31. Before studying for the midterm exam, Class A was told to expect a multiple-choice test, and Class B was told to expect an essay test. Both classes actually got a multiple-choice test, and Class A performed better on the test. This result is most consistent with the _____ view of memory.
A. levels-of-processing
B. information-processing
C. parallel distributed processing
D. transfer-appropriate processing
32. According to the transfer-appropriate processing view of memory, what would be the best retrieval cue for remembering the sentence “The man ate the strawberry”?
A. “Something tasty.”
B. “Something red.”
C. “Something heavy.”
D. “Something small.”
33. Last semester Raul studied abroad in Spain. When his history teacher began lecturing on Spain, many of Raul's memories were simultaneously activated: bullfights, tasty sangria, and flamenco dancers. This example best illustrates the _____ model of memory.
A. maintenance rehearsal
B. encoding specificity
C. parallel distributed processing
D. transfer-appropriate processing
34. When Harold sees a box of Junior Mints, he immediately recalls where they are sold, when he had them last, what they taste like, and which of his friends like them. Such a network of associations is suggestive of the _____ model of memory.
A. levels of processing
B. information processing
C. transfer-appropriate processing
D. parallel distributed processing
35. Bart tells Lisa about his new cat, Scratchy. Even though Bart does not mention that Scratchy has fur, Lisa knows this because she makes this generalization from the facts she knows about cats. Lisa's generalization about Scratchy best demonstrates
A. the method of savings.
B. a false memory.
C. the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
D. a parallel distributed processing model of memory.
36. According to the information processing model, information must pass through _____ in order to be firmly implanted in memory.
A. implicit and then explicit memory
B. acoustic, visual, and then semantic coding
C. sensory, short-term, and then long-term memory
D. maintenance and then elaborative rehearsal
37. As you read this sentence, which of the following memory processes does not occur?
A. Your sensory register holds a representation of the visual information for about a second.
B. Your working memory helps to encode the information at a deeper level.
C. Your short-term memory holds the first few words of the sentence in memory as you read the rest of it.
D. Your long-term memory helps you recognize and understand the words.
38. Holding incoming information long enough for it to be processed is a function of
A. short-term memory.
B. long-term memory.
C. immediate memory.
D. the sensory registers.
39. You turn the radio on just in time to hear the weather report.. Before you process the information, your roommate bursts in and exclaims, “Look at this—it's the new G & R album!” “Cool!” you reply. Then you become frustrated because you realize that you don’t know what the weatherman said. This is most likely due to the process of
A. decay.
B. proactive inhibition.
C. selective attention.
D. displacement.
40. Your psychology instructor is lecturing about sensory memory. She explains that if sensory memory was like a sound clip of your favorite song, you would only hear _____ second(s) of the song.
A. about sixty
B. less than one
C. about twenty
D. about forty-five
