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The propaganda effect demonstrates that we evaluate familiar statements as being trueWhen investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 secondsYour 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 reflectsLamar 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________ memories are to experiences as ________ memories are to facts.The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to get rid of the recency effect is toSuppose you have been studying your French vocabulary words for several hours and are making many mistakes. You switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeably better. You are experiencingStudents often remember more information from a course that spans an entire semester than from a course that is completed in an intensive three-week learning period. This best illustrates the importance ofa. distributed practiceb. long-term potentiationc. the serial position effectd. automatic processinge. implicit memoryIconic memory is to echoic memory asa. flashbulb memory is to implicit memoryb. short-term memory is to long-term memoryc. explicit memory is to implicit memoryd. visual stimulation is to auditory stimulatione. automatic processing is to effortful processingWalking into your bedroom you think, "I need to get my backpack in the kitchen." When you reach the kitchen, you forget what you came there for. As you return to your bedroom, you suddenly remember, "Backpack!" This sudden recall is best explained bya. flashbulb memory foundationb. the misinformation effectc. context-dependent memory d. source amnesiae. semantic encodingRats given a drug that enhances long-term potentiation (LTP) will learn a maze with half the usual number of mistakes. This suggests thata. state-dependent memories are easily retrievedb. priming is affected by the release of serotonin into the synapsesc. proactive interference is minimized by LTPd. source amnesia decreases the more the rats run the mazee. LTP provides a neural basis for learning and remembering associationsGroup 1 is asked to write down the names of the seven deadly sins. Group 2 is asked to look at a list of possible names of the sins and circle the correct seven. Why might group 2 be more likely to recall more sins?a. Iconic memory is superior to echoic memory.b. Implicit memories are easier to recall than are explicit memories.c. Proactive interference is less likely to affect childhood learning. d. Source amnesia may interfere with Group 1's ability to recall the names of sins. e. Group 2's list provides more retrieval cues, making this recognition task easier for them.Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced. Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms ofa. source amnesiab. storage decayc. proactive interferenced. encoding failuree. retroactive interferenceWhen Loftus and Palmer asked observers of a filmed car accident how fast the vehicles were going when they "smashed" into each other, the observers developed memories of the accident thata. demonstrated repression of significant aspects of the accidentb. omitted some of the most painful aspects of the eventc. were more accurate than the memories of observers who had not been immediately questioned about what they sawd. were influenced by whether Loftus and Palmer identified themselves as police officerse. portrayed the event as more serious than it had actually beenWhich of the following statements most accurately reflects the relationship between emotions and memory?a. Emotion blocks memory, and it is generally true that we are unable to recall highly emotional events.b. Excitement tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but stress decreases the chance that an event will be remembered.c. Stress tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but excitement decreases the chance that an event will be remembered.d. The effect of emotion on memory depends on the interpretation of the event in the frontal lobes.e. Emotion enhances memory because it is important for our survival to remember events that make us emotional.While reading a novel at a rate of nearly 500 words per minute, Megan effortlessly understands almost every word. This ability highlights the importance ofa. implicit memoryb. flashbulb memoryc. automatic processingd. the spacing effecte. source amnesiaWhich of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?a. Halle has no memories of the first 10 years of her life.b. William lost his memory of 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove the benign brain tumor.c. Louis can remember his past, but has not been able to form new long-term memory since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago.d. Maddie can't remember the details of when she was mugged downtown 6 months ago.e. Calendar struggles in school because he consistently misremembers what his teachers in class.Which of the following is an example of the primacy effect?a. Remembering the most important assignment you have to complete for school tomorrowb. Remembering the skills you learned early in life, such as walkingc. Remembering lasting your English teacher talked about in class yesterday, but nothing from earlier in the class periodd. Remembering the names of the first to coworkers he met on the first day of your new jobe. Remembering that your clocks and he moved ahead one hour when daylight savings time begins in the springUnlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by thea. corpus callosumb. hippocampusc. cerebellumd. hypothalamuse. motor cortexWhich of the following is an example of flashbulb memory?a. Barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the sunlight reflected off the water.b. Robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again.c. Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment because of the day was very emotional for her.d. Chris has stronger memories of her second grade teacher than she does for third grade teacher because her second grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor.e. Anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because strobe light same to freeze the same in his imagination.
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