1. Clicker Questions
Psychology, 7th Edition by Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan, and Don H. Hockenbury
Slides by Cathleen Campbell-Raufer, Ph.D.
Chapter 6: Memory

2. 1. Recovering stored information so that we are consciously aware of it describes which memory process? a. encoding b. storage c. retrieval d. sensory memory

3. Recovering stored information so that we are consciously aware of it describes which memory process? a. encoding b. storage c. retrieval d. sensory memory

4. 2. Which is NOT true of sensory memory. a
2. Which is NOT true of sensory memory? a. it is where environmental information is registered b. it has a large capacity c. it has a brief duration (less than 3 seconds) d. it is also known as working memory

5. 2. Which is NOT true of sensory memory. a
2. Which is NOT true of sensory memory? a. it is where environmental information is registered b. it has a large capacity c. it has a brief duration (less than 3 seconds) d. it is also known as working memory

6. 3. In ______, information is temporarily stored for up to 20 seconds.
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. selective memory

7. 3. In ______, information is temporarily stored for up to 20 seconds.
a. sensory memory
b. short-term memory
c. long-term memory
d. selective memory

8. 4. You can easily remember because they are the start dates of major wars for the US. It would be harder to remember This demonstrates how _____ helps STM. a. chunking b. limited capacity c. maintenance rehearsal d. rote rehearsal

9. 4. You can easily remember because they are the start dates of major wars for the US. It would be harder to remember This demonstrates how _____ helps STM. a. chunking b. limited capacity c. maintenance rehearsal d. rote rehearsal

10. 5. When you focus on the meaning of information to help you encode and transfer it to LTM you are using: a. echoic memory b. iconic memory c. elaborative rehearsal d. maintenance rehearsal

11. 5. When you focus on the meaning of information to help you encode and transfer it to LTM you are using: a. echoic memory b. iconic memory c. elaborative rehearsal d. maintenance rehearsal

12. 6. Knowledge of how to ride a bike is referred to as: a
6. Knowledge of how to ride a bike is referred to as: a. declarative memory b. procedural memory c. episodic memory d. semantic memory

13. 6. Knowledge of how to ride a bike is referred to as: a
6. Knowledge of how to ride a bike is referred to as: a. declarative memory b. procedural memory c. episodic memory d. semantic memory

14. 7. The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experience is an example of: a
7. The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experience is an example of: a. encoding failure b. consolidation failure c. retrieval failure d. motivated forgetting

15. 7. The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experience is an example of: a
7. The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experience is an example of: a. encoding failure b. consolidation failure c. retrieval failure d. motivated forgetting

16. 8. Words learned underwater are recalled best underwater
8. Words learned underwater are recalled best underwater. This demonstrates: a. mood congruence effect b. context effect c. the recency effect d. the primacy effect

17. 8. Words learned underwater are recalled best underwater
8. Words learned underwater are recalled best underwater. This demonstrates: a. mood congruence effect b. context effect c. the recency effect d. the primacy effect

18. 9. Being unable to correctly describe the details of a penny even though you have had numerous exposures to that stimulus is best described as: a. encoding failure b. consolidation failure c. retrieval failure d. retrograde amnesia

19. 9. Being unable to correctly describe the details of a penny even though you have had numerous exposures to that stimulus is best described as: a. encoding failure b. consolidation failure c. retrieval failure d. retrograde amnesia

20. 10. Forgetting your new password because you instead remember your old password would be called: a. retroactive interference b. proactive interference c. suppression d. repression

21. 10. Forgetting your new password because you instead remember your old password would be called: a. retroactive interference b. proactive interference c. suppression d. repression

22. 11. Existing memories can be altered if the person is exposed to misleading information. This is called: a. the misinformation effect b. source confusion c. a schema d. a script

23. 11. Existing memories can be altered if the person is exposed to misleading information. This is called: a. the misinformation effect b. source confusion c. a schema d. a script

24. 12. What term did Karl Lashley use to refer to the memory trace. a
12. What term did Karl Lashley use to refer to the memory trace? a. imagination inflation b. schema c. source d. engram

25. 12. What term did Karl Lashley use to refer to the memory trace. a
12. What term did Karl Lashley use to refer to the memory trace? a. imagination inflation b. schema c. source d. engram

26. 13. Eric Kandel studied long-term potentiation in Aplysia
13. Eric Kandel studied long-term potentiation in Aplysia. What type of animal is that? a. chicken b. rat c. snail d. rabbit

27. 13. Eric Kandel studied long-term potentiation in Aplysia
13. Eric Kandel studied long-term potentiation in Aplysia. What type of animal is that? a. chicken b. rat c. snail d. rabbit

28. 14. Accident victims who cannot remember details about what led up to the accident are probably suffering from: a. anterograde amnesia b. retrograde amnesia c. epileptic seizures d. Alzheimer’s disease

29. 14. Accident victims who cannot remember details about what led up to the accident are probably suffering from: a. anterograde amnesia b. retrograde amnesia c. epileptic seizures d. Alzheimer’s disease

30. 15. The most common cause of dementia is: a. small strokes b
15. The most common cause of dementia is: a. small strokes b. Alzheimer’s disease c. hardening of the arteries d. alcoholism

31. 15. The most common cause of dementia is: a. small strokes b
15. The most common cause of dementia is: a. small strokes b. Alzheimer’s disease c. hardening of the arteries d. alcoholism