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PSYCH 101 General psychology Exam 2
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1. Which of the following statements about eyewitness
testimony is correct?
- Eyewitness testimony is always reliable
- Eyewitness testimony is never reliable
- Eyewitness testimony is reliable for events that do not
involve crime
- Eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of
suggestion - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Eyewitness testimony is
vulnerable to the power of suggestion
2. Research has shown that the amount of information
that can be held in short-term memory is_____?
- Fairly limited-only about 5-9 pieces of information can
be stored
- Greater than the amount of information held in long-
term memory
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- Comparable to sensory memory- about 50 pieces of
information
- Quite large- an unlimited amount of information can be
stored - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Fairly limited-only about 5-9
pieces of information can be stored
3. Proactive interference occurs when _________?
- Previously learned information interferes with the
retention of new information
- New information impairs the retention of previously
learned information
- A person loses memories of events that occurred prior to
a head injury
- A person loses memories of events that occur after a head
injury - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Previously learned
information interferes with the retention of new
information
4. General knowledge that is NOT tied to the time when
the information was learned is contained in
- Procedural memory
- Semantic memory
- Implicit memory
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- Episodic memory - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Semantic
memory
5. If you were attempting to recall a memory, the memory
process you would be using is
- Encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval
- Acquisition - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔retrival
6. With rehearsal, information in short-term memory can
be maintained for some time. Without rehearsal, the
duration of short-term memory is
- 1-2 minutes
- No longer than 1 second
- About 20 seconds
- About 5 seconds - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔about 20 seconds
7. Many citizens of the United Kingdom can recall in vivid
detail what they were doing when they heard the news that
Princess Diana had died in an automobile accident.
Psychologists refer to these types of memories as
- Semantic memories
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- Flashbulb memories
- Repressible memories
- Autobiographical memories - . . ANSWER ✔
✔flashbulb memories
8. What is the tendency for an individual to have better
memory for information that relates to oneself in
comparison to material that has less personal relevance?
- Atkinson-Shiffrin model
- Self-reference effect
- Sensory memory
- Stroop effect - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔self- reference effect
9. The process of recording information so that it is usable
in memory is called
- Recall
- Encoding
- Retrieval
- Storage - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔encoding
10. What type of memories do we consciously try to
remember and recall?
PSYCH 101 General psychology Exam 2
Portage Learning Newest 2025/2026
Complete Exam Questions And Correct
Answers (Verified Answers) |Already Graded
A+
1. Which of the following statements about eyewitness
testimony is correct?
- Eyewitness testimony is always reliable
- Eyewitness testimony is never reliable
- Eyewitness testimony is reliable for events that do not
involve crime
- Eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of
suggestion - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Eyewitness testimony is
vulnerable to the power of suggestion
2. Research has shown that the amount of information
that can be held in short-term memory is_____?
- Fairly limited-only about 5-9 pieces of information can
be stored
- Greater than the amount of information held in long-
term memory
,2|Page
- Comparable to sensory memory- about 50 pieces of
information
- Quite large- an unlimited amount of information can be
stored - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Fairly limited-only about 5-9
pieces of information can be stored
3. Proactive interference occurs when _________?
- Previously learned information interferes with the
retention of new information
- New information impairs the retention of previously
learned information
- A person loses memories of events that occurred prior to
a head injury
- A person loses memories of events that occur after a head
injury - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Previously learned
information interferes with the retention of new
information
4. General knowledge that is NOT tied to the time when
the information was learned is contained in
- Procedural memory
- Semantic memory
- Implicit memory
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- Episodic memory - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Semantic
memory
5. If you were attempting to recall a memory, the memory
process you would be using is
- Encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval
- Acquisition - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔retrival
6. With rehearsal, information in short-term memory can
be maintained for some time. Without rehearsal, the
duration of short-term memory is
- 1-2 minutes
- No longer than 1 second
- About 20 seconds
- About 5 seconds - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔about 20 seconds
7. Many citizens of the United Kingdom can recall in vivid
detail what they were doing when they heard the news that
Princess Diana had died in an automobile accident.
Psychologists refer to these types of memories as
- Semantic memories
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- Flashbulb memories
- Repressible memories
- Autobiographical memories - . . ANSWER ✔
✔flashbulb memories
8. What is the tendency for an individual to have better
memory for information that relates to oneself in
comparison to material that has less personal relevance?
- Atkinson-Shiffrin model
- Self-reference effect
- Sensory memory
- Stroop effect - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔self- reference effect
9. The process of recording information so that it is usable
in memory is called
- Recall
- Encoding
- Retrieval
- Storage - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔encoding
10. What type of memories do we consciously try to
remember and recall?
