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Question 1:

What does the mystic writing pad model of memory suggest?
a) Post-event misinformation leads to changes in the memory trace.
b) Memory schemas are a result of mistakenly perceived memory traces.
c) The accumulation of memories over time makes it hard to accurately recall memories.
d) Memory recall is perfect.

Question 2:

McCloskey et al (1988) asked people a number of questions three days after the challenger explosion and then again asked the same questions approximately nine months later. What did the results suggest?
a) Flashbulb memory is susceptible to distortion.
b) Flashbulb memory is extremely vivid and accurate.
c) Flashbulb memory is dependent on memory scripts.
d) Flashbulb memory only occurs when the Now Print! theory is falsified.

Question 3:

Following an accident, Monica is unable to form any new memories. She even forgets having just met you, regardless of how many times you introduce yourself. Which part of her brain is damaged?
a) Corpus callosum
b) Parietal lobe
c) Hippocampus
d) Hypothalamus

Question 4:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four processes involved in schematic memories?
a) Plasticity
b) Selection
c) Interpretation
d) Integration

Question 5:

Each time a memory trace is recalled, it is placed in working memory where it can be revised and possibly changed as a result of it coming in contact with other memories. What is this process called?
a) Reconsolidation
b) Proactive interference
c) The method of repeated reproduction
d) Schematic error

Question 6:

Phonemic encoding leads to better memory retention when compared with structural encoding.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Two important concepts that help lead to deeper processing are elaboration and distinctiveness.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Memory undergoes changes as people age. In general, an elderly population tends to do better with specific details rather than the deeper general meaning.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve demonstrates that people forget things more easily the longer ago the information was acquired.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Proponents of the ecological approach to studying memory have argued that lab-based approaches are too artificial and do not reflect how memory operates in the real world.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Cognition, Fifth Edition: Chapter 5