Chapter 6 Practice Quizzes

Memory Traces and Memory Schemas
. What does the mystic writing pad model of memory suggest?

. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the formation of a flashbulb memory?

. McCloskey et al. (1988) asked people a number of questions three days after the Challenger explosion and then again asked the same questions approximately nine months later. What did the results suggest?

. What does the classic memory consolidation theory state?

. Which of the following terms is used to describe the retrieval of information from memory and its dependence on how it was first stored in memory?

. In a psychology experiment you are given a short story to remember and asked to recall it different occasions later on. Which experimental technique would be most appropriate for this study?

. Which of the following is NOT one of the four processes involved in schematic memories?

. When creating memories, we often abstract the meaning of an event and then put that meaning together with the rest of our knowledge. What is this process called?

. Each time a memory trace is recalled, it is placed in working memory, where it can be revised and possibly changed as a result of it coming in contact with other memories. What is this process called?

. Which theory suggests that sometimes people fail to distinguish between a real and imagined event, producing false memories?

. The general inability to retrieve episodic memories from before the age of about 3 is called ______.

. The brain area that is responsible for memory consolidation is ______.

. Which of the following is NOT one of the memory processes proposed by schema theories?

. Which of the following is the best example of state-dependent learning and would result in the best memory performance?

. Hertel and Hardin's 1990 study, in which they examined the depressed mood and memory, found that participants in a depressed mood ______.

. Knowing what to expect and what will take place in terms of a sequence of actions when going to the dentist is an example of ______.

. In a given span of 20 years, Galton's number is said to be ______.

. Early childhood memories have been sampled with all of the following techniques except ______.

. Which of the following is NOT a type of encoding associated with levels of processing?

. The idea that if two memory traces are of equal strength, the older trace will outlast the more recent trace is reflected in ______.

. Phonemic encoding leads to better memory retention when compared with structural encoding.

. Two important concepts that help lead to deeper processing are elaboration and distinctiveness.

. Memory undergoes changes as people age. In general, an elderly population tends to do better with specific details rather than the deeper general meaning.

. Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve demonstrates that people forget things more easily the longer ago the information was acquired.

. Proponents of the ecological approach to studying memory have argued that lab-based approaches are too artificial and do not reflect how memory operates in the real world.

. Studying in the location where you will take the exam should help to improve your recall during the exam simply because you are in the same context.

. According to Bahrick, a permastore is a place where memories are stored permanently.

. Ribot's law of retrograde amnesia states that older memories are more likely to be lost due to brain damage than newer memories.

. Life scripts are one explanation for the memory bump.

. When a memory trace is reactivated, it can become altered in some manner and thus changed from what it was originally.

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