1. The ability to remember the activities and plans one has to perform in the future is called
A. Proactive memory
B. Prospective memory
C. Retrospective memory
D. Transfer appropriate processing
Answer: B
2. Self-initiated retrieval requirements are especially high in
A. implicit memory tas...
For exam 2—Partial practice: Chapter 6 and 7 practice
Revised 11-2-15
Notes:
1. Items are not always numbered consecutively here.
2. Some items don’t have answers here (you can look them up).
3. As always, this practice set does not cover all material on the exam, but it’s a good indicator when used as a practice
quiz.
4. As always, ask your TA if you have any questions or notice any errors. Thanks!
1. The ability to remember the activities and plans one has to perform in the future is called
A. Proactive memory
B. Prospective memory
C. Retrospective memory
D. Transfer appropriate processing
Answer: B
2. Self-initiated retrieval requirements are especially high in
A. implicit memory tasks
B. prospective memory tasks
C. recognition tasks
D. procedural memory tasks
Answer B
1) Declarative is to procedural as _____ is to _____.
a) short-term; long-term
b) knowing that; knowing how
c) semantic; episodic
d) facts; personal history
Answer: b
Page Ref: 216-217
2) Semantic memories:
a) are generally retrieved in the absence of a recollective experience.
b) tend to be more vulnerable to forgetting than episodic memories.
c) typically include an affective (i.e., emotional) component.
d) aren't all that important in day-to-day living.
Answer: a
Page Ref: 217
5) Episodic memories:
a) are typically very resistant to forgetting
b) are generally associated with a recollective experience.
c) get stronger with normal aging (e.g., older adults are more accurate)
d) tend to be very accurate.
Answer: b
Page Ref: 217
6) _______ memory is memory for personally experienced events, while ______ memory refers to knowledge
about the world.
a) Semantic; Episodic
b) Episodic; Semantic
c) Implicit; Explicit
d) Explicit; Implicit
Answer: b
Page Ref: 217
, Practice items Chapter 6 2
7) Memory for well-learned skills, like riding a bike, is termed
a) procedural memory
b) semantic memory
c) episodic memory
d) explicit memory
Answer: a
Page Ref: 218
8) _______ refers to the processes involved in the acquisition of material.
a) Explicit memory
b) Retrieval
c) Storage
d) Encoding
Answer: d
Page Ref: 218
9) Memory tests that assess how experiences and events have an influence on our behavior without consciously
being recalled are termed
a) recognition tests
b) recall tests
c) implicit memory tests
d) explicit memory tests
Answer: c
Page Ref: 219
10) When you're attempting to remember what you did last night, this would be an ________ memory task that taps
into ________.
a) explicit; episodic
b) explicit; semantic
c) implicit; episodic
d) implicit; semantic
Answer: a
Page Ref: 219-220
11) Implicit memory is tested by
a) word-fragment completion
b) recognition
c) cued recall
d) free recall
Answer: a
Page Ref: 220
12) A subject is given a word fragment completion test in which 15 are fragments of words seen previously and 15
were fragments of words not seen previously. Of the 15 previously seen words, the subject completes 9
successfully (60%). Of the 15 previously unseen words, the subject completes 6 successfully (40%). What is the
priming in this experiment?
a) 10%
b ) 20%
c) 30%
d) 50%
Answer: b
Page Ref: 221
13) _______ memory is to the past as _______ memory is to the future.
a) Explicit; implicit
b) Implicit; explicit
c) Prospective; retrospective
d) Retrospective; prospective
, Practice items Chapter 6 3
Answer: d
Page Ref: 221-223
14) A critical difference in prospective and retrospective memory is that:
a) retrospective memory is explicit and prospective memory is implicit.
b) in retrospective memory, there is typically an explicit cue to remember; in prospective memory there isn't
c) retrospective memory requires that a person "remember to remember"; prospective memory doesn't
d) only retrospective memory plays a role in action slips; prospective memory isn't involved.
Answer: b
Page Ref: 222
15) Distributed practice is to massed practice as ________ is to ________.
a) encoding; retrieval
b) effective; ineffective
c) short term memory; long term memory
d) semantic memory; episodic memory
Answer: b
Page Ref: 224
16. In the video shown in class (from the interview on gocognitive.net), “LTM: Desirable difficulty,” Dr. Robert Bjork stated that
a. fast learning is best because it leads to longer term retention and frees up mental capacity for learning multiple tasks or skills in a
shorter period.
b. fast learning is best because students enjoy learning more if it’s accomplished quickly and so that positive mood enhances
encoding and retrieval.
c. slow learning is best because learning is no longer very important. That is, modern technologies have eliminated the need for long
term retention.
d. slow learning is best because it enhances long term retention and transfer of knowledge.
18) Some researchers think that implicit memory may be the norm in everyday memory, especially if we
include these two populations: ______________________ and _______________________________
a. infants, animals
b. women, children
c. memory experts, savants
d. bilingual children, bilingual adults
19) Which of these served as the best predictor of long-term retention of mathematics knowledge, in Bahrick's
studies on the long-term retention of knowledge?
a) SAT scores
b) grades
c) the length of the initial learning period
d) sex
Answer: c
Page Ref: 225
20) What do Conway, Cohen, & Stanhope's (1991) findings indicate about long-term retention of knowledge
learned in a cognitive psychology class?
a) Concepts were forgotten more rapidly than names.
b) There was a strong relationship between student confidence and level of retention for course material
knowledge.
c) Recall performance was better than recognition performance.
d) Knowledge of research methods material showed little decline over the retention interval.
Answer: d
Page Ref: 225
21) Research on the long-term retention of knowledge learned through formal instruction leads to the conclusion
that retention depends on the length of time over which initial learning takes place. According to your text, this
is another instance of the powerful mnemonic benefits of:
a) distributed repetition
b) a deep level of processing
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