Quiz 7

Question 1

Teddy keeps a daily journal, noting two life events each day. He includes details like location and people present. This is an example of the…

Answer 1

Diary method

Question 2

Alia does a survey that gives her cues like “pool” and “climb”. In response, she recalls memories from her life that are associated with these cues. The survey is likely a part of the…

Answer 2

Memory probe method

Question 3

On Wednesday, you found out you got an internship you really wanted, but you also got into a minor car accident. A week later, you’re still excited about the internship and are less upset about the accident. This is probably an example of:

Answer 3

Fading affect bias

Question 4

Your grandmother often recalls memories from decades ago more vividly than recent ones. This could be due to:

Answer 4

Reminiscence Bump

Question 5

Bruce et al. (1999) asked participants to match photographs with videos that were taken on the same day. What did they find?

Answer 5

Differing viewpoints made it more difficult to identify a face

Question 6

Which one of the following events is most likely to create a flashbulb memory?

Answer 6

You thought your parents couldn’t make it to graduation, but then you are very surprised to see them waving to you in the auditorium

Question 7

Which of the following is a change that would improve a witness’ ability to recount an event?

Answer 7

Trying to reinstate the context where they encoded the event

Question 8

Sandra has HSAM. Which of the following are likely to be true about Sandra?

Answer 8

All of the above:
- Unusually strong connections between prefrontal cortex and hippocampus
- Excellent memory for calendar dates, which helps with organizing her memories
- Practice retrieving her autobiographical memories

Question 9

Eric has SDAM. What other areas may show impairment?

Answer 9

His memory for visual information

Question 10

Marina witnesses a bank robbery. While she is describing what happened, she said that the robbers wore ski masks and had guns. Later, security camera footage shows that they were wearing dark surgical masks and hats, and that they never actually revealed a weapon. What likely happened?

Answer 10

Marina misremembered due to her schema about bank robberies