_______ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

1. _______ is the retention of memory for some period of time.

      
a. Encoding

      
b. Storage   

      
c. Retrieval

      
d. Evaluation


 2. Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

      
a. a table 

      
b. a modem 

      
c. a rainbow

      
d. a photograph


3. Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ________ rehearsal.

      
a.  repetitive 

      
b. imagery 

      
c. elaborative

      
d.. maintenance


4. The Internet, with its series of links from one site to many others, is a good analogy for the organization of ________.

      
a. short-term memory

      
b. episodic memory

      
c. long-term memory

      
d. procedural memory


5. The best place to take your biology exam to ensure good retrieval of biology concepts is in ________.

      
a. the biology classroom

      
b.. an auditorium to prevent cheating

      
c. the English classroom

      
d. the special testing room used for all


6. A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime. Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

      
a. Yes, because seeing is believing.

      
b. No, because eyewitnesses are not usually honest.

      
c. Yes, because eyewitnesses are very confident about their testimony.

      
d. Yes, because eyewitnesses are very confident about their testimony.


7. For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event, and the memory is the solution to that problem?

      
a. Bartlett   

      
b. Meyer

      
c. Ebbinghaus

      
d. Skinner

 8. Which of these individuals is the most typical person involved in a case in which memories of past childhood abuse are recalled later in life?

      
a. thirty-year-old Charlotte, who sought therapy for anxiety, depression, and recent weight gain with a therapist who uses hypnosis

      
b. thirty-year-old Steve, who sought therapy for symptoms that developed after serving in Desert Storm

      
c. ten-year-old Willard, who was referred by a pediatrician for symptoms that appear to meet the diagnostic criteria for hyperactivity

      
d. fifty-year-old Agnes, who fell, hit her head, and suddenly began remembering that her brother abused her sexually when she was eight years old


9. Short-term memories appear to be localized in the ________.

      
a. occipital lobe

      
b.  cingulate gyrus

      
c. amygdala

      
d. prefrontal lobes


10. People with Alzheimer’s disease typically have a memory problem known as ________.

      
a. amygdaloid amnesia

      
b. amygdaloid amnesia

      
c. retrograde amnesia

      
d. anterograde amnesia