• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Your school requires you to change your email password every 3 months.
Now, when you try to remember the new password, you can only
remember the old one. This effect is most likely due to:
Selected Answer: a. interference.
Answers: a. interference.
b. transience.
c. anterograde amnesia.
d. retrograde amnesia.
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• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Recent research suggests that negative memories may be erased
through:
Selected Answer: c. blocking of reconsolidation.
Answers: a. schemas.
b. lack of sleep.
c. blocking of reconsolidation.
d. fMRI studies.
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• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A psychologist who agreed with network of association theories would
suggest that the best way to set up a computer hard drive to mimic
human memory would be to organize the information into:
Selected Answer: a. hierarchical files.
Answers: a. hierarchical files.
b. nested files.
c. temporally flagged files.
d. alphabetically tagged files.
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• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use
information are referred to as:
Selected Answer: b. schemas.
Answers: a. sensory memory.
b. schemas.
c. working memory.
, d. none of the above.
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• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Patient H.M. suffered from seizures and had part of his medial temporal
lobes removed. As a result, he could no longer:
Selected Answer: a. form new explicit memories.
Answers: a. form new explicit memories.
b. remember his past.
c. remember anything at all.
d. form new implicit memories.
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• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
In order for us to experience the world as a continuous stream of
information, one experience is kept in the brain while we move to
the next experience. This overlap is a function of:
Selected Answer: a. sensory memory.
Answers: a. sensory memory.
b. working memory.
2 out of 2 points
Your school requires you to change your email password every 3 months.
Now, when you try to remember the new password, you can only
remember the old one. This effect is most likely due to:
Selected Answer: a. interference.
Answers: a. interference.
b. transience.
c. anterograde amnesia.
d. retrograde amnesia.
•
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Recent research suggests that negative memories may be erased
through:
Selected Answer: c. blocking of reconsolidation.
Answers: a. schemas.
b. lack of sleep.
c. blocking of reconsolidation.
d. fMRI studies.
,•
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A psychologist who agreed with network of association theories would
suggest that the best way to set up a computer hard drive to mimic
human memory would be to organize the information into:
Selected Answer: a. hierarchical files.
Answers: a. hierarchical files.
b. nested files.
c. temporally flagged files.
d. alphabetically tagged files.
•
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use
information are referred to as:
Selected Answer: b. schemas.
Answers: a. sensory memory.
b. schemas.
c. working memory.
, d. none of the above.
•
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Patient H.M. suffered from seizures and had part of his medial temporal
lobes removed. As a result, he could no longer:
Selected Answer: a. form new explicit memories.
Answers: a. form new explicit memories.
b. remember his past.
c. remember anything at all.
d. form new implicit memories.
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• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
In order for us to experience the world as a continuous stream of
information, one experience is kept in the brain while we move to
the next experience. This overlap is a function of:
Selected Answer: a. sensory memory.
Answers: a. sensory memory.
b. working memory.
