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Test Bank for Psychology A Journey 5th Edition by CoonChapter 7: Memory
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A professional memorizer is known as a(n)
a. mnemonist.
b. telepath.
c. medium.
d. psychic.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Fuhgeddaboudit
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
2. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of people with amazing memories, like Mr. S. mentioned
in your textbook?
a. seeing a date and immediately remembering where they were and what they were doing
b. seeing a date and knowing what day of the week this date fell on
c. being able to easily separate trivia from facts and facts from fantasy
d. feeling like their amazing memories were both a gift and a burden
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Fuhgeddaboudit
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)
3. The mnemonist Mr. S. had a such an exceptional memory that he had to devise ways to
a. forget.
b. remember accurately with his eyes open if prohibited from closing his eyes.
c. learn more mnemonics.
d. study meaningless words and random digits.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Fuhgeddaboudit
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
4. Luria studied Mr. S., who had an amazing memory. Concerning Mr. S.‟s abilities, which of the
following statements is FALSE?
a. Mr. S. had trouble separating trivia from important facts.
b. Mr. S. had no difficulty separating fact from fantasy.
c. Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget.
d. Mr. S. made his living as a mnemonist.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Fuhgeddaboudit
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
5. Which of the following is the active system that receives, stores, organizes, alters, and recovers
information?
a. memory
b. suppression
c. repression
d. priming
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,ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
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, REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
6. Memory is an active system that
a. stores and organizes information.
b. receives and recovers information.
c. alters information.
d. does all of these.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes the memory system?
a. an automatic and unchanging means of storing exact copies of experience
b. a vast storehouse from which specific facts can be retrieved when they are needed
c. a dusty archive in which interesting, but often irrelevant, relics are housed
d. an active system for manipulating information
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Concept
8. Memory is often characterized as being similar to a computer because
a. long-term memories are exact copies, like files on a hard drive.
b. memories are encoded, stored, and later retrieved.
c. the space available for memory storage is limited as is the storage capacity of a computer.
d. computers and the human mind both process information in a serial fashion.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
9. The three basic processes of memory are
a. recognition, storage, and retrieval.
b. encoding, storage, and forgetting.
c. encoding, storage, and retrieval.
d. maintenance, elaboration, and forgetting.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic processes of memory?
a. encoding
b. feedback
c. storage
d. retrieval
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
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, OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
11. Information is initially converted into a form that can be retained. This conversion part of the memory
process is known as
a. encoding.
b. retrieval.
c. consolidation.
d. storage.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
12. Which of the basic processes of memory is like typing data into a computer?
a. encoding
b. retrieval
c. consolidation
d. storage
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Concept
13. The process of holding information in memory for later use is referred to as
a. retrieval.
b. encoding.
c. storage.
d. organization.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact
14. Before new incoming information can be stored, it must be first be
a. assimilated.
b. retrieved.
c. encoded.
d. habituated.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Stages of Memory-Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
OBJ: 7.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)
15. After information has been entered into memory, this information is held for later use through the
memory process known as
a. retrieval.
b. encoding.
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