The basketball players could remember the main points of their coach's halftime talk, but not her exact words. This is because they encoded the information a. semantically. b. iconically. c. implicitly. d. shallowly. e. automatically.

Miller's magical number seven, plus or minus two" refers to a. the ideal number of times to rehearse information in the first encoding session. b. the number of seconds information stays in short-term memory with out rehearsal. c. the capacity of short-term memory. d. the number of seconds information stays in echoic storage. e. the number of years most long-term memories last.

Which of the following describes long-term potentiation (LTP)? a. When attempting to retrieve information, it is easier to recognize than to recall. b. Constructed memories have the potential to be either accurate or inaccurate. c. Changes in synapses allow for more efficient transfer of information. d. Implicit memories are processed by the cerebellum instead of by the hippocampus. e. Information is transferred from working memory to long-term memory.

Long-term potentiation (LTP) is best described as follows: a. It's easier to recognize than to recall information. b. Constructed memories have the potential to be either accurate or inaccurate. c. These synaptic changes allow for more efficient transfer of information. d. Implicit memories are processed by the cerebellum instead of by the hippo campus. e. Information is transferred from working memory to long-term memory.

Which of the following abilities is an example of implicit memory? a. Riding a bicycle while talking to your friend about something that happened in class. b. Retrieving from memory the details of an assignment that is due tomorrow. c. Vividly recalling significant events like the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. d. Remembering the details of your last birthday party. e. Recognizing names and pictures of your classmates many years after they have graduated.

Which of the following is true regarding the role of the amygdala in memory? a. The amygdala help process implicit memories. b. The amygdala support Freud’s ideas about memory because they allow us to repress memories of trauma. c. The amygdala produce long-term potentiation in the brain. d. The amygdala help make sure we remember events that trigger strong emotional responses. e. The amygdala are active when the retrieval of a long-term memory is primed.

What does the “magical number seven, plus or minus two” refer to? a. The ideal number of times to rehearse information in the first encoding session. b. The number of seconds information stays in short-term memory without rehearsal. c. The capacity of short-term memory. d. The number of seconds information stays in echoic storage. e. The number of years most long-term memories last.

When someone provides his phone number to another person, he usually pauses after the area code and again after the next three numbers. This pattern underscores the importance of a. chunking. b. the serial position effect. c. semantic encoding. d. auditory encoding. e. automatic processing.

Which of the following is not one of Robert Sternberg's components of creativity? a. A venturesome personality. b. Imaginative thinking skills. c. A creative environment. d. Incubation. e. Intrinsic motivation.

Which of the following is most likely to lead to semantic encoding of a list of words? a. Thinking about how the words relate to your own life. b. Practicing the words for a single extended period. c. Breaking up the practice into several relatively short sessions. d. Noticing where in a sentence the words appear. e. Focusing on the numb er of vowels and consonants in the words.

Which of the following is an example of source amnesia? a. Iva can't remember the details of a horrifying event because she has repressed them. b. Mary has entirely forgotten about an incident in grade school until her friend re minds her of the event. c. Michael can't remember this year's locker combination be cause he confuses it with last year's combination. d. Stephen misremembers a dream as something that really happened. e Anna, who is trying to lose weight, is unable to remember several of the between-meal snacks she had yesterday.

Which of the following demonstrates the representative-ness heuristic? a. Deciding that a new kid m school is a nerd because he looks like a nerd. b. Fearing air travel because of memories of seeing plane crashes in the news. c. Checking in every drawer to find some matches because matches are usually in drawers. d. Having the solution to a word problem pop into your head because you have just successfully solved a similar problem. e. Applying for jobs in several local grocery stores because your best friend just got a job in a grocery store.

The idea that language develops because of an inborn language acquisition device was proposed by a. Wernicke. b. Broca. c. Skinner d. Chomsky e. Sternberg.

In the, word "prepare" each "r" can be considered a a. babble. b. morpheme. c. semantic. d. phoneme. e. thought.