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61. The _____ is the tendency to recall the items at the beginning and end of a list more readily than those in the middle.
A. halo effect
B. ambiguity effect
C. serial position effect
D. framing effect
62. Having a better memory for items at the beginning of a list demonstrates the _____, whereas having a better memory for items at the end of a list demonstrates the _____.
A. recency effect/primacy effect
B. primacy effect/recency effect
C. flashbulb memory effect/metamemory effect
D. metamemory effect/flashbulb memory effect
63. George has just graduated from college and is going on his first big job interview. He has learned that there are 10 other applicants for the job. On account of information on the serial position effect that he learned in his psychology class, George asks to be either the first or the last candidate interviewed. Why?
A. The serial position effect predicts that either the first or the last job applicant interviewed will be remembered better than the applicant interviewed second.
B. The serial position effect predicts that the candidate interviewed in the “middle” position will be viewed less favorably than the other two applicants.
C. Research has shown that the serial position effect is used often by management to arbitrarily hire job applicants.
D. Research has shown that people interviewed either early or late in the day are evaluated most positively.
64. According to the serial position effect, if you are a waiter trying to remember all the orders for a table of 7, you should pay particular attention to the _____ orders, because these are the ones you are most likely to forget.
A. first and second
B. sixth and seventh
C. third, fourth, and fifth
D. first, third, and seventh
65. Multiple choice exams involve testing a student’s _____ abilities, whereas essay exams involve testing _____ abilities.
A. episodic memory/semantic memory
B. semantic memory/episodic memory
C. recall/recognition
D. recognition/recall
66. Asking an eyewitness to describe a suspect’s physical appearance to a sketch artist would be an example of a _____ task, whereas asking an eyewitness to identify a suspect on the basis of a lineup of five possible assailants is an example of a _____ task.
A. recognition/recall
B. recall/recognition
C. rehearsal/elaboration
D. chunking/rehearsal
67. Samantha prides herself on “never forgetting a face,” although she frequently cannot put the correct name with a specific “face.” Samantha is really saying that she _____.
A. is better at recognition than at recall
B. is better at recall than at recognition
C. is better at memory retrieval than at memory reconstruction
D. is better at memory reconstruction than at memory recall
68. The memory of emotionally significant events that people often recall with more accuracy and vivid imagery than everyday events is known as _____.
A. precognition
B. working memory
C. procedural memory
D. flashbulb memory
69. Elaine is writing a paper about reactions to the tragedy that occurred at the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. She interviews ten of her classmates and asks them to remember that day. She is surprised to learn that nearly all of the students she interviewed offer very detailed, vivid accounts of where they were and what they were doing when they first learned of the terrorist attacks. Elaine has discovered that most of her classmates have _____ of September 11, 2001.
A. a repressed memory
B. a flashbulb memory
C. implicit but not explicit memories
D. extrasensory perception
70. Motivated forgetting and repressed memories are usually associated with what type of memories?
A. Factual information from studying
B. Traumatic memories
C. Sensory memories
D. Flashbulb memory
