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71.In his studies of memory, Ebbinghaus found that ______ of : 1231253
71.In his studies of memory, Ebbinghaus found that ______ of the information was lost by the end of the first day after studying, and that ______ of the information was lost after a month had passed.
A)22%; 66%
B)33%; 66%
C)33%; 80%
D)66%; 80%
E)66%; 99%
72.Herman counts the number of times it takes to rehearse a list of nonsense syllables in order to memorize it. Then he counts the number of times it takes to relearn the list after a month has passed. Herman then calculates the difference between the number of times and determines the percentage gain he made between the two efforts at memorization. Herman uses this figure as a measure of memory retention. Which technique is Herman using?
A)Savings method
B)Mnemonics technique
C)Long-term potentiation
D)Massed practice
E)Free recall technique
73.Jeffrey crams for all of his exams. In scientific terms, Jeffrey’s approach to memorization is called
A)spaced practice.
B)distributed practice.
C)massed practice.
D)delayed practice.
E)overlearning.
74.Experts suggest that college students distribute their study sessions throughout the semester rather than preparing for exams by cramming. This means that college students should use which approach to memorization?
A)spaced practice
B)massed practice
C)distributed learning
D)delayed practice
E)overlearning
75.When it comes to retention, in general,
A)spaced practice is superior to massed practice.
B)massed practice is superior to spaced practice.
C)spaced practice is superior to massed practice for short intervals only.
D)spaced practice is superior to massed practice for long intervals only.
E)massed practice is superior to spaced practice for short intervals only.
76.Proactive inference occurs when
A)older memories interfere with newer memories.
B)newer memories interfere with older memories.
C)more frequently experienced events interfere with less frequently experienced events.
D)less frequently experienced events interfere with more frequently experienced events.
E)items in the middle of a list interfere with memorizing the first and last items.
77.While Althea was filling out a job application, memory of her current address prevented her from accurately remembering her previous address. This is an example of
A)retrograde amnesia.
B)anterograde amnesia.
C)retroactive interference.
D)proactive interference.
E)the serial position effect.
78.The serial position effect occurs when people
A)remember the first things in a list the best.
B)remember the last things in a list the best.
C)remember the first and last things in a list the best.
D)have difficulty remembering the first and last things in a list.
E)remember things they learn first better than things they learn last.
79.When children are first learning the alphabet, they tend to be accurate on the ABCD portion and the WXYZ portion while making lots of mistakes in between. This represents the
A)primacy effect.
B)recency effect.
C)serial position effect.
D)retrograde amnesia.
E)anterograde amnesia.
80.In memory processes, the primacy effect refers to
A)inferior memory for items at the beginning of a list.
B)inferior memory for items at the end of a list.
C)superior memory for items at the end of a list.
D)superior memory for items at the beginning of a list.
E)superior memory for items at both the beginning and end of the list.
