1. Clicker Questions
Exploring Psychology, 10th Edition by David G. Myers & C. Nathan DeWall
Slides by Laura Beavin Haider, Ph.D.
Modules 22-24: Memory

2. Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 22

3. 1. Which refers to the processing of information into the memory system?
A. Encoding
B. Storage
C. Parallel processing
D. Retrieval

4. 1. Which refers to the processing of information into the memory system? ANSWER
A. Encoding
B. Storage
C. Parallel processing
D. Retrieval

5. 2. The correct order of information to travel through the memory system is:
A. long-term memory  short-term memory  sensory memory.
B. short-term memory  long-term memory  sensory memory.
C. sensory memory  short-term memory  long-term memory.
D. sensory memory  long-term memory  short-term memory.

6. 2. The correct order of information to travel through the memory system is: ANSWER
A. long-term memory  short-term memory  sensory memory.
B. short-term memory  long-term memory  sensory memory.
C. sensory memory  short-term memory  long-term memory.
D. sensory memory  long-term memory  short-term memory.

7. 3. Which of the following does NOT enhance memory?
A. Chunking
B. Mnemonics
C. Distributed practice
D. Massed practice

8. 3. Which of the following does NOT enhance memory? ANSWER
A. Chunking
B. Mnemonics
C. Distributed practice
D. Massed practice

9. 4. Max is unfamiliar with the timelines he needs to remember for his history class, and he is disinterested in the material. Which of the following will memorization likely require?
A. Implicit memory
B. Automatic processing
C. Effortful processing
D. Procedural memory

10. 4. Max is unfamiliar with the timelines he needs to remember for his history class, and he is disinterested in the material. Which of the following will memorization likely require? ANSWER
A. Implicit memory
B. Automatic processing
C. Effortful processing
D. Procedural memory

11. 5. If Alana is picturing the words on this slide as she reads them for a fraction of a second (before they fade away), she is likely utilizing (the):
A. iconic memory.
B. central executive.
C. echoic memory.
D. chunking.

12. 5. If Alana is picturing the words on this slide as she reads them for a fraction of a second (before they fade away), she is likely utilizing (the): ANSWER
A. iconic memory.
B. central executive.
C. echoic memory.
D. chunking.

13. 6. Vera needs to memorize a new route to work because of a road closure. Instead of memorizing the number of turns and stoplights, she thinks about her favorite stores that she passes on her way. This would be an example of (the):
A. testing effect.
B. shallow processing.
C. automatic processing.
D. deep processing.

14. 6. Vera needs to memorize a new route to work because of a road closure. Instead of memorizing the number of turns and stoplights, she thinks about her favorite stores that she passes on her way. This would be an example of (the): ANSWER
A. testing effect.
B. shallow processing.
C. automatic processing.
D. deep processing.

15. Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 23

16. 7. Which part of the brain is responsible for emotion-related memory formation?
A. Basal ganglia
B. Amygdala
C. Hippocampus
D. Cerebellum

17. 7. Which part of the brain is responsible for emotion-related memory formation? ANSWER
A. Basal ganglia
B. Amygdala
C. Hippocampus
D. Cerebellum

18. 8. The idea that a gloomy mood could encourage recollection of other bad times is an illustration of:
A. serial position effect.
B. context-dependent memory.
C. long-term potentiation.
D. state-dependent memory.

19. 8. The idea that a gloomy mood could encourage recollection of other bad times is an illustration of: ANSWER
A. serial position effect.
B. context-dependent memory.
C. long-term potentiation.
D. state-dependent memory.

20. 9. The tendency to recall items that appear first on a list is called (the):
A. recency effect.
B. primacy effect.
C. mood congruency.
D. priming.

21. 9. The tendency to recall items that appear first on a list is called (the): ANSWER
A. recency effect.
B. primacy effect.
C. mood congruency.
D. priming.

22. 10. Leonard can remember exactly where he was and how he felt the day his grandmother died; the weather, the time, what activities he was engaged in. Recalling it in such detail makes him feel upset. This is an example of (a/an):
A. flashbulb memory.
B. long-term potentiation.
C. implicit memory.
D. memory consolidation.

23. 10. Leonard can remember exactly where he was and how he felt the day his grandmother died; the weather, the time, what activities he was engaged in. Recalling it in such detail makes him feel upset. This is an example of (a/an): ANSWER
A. flashbulb memory.
B. long-term potentiation.
C. implicit memory.
D. memory consolidation.

24. Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Module 24

25. 11. The inability to form new memories is called:
A. anterograde amnesia.
B. proactive interference.
C. retrograde amnesia.
D. retroactive interference.

26. 11. The inability to form new memories is called: ANSWER
A. anterograde amnesia.
B. proactive interference.
C. retrograde amnesia.
D. retroactive interference.

27. 12. Which term describes the basic defense mechanism from psychoanalytic theory that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness?
A. reconsolidation
B. deja vu
C. interference
D. repression
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28. 12. Which term describes the basic defense mechanism from psychoanalytic theory that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness? ANSWER
A. reconsolidation
B. deja vu
C. interference
D. repression
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29. 13. Misattributing whether we heard about, read about, or imagined an event is called:
A. retrograde amnesia.
B. source amnesia.
C. anterograde amnesia.
D. infantile amnesia.

30. 13. Misattributing whether we heard about, read about, or imagined an event is called: ANSWER
A. retrograde amnesia.
B. source amnesia.
C. anterograde amnesia.
D. infantile amnesia.

31. 14. Which of the following phenomena explains how eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories after a crime or accident?
A. Misinformation effect
B. Repression
C. Proactive interference
D. Motivated forgetting

32. 14. Which of the following phenomena explains how eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories after a crime or accident? ANSWER
A. Misinformation effect
B. Repression
C. Proactive interference
D. Motivated forgetting

33. 15. Charity is having trouble remembering the layout of her new dorm room this year because the location of appliances is on the opposite side of the room. Almost by habit, she walks to the wrong side of the room to use them. This is an example of:
A. encoding failure.
B. proactive interference.
C. retrograde amnesia.
D. repression.

34. 15. Charity is having trouble remembering the layout of her new dorm room this year because the location of appliances is on the opposite side of the room. Almost by habit, she walks to the wrong side of the room to use them. This is an example of: ANSWER
A. encoding failure.
B. proactive interference.
C. retrograde amnesia.
D. repression.