PSYC 101 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK

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PSYC 101 FINAL EXAM TEST BANK

NEWEST FEATURING 400 ACCURA TE

AND VERIFIED QUESTIO NS COVERING

FOUNDATIONAL PSYCHOL OGY

TOPICS INCLUDING LEA RNING,

MEMORY, DEVELOPMENT,

PERSONALITY, ABNORMA L

PSYCHOLOGY, AND RESE ARCH

METHODS.

Question :Which measure of memory retention assesses

the ability to draw information out of storage and into conscious awareness?

• rehearsal
• relearning
• recognition
• recall

Correct answer:D) recall.

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Question :The persistence of learning over time most

clearly depends on

• the serial position effect.
• proactive interference.
• visual encoding.
• memory.

Correct answer:D) memory.

Question :The process of getting information out of

memory is called

• encoding.
• relearning.
• retrieval.
• rehearsal.

Correct answer:C) retrieval.

Question :Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study

memory led to the discovery that

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• the amount remembered depends on the time spent

learning.

• what is learned in one mood is most easily retrieved in

that same mood.

• information that is automatically processed is rarely

forgotten.

• our sensory memory capacity is essentially unlimited.

Correct answer:A) the amount remembered depends on

the time spent learning.

Question :When an eyewitness to an auto accident is

asked to describe what happened, which measure of memory is being used?

• recognition
• rehearsal
• recall
• relearning

Correct answer:C) recall.

Question :The process of encoding refers to

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• the persistence of learning over time.
• the recall of information previously learned.
• getting information into memory.
• a clear memory of an emotionally significant event.

Correct answer:C) getting information into memory.

Question :The retention of encoded information over time

refers to

• effortful processing.
• implicit memory.
• repression.
• storage.

Correct answer:D) storage.

Question :Your activated but limited-capacity memory is

called ________ memory.

• short-term
• implicit
• mood-congruent