Chapter 5 Practice Quizzes

Memory Systems
. Following an accident, Monica is unable to form any new memories. She even forgets having just met you, regardless of how many times you introduce yourself. Which part of her brain is damaged?

. The amnesic patient WJ, described in the textbook, had problems with what kind of memory?

. What type of memory refers to personally experienced events?

. Being able to know how to ride a bike even if you can't tell someone how to do it is a form of _______.

. Information in echoic sensory memory lasts approximately _______.

. William James's conceptualization of primary memory is most related to the more modern conceptualization of _______.

. According to George Miller, holding more than _______ items in short-term memory would be difficult.

. You bump into the professor of a class in the mall a year after the course has been completed. You have the feeling that you know who this person is, but can't remember how you met this person, or pretty much anything about him or her. What is this phenomenon known as?

. Which of the following is true of implicit memory?

. When you are thinking about your dog, the idea of getting a cat pops into mind. Which of the following best describes this phenomenon?

. The component of working memory responsible for coordinating information from the three subsystems is _______.

. Which of the following is considered an example of non-declarative memory?

. Unless rehearsed, information in short-term memory lasts approximately _______.

. What did patient WJ, discussed in the textbook, demonstrate in terms of episodic memory during her amnesia?

. If you wanted to study the unconscious influences in memory, which of the following techniques might you use?

. The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon would best be described as a failure of _______ memory.

. According to spreading activation theory, which of the following prime/target pairs would result in the fastest response in a lexical decision task?

. Connectionist models of memory propose that _______.

. As discussed in the textbook, Mitchell (1989) examined how memory declines with age. What was the general finding from this study?

. Disconnection syndrome demonstrates a distinction between _______.

. Our sense of smell is connected with our memory.

. Mind popping refers to an episodic memory that pops into your mind without semantic context.

. The component of working memory that stores linguistic information is called the visuo-spatial sketchpad.

. The episodic buffer is a component in working memory that moves information to and from episodic and long-term memory.

. Sperling demonstrated that iconic sensory memory performance was better in the partial report task compared to the whole report task.

. Non-declarative memories require conscious thought.

. The hypothalamus was the brain structure removed in Henry Molaison (HM).

. Research on implicit memory has suggested that reading incorrectly spelled words may later impair your ability to correctly spell words.

. The perceptual representation system deals with information on a deep level rather than a superficial level.

. The lexical decision task is commonly used to study procedural memory.

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