AAMC FL 3 PS E XAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Which term is used to refer to the type of memory phenomenon examined in
studies 1 and 2?
A.Reproductive memory
B.Flashbulb memory
C.Prospective memory
D.Eidetic memory - ANS ✓it would be episodic memory. studies 1 and 2 are
referring to information of events that are super emotional.
The key details assessed in Study 2 were examples of which type of memory?
A.Episodic
B.Semantic
C.Procedural
D.Iconic - ANS ✓Episodic memory. studies were asking specific information
about what people were doing. Personal information and recall is episodic
memory!
eidetic memory - ANS ✓photographic memory
Which statement is the most reasonable explanation for the observation of
intrusion errors in Study 2?
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A.False information was encoded.
B.Memory is prospective.
C.Memory is reconstructive.
D.Repressed information was retrieved. - ANS ✓the reason for intrusion errors is
because memory is reconstructive.
Which critique of laboratory research on memory for emotional events is
concerned with generalizability?
A.Potential confounding variables are not always controlled in laboratory
studies.
B.Retention tests employed in laboratory studies are usually concerned with
factual information rather than emotions.
C.The intensity of emotional responses is more accurately measured after the
event in laboratory studies.
D. Memories and emotional experiences in real life are very different from those
generated in laboratory studies. - ANS ✓D. Memories and emotional experiences
in real life are very different from those generated in laboratory studies.
generalizability---> refers to external validity.
out of all of these d makes the most sense. also don't be stupid. look for the
critique!
external validity - ANS ✓extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world
settings
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The finding from Study 3 regarding the differential effect of emotional arousal on
memory for central and peripheral details is best explained by which
mechanism? Increasing emotional arousal:
A.causes a restriction of the focus of attention.
B.improves memory, but only up to an optimal level of arousal.
C.impairs the encoding of peripheral details.
D.enhances the retrieval of encoded central details. - ANS ✓the key point of this
question is that it wants the effect of emotional arousal on memory for central
AND peripheral DETAILS.
A. causes a restriction of the focus of attention.
When in doubt, go with the most general answer choice.
b----> this is involved in performing a task. NOT memory.
The hypothesis (Easterbrook, 1959) that a person will notice information that
elicits arousal, but fail to process other information, has been supported by
studies in which memory for an (emotional) event's "central" aspects (directly
tied to the emotion elicitor) is compared to memory for "peripheral" aspects
(removed from the source of the emotional arousal). Thus, memory for the
fundamental gist of the emotional event is retained, whereas memory for details
(if they are encoded at all) either fades or undergoes changes.
Individuals with impaired color perception, such as an inability to distinguish
between red and green, are most likely to show improper functioning of which
part of the visual system?
A.Cones
B.Cornea
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