PSY 360 Week 3 Quiz PSY360 Week 3 Quiz All Correct

PSY 360 Week 3 Quiz PSY360 Week 3 Quiz All Correct 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