COG PSYCH FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS LONG TERM MEMORY

As classically conceived, long-term memory is held to have all of the following
properties EXCEPT:
a. It comprises a permanent or at least semipermanent store.
b. It has virtually unlimited capacity.
c. It primarily uses acoustic coding
d. Information stored within it is not always easily accessible.
e. Length of retention in long-term memory is a function of the level of
original learning

C It primarily uses acoustic coding

According to the retrieval cue explanation of interference, you are more likely to
forget where you parked your car in a lot where:
a. you have never parked before.
b. you have always parked in the same place.
c. you have parked frequently, but in many different spaces.
d. you parked a year ago, but not more recently.
e. you parked yesterday.

C you have parked frequently, but in many different spaces.

Among the following methods, which is the most effective means of learning the
Spanish equivalents of English words?
a) Repeating the word pairs over and over again out loud
b) Repeating the word pairs over and over again silently
c) Studying all of the word pairs in one 2-hour period rather than 4 30-
minute periods
d) Creating imaginary scenes in which the word pairs are visually associated

D Creating imaginary scenes in which the word pairs are visually associated

Five-year old George was taught the words “duck” and “dog” in class today. In one exercise, George’s teacher asked him if “duck” rhymed with “cluck” and if “dog” was
a type of animal. The next day, George was given a recall test of the words that he learned. According the levels-of-processing framework, George would be more likely
to remember _________.
a. duck
b. dog
c. George would remember both words with about the same accuracy

B dog

Before going to the grocery store, your roommate reads you a long list of items to
buy. At the store, you try to remember all of the items but you forget a few. Which
items are likely to have been forgotten?
a. Items at the beginning of the list
b. Items at the end of the list
c. Items in the middle of the list

C Items in the middle of the list

Information stored in long-term memory appears to be primarily encoded in a
________ format.
a. Semantic
b. Acoustical
c. Articulatory
d. Visual

A Semantic

_____ memory tasks involve the recall or recognition of learned material, while
______ memory tasks measure the effect of previous experiences on present
performance of a task.
a. Explicit / implicit
b. Semantic / episodic
c. Episodic / semantic
d. Procedural / declarative

A Explicit / implicit

Which of the following is an example of retroactive interference?
a. Confusing your voicemail password with your email password when
both were obtained at the same time
b. Forgetting your old phone number after getting a new one
c. You try to remember your new phone number, but you keep
remembering your old number
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

B Forgetting your old phone number after getting a new one

The famous patient H.M. had brain surgery to relieve his epilepsy. What brain
areas were removed?
a. The medial temporal lobes, including the hippocampus
b. The medial temporal lobes, excluding the hippocampus
c. The medial diencephalic areas, including the hippocampus
d. The medial diencephalic areas, excluding the hippocampus

A The medial temporal lobes, including the hippocampus

The famous patient H.M. had brain surgery to relieve his epilepsy. What kind of a
memory impairment did he have?
a) A profound anterograde amnesia, accompanied by a profound retrograde amnesia
b) A mild anterograde amnesia, accompanied by a profound retrograde amnesia
c) A profound anterograde amnesia, accompanied by a mild retrograde amnesia
d) A mild anterograde amnesia, accompanied by a mild retrograde amnesia

C A profound anterograde amnesia, accompanied by a mild retrograde amnesia

A patient with anterograde amnesia fails to remember ________, whereas a
patient with retrograde amnesia fails to remember ________.
a. Short-term information / long-term information
b. Long-term information / short-term information
c. Information from before the onset of the amnesia / Information from after the onset of the amnesia
d. Information from after the onset of the amnesia / Information from before the onset of the amnesia

D Information from after the onset of the amnesia / Information from before the onset of the amnesia

A patient with medial temporal lobe damage is taught to juggle on day 1. On day
2, they will remember ________, but he will not remember ________.
a. How to juggle / the name of the person who taught him to juggle
b. The name of the person who taught him to juggle / how to juggle

A How to juggle / the name of the person who taught him to juggle