Experience Psychology 2nd Edition By King -Test Bank

Experience Psychology 2nd Edition By King -
Test Bank

Chapter 06

Memory


Multiple Choice Questions

1. (p. 202) involves retaining information over time.
A. Learning
B. Memory
C. Priming
D. Amnesia



Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: The Nature of Memory

, 2. (p. 203) refers to the process of transforming information into a form that can be
stored in memory.
A. Storage
B. Retrieval
C. Decay
D. Encoding



Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

3. (p. 203)Attention, deep processing, elaboration, and the use of mental imagery are
processes.
A. encoding
B. storage
C. retrieval
D. chunking



Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding



4. (p. 203) is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged
period of time.
A. Divided attention
B. Elaboration
C. Multitasking
D. Sustained attention



Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

5. (p. 203)Multitasking is an example of .
A. mental imagery
B. divided attention
C. priming
D. rehearsal

,Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

6. (p. 204)Elsa is studying for her psychology exam with the TV on in the background.
Research on the effects of divided attention suggests that watching TV while studying
will Elsa’s exam performance.
A. slightly increase
B. strongly increase
C. decrease
D. have no effect on



Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding



7. (p. 204)Fifteen-year-old Matt and his father are in an electronics store looking at video
game systems. Matt gives his father a complete breakdown of the pros and cons of each
of the different video game systems on display. According to research on encoding
processes, Matt is able to accurately recall all this information because he .
A. has shallowly processed this information
B. has deeply processed this information
C. has processed this information at an intermediate level
D. used non-linguistic encoding processes



Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

8. (p. 204) refers to the formation of a number of different connections around a
stimulus at any given level of memory encoding.
A. Imagery
B. Elaboration
C. Divided attention
D. Sustained attention

, Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

9. (p. 204)Your roommate Chuck is having difficulty in his chemistry class. He asks you for
advice on how to improve his memory of the material. You suggest that rather than trying
to memorize the definitions, he should learn the concept by coming up with real-world
examples. You tell Chuck to work on making links between new information and
everything he already knows. Which of the following memory strategies are you
recommending to Chuck?
A. Elaboration
B. Imagery
C. Chunking
D. Selective attention



Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding



10. (p. 205)According to research, which of the following is an effective elaboration
technique?
A. Thinking of physical characteristics
B. Thinking of smells
C. Thinking of self-references
D. Thinking of sounds



Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objectives: Memory Encoding

11. (p. 205) of information is linked with neural activity, especially in the brain’s left
frontal lobe.
A. Self-reference
B. Forgetting
C. Chunking
D. Elaboration