PSY 336 exam 3 Latest Update 2025-2026 200
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_____________ experiences also contaminates memory - CORRECT ANSWER:
subsequent
(i) Is implicit memory typically spared or impaired in patients with severe anterograde
amnesia (e.g., H.M., Clive Wearing)? (ii) How about semantic memory? Is it spared or
impaired?
A.(i) spared(ii) spared
B.(i) spared(ii) impaired
C.(i) impaired(ii) spared
D.(i) impaired(ii) impaired - CORRECT ANSWER: A
A common explanation of amnesia is in terms of a deficit in __________, which refers to
the process by which moment-to-moment changes in brain activity are translated into
permanent structural changes in the brain.
A.Back propagation
B.Long-term potentiation
C.Classical conditioning
D.Consolidation - CORRECT ANSWER: D
A football player who had a concussion, and as a result, cannot remember some events
that occurred prior to his concussion is suffering form _______ amnesia.
A.anterograde
B.retrograde - CORRECT ANSWER: B
,According to Loftus's TED talk, false memories can sometimes have good influences on
our behaviors, such as promoting healthy eating (e.g., eating more asparagus).
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: A
According to Mandler's (1980) influential proposal,recognition memory involves which
two distinct memory mechanisms?
A.encoding and retrieval
B.decay and interference
C.recollection and familiarity
D.levels of processing and encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER: C
According to the chapter, the dorsolaterial prefrontal cortex has the specific function of:
A.Encoding
B.Consolidation
C.Monitoring
D.Emotional processing - CORRECT ANSWER: C
According to the chapter's description of Wagner et al.'s neuroimaging (1998) study,
brain activity at encoding in some brain regions successfully predicted whether or not a
particular to-be-remembered word is likely to be subsequently remembered or forgotten.
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: A
According to the propaganda effect, familiarity with a statement _______ judgments of
the statement's credibility.
A.decreases
B.does not influence
C.increases
, D.depends on - CORRECT ANSWER: C
Acquisition of new skills: Procedural memory: Patients with Global Amnesia and
Alzheimers disease were told to - CORRECT ANSWER: Traced shapes with their
preferred hand, could only see their hand with a mounted mirror
After having traced shapes with their preferred hand and only see their hand with a
mounted mirror, participants with amnesia... - CORRECT ANSWER: improved over
time, improvements in procedural memory, no memory of practicing, HM retained this
skill for >1 year
Although human memory is malleable, implanting false memories is very difficult when
subjects are given advance warning about it as well as when they are instructed to
memorize information as is (or verbatim).
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: B
Although you can remember that the word "dog" was presented during study, you
cannot remember whether you heard the word or read the word during study. In this
case, you have a problem in ___________.
A.retrieval-induced forgetting
B.consolidation
C.confabulation
D.source monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER: D
Amensia is a deficit for - CORRECT ANSWER: episodic memories (like facts and event
in your life)
Anterograde individuals are - CORRECT ANSWER: unable to form new memories
Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers
Guaranteed A+
_____________ experiences also contaminates memory - CORRECT ANSWER:
subsequent
(i) Is implicit memory typically spared or impaired in patients with severe anterograde
amnesia (e.g., H.M., Clive Wearing)? (ii) How about semantic memory? Is it spared or
impaired?
A.(i) spared(ii) spared
B.(i) spared(ii) impaired
C.(i) impaired(ii) spared
D.(i) impaired(ii) impaired - CORRECT ANSWER: A
A common explanation of amnesia is in terms of a deficit in __________, which refers to
the process by which moment-to-moment changes in brain activity are translated into
permanent structural changes in the brain.
A.Back propagation
B.Long-term potentiation
C.Classical conditioning
D.Consolidation - CORRECT ANSWER: D
A football player who had a concussion, and as a result, cannot remember some events
that occurred prior to his concussion is suffering form _______ amnesia.
A.anterograde
B.retrograde - CORRECT ANSWER: B
,According to Loftus's TED talk, false memories can sometimes have good influences on
our behaviors, such as promoting healthy eating (e.g., eating more asparagus).
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: A
According to Mandler's (1980) influential proposal,recognition memory involves which
two distinct memory mechanisms?
A.encoding and retrieval
B.decay and interference
C.recollection and familiarity
D.levels of processing and encoding specificity - CORRECT ANSWER: C
According to the chapter, the dorsolaterial prefrontal cortex has the specific function of:
A.Encoding
B.Consolidation
C.Monitoring
D.Emotional processing - CORRECT ANSWER: C
According to the chapter's description of Wagner et al.'s neuroimaging (1998) study,
brain activity at encoding in some brain regions successfully predicted whether or not a
particular to-be-remembered word is likely to be subsequently remembered or forgotten.
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: A
According to the propaganda effect, familiarity with a statement _______ judgments of
the statement's credibility.
A.decreases
B.does not influence
C.increases
, D.depends on - CORRECT ANSWER: C
Acquisition of new skills: Procedural memory: Patients with Global Amnesia and
Alzheimers disease were told to - CORRECT ANSWER: Traced shapes with their
preferred hand, could only see their hand with a mounted mirror
After having traced shapes with their preferred hand and only see their hand with a
mounted mirror, participants with amnesia... - CORRECT ANSWER: improved over
time, improvements in procedural memory, no memory of practicing, HM retained this
skill for >1 year
Although human memory is malleable, implanting false memories is very difficult when
subjects are given advance warning about it as well as when they are instructed to
memorize information as is (or verbatim).
A.True
B.False - CORRECT ANSWER: B
Although you can remember that the word "dog" was presented during study, you
cannot remember whether you heard the word or read the word during study. In this
case, you have a problem in ___________.
A.retrieval-induced forgetting
B.consolidation
C.confabulation
D.source monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER: D
Amensia is a deficit for - CORRECT ANSWER: episodic memories (like facts and event
in your life)
Anterograde individuals are - CORRECT ANSWER: unable to form new memories
