Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Summer 2022 » Quiz 5 Unit 5

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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.   iconic traces
B.   chunks
C.   decontextual effects
D.   retrieval cues
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.   semantic encoding
B.   the spacing effect
C.   automatic processing
D.   chunking
Question #4
Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discovery that information that is automatically processed is rarely forgotten.
A.   False
B.   True
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.   anterograde amnesia
C.   retrograde amnesia
D.   biograde 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.   smashed into
B.   collided with
C.   contacted
D.   bumped into
Question #7
The retention of encoded information over time refers to encoding.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
Which of the following contains your memories of how to ride a bicycle?
A.   explicit
B.   implicit
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.   recognition
B.   recall
C.   relearning
D.   all responses are correct
Question #10
It is easiest to remember information that refers to _____.
A.   places
B.   yourself
C.   items written in red ink
D.   events

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