EPPP - Memory and Forgetting Exam Test Guide and Answers

Individuals in two groups are presented with a list of items. The first group is presented with the list and immediately asked to recall the items, while the second group has a brief time delay between reading the list and recalling it. As a result of the delay, individuals in the second group are more likely to recall items located at what point in the list? a. items at the beginning of the list b. items at the end of the list c. items in the middle of the list d. items at both the beginning and end of the list - ANSWER-a. items at the beginning of the list A person with deficits in prospective memory will have trouble: a. remembering a future meeting with a co-worker. b. remembering what she did on her last birthday. c. recalling how to play the violin after not doing so for several years. d. recalling the information needed to answer this question. - ANSWER-a. remembering a future meeting with a co-worker A research participant remembers a list of unrelated words by envisioning each item in a different location in her living room while memorizing and then recalling the list (e.g., one item on the TV, one under the coffee table, one on the chair). This is referred to as: a. the keyword method. b. the method of loci. c. the serial position effect. d. elaborative rehearsal. - ANSWER-b. the method of loci As conceptualized in Baddeley and Hitch's (1974) multi-component model, the ________ is responsible for directing attention to relevant sensory information. a. cognitive sketchpad b. sensory coding system c. central executive d. episodic buffer - ANSWER-c. central executive Craik and Tulving's (1975) levels-of-processing model: a. describes memory in terms of a "dual store." b. implies that elaborative rehearsal is more effective than maintenance rehearsal