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Critics of the three-box model of memory are likely to agree that:


A) the human brain processes information only in a sequential manner.
B) the human brain does not operate like the average computer.
C) the capacity of long-term memory is actually much greater than the model assumes.
D) information flows from one memory system to the next.

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

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Mr. Musselman is the head coach of the high school football team. He notices that, after learning the names of the players on the team this year, he has trouble remembering the names of the players from the previous year. In fact, he sometimes says the name of a current player when he is referring to a player from the previous year. This is an example of:


A) retroactive interference.
B) proactive interference.
C) decay.
D) cue-dependent forgetting.

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

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When Sir Frederic Bartlett asked people to read unfamiliar stories and then to recite the stories to him later, he found that the details were often changed to make the story coherent.

A) True
B) False

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Most researchers agree that the memories people say they have of their first three years of life are based on:


A) unconscious memories that float to the surface.
B) family stories, photographs, and imagination.
C) actual recall of the events.
D) a special memory module for early childhood experiences.

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

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In accordance with the three-box model of memory, the memory system involved in the prolonged storage of information is known as ________.


A) short-term memory
B) the sensory register
C) working memory
D) long-term memory

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

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Implicit memory is usually measured through recall tasks.

A) True
B) False

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Recognition is the ability to identify previously encountered information.

A) True
B) False

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When you roller blade, are you relying on procedural, semantic, or episodic memory? How about when you recall the months of the year? Or when you remember falling while roller blading on an icy January day?

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Unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts and actions, is called:


A) explicit memory.
B) implicit memory.
C) declarative memory.
D) procedural memory.

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

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The sensory register is made up of many separate subsystems, one for each sense.

A) True
B) False

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The ________ theory of forgetting proposes that memory fades with time and lack of use.


A) replacement
B) decay
C) interference
D) cue-dependent

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Is long-term potentiation associated with


A) increased responsiveness of certain receiving neurons to transmitting neurons
B) a decrease in receptors on certain receiving neurons?

C) A) and B)
D) undefined

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________ is a memory system that includes short-term memory and executive processes that control attention and the retrieval.


A) Procedural memory
B) Declarative memory
C) Working memory
D) Semantic memory

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

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Famous psychologist Jean Piaget once reported having a personal memory of almost being kidnapped when he was a 2 year old. It wasn't until Piaget was 15 years old that the nurse confessed that she had made up the entire incident. What does Piaget's experience reveal about autobiographical memories and reconstruction of the past?

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Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened, is called ________.


A) confabulation
B) priming
C) flashbulb memory
D) repression

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

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Confabulation is especially likely to occur if you have thought about the imagined event many times.

A) True
B) False

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Preschoolers' memories are more vulnerable to suggestive questions than are the memories of school-aged children.

A) True
B) False

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The multiple-choice question that you are reading at this moment requires ________ to answer correctly.


A) recognition
B) relearning
C) priming
D) recall

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

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Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?


A) short-term memory
B) long-term memory
C) the sensory register
D) working memory

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

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The narratives that we compose about our lives have a profound influence on our memories. Analyze how stories are used to provide themes to our lives.

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