AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 5 TEST
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Recall - Correct Answers -Caitlin, a fifth grader, is asked to remember her second-grade
teacher's name. What measure of retention will Caitlin use to answer this question?
a. storage
b. recognition
c. relearning
d. recall
e. encoding
Working memory - Correct Answers -In history class, James is effortfully connecting
new material to what he has learned in the past. This making of connections in the
moment best describes James' ...
a. iconic memory
b. sensory memory
c. working memory
d. echoic memory
e. long-term memory
Being 10 digits long, the number is beyond Miller's "magic number" - Correct Answers -
Meloni's new friend from another state just gave her his phone number. As she goes to
enter the number into her contacts list she finds that she cannot remember all the
numbers in their right order. Which of the following is the best explanation for this
failure?
a. being 10 digits long, the number is beyond Miller's "magic number"
b. she was so excited that she could not type the numbers fast enough
c. she lacks photographic memory
d. because the number was so short, she did not pay attention
e. her iconic memory disrupted her encoding of the number
What you are for breakfast this morning - Correct Answers -Which of the following is
most likely to be encoded automatically?
a. the side-angle-side geometry theorem
b. the names of the last 10 U.S. presidents
c. what you ate for breakfast this morning
d. the names of your cousins
e. the license plate of your new car
, Thinking about how the words relate to your own life - Correct Answers -Which of the
following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words?
a. thinking about how the words relate to your own life
b. practicing the words for a single extended period
c. breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions
d. noticing where in a sentence the words appear
e. focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words
Cerebellum and basal ganglia - Correct Answers -What two parts of the brain are most
involved in implicit memory?
a. frontal lobes and basal ganglia
b. amygdala and hippocampus
c. amygdala and cerebellum
d. cerebellum and basal ganglia
e. frontal lobes and hippocampus
Both stress and emotion make events more memorable - Correct Answers -
Researchers studying the links among stress, emotion, and memory have discovered
that ...
a. emotion blocks memory, and it is generally true that we are unable to recall highly
emotional events
b. excitement tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but stress
decreases the chance that an event will be remembered
c. stress tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but excitement
decreases the chance that an event will be remembered
d. both stress and emotion make events harder to remembered
e. both stress and emotion make events more memorable
Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment
because the day was very emotional for her - Correct Answers -Which of the following is
an example of a flashbulb memory?
a. barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the
sunlight reflected off the water
b. robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because
his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again
c. anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment
because the day was very emotional for her
d. kris has stronger memories of her 2nd grade teacher than she does of her 3rd grade
teacher because her 2nd grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor
e. anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light
seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination
Context effects - Correct Answers -John has noticed that he does better on his
chemistry exams when he takes them in the same seat he sits in during class than
when he sits in a different sear for exams. If he is properly prepared for each exam,
then ___________ may explain his difference in scores.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Recall - Correct Answers -Caitlin, a fifth grader, is asked to remember her second-grade
teacher's name. What measure of retention will Caitlin use to answer this question?
a. storage
b. recognition
c. relearning
d. recall
e. encoding
Working memory - Correct Answers -In history class, James is effortfully connecting
new material to what he has learned in the past. This making of connections in the
moment best describes James' ...
a. iconic memory
b. sensory memory
c. working memory
d. echoic memory
e. long-term memory
Being 10 digits long, the number is beyond Miller's "magic number" - Correct Answers -
Meloni's new friend from another state just gave her his phone number. As she goes to
enter the number into her contacts list she finds that she cannot remember all the
numbers in their right order. Which of the following is the best explanation for this
failure?
a. being 10 digits long, the number is beyond Miller's "magic number"
b. she was so excited that she could not type the numbers fast enough
c. she lacks photographic memory
d. because the number was so short, she did not pay attention
e. her iconic memory disrupted her encoding of the number
What you are for breakfast this morning - Correct Answers -Which of the following is
most likely to be encoded automatically?
a. the side-angle-side geometry theorem
b. the names of the last 10 U.S. presidents
c. what you ate for breakfast this morning
d. the names of your cousins
e. the license plate of your new car
, Thinking about how the words relate to your own life - Correct Answers -Which of the
following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words?
a. thinking about how the words relate to your own life
b. practicing the words for a single extended period
c. breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions
d. noticing where in a sentence the words appear
e. focusing on the number of vowels and consonants in the words
Cerebellum and basal ganglia - Correct Answers -What two parts of the brain are most
involved in implicit memory?
a. frontal lobes and basal ganglia
b. amygdala and hippocampus
c. amygdala and cerebellum
d. cerebellum and basal ganglia
e. frontal lobes and hippocampus
Both stress and emotion make events more memorable - Correct Answers -
Researchers studying the links among stress, emotion, and memory have discovered
that ...
a. emotion blocks memory, and it is generally true that we are unable to recall highly
emotional events
b. excitement tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but stress
decreases the chance that an event will be remembered
c. stress tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but excitement
decreases the chance that an event will be remembered
d. both stress and emotion make events harder to remembered
e. both stress and emotion make events more memorable
Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment
because the day was very emotional for her - Correct Answers -Which of the following is
an example of a flashbulb memory?
a. barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the
sunlight reflected off the water
b. robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because
his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again
c. anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment
because the day was very emotional for her
d. kris has stronger memories of her 2nd grade teacher than she does of her 3rd grade
teacher because her 2nd grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor
e. anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light
seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination
Context effects - Correct Answers -John has noticed that he does better on his
chemistry exams when he takes them in the same seat he sits in during class than
when he sits in a different sear for exams. If he is properly prepared for each exam,
then ___________ may explain his difference in scores.
