PSY 360 Week 3 Quiz PSY360 Week 3 Quiz All
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PSY 360 Week 3 Quiz
Question 1
The calling to mind of previously stored information is known as:
• A. retrieval
• B. encoding
• C. storage
• D. forgetting
• E. retention
Encoding occurs when:
• A. information is presented to our senses.
• B. information is translated into a form that other cognitive processes can use.
• C. information is stored over a period of time.
• D. information is called back from storage.
• E. information is used in problem solving or decision making.
When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that has occurred.
• A. forgetting
• B. a memory trace
• C. sensory decay
• D. encoding failure
• E. secondary memory
Unattended information is stored briefly in:
• A. sensory memory
• B. short-term memory
• C. long-term memory
• D. working memory
• E. secondary memory
The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of:
• A. directing the flow of information
• B. controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity
• C. carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory
• D. maintaining visual material in memory through visualization
• E. storing the meaning of complex verbal material
Words from the beginning of a list are more likely to be recalled than words from the
middle of the list. This phenomenon is known as the effect.
• A. recency
• B. primacy
• C. forgetting
• D. interference
• E. memory trace
, Question 7
One basic physiological mechanism for learning is the rule, which states that if a
synapse between two neurons is repeatedly activated at about the same time the
postsynaptic neuron fires, the chemistry of the synapse changes.
• A. Carlson
• B. Hebb
• C. Baddeley
• D. Tulving
• E. icon
Question 8
The term “anterograde amnesia” refers to:
• A. the loss of the ability to form new memories
• B. the loss of the ability to recall old events
• C. the loss of short-term memory
• D. the loss of sensory memory
• E. the loss of all memory ability
Question 9
The component of working memory is thought to be a temporary storage system
that interacts with long-term memory and the other components of working memory to
facilitate the transfer of information to long-term memory.
• A. episodic buffer
• B. visuospatial sketchpad
• C. central executive
• D. phonological loop
• E. semantic buffer
Sensory memories exist for every sensory modality.
• A. True
• B. False
Question 11
Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is:
• A. unlimited
• B. 7 + 2 items
• C. 18 items
• D. 5000 items
• E. 50,000 items
Question 12
The code in long-term memory is based on:
• A. sound
• B. visual imagery
• C. meaning
• D. both sound and visual imagery
• E. both sound and meaning
Question 13
Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve demonstrates that:
• A. forgetting is rapid at first and then levels off
• B. forgetting is slow at first and then speeds up
• C. forgetting occurs at a steady pace, beginning immediately after learning
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PSY 360 Week 3 Quiz
Question 1
The calling to mind of previously stored information is known as:
• A. retrieval
• B. encoding
• C. storage
• D. forgetting
• E. retention
Encoding occurs when:
• A. information is presented to our senses.
• B. information is translated into a form that other cognitive processes can use.
• C. information is stored over a period of time.
• D. information is called back from storage.
• E. information is used in problem solving or decision making.
When we cannot retrieve information from memory, we say that has occurred.
• A. forgetting
• B. a memory trace
• C. sensory decay
• D. encoding failure
• E. secondary memory
Unattended information is stored briefly in:
• A. sensory memory
• B. short-term memory
• C. long-term memory
• D. working memory
• E. secondary memory
The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of:
• A. directing the flow of information
• B. controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity
• C. carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory
• D. maintaining visual material in memory through visualization
• E. storing the meaning of complex verbal material
Words from the beginning of a list are more likely to be recalled than words from the
middle of the list. This phenomenon is known as the effect.
• A. recency
• B. primacy
• C. forgetting
• D. interference
• E. memory trace
, Question 7
One basic physiological mechanism for learning is the rule, which states that if a
synapse between two neurons is repeatedly activated at about the same time the
postsynaptic neuron fires, the chemistry of the synapse changes.
• A. Carlson
• B. Hebb
• C. Baddeley
• D. Tulving
• E. icon
Question 8
The term “anterograde amnesia” refers to:
• A. the loss of the ability to form new memories
• B. the loss of the ability to recall old events
• C. the loss of short-term memory
• D. the loss of sensory memory
• E. the loss of all memory ability
Question 9
The component of working memory is thought to be a temporary storage system
that interacts with long-term memory and the other components of working memory to
facilitate the transfer of information to long-term memory.
• A. episodic buffer
• B. visuospatial sketchpad
• C. central executive
• D. phonological loop
• E. semantic buffer
Sensory memories exist for every sensory modality.
• A. True
• B. False
Question 11
Psychologists believe that the capacity of long-term memory is:
• A. unlimited
• B. 7 + 2 items
• C. 18 items
• D. 5000 items
• E. 50,000 items
Question 12
The code in long-term memory is based on:
• A. sound
• B. visual imagery
• C. meaning
• D. both sound and visual imagery
• E. both sound and meaning
Question 13
Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve demonstrates that:
• A. forgetting is rapid at first and then levels off
• B. forgetting is slow at first and then speeds up
• C. forgetting occurs at a steady pace, beginning immediately after learning
