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According to Lavie, the location of the attention filter depends on the "cognitive load" of the current information processing. Selection tends to occur early when individuals


A) are involved in simple, low-load tasks
B) are attending to complicated, high-load tasks
C) are processing familiar information
D) do not expect to be tested on the material

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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In order for a memory to be retrieved, it must first be


A) ablated.
B) modeled.
C) stored.
D) encoded.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to Lavie, the location of the attention filter depends on the "cognitive load" of the current information processing. Selection tends to occur late when individuals


A) are attending to complicated, high-load tasks.
B) are processing new information.
C) expect to be tested on the material.
D) are involved in simple, low-load tasks.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Kiana was given a list of words as part of a memory test that included: "dog, pail, and hate." Later, she recalled these words as: "dig, paint, and hard." Kiana's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list


A) phonemically.
B) semantically.
C) implicitly.
D) structurally.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A 1-800 number for a product Ronald was interested in flashed on the television screen. Unfortunately the number disappeared before Ronald was able to write down the last three digits. However, Ronald found he had a momentary mental image of the phone number, and he was able to complete it, even though the number had disappeared. Ronald's experience BEST illustrates


A) cued recall.
B) sensory memory.
C) procedural memory.
D) a flashbulb memory.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A memory code that emphasizes the meaning of verbal input is called


A) a structural code.
B) a phonemic code.
C) a semantic code.
D) an episodic code.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event abstracted from previous experiences with the object or event is known as


A) a schema.
B) a cluster.
C) a stereotype.
D) category.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A relearning measure requires subjects to


A) memorize information a second time to determine how much time or effort is saved.
B) select previously learned information from an array of options.
C) reproduce information on their own without any cues.
D) indicate whether a given piece of information is familiar.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Nodes representing concepts joined together by pathways that link related concepts is referred to as


A) a clustering hierarchy.
B) an organizational schema.
C) a lexical ordering.
D) a semantic network.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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D

Tyler witnessed an automobile accident and heard one of the bystanders casually mention that the driver was probably intoxicated. Even though the driver had not been drinking, and had never crossed the center line, Tyler tells the police officer who is investigating the accident that the car had been "weaving all over the road." Tyler's faulty recall illustrates


A) proactive interference.
B) implicit memory readjustment.
C) the misinformation effect.
D) mood-dependent memory.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Ebbinghaus used which of the following as stimuli in his classic studies of forgetting?


A) geometric shapes
B) nonsense syllables
C) common English words
D) uncommon English words

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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B

When you mentally picture the road between your house and school, you are relying on which component of working memory?


A) the visuospatial sketchpad
B) the conceptual hierarchy
C) the rehearsal loop
D) the executive control system

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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If forgetting occurs because newly learned information impairs the memory of previously learned information it is referred to as


A) retroactive interference.
B) proactive interference.
C) negative interference.
D) positive interference.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which statement best represents current thinking about early-selection versus late-selection theories of attention?


A) The preponderance of evidence supports early selection.
B) The preponderance of evidence supports late selection.
C) The preponderance of evidence supports intermediate selection.
D) The location of the attention filter may be flexible.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Information-processing theory subdivides the memory process of ____ into three separate components.


A) remembering
B) retrieval
C) encoding
D) storage

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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D

You are absorbed in reading your psychology text when the phone rings. After talking on the phone, you can't remember the last thing you read. This information was lost from ____ memory, because the phone conversation distracted you from ____ the information.


A) sensory; perceiving
B) short-term; rehearsing
C) long-term; rehearsing
D) long-term; retrieving

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Nelson Cowan cites evidence indicating that the capacity of short-term memory is actually


A) seven, plus or minus two.
B) nine, plus or minus one.
C) four, plus or minus one.
D) five, plus or minus three.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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According to Sigmund Freud, the process that is at work when distressing thoughts and feelings remain buried in the unconscious is


A) retroactive interference.
B) retrograde amnesia.
C) repression.
D) Korsakoff's syndrome.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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A handful of theorists have questioned the concept of sensory memory on the grounds that


A) it may be nothing more than perceptual processes at work.
B) information doesn't last long enough to be tested.
C) it really isn't all that different from short-term memory.
D) it seems to work only for auditory stimuli.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Cindy is watching her little sister as she skips rope. As long as the rope is turning, all Cindy can see is a blur of color. She can only make out the shape of the skipping rope when her sister stops skipping. The "blurred" image that Cindy sees while the rope is moving results from the way in which


A) flashbulb memories are formed.
B) episodic memory is encoded.
C) sensory memory works.
D) rehearsal works in short-term memory.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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