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Chapter 6 - Quick Quiz 2
1. The motion we see when we watch a “motion picture” is actually an illusion. This illusion of motion is aided by__________
consolidation memory's ability to construct new protein pathways for storage.
sensory memory's ability to hold visual images for a fraction of a second before going to the next image.
sensory memory's ability to hold visual images for long periods of time for comparison to other images.
long-term memory's ability to recall movie facts and errata even years after watching a particular show.
2. What are the limits of the storage capacity of long-term memory?
20 items
200 items
2,000 items
There are no known limits to the storage capacity of LTM.
3. This memory system might be likened to a dictionary.
working memory
semantic memory
nondeclarative memory
episodic memory
4. Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone. The other five items in between are gone. This is an example of the __________
a) serial position effect.
b) encoding specificity effect.
c) TOT effect.
d) reintegrative effect.
5. This researcher suggests that memory is a reconstruction of event highlights that may, or may not be accurate.
Loftus
Penfield
Bartlett
Ebbinghaus
6. Tribal peoples sometimes perform amazing memory feats, such as learning kinship lines for many generations or recognizing relatively minute differences between cows. These findings point to the importance of __________
cultural influences on memory.
mnemonic devices.
memorization through repetition.
photographic memories.
7. When Jacob was 2 years old, he and his family narrowly escaped death when their house was destroyed by a tornado. Despite the significance of this event, Jacob could remember nothing of it. This is called __________
hippocampus amnesia.
psychogenic amnesia.
infantile amnesia.
chronic amnesia.
8. ________ appears to be the basis for learning and memory at the neuronal level.
Short-term polarization
Estrogen
Blocking reuptake
Long-term potentiation
9. People with dementia typically have a memory problem known as __________
a) amygdaloid amnesia.
b) inferograde amnesia.
c) retrograde amnesia.
d) anterograde amnesia.
10. The fact that few people can accurately describe a penny even though they have handled thousands of them is an example of __________
encoding failure.
retroactive interference.
proactive interference.
elaboration failure.
Chapter 6 - Quick Quiz 2
Answer Key
1. b Explanation: The rapid fading of everything that we see from sensory memory, only to be
replaced by the next visual image gives the illusion of visual continuity. In fact, the motion that we perceive is only possible because of the presence of sensory memory.
(Page 188, Conceptual, LO 6.2)
2. d Explanation: The capacity of LTM is theoretically unlimited. (Page 190, Factual, LO 6.4)
3. b Explanation: Semantic memory involves general facts or information from the world that
anyone has access to. (Page 192, Conceptual, LO 6.4)
4. a Explanation: The finding is known as the serial position effect, as it refers to the ability to
better remember things at the beginning and end of a list. (Page 195, Applied, LO 6.6)
5. c Explanation: This statement is the basis of the idea that memory is reconstructive in
nature and was proposed by Sir Frederick Bartlett. (Page 196, Factual, LO 6.8)
6. a Explanation: Various avenues of research have conclusively demonstrated that memory is
not a passive process, but an active, constructive event that is influenced by many factors,
including culture. (Pages 199-200, Conceptual, LO 6.10)
7. c Explanation: Infantile amnesia refers to the fact that, with few exceptions, children
cannot generally recall events from the first few years of life as they get older.
(Page 202, Applied, LO 6.12)
8. d Explanation: Long-term potentiation, which refers to an increase in the efficiency of
neural transmission at the synapses that lasts for hours or longer, refers to the neuronal effects on memory. (Page 205, Factual, LO 6.14)
9. d Explanation: The type of memory problem that people with dementia, including
Alzheimer’s, typically have is called anterograde amnesia. (Pages 206-207, Factual, LO 6.16)
10. a Explanation: A lack of adequate attention at the time of encoding causes this
phenomenon, and is called an encoding failure. (Page 209, Applied, LO 6.18)
