Nt1310 Unit 1 Question Paper
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the term for the process of locating and recovering information from your memory store?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. retrieval Question 2
1 out of 1 points
If forgetting occurs because newly learned information impairs the memory of previously learned information, what is this called?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. retroactive interference
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
According to Ebbinghaus’s research, what is the pattern in which memory for meaningless information is forgotten?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. very rapidly in the first few hours after learning
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
What is the
term used to describe unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. flashbulb memories
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
When an individual’s memory for an event is altered by the later introduction of inaccurate or misleading information, what is this called?
Answer
Selected Answer: b. misinformation effect
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the term for grouping items together in order to increase the storage capacity of working memory memory?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. chunking Question 7
1 out of 1 points
If you incorrectly recall your psychology professor as saying “Psychology is a poor choice for a university major,” when in reality it was really your philosophy professor who made the statement, what type of error did you make?
Answer
Selected Answer: b. source-monitoring error
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Rehearsal is MOST beneficial for maintaining information in which memory store?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. working Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Which memory system holds information in storage just long enough to give you additional time to recognize the stimulus?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. sensory memory
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Why do most students find recognition tests easier than recall tests?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Recognition tests provide retrieval cues.
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1 out of 1 points
What is the term for the process of locating and recovering information from your memory store?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. retrieval Question 2
1 out of 1 points
If forgetting occurs because newly learned information impairs the memory of previously learned information, what is this called?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. retroactive interference
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
According to Ebbinghaus’s research, what is the pattern in which memory for meaningless information is forgotten?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. very rapidly in the first few hours after learning
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
What is the
term used to describe unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. flashbulb memories
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
When an individual’s memory for an event is altered by the later introduction of inaccurate or misleading information, what is this called?
Answer
Selected Answer: b. misinformation effect
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the term for grouping items together in order to increase the storage capacity of working memory memory?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. chunking Question 7
1 out of 1 points
If you incorrectly recall your psychology professor as saying “Psychology is a poor choice for a university major,” when in reality it was really your philosophy professor who made the statement, what type of error did you make?
Answer
Selected Answer: b. source-monitoring error
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Rehearsal is MOST beneficial for maintaining information in which memory store?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. working Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Which memory system holds information in storage just long enough to give you additional time to recognize the stimulus?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. sensory memory
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Why do most students find recognition tests easier than recall tests?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Recognition tests provide retrieval cues.
Monday, March 10, 2014 11:28:45 PM MDT