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PSY1101 MCQ CHAPTER 8 EXAM LATESTUPDATED
1. The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on
a) chunking.
b) shallow processing.
c) visual encoding.
d) memory. - ANSWER D
2. Which measure of memory retention assesses the ability to draw information out
of storage and into conscious awareness?
a) rehearsal
b) relearning
c) recognition
d) recall - ANSWER D
3. When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened,
which measure of memory is being used?
a) recognition
b) rehearsal
c) recall
d) relearning - ANSWER C
4. Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?
a) recognition
b) recall
c) relearning
,d) rehearsal - ANSWER B
5. Which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary
terms with their correct definitions?
a) recognition
b) relearning
c) rehearsal
d) recall - ANSWER A
6. Which memory test would most effectively reveal that Mr. Quintano, at age 55,
still remembers many of his high school classmates?
a) recall
b) recognition
c) rehearsal
d) retrieval - ANSWER B
7. Which measure of memory retention assesses the amount of time saved when
learning material again?
a) recognition
b) retrieval
c) relearning
d) recall - ANSWER C
8. Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discovery that
a) the amount remembered depends on the time spent learning.
b) working memory's central executive focuses attention.
c) information that is automatically processed is rarely forgotten.
d) our sensory memory capacity is essentially unlimited. - ANSWER A
,9. To help think about the processes involved in memory, some memory
researchers have developed
a) acronyms.
b) information-processing models.
c) the peg-word system.
d) massed practice. - ANSWER B
10. The process of encoding refers to
a) the persistence of learning over time.
b) the recall of information previously learned.
c) getting information into memory.
d) a momentary sensory memory lasting less than a second. - ANSWER C
11. The retention of encoded information over time refers to
a) effortful processing.
b) implicit memory.
c) the spacing effect.
d) storage. - ANSWER D
12. Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.
a) recognition; recall
b) rehearsal; retrieval
c) retention; acquisition
d) explicit memory; implicit memory - ANSWER C
13. The process of getting information out of memory is called
a) encoding.
b) relearning.
, c) retrieval.
d) rehearsal. - ANSWER C
14. Jeremy can accurately process and store new information, but when he is tested
on what he has learned he becomes so anxious that he can't easily recall the new
information. Jeremy most clearly demonstrates difficulty with
a) iconic memory.
b) encoding.
c) echoic memory.
d) retrieval. - ANSWER D
15. The encoding of many aspects of a remembered event simultaneously best
illustrates our brain's capacity for
a) massed practice.
b) automatic processing.
c) distributed practice.
d) parallel processing. - ANSWER D
16. Using different neural networks to simultaneously encode the sights, sounds,
and smells of a remembered baseball game best illustrates
a) distributed practice.
b) implicit memory.
c) parallel processing.
d) chunking. - ANSWER C
17. An information-processing model that views memories as emerging from the
simultaneous activation of interconnected neural networks is known as
a) the distribution system.
b) mnemonics.
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