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Familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before contributes to


A) automatic processing.
B) imagination inflation.
C) repression.
D) déjà vu.

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

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After learning that kicking would move a crib mobile,infants showed that they recalled this learning best if they were tested in the same crib.This best illustrates


A) the serial position effect.
B) context-dependent memory.
C) flashbulb memory.
D) infantile amnesia.

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

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Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ________ bits of information.


A) 3
B) 7
C) 12
D) 24

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

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Iconic memory is to echoic memory as ________ is to ________.


A) short-term memory;long-term memory
B) explicit memory;implicit memory
C) visual stimulation;auditory stimulation
D) shallow processing;deep processing

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

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Encoding verbal information semantically involves


A) shallow processing.
B) echoic memory.
C) deep processing.
D) iconic memory.

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

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The inability to form new memories is called


A) repression.
B) anterograde amnesia.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) retroactive interference.

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

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Consciously repeating the name of a new classmate you want to remember illustrates


A) implicit memory.
B) the peg-word system.
C) effortful processing.
D) the self-reference effect.

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

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Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called


A) implicit memories.
B) flashbulb memories.
C) mood-congruent memories.
D) procedural memories.

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

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Infantile amnesia involves a lack of


A) implicit memories.
B) basal ganglia.
C) explicit memories.
D) automatic processing.

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

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Without being aware of it,Kelsey encoded the exact locations on the basketball court from which she had taken each of her many shots during yesterday's tournament game.This best illustrates


A) distributed practice.
B) automatic processing.
C) the self-reference effect.
D) working memory.

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

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Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with learning a conditioned fear response to the sight of a dog who had threatened you on several occasions.


A) hippocampus
B) basal ganglia
C) hypothalamus
D) cerebellum

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

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Jamille is taking French in school.She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test.This illustrates what is known as


A) the spacing effect.
B) the peg-word system.
C) chunking.
D) automatic processing.

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

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When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized,they often substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list.This best illustrates the impact of


A) automatic processing.
B) distributed practice.
C) semantic processing.
D) echoic memory.

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

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The address for obtaining tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen,but the image disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write down the complete address.To his surprise,however,he has retained a momentary mental image of the five-digit zip code.His experience best illustrates ________ memory.


A) iconic
B) implicit
C) echoic
D) procedural

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

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In one study,people primed with words or images involving money expressed ________ support for free market capitalism and ________ support for social inequality.


A) less;more
B) more;less
C) less,less
D) more;more

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

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When we fall in love,we tend to overestimate how much we liked our partner when we first began dating.This best illustrates the dynamics of


A) positive transfer.
B) proactive interference.
C) déjà vu.
D) memory construction.

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

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Which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary terms with their correct definitions?


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

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

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The testing effect refers to the enhanced memory resulting from


A) retrieving information from memory.
B) the automatic processing of information.
C) combining information into larger chunks.
D) rereading previously studied information.

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

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A process in which previously stored memories,when retrieved,are altered before being stored again is called


A) retroactive interference.
B) proactive interference.
C) reconsolidation.
D) repression.

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

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Which of the following has been tested for use as a memory-blocking drug?


A) glutamate
B) propranolol
C) CREB
D) epinephrine

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

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