What does Hermann Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve show about the nature of storage decay? a. The rate of forgetting increases as time goes on. b. The rate of forgetting decreases as time goes on. c. The rate of forgetting does not change as time goes on. d. The rate of forgetting varies according to the motivation of the learner. e. The rate of forgetting varies according to the emotional state of the learner.

Suzanne gets a new phone number. Each time she tries to give someone the new number, she gives her old one instead. The fact that her old number is causing difficulty in her remembering of the new one is an example of a. retroactive interference. b retrograde amnesia. c. priming. d. proactive interference. e. anterograde amnesia.

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia? a. Halle can remember her new locker combination, but not her old one. b. William has lost his memory of the 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. c. Louis can remember his past, but nothing since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago. d. Maddie can't remember the details of when she was mugged downtown 6 months ago. e. Kalund knows French, Latin, and Spanish an frequently gets them confused on exams.

Muhammad has been in his school cafeteria hundreds of times. It is a large room, and there are nine free-standing pillars that support the roof. One day, to illustrate the nature of forgetting, Muhammad' s teacher asks him how many pillars there are in the cafeteria. Muhammad has difficulty answering the question, but finally replies that he thinks there are six pillars. What memory concept does this example illustrate? a. Storage decay. b. Retrograde amnesia. c. Proactive interference. d. Retroactive interference. e. Encoding failure.

What does Hermann Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve show about the nature of storage decay?

a. A slow, steady decrease as time goes on

b. A rapid initial decline followed by a leveling off

c. Rate of forgetting does not change as time goes on

d. A slow initial decline followed by a rapid loss after several years

e. Rate of forgetting varies according to the emotional state of the learner

Which of the following is an example of a flashbulb memory? a. Barry remembers an especially bright sunrise because he was by the ocean and the sunlight reflected off the water. b. Robert remembers that correlation does not prove a cause-effect relationship because his teacher emphasized this fact over and over again. c. Anna remembers when her father returned from an overseas military deployment because the day was very emotional for her. d. Kris has stronger memories of her second grade teacher than she does of her third grade teacher because her second grade teacher has the same name as her neighbor. e. Anton remembers a moment from his last homecoming dance because a strobe light seemed to freeze the scene in his imagination.

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia? a. Halle has no memories of the first 10 years of her life. b. William has lost his memory of the 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. c. Louis can remember his past, but has not been able to form new long-term memories since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago. d. Maddie can’t remember the details of when she was mugged downtown 6 months ago. e. Kalund struggles in school because he consistently misremembers what his teachers said in class.

You are more likely to remember happy memories when you are presently happy than when you are sad due to a. mood congruence. b. context effects. c. state-dependency. d. proactive interference. e. retroactive interference.

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on Hermann Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve research? a. Most forgetting occurs early on and then levels off. b. We forget more rapidly as time passes. c. Forgetting is relatively constant over time. d. Forgetting is related to many factors, but time is not one of them. e. We are more likely to forget items in the middle of a list than at the beginning or the end.

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.

Regarding therapist-guided "recovered" memories of sexual abuse in infancy, which statement best represents an appropriate conclusion about this issue? a. Therapists who use hypnosis are likely to help their patients retrieve repressed memories. b. Statistics indicate that childhood sexual abuse rarely occurs; therefore, recovered memories of such abuse must be false. c. Memories are only rarely recovered ; once you are unable to retrieve a memory you will probably never be able to retrieve it. d. One indicator of whether a recovered memory is true is the patient's emotional response ; only true recovered memories are emotionally upsetting. e. Since the brain is not sufficiently mature to store accurate memories of events before the age of 4, memories from the first 4 years of life are not reliable.

Researchers studying the links among emotion, stress, and memory have discovered that a. emotion blocks memory, and it is generally true that we are unable to recall highly emotional events. b. excitement tends to increase the chance that an e vent will be remembered, but stress decreases the chance that an event, will be remembered. c. stress tends to increase the chance that an event will be remembered, but excitement decreases the chance that an event, will be remembered. d. both stress and emotion make events harder to remember. e. both stress and emotion make events more memorable.

Which of the following is an example of an implicit memory? a. What time you had lunch yesterday. b. The details of an assignment that is due tomorrow. c. Vividly recalling significant events, such us the death of a famous person. d. The names of all U.S. state capitals. e. Recognizing names and pictures of your classmates many years after they have graduated.

Which of the following illustrates the serial position effect? a. The only name Kensie remembers from the people she met at the party is Spencer, because she thought he was particularly good looking b. Kimia has trouble remembering information from the book 's first unit when she reviews for semester finals. c. It's easy for Brittney to remember that carbon's atomic number is 6 because her birthday is on December 6. d. Kyle was not able to remember the names of all of his new co-workers after one week on the job, but he could remember them after two weeks. e. Alp is unable to remember the middle of a list of vocabulary words as well as he remembers the first or last words on the list.