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10th -
12thgrade
AP Psychology: 5.4-5.6 Retrieving, Forgetting, Bio Basis Mem
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIf you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...Repressive MemoriesProactive InterferenceRetroactive InterferenceMemory Decay
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the serial position effect, you will remember more:items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle.nitems in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end.vocabulary words if you process them visually.nvocabulary words if you process them acoustically.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceYou are used to driving a car with a standard shift. Today you are driving a friend’s car that has an automatic transmission. As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift. This tendency is most likely due to:nretroactive interference.proactive interference.motivated forgetting.encoding failure.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWe have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. We are asked to remember someone’s name. We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive. What type of forgetting might be at work here?encoding failureretroactive interferenceretrieval failuremotivated forgetting
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following has a tendency to be the hardest way to learn something?When positive transfer occurs.Using shallow processing.Using elaborative rehearsalUsing deep processing.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the worst way to form long term memories?Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.Spaced PracticeElaborative RehearsalMass Practice
- 7. Multiple ChoiceElizabeth Loftus did work related toaccurate memories being found during hypnosisConstructive memory processingFinding memory traces or engrams.Holding 7 bits of information in STM (+ or - 2)
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAccording to _________ theory, you not consciously aware of how external stimuli have shaped your behavioral responses.Constructive memoryrepressive memoryepisodic memorypriming
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?brain stemcerebellumamygdalahippocampus
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the term that states we remember the first (primacy) and last (recency) items on a list?
State-Dependent Learning
Mood Congruent Memory
Retrieval Failure
Serial Position Effect
Recall
- 11. Multiple Choice
If Johnny has forgotten his new password for his phone and he can only remember the old password, which type of interference is taking place?
Retrograde Amnesia
Anterograde Amnesia
Proactive Interference
Retroactive Interference
Encoding Failure
- 12. Multiple Choice
If a person is unable to remember anything new moving forward from an injury, which type of amnesia are they experiencing?
Anterograde
Retrograde
Infantile
Iconic
Echoic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTechniques used to improve memory.BiasPersistenceMnemonicTransience
- 14. Multiple Choice
Remember more when you are in a similar situation or environment
Context Dependent Memory
State Dependent Memory
Elaborative Memory
Long Term Memory
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBeing able to recall words at the start of a list refers to:Recency effectPrimacy effectSerial position curveIndependent variable
- 16. Multiple ChoiceNot being able to remember an old phone number because you can only remember the new one is an example of:Proactive interferencePrimacy EffectReteroactive interferenceRecency Effect
- 17. Multiple ChoiceNot being able to remember your new boyfriend's name and you keeping calling them by your old boyfriend's name is an example of:ContextReteroactive interferenceReconstructive memoryProactive interference
- 18. Multiple ChoiceContext related to memory suggests that:A cue can trigger accurate recallWe remember more in the morningsWe remember less at the weekendWe forget things if we go back to where we learnt them
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn their study on context, Godden and Baddeley studied:FishermanDeep sea diversRugby playersSwimmers
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is the best definition of eyewitness testimony?
Our ability to remember such things as facts and figures
How people remember the details of events they have observed themselves, such as crimes and accidents
Our memories for people's names and faces
Memories that last for weeks, months or even years.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the best example of a leading question?
Are you or are you not a zombie, Mr Jackman?
Why is there never a zombie around when you need one?
How many years have you been a zombie for?
Do you think the zombie apocalypse has finally arrived?
- 22. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the spacing effect, which of the following study methods would work best?explaining physics to someone that hasn't taken the classlearning physics by rereading your notebookstudying physics everyday for 1 hour a day in the week leading to the teststudying physics for an hour before a test
- 23. Multiple Choice
Robert was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his ___________________________ has been damaged.
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Thalamus
Cerebral Cortex
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAccording to _________ theory, you are likely to form memories that mirror your emotional state.Mood congruentMood dependentepisodic memorypriming
- 25. Multiple Choice
After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:
repression.
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia
source amnesia.
- 26. Multiple Choice
When I learned about Niagara Falls I was really tired. I would more likely to remember this information when I am tired again. This is an example of?
State-Dependent Learning
Mood Congruent Learning
Priming
Context Effects
- 27. Multiple Choice
I am sad today. When I was asked to think about middle school- all I could remember were some of the sad times I had when I was there. This is an example of?
State- Dependent Learning
Mood Congruent Learning
Context Effects
Priming
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThis type of Amnesia results in a person being unable to remember anything BEFORE damage to the hippocampus...RetrogradeAnterograde
- 29. Multiple Choice
The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve indicates that how well we remember information depends on
how long ago we learned that information.
the nature of our mood during encoding and retrieval.
whether the information is part of our implicit or explicit memory.
whether the information was learned by deep or shallow processing.
whether proactive interference occurred.
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best illustrates Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve?Laurence studied for his first Spanish test by sitting down and cramming for two hours, and he studied for his second Spanish test by spacing out his studying for 30 minutes over the course of a week. He did better on the second test than the first.Erik studied Italian in college. After he graduated, he went backpacking in Europe, where he realized he had forgotten a lot of Italian. Years later, he went on another trip to Italy and was surprised to discover that he remembered about the same amount of Italian as during his first trip.When Ruth first moves to a new country, she keeps trying to use customs from her old country. Over time, she adjusts to her new country’s ways.Marsha remembers only information that agrees with her current understanding and ignores everything else.Beatriz tells a story that she heard from a friend, but she cannot remember who told her the story.
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