Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Summer 2022 » Chapter 8 Quiz

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Question #1
Why do strong emotions trigger the formation of strong memories and weak emotional experiences form weak memories?
A.   Strong emotional experiences can trigger the release of neurotransmitters and hormones that strengthen memory.
B.   Weak emotional memories involve effortless processing and strong emotional memories involve effortful processing.
C.   Strong emotional memories are transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory more quickly than weak emotional memories.
D.   Strong emotional experiences stimulate the cerebellum and thyroid, the centers of emotional memory.
Question #2
What type of memories do we consciously try to remember and recall?
A.   explicit memories
B.   short-term memories
C.   implicit memories
D.   sensory memories
Question #3
What is the tendency for an individual to have better memory for information that relates to oneself in comparison to material that has less personal relevance?
A.   self-reference effect
B.   Stroop effect
C.   Atkinson-Shiffrin model
D.   sensory memory
Question #4
The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ________, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ________.
A.   coding; recoding
B.   equipotentiality; amnesia
C.   construction; reconstruction
D.   information; misinformation
Question #5
Which of the following statements about the amygdala is correct?
A.   The amygdala is involved in normal recognition memory as well as spatial memory.
B.   The amygdala is a processing area for explicit memories.
C.   The amygdala is involved in the process of transferring new learning into long-term memory.
D.   Communication among neurons via the amygdala is critical for developing new memories.
Question #6
What is semantic memory?
A.   type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things
B.   information about events we have personally experienced
C.   storage of facts and events we personally experienced
D.   knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts
Question #7
When people say you never forget how to ride a bike, they are referring to ________ memory, also called non-declarative memory.
A.   semantic
B.   explicit
C.   implicit
D.   sensory
Question #8
What did a researcher identify by timing participants on how long they took to name colors when the semantic meaning of the word differed from the color it was presented in?
A.   Stroop effect
B.   visual encoding
C.   engrams
D.   equipotentiality hypothesis
Question #9
What are the two components of declarative memory?
A.   semantic and episodic
B.   procedural and implicit
C.   short-term and long-term
D.   implicit and explicit
Question #10
What is episodic memory?
A.   information about events we have personally experienced
B.   storage of facts and events we have personally experienced
C.   type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things
D.   knowledge about words, concepts, and language-based knowledge and facts

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