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This activity contains 35 questions.

	___ is the process of retaining information in memory.   Encoding Decoding Rehearsal Storage Retrieval

	Your sensory memory typically will hold information for ___.   up to a minute for a couple of hours for a few seconds less than a second indefinitely

	Iconic memory is to echoic memory as   auditory is to visual. permanent is to temporary. temporary is to permanent. simple is to complex. visual is to auditory.

	Recent research suggests that we can hold ___ chunks at once in our STM.   two five seven four nine

	Individuals who have the apo E gene present may be at greater risk of developing ___.   repressed memories schizophrenia Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease amnesia

	Information goes from ___.   LTM to STM and then back to LTM only STM to LTM or LTM to STM LTM to STM only LTM to STM and STM to LTM simultaneously STM to LTM only

	Consolidation is likened to ___.   the interconnections in a subway system an Internet-based search a computer searching through its files the process of wearing a dirt path the amount of wear in the center of stairs

	___ is the number and complexity of the operations involved in processing information, expressed in a continuum from shallow to deep.   Transfer appropriate processing Breadth of processing Elaborative encoding Intentional learning Depth of processing

	The ability for "S. F." to repeat lists of over 80 random digits was probably due to ___.   his personal motivation in doing this task a neurobiological abnormality reasons that are still not clearly understood his tricks for organizing and integrating information about numbers improved general memory

	You are MOST likely to remember ___ stimuli.   arousing positive or negative arousing positive (only) arousing negative (only) any type of neutral

	Your recollection for when you first learned of the September 11, 2001 disaster is MOST appropriately called a(n) ___ memory.   autobiographical repressed semantic episodic flashbulb

	If a professor wants to make an exceptionally difficult multiple choice exam, then he or she should ___.   have choices with very similar meanings purposely mislead students avoid using choices with very similar meanings feature at least two choices that could be viewed as correct include answers that are all partially wrong

	A good retrieval cue will tend to ___.   draw information from as many sources as possible bring many associations to mind bring only an outlandish image to mind narrow down other possibilities fragment information in LTM

	If you are drinking alcohol and listening to music while studying, you will probably achieve highest recall for this information if you are ___.   drinking and not listening to music drinking or listening to music or not not drinking and not listening to music not drinking and listening to music drinking and listening to music

	A false memory is a memory that ___.   cannot be verified did not occur is inaccurately recalled has been suggested there is no consensus amongst knowledgeable others regarding the memory's accuracy

	Distortions of memory that can be implanted have particularly worrisome implications for ___.   Alzheimer's patients shared memories amongst spouses test taking eyewitness testimony flashbulb memories

	The forgetting curve suggests that most forgetting occurs ___.   only in rare instances relatively soon after learning only if a false memory was present well after learning only when one chooses to not recall the information

	Professor Jones is finding that the additional of new students in her class is making it somewhat difficult to recall the names of the students who were already in her class. This scenario would be illustrative of ___.   proactive interference anterograde amnesia general interference retroactive interference retrograde amnesia

	___ amnesia is often popularized in soap operas and movies.   Retrograde Childhood General Anterograde Infantile

	The key defining feature of repressed memories is that they are ___.   pushed out of consciousness shown in women only pertinent solely to memories of sexual abuse only occurring in childhood not personally threatening

	Suppose you are trying to recall someone's name and decide to do so by envisioning them hugging. This example illustrates the role of ___.   interactive images rhyming the pegword system hierarchical organization method of loci

	All of the following may be important tips in memory recall EXCEPT ___.   try to think of characteristics of the information sought do not use external cues as mnemonic devices keep trying try to think of where you where you were when you learned the given information focus

	Detectives can help witnesses recall ___% more information when they abandon standard police interview formats in favor of techniques based on the results of pertinent laboratory studies.   100 48 200 0 63

	If you've been hypnotized, you'll probably show   decreased confidence in your recollections but no increase in your accuracy. increased confidence in your recollections but no increase in your accuracy. no increased confidence in your recollections and a decrease in your accuracy. no increased confidence in your recollections and no increase in your accuracy. increased confidence in your recollections and an increase in your accuracy.

	If you see the license number of a car that has just hit a cyclist but lose that information from STM, it is gone forever unless it has moved into LTM.    True  False

	Counting backward out loud immediately after the last item of a list is presented disrupts the recency effect but not the primacy effect.    True  False

	Autobiographical memories are a special type of semantic memory.    True  False

	The reason why you don't have to remember how to interact socially when you meet a friend is due to explicit memories.    True  False

	The case of "H.M." shows that it is possible to have no conscious memory of a doctor, but still learn something about him.    True  False

	Priming occurs when a preexisting memory or combination of memories is activated and the activation lingers.    True  False

	The central executive in your brain is at work when you plan what you will say on a first date or when you think about what you would like to do tomorrow.    True  False

	NMDA activation causes the receiving neuron to change so that the sending neuron needs to send less neurotransmitter to get the same effect in the future.    True  False

	Summarize the key differences between explicit and implicit memories and why they are important.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Identify and define the components of working memory.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Summarize the research evidence that details when and why we recall emotionally charged memories. As part of your response, discuss the role of flashbulb memories.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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