Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Spring 2021 » Quiz 7 On Chapter 8 Memory

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Question #1
If I asked you what you ate for lunch today, there is a good change you can answer this question. To answer this question you used
A.   procedural memory
B.   sensory memory
C.   effortful processing
D.   automatic processing
Question #2
Material are encoded evenly even if their are meaningful or not.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
William Bousfield (1935), in an experiment, asked people to memorize words. The 60 words were actually divided into 4 categories of meaning, although the participants did not know this because the words were randomly presented. When they were asked to remember the words, they tended to recall them in categories, showing that they paid attention to the meanings of the words as they learned them. This is an example of
A.   phonemic encoding
B.   visual encoding
C.   acoustic encoding
D.   semantic encoding
Question #4
Which type of words are easier to recall? High imagery words or low imagery words?
A.   High imagery words
B.   Low imagery words
Question #5
A memory phenomenon in which you will name a color more easily if it appears printed in that color is called___________________.
A.   identical phenomenal effect
B.   Stroop effect
C.   Strobe effect
D.   similarity effect
Question #6
When you take a multiple-choice test, you are relying on ____________________memory to help you choose the correct answer.
A.   recall
B.   procedural
C.   recognition
D.   sensory
Question #7
The group of neurons that are supposed to serve as the “physical representation of memory” are called
A.   endograms
B.   telegrams
C.   helograms
D.   engrams
Question #8
It is also believed that strong emotions trigger the formation of strong memories, and weaker emotional experiences form weaker memories; this is called _______________________.
A.   triggering theory
B.   strong/weak theory
C.   emotion theory
D.   arousal theory
Question #9
Recall of false autobiographical memories is called false memory syndrome.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
With regards to memory Transience means that memories can fade over time.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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