1. ________ memory refers to a vivid, detailed recollection of an emotional event.
a. Semantic
b. Declarative
c. Flashbulb
d. Episodic
2. The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event
elsewhere is called ________.
a. confabulation
b. source misattribution
c. priming
d. repression
3. Irene swears that she was there the night her best friend got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend. It takes several of her friends to convince her that she was not. Which of the following likely made Irenes fake memory seem so real to her?
a. She had only heard the story of the fight a few times.
b. The fight occurred only a year ago.
c. Her memory contained only a few key details.
d. The fight was easy to imagine.
4. Which of the following is a test for recall?
a. matching questions
b. true-false questions
c. multiple-choice questions
d. essay questions
5. Which memory system has a limited capacity and stores items for about 30 seconds?
a. short-term memory
b. long-term memory
c. the sensory register
d. implicit memory
6. The ________ model represents the contents of memory as connections among a huge number of
interacting processing units.
a. three-box
b. parallel distributed processing
c. serial processing
d. sequential processing
7. Which of the following is considered to be an implicit memory?
a. procedural memory
b. semantic memory
c. episodic memory
d. declarative memory
8. ________ is thought to be a biological mechanism of long-term memory.
a. Deep processing
b. Long-term potentiation
c. Priming
d. Temporary changes in the release of neurotransmitters
9. According to the decay theory, forgetting occurs because:
a. new information is recorded over old information.
b. similar items of information interfere with one another.
c. memories simply fade with time if they are not accessed now and then.
d. the cues needed to recall the memory are not present.
10. Given the current research on recovered memories, one should be skeptical if a person says that:
a. she cannot remember an event from when she was 2 years old.
b. she is frequently bothered by vivid memories of a traumatic event that she experienced.
c. she now has memories of his experiences as an infant, thanks to therapy.
d. her amnesia resulted from a blow to the head during a car accident.
