EXP3604 Exam 3 with complete
solutions 2024/2025
Memory Strategy - ANSWER-you perform mental activities that can help to
improve your encoding and retrieval.
Divided Attention - ANSWER-Back-round music, extroverts and introverts
levels of processing - ANSWER-o Deep processing emphasizing elaboration &
distinctiveness rather than simple rehearsal
Uses "why" questions
Survival of Processing - ANSWER-o One of the best ways to enforce coding for
meaning is to have participants evaluate to-be remembered items in terms of its
value to natural survival
generation effect - ANSWER-o Refers to the fact that memory is better when we
generate associations if ourselves compared to when we simply read them
Elaboration - ANSWER-o The Van Restoff Effect/ you will concentrate on the
speciic meaning of a particular concept; you'll also try to relate this concept to
your prior knowledge and to interconnected concepts that you have already
mastered.
Rehearsal - ANSWER-o or repeating the information you want to learn, you aren't
likely to beneit much in terms of accurate recall at some later point in time.
Distinctiveness - ANSWER-o which means that one memory trace should be
different from all other memory traces.
,Von Restorff effect - ANSWER-o Means the advantage in memory that distinctive
items have over less distinctive items
Self-reference Effect - ANSWER-o in which you enhance long-term memory by
relating the material to your own experiences.
encoding specificity principle - ANSWER-o Study strategies should consider how
the info will be tested
Overconfidence - ANSWER-o Beware of possible overconfidence in your own
memory skills so don't commit more errors
1. How can questioning what you are reading while studying help improve your
score on the exam? Think about levels of processing and the generation effect. -
ANSWER-a. It helps you get a deeper level of learning by testing yourself
2. Why is using only rehearsal to encode and retrieve information a bad idea? -
ANSWER-a. You can't remember something good just by repeating it but if u
encode it and elaborate it to your previous knowledge you'll remember it better
3. Which memory strategy would be the most effective when trying to learn
names? Explain. - ANSWER-Distinctiveness
4. To remember the memory strategies presented in this chapter, try relating them
to your own studying habits. Which effect is being applied here? - ANSWER-Self
Reference Effect
5. Discuss a possible issue associated with the example of the generation effect
discussed in class. How could this be fixed? - ANSWER-a. A possible issue is
that you can't always rhyme the words it might be too complicated to rhyme
certain words-may remember the word better you rhymed with than the actual
word, confound difficulty of thought. Not generating item on ur own, It can be
fixed by making the task easy
6. Create a list of words in which you test the von Restorff effect. - ANSWER-a.
Jump, Hop, Fly, Swim, Crawl, Putter, Vomit, Run, Skip, Skate & Flip
7. The exams in this class require you to recall information rather than just simply
recognizing information. Given this, which type of studying techniques might be
, the most effective for this class? Think about the encoding-specificity principle. -
ANSWER-a. For this class it's good to answer questions and apply then just
straight definitions
8. Think about ways in which you can avoid overconfidence on this upcoming
exam. - ANSWER-Take breaks and test yourself
Total-time hypothesis - ANSWER-o The amount u learn depends on the total time
you devote to learning
Distributed Practice Effect - ANSWER-o You will remember more material if you
spread your learning trials over time
Spaced learning
Massed Learning - ANSWER-o You'll remember less if you try "cramming," by
learning the material all at once
Desirable Difficulties - ANSWER-o in other words, a learning situation that is
somewhat challenging, but not too difficult
Testing Effect - ANSWER-o Taking a test is an excellent way to boost your long-
term recall for academic material
Mnemonics - ANSWER-o are mental strategies designed to improve your memory
Keyword Method - ANSWER-o Useful for unfamiliar vocab learning and identify
an English word that sounds similar to the new word you want to learn
Create an image that links the keyword with the meaning of the new word
Organization - ANSWER-o Brings order to material to be learned, deep
processing and easier retrieval
Chunking - ANSWER-o Combine several small units into larger meaningful units
hierachy - ANSWER-o Series of classes from general to specific
first letter technique - ANSWER-o Compose a word or sentence using the first
letters of the words you are trying to remember
solutions 2024/2025
Memory Strategy - ANSWER-you perform mental activities that can help to
improve your encoding and retrieval.
Divided Attention - ANSWER-Back-round music, extroverts and introverts
levels of processing - ANSWER-o Deep processing emphasizing elaboration &
distinctiveness rather than simple rehearsal
Uses "why" questions
Survival of Processing - ANSWER-o One of the best ways to enforce coding for
meaning is to have participants evaluate to-be remembered items in terms of its
value to natural survival
generation effect - ANSWER-o Refers to the fact that memory is better when we
generate associations if ourselves compared to when we simply read them
Elaboration - ANSWER-o The Van Restoff Effect/ you will concentrate on the
speciic meaning of a particular concept; you'll also try to relate this concept to
your prior knowledge and to interconnected concepts that you have already
mastered.
Rehearsal - ANSWER-o or repeating the information you want to learn, you aren't
likely to beneit much in terms of accurate recall at some later point in time.
Distinctiveness - ANSWER-o which means that one memory trace should be
different from all other memory traces.
,Von Restorff effect - ANSWER-o Means the advantage in memory that distinctive
items have over less distinctive items
Self-reference Effect - ANSWER-o in which you enhance long-term memory by
relating the material to your own experiences.
encoding specificity principle - ANSWER-o Study strategies should consider how
the info will be tested
Overconfidence - ANSWER-o Beware of possible overconfidence in your own
memory skills so don't commit more errors
1. How can questioning what you are reading while studying help improve your
score on the exam? Think about levels of processing and the generation effect. -
ANSWER-a. It helps you get a deeper level of learning by testing yourself
2. Why is using only rehearsal to encode and retrieve information a bad idea? -
ANSWER-a. You can't remember something good just by repeating it but if u
encode it and elaborate it to your previous knowledge you'll remember it better
3. Which memory strategy would be the most effective when trying to learn
names? Explain. - ANSWER-Distinctiveness
4. To remember the memory strategies presented in this chapter, try relating them
to your own studying habits. Which effect is being applied here? - ANSWER-Self
Reference Effect
5. Discuss a possible issue associated with the example of the generation effect
discussed in class. How could this be fixed? - ANSWER-a. A possible issue is
that you can't always rhyme the words it might be too complicated to rhyme
certain words-may remember the word better you rhymed with than the actual
word, confound difficulty of thought. Not generating item on ur own, It can be
fixed by making the task easy
6. Create a list of words in which you test the von Restorff effect. - ANSWER-a.
Jump, Hop, Fly, Swim, Crawl, Putter, Vomit, Run, Skip, Skate & Flip
7. The exams in this class require you to recall information rather than just simply
recognizing information. Given this, which type of studying techniques might be
, the most effective for this class? Think about the encoding-specificity principle. -
ANSWER-a. For this class it's good to answer questions and apply then just
straight definitions
8. Think about ways in which you can avoid overconfidence on this upcoming
exam. - ANSWER-Take breaks and test yourself
Total-time hypothesis - ANSWER-o The amount u learn depends on the total time
you devote to learning
Distributed Practice Effect - ANSWER-o You will remember more material if you
spread your learning trials over time
Spaced learning
Massed Learning - ANSWER-o You'll remember less if you try "cramming," by
learning the material all at once
Desirable Difficulties - ANSWER-o in other words, a learning situation that is
somewhat challenging, but not too difficult
Testing Effect - ANSWER-o Taking a test is an excellent way to boost your long-
term recall for academic material
Mnemonics - ANSWER-o are mental strategies designed to improve your memory
Keyword Method - ANSWER-o Useful for unfamiliar vocab learning and identify
an English word that sounds similar to the new word you want to learn
Create an image that links the keyword with the meaning of the new word
Organization - ANSWER-o Brings order to material to be learned, deep
processing and easier retrieval
Chunking - ANSWER-o Combine several small units into larger meaningful units
hierachy - ANSWER-o Series of classes from general to specific
first letter technique - ANSWER-o Compose a word or sentence using the first
letters of the words you are trying to remember
