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Question #1
Short-term memory has an unlimited capacity and duration.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #2
Words, events, places, and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called ______.
A.   chunks
B.   iconic traces
C.   retrieval cues
D.   decontextual effects
Question #3
Jamille performs better on vocabulary tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates ______.
A.   chunking
B.   semantic encoding
C.   automatic processing
D.   the spacing effect
Question #4
Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discovery that information that is automatically processed is rarely forgotten.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #5
After Susie suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a car accident, she woke up in the hospital and didn't recognize the people (her spouse and children) who were standing by her bedside. Susie most likely suffers from __________.
A.   suggestibility
B.   retrograde amnesia
C.   biograde amnesia
D.   anterograde amnesia
Question #6
In studies of eye witness testimony, researchers found that estimates of the speed of cars involved in a crash were greatest when eyewitnesses were asked, “How fast were the cards going when they _____ each other?”
A.   contacted
B.   bumped into
C.   smashed into
D.   collided with
Question #7
The retention of encoded information over time refers to encoding.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
Which of the following contains your memories of how to ride a bicycle?
A.   implicit
B.   explicit
C.   semantic
D.   declarative
Question #9
You want to test someone's memory for learning a language that they had learned back in elementary school. What type of retrieval information could you test them on?
A.   relearning
B.   recognition
C.   recall
D.   all responses are correct
Question #10
It is easiest to remember information that refers to _____.
A.   places
B.   events
C.   items written in red ink
D.   yourself

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