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Differentiate between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.

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Anterograde amnesia refers to a memory d...

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Which of the following is true of short-term memory?


A) It gets stored in iconic memory.
B) It lasts for lesser amount of time than echoic memory.
C) It reduces the memory span of an individual.
D) It is a limited-capacity memory system.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Dan is on a tour with his wife in Turkey.While sightseeing,Dan answers all the questions his wife has about the monuments and the places they see.In this scenario,Dan is most likely using his _____ to answer his wife's questions.


A) procedural memory
B) sensory memory
C) semantic memory
D) flashbulb memory

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Robert is a server in a restaurant and is expected to take orders from customers and remember them without writing anything down.List the different phases of memory and explain how each of these phases of memory is crucial to Robert's job.

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The connectivist view of memory argues that


A) when two neurons are activated at the same time,the connection between them is weakened.
B) any piece of knowledge stored in the brain is limited to a single location.
C) changes in the strength of synaptic connections are the fundamental bases of memory.
D) memories are large knowledge structures.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Kevin is studying for a vocabulary test.When he studies the word "braggart," he thinks of how his childhood friend Billy acted whenever he was given a new toy.Which of the following is the highest level of processing Kevin has engaged in while encoding the word "braggart"?


A) shallow
B) intermediate
C) deep
D) impersonal

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Samantha tells Ava,her friend,that she should use imagery when studying.In the context of the science of memory,this tip will be most useful to Ava when she is _____ information.


A) retrieving
B) encoding
C) organizing
D) rehearsing

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is a way to improve short-term memory?


A) chunking
B) visuo-spatial sketchpad
C) priming
D) connectionism

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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_____ was the first person to conduct scientific research on forgetting.


A) Alan Baddeley
B) Karl Lashley
C) Hermann Ebbinghaus
D) Allan Paivio

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Measures of short-term memory capacity are strongly related to cognitive aptitudes.

A) True
B) False

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_____ refers to visual memory,which is retained only for about a quarter of a second.


A) Iconic memory
B) Working memory
C) Long-term memory
D) Explicit memory

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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A store run by Mr.Mathers was robbed by three armed men.Mr.Mathers and his staff are waiting for the police to arrive.While doing so,they discuss the robbery and decide on a common story to tell the police.Which of the following is a likely outcome of this collaborative sharing of information by the eyewitnesses?


A) The dialogue between the eyewitnesses will contaminate their memories.
B) The dialogue between the eyewitnesses will enable them to accurately recall the exact details.
C) The eyewitnesses will be less prone to display bias while identifying the perpetrator.
D) The eyewitnesses will be better able to help the police solve the crime.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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_____ refers to the retention of information about the where,when,and what of life's happenings.


A) Semantic memory
B) Procedural memory
C) Episodic memory
D) Implicit memory

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Juanita is one of the finalists in a televised game show.Juanita is able to remember the names of the contestants she met on the first day of the show but cannot remember the names of the contestants she met after that day.In the context of memory retrieval,Juanita's ability to recall only the names of the contestants she met on the first day exemplifies


A) the recency effect.
B) retroactive interference.
C) retrograde amnesia.
D) the primacy effect.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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At the top level,long-term memory is divided into the substructures of


A) echoic memory and iconic memory.
B) explicit memory and implicit memory.
C) working memory and episodic memory.
D) sensory memory and short-term memory.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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How does retrospective memory differ from prospective memory?

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Retrospective memory refers to...

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Intermediate processing in memory is the level at which


A) physical and perceptual features are analyzed.
B) a stimulus is recognized and labeled.
C) semantic,meaningful,symbolic characteristics are used.
D) meaning is assigned to a stimulus.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Ashton is forty-five years old.He has vivid memories of the significant events that took place in his youth.However,he finds it difficult to recollect the events that took place in the first and fourth decades of his life.In the context of memory retrieval,this ability to recall events from certain phases of his life is known as


A) the reminiscence bump.
B) the serial position effect.
C) absentmindedness.
D) interference.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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According to decay theory,people forget not because memories are lost from storage but because other information gets in the way of what they want to remember.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements is true according to the dual code hypothesis?


A) Memory for pictures is better than memory for words.
B) Image code is less detailed than verbal code.
C) Verbal information provides more avenues for retrieval than visual information.
D) Encoding is more effective when attention is divideD.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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