but defective semantic memory
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_____ memories are to experiences as _____ memories are to facts.
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Episodic; semantic
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Murdoch's "remembering a list" experiment described the serial position curve and found that that memory is best for _____ of a list.
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both the first and last words
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The primacy effect is attributed to _____.
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recall of information stored in LTM
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When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds _____.
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decreases the recency effect
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Carrie answers her phone with "Hello?" A response, "Hi, Carrie!" comes from the other end of the line. Carrie responds back with "Hi, Dad!" Carrie processed "Hi, Carrie" using _____.
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an auditory code in long-term memory
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A patient suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome, such as "Jimmy G" who is described in your text, would be able to perform which of the following activities without difficulty?
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Identifying a photograph of his childhood home
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Which of the following involves procedural memory?
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Reading a sentence in a book
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_____ memories are those that we are not aware of.
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Implicit
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Suppose you have been studying your French vocabulary words for several hours and are many many mistakes. You switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeable better. You are experiencing _____.
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release from proactive interference
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The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to get rid of the recency effect is to _____.
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have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list
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The predominant type of coding in LTM is _____.
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semantic
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People who suffer from alcohol abuse may suffer from _____ brought on by Korsakoff's syndrome, and be unable to form new long-term memories.
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amnesia
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Your text discusses how episodic and semantic memories are interconnected. This discussion revealed that when we experience events, _____.
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the knowledge that makes up semantic memories is initially attained through a personal experience based in episodic memory
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Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that he only remembers the names of the people in the first group, though he also remembers the profession of the last woman he met (the accountant). Lamar's experience demonstrates
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a build-up and release of proactive interference
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Work with brain-injured patients reveals that _____ memory does not depend on conscious memory.
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implicit and procedural
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Why is classical conditioning considered a form of implicit memory?
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Because it involved learning an association without being aware of the reasons behind it
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In which of the following examples of two different brain-injured patients (Tom and Tim) is a double dissociation demonstrated?
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Tom has good semantic memory and poor episodic memory, while Tim has good episodic memory but poor semantic memory
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Neuropsychological evidence indicates that STM and LTM probably _____.
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are caused by different mechanisms that act independently
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Explicit memory is to _____ as implicit memory is to _____.
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aware; unaware
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This multiple choice question is an example of a _____ test.
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recognition