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71. Greg tries to convince his instructor to give the midterm : 1201970
71. Greg tries to convince his instructor to give the midterm exam in the same room in which the class is held because he read that it would improve his chances of getting a higher score. Greg must know about
A. state-dependent memory.
B. context-specific memory.
C. metamemory.
D. the method of loci.
72. Jill has trouble remembering her classmates’ names outside of the classroom. This effect is probably due to
A. context-specific memory.
B. interference.
C. state-dependent memory.
D. decay.
73. Sharmin is trying to remember the hilarious conversation she had with her friends last night. If Sharmin wanted to utilize context-specific memory to help remember the conversation topics, she should
A. recreate the mood she was in when the conversation took place.
B. concentrate on the last topic they discussed.
C. cluster the topics into meaningful groups of information.
D. return to the restaurant in which they had the conversation.
74. Suppose you overheard a spicy rumor one night when you were drunk at a bar but could not recall it the next day when you were sober. This example illustrates
A. dissociation.
B. context-specific learning.
C. state-dependent learning.
D. anterograde amnesia.
75. While studying diligently for his midterm, Raoul consumes massive quantities of sugar by drinking Rush cola and eating Grandma’s cookies. The day of the midterm examination, Raoul is careful to eat nutritious, low-sugar foods and drink lots of milk and water. During the exam, Raoul has trouble recalling what he had studied. This can best be explained by
A. context-specific memory.
B. retroactive inhibition.
C. state-dependent memory.
D. proactive inhibition.
76. Whenever Felix and Oscar argue, they bring up past issues. When they are getting along well, they have a hard time remembering what they argued about. What might produce this difference in the retrieval of memories?
A. Flashbulb memory effect
B. Primacy of memories effect
C. General knowledge effect
D. Mood congruency effect
77. Belinda suffers from bipolar disorder: sometimes she can be very happy and almost deliriously excited, whereas at other times she becomes extremely depressed. When she is in her excited state, she is introduced to several people whom she has never met before. She doesn’t encounter them again for a few weeks, but when she does she is feeling depressed. Which of the following is true?
A. She is more likely to remember their names than if she were excited.
B. She is less likely to remember their names than if she were excited.
C. She is about equally likely to remember their names regardless of what state she is in.
D. She definitely will not remember their names in her depressed state but might remember their faces.
78. The semantic memory network theory says that
A. concepts are represented by many interconnected associations within the brain.
B. information is stored in memory by a process called spreading activation.
C. semantic memories must be processed by sensory and short-term memory before entering long-term memory.
D. information is more likely to be remembered if it is processed deeply.
79. Which of the following is the best example of spreading activation at work?
A. You start thinking about cars, and that leads you to think about trucks and sport-utility vehicles.
B. Your sensory registers allow you to perceive smooth motion when you move your head.
C. You find it difficult to remember happy things when you are in a bad mood.
D. You find it easy to relearn vocabulary words that you had once learned but forgot.
80. Semantic network models predict that people will respond more quickly to the question “Can a bat fly?” than they will to “Is a bat a mammal?” because
A. of the primacy effect.
B. the first question requires a deeper level of processing.
C. they probably have a stronger association between “bat” and “wings” than “bat” and “mammal.”
D. the first question can be answered using short-term memory, but the second question cannot.
