Exam 2

Question 1

The Brain region in the bottom right of is the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A.temporal lobe
B. Lambic system
C. Parental love
D. Cerebellum

Answer 1

D. Cerebellum

Question 2

Three components of memory

Answer 2

Encoding
Storage
Retrieval

Question 3

Three systems of memory

Answer 3

Short term memory
Sensory memory
Long term memory

Question 4

Huge capacity; buffet of working memory

Answer 4

Sensory memory

Question 5

Two types of sensory memory

Answer 5

Iconic memory

Echoing memory

Question 6

Visual( less than one second)

Answer 6

Sensory memory

Question 7

Auditory last a few seconds

Answer 7

Echoic memory

Question 8

Capacity: people can handle 5-10 different pieces of information

Answer 8

Short term/ working memory

Question 9

How can you increase your working memory capacity?

Answer 9

By chunking

Question 10

Capacity: limitless

Answer 10

Long term memory

Question 11

Name the two types of long term memory

Answer 11

Nondeclarative (implicit) memory
Declarative (explicit) memory
Semantic memory
Episodic memory

Question 12

The common misconception that perception provides us with a perfect error free representation of reality.

Answer 12

Naive realism

Question 13

Emotional reactions generally promote _____

Answer 13

Memory formation

Question 14

Self serving/ self enhancement bias

Study results:

Answer 14

Participants led to believe that tooth brushing

Question 15

If a list includes bed, snore, snooze, pillow but it would not include sleep, participants will remember the target word as having appeared on the list even though it did not appear on the list
What are two results of this study?

Answer 15

1) support for semantic network model of memory

2) insight regarding false memory creation

Question 16

Loft is 1978- eyewitness testimony

Stop sign vs yield sign

Answer 16

The misinformation effect

Question 17

If sensory memory is like a massive buffet of information, \_\_\_\_\_ is like the person deciding what to “eat”
A. Echoic memory
B. Iconic memory
C. Selective attention 
D. Long term memory

Answer 17

C selective attention

Question 18

The tower of Hanoi study demonstrated that \_\_\_\_\_ memory quite often remains in impaired among patients suffering from \_\_\_\_\_ amnesia.
A. Declarative; retrograde
B. Implicit; anterograde
C. Explicit; anterograde
D. Non declarative; retrograde

Answer 18

B. Implicit; anterograde

Question 19

Auditory component of your working memory

Answer 19

Phonological loop

Question 20

The validity of the semantic network of memory is demonstrated by the effectiveness of
A. Echoic memory and iconic memory
B. The tower of Hanoi study and neuroplasticity
C. The central executive and the phonological loop
D. Priming and elaborative rehearsal

Answer 20

D. Priming and elaborative rehearsal

Question 21

An episode of life

Answer 21

Episodic

Question 22

Where and when something happened into you just know

Answer 22

Semantic

Question 23

If I talk about leaves and twigs and roots and then I ask what’s the first word that comes to your mind when I say bark? You will be more likely to say tree than dog. This is due to \_\_\_\_\_\_.
A. Priming
B. Naive realism
C. Elaborative rehearsal
D. False memory

Answer 23

A. Priming

Question 24

If a student revues a practice exam where the answer are already highlighted the student will assume that she or he would have done really well on the exam, even if the answer were not shown. This is due to \_\_\_\_\_.
A. Hindsight bias
B. Naive realism
C. A and be only
E. A and b and c are all correct

Answer 24

D. A and b only

Question 25

Memory is not like a photo it’s constructive bits and pieces of memory

Answer 25

Constructive processing

Question 26

Dress-Roediger-Mcdemott paradigm

Answer 26

Participants memorize of unrelated words the words within each list all relate but do not include some targeted words

Question 27

Immediately upon learning how a situation ends up we sincerely view our brand new understanding of the situation as having existed “all along”
Hard to know not to know

Answer 27

Hindsight bias

Question 28

The common misconception that perception provides is with a perfect error free presentation of reality

Answer 28

Naive realism

Question 29

The order of stuff memorize

Answer 29

Serial position effect

Question 30

The first item in a list the first thing is easily recalled

Answer 30

Primacy

Question 31

Most recent word is also easy to remember

Answer 31

Recency

Question 32

Something you remember by accident when something emotion happened, you can recall the place and what you remember seeing

Answer 32

Automatic encoding/ flash bulb memories

Question 33

Sad/ happy music while memorizing words when listening to sad music remembered sad words better, when listening to happy music remembered happy words better

Answer 33

State dependent leanirng

Question 34

Loss of old declarative memories caused by lesions in brain or circulation problems

Answer 34

Retrograde amnesia

Question 35

Deliberately increase retrieval cues

Answer 35

Elaborative rehearsal

Question 36

Your visual short term memory

Answer 36

Visual spacious sketch pad

Question 37

Failure to create new memories, normally cause by lesions to hippocampus

New declarative memories cannot be formed, couldn’t remember names, places or people

Answer 37

Anterograde amnesia