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Chapter 7

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1. 
Explicit is to implicit as
A.knowledge is to assumption.
B.affect is to effect.
C. conscious is to unconscious.
D. emotional is to unemotional.
2. 
Neuroscientists think that the ___ has the job of strengthening memories that have strong emotional associations.
A.amygdala
B.hippocampus
C.corpus callosum
D.thalamus
3. 
Which of the following is an example of the use of heuristics?
A. using analogies
B. working backwards
C. breaking problems into sub-goals
D. all of the above
4. 
Memory sometimes fails us due to ___.
A. blocking
B. bias
C. transience
D. all of the above
5. 
Suppose Lydia believes that an accused criminal is the one who mugged her - but only because he looked like someone from a TV show that she recently viewed. This example would depict ___.
A.persistence
B. misattribution
C. blocking
D. suggestibility
6. 
Suppose Phil has anterograde amnesia. This means that he
A.cannot form memories for new information.
B.cannot recall formed memories.
C.has lost the ability to form procedural memories.
D.will have a general impairment in trying to recall or form any memory.
7. 
Essay is to multiple choice as
A.implicit is to explicit.
B.explicit is to implicit.
C.recognition is to recall.
D. recall is to recognition.
8. 
Which of the following is NOT true of algorithms?
   A. Algorithms are especially useful solving subjective problems.
B.An algorithm is a formula or procedure.
C.If used correctly, it will always work.
D.When you balance your checkbook, you are using an algorithm whether you know it or not.
9. 
If you're trying to remember where you placed your keys by attempting to recall an image of where they should be in your house, then you are engaged in ___.
A.overlearning
B.the whole method
C. the method of loci
D. distributed learning
10. 
___ involves the retention of encoded material over time.
  A. Storage
B. Encoding
C. Elaboration
D. Access
11. 
One component of working memory is the ___, which allows you to temporarily store sounds.
A. echoic loop
B. iconic loop
C. central executive
   D. phonological loop
12. 
The capacity of long-term memory is ___.
A. no more than a million items
B. at least 10 million items
C. about 7 items
D. unlimited, as far as we know
13. 
Which parts of the brain are most likely connected to working memory?
A. the parietal lobe and the amygdala
B. the frontal lobe and the hippocampus
C. the temporal lobe and Broca's area
D. the occipital lobe and the corpus callosum
14. 
Your memories surrounding when you first learned of the 9/11 disaster may be a type of ___ memory.
A.implicit
B.repressed
C.procedural
D.flashbulb
15. 
Sperling's research suggested that the capacity of sensory memory is ___ items.
A. 7
B.12 or more
C.3
D. 5
16. 
Memory is a system that encodes, stores, and ___ information.
A. sublimates
B. retrieves
C. amalgamates
D. distributes
17. 
The inability to recall a word but knowing that it is in your memory is called ___ phenomenon.
A. Top of the Brain
B. TBS
C.TOT
D.Mood-Congruent
18. 
A good strategy for moving information into LTM is ___, which connects active information to knowledge already stored.
A.chunking
B.elaborative rehearsal
C.maintenance rehearsal
D.sketching
19. 
Human memory
A.is a cognitive system, unlike a computer's memory.
B.is the only type of memory.
C.is identical to computer memory.
D.and a computer's memory do not share the same broad definition of "memory."
20. 
Suppose, after learning Russian, Jill is having some difficulty remembering German. This example would demonstrate ___.
A.misattribution
B.the forgetting curve
C.proactive interference
D.retroactive interference
21. 
Monday morning quarterbacks are effectively showing the ___ bias.
A. anchoring
B. confirmation
C. representativeness
D. hindsight
22. 
Some psychologists have suggested that ___ memory is the seat of consciousness.
A. sensory
B. eidetic
C. long-term
D. working
23. 
The Wright Brothers were finally able to showcase human flight, because they were able to ___.
A. engage in functional fixedness
B. search for analogies
C. work backwards
D. break the problem into smaller problems
24. 
After learning a new phone number, you keep on repeating it to yourself until you are able to write it down. This example illustrates ___.
A.maintenance rehearsal
B.the engram
C.priming
D.chunking
25. 
A prototype is said to be ___.
A. artificial
B. unrepresentative
C. a hierarchy
D. most typical

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