Questions And All Correct Answers.
As she was walking down the street, a lovely hat in a store window caught Evelyn's eye. She noted the
purple lilac print and yellow lace ribbon circling the wide, tipped brim. By the time she got to the next
block, Evelyn had forgotten about the hat.
Which of the following most likely played a role in this situation of forgetting?
a. divided attention
b. sensory memory
c. inhibitory loss
d. implicit memory - Answer b. sensory memory
What would be the best approach to minimize inhibitory loss when telling an older person information
that must be remembered?
a. communicate the information on an outdoor walk
b. communicate the information while playing familiar music
c. communicate the information in a plain, quiet room
d. communicate the information early in the day - Answer c. communicate the information in a plain,
quiet room
In today's work environment, most people are doing multiple activities at the same time: checking
emails on a phone while attending a meeting and eating lunch and jotting down notes for a proposal due
the next day.
Which of the following concepts is reflected by this type of activity?
a. automatic processing
b. working memory
c. implicit memory
d. divided attention - Answer d. divided attention
,Luther is driving to the shore, where his daughter rented a cottage for the summer. At which time does
Luther use effortful processing during his trip?
a. filling his tank with premium gas
b. turning off the highway at Exit 17
c. staying on the right side of the road
d. avoiding toll booths with red lights - Answer b. turning off the highway at Exit 17
A group of older men are playing cards and laughing about how they often forget what to buy when their
wives send them to the grocery store. Jose says that he always writes the items in a list so he can
remember. Martin says that he makes up a little song about the items and sings it to himself to
remember.
Which of the following does Martin's strategy utilize?
a. sensory memory
b. semantic memory
c. working memory
d. prospective memory - Answer c. working memory
At age 90, Cicely Tyson starred on Broadway with James Earl Jones, age 84, in a revival of the play The
Gin Game. Unlike many people in their age group, these actors managed to avoid a significant normative
decline in their
a. episodic memory.
b. working memory.
c. implicit memory.
d. semantic memory. - Answer a. episodic memory
An activity that asks people to remember specific information without the use of hints requires
participants to utilize which of the following?
a. semantics
b. recognition
, c. rehearsal
d. recall - Answer d. recall
Which of the following displays items from the least likely to be remembered to the most likely to be
remembered as a person ages?
a. a holiday barbecue, a cookie recipe, a family wedding, an earthquake
b. a holiday barbecue, a family wedding, an earthquake, a cookie recipe
c. a cookie recipe, a holiday barbecue, a family wedding, an earthquake
d. an earthquake, a holiday barbecue, a family wedding, a cookie recipe - Answer c. a cookie recipe, a
holiday barbecue, a family wedding, an earthquake
A woman who can't remember whether a doctor, neighbor, or TV commercial said to always eat food
before taking her medication is having a problem with which of the following?
a. metamemory
b. false memory
c. prospective memory
d. source memory - Answer d. source memory
The role that stereotypes play in memory problems among older adults is most likely caused by which of
the following?
a. society
b. emotion
c. psychology
d. semantics - Answer c. psychology
The information presented in this chapter will help readers to enhance their
a. metamemory.
b. cognitive reserve.
c. memory self-efficacy.
d. encoding capacity. - Answer a. metamemory