PSYC 101 EXAM 3 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster
the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story
before. They have most likely suffered damage to:
Answer: hippocampus
●● Recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse that incorporate
errors triggered by a therapist's leading questions best illustrates:
Answer: the misinformation effect
●● While taking the final exam, Marie was surprised and frustrated by
her inability to remember the name of the POTUS. Her difficulty most
clearly illustrates:
Answer: retrieval failure
●● John is taking a class and wants an A. Which of the following is
NOT something he should do to improve his memory?
Answer: Sleep less, study more
,●● Several months after watching movies about spaceship travel and
alien abductions, Steve began to remember that he had been abducted.
His mistaken to recall best illustrates:
Answer: source amnesia
●● Although Ron smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, he recalls
smoking a little more than a pack a day. This poor memory is because
of:
Answer: motivated forgetting
●● Which of the following could minimize retroactive interference of
course material that will be covered on an upcoming exam?
Answer: studying before going to sleep
●● The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to:
Answer: storage decay
●● One child who participated in a memory experiment falsely
remembered that he once went to the hospital because his finger was
caught in a mouse trap. This false memory best illustrates:
Answer: suggestive interviewing
●● Answering practice test questions about text material you have
studied is a useful strategy for:
, Answer: becoming aware of what you do not yet know
●● During her Spanish exam, Janica easily remembers the French vocab
she studied that morning but difficult to remember the Spanish vocab
she rehearsed that afternoon. This best illustrates:
Answer: proactive interference
●● After suffering a brain injury, Arotza cannot form new memories. He
can remember memories before the incident. This memory difficulty
most clearly illustrates:
Answer: anterograde amnesia
●● Brandon tells his friend he remembers his grandfather giving him
alcohol to drink when he was about 3 years old. What is a main problem
with this?
Answer: memories of events before the age of 4 are unreliable.
●● After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car,
she was asked whether she recognized who was driving. Several hours
later, Teresa identified the driver as male rather than female. This
illustrates:
Answer: the misinformation effect
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster
the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story
before. They have most likely suffered damage to:
Answer: hippocampus
●● Recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse that incorporate
errors triggered by a therapist's leading questions best illustrates:
Answer: the misinformation effect
●● While taking the final exam, Marie was surprised and frustrated by
her inability to remember the name of the POTUS. Her difficulty most
clearly illustrates:
Answer: retrieval failure
●● John is taking a class and wants an A. Which of the following is
NOT something he should do to improve his memory?
Answer: Sleep less, study more
,●● Several months after watching movies about spaceship travel and
alien abductions, Steve began to remember that he had been abducted.
His mistaken to recall best illustrates:
Answer: source amnesia
●● Although Ron smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, he recalls
smoking a little more than a pack a day. This poor memory is because
of:
Answer: motivated forgetting
●● Which of the following could minimize retroactive interference of
course material that will be covered on an upcoming exam?
Answer: studying before going to sleep
●● The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to:
Answer: storage decay
●● One child who participated in a memory experiment falsely
remembered that he once went to the hospital because his finger was
caught in a mouse trap. This false memory best illustrates:
Answer: suggestive interviewing
●● Answering practice test questions about text material you have
studied is a useful strategy for:
, Answer: becoming aware of what you do not yet know
●● During her Spanish exam, Janica easily remembers the French vocab
she studied that morning but difficult to remember the Spanish vocab
she rehearsed that afternoon. This best illustrates:
Answer: proactive interference
●● After suffering a brain injury, Arotza cannot form new memories. He
can remember memories before the incident. This memory difficulty
most clearly illustrates:
Answer: anterograde amnesia
●● Brandon tells his friend he remembers his grandfather giving him
alcohol to drink when he was about 3 years old. What is a main problem
with this?
Answer: memories of events before the age of 4 are unreliable.
●● After Teresa was verbally threatened by someone in a passing car,
she was asked whether she recognized who was driving. Several hours
later, Teresa identified the driver as male rather than female. This
illustrates:
Answer: the misinformation effect
