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6. only unavailable, not inaccessible, items are said to be forgotten - true or false?
- true
- false, both are said to be forgotten
- false, neither are said to be forgotten
7. what does the visual change detection task suggest?
- people have a capacity for 2-3 seconds worth of auditory content
- people can remember 3/4 abstract items
- iconic memory is rich, with an unknown capacity
- recently heard sounds retain auditory qualities
8. the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm provides support for which model of semantic memory?
- the spreading activation network model
- the hierarchical network model
- the Hub-and-Spoke model
9. what is an error of commission?
- when a memory is present but incorrect or unwanted
- failure to bring information to mind
10. what is the relationship between forgetting and time?
- negative
- positive
- logarithmic
- no relationship
11. which study is credited with the discovery that iconic memory is rich (3x4 rows of letters)?
- Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968)
- Sperling (1960)
- Baddeley & Hitch (1974)
- Crowder (1972)
12. According to Whitten & Leonard (1981), it is easier to recall if you...
- start with most recent memories and move backwards
- start with oldest memories and move forwards in time
13. which of these was not spared in HM?
- immediate memory
- sensory functions
- intelligence
- declarative long term memory
- procedural memory
14. which model best explains why the irrelevant speech effect occurs?
- the embedded processes model
- the multi store model
- the working memory model
15. which theory/model suggests that complete hippocampal damage will result in complete retrograde amnesia?
- hub-and-spoke model
- multiple trace theory
- standard consolidation model
- embedded processes model
16. which learning technique prompts learners to generate an explanation for an explicitly stated fact?
- elaborative interrogation
- interleaving
- retrieval practise
- spaced practise
17. research has indicated that amnesia patients struggle with recollection, but not familiarity - true or false?
- false, they struggle with neither
- true
- false, they struggle with both
18. awareness of a prior encounter without recovery of contextual details is called...
- familiarity (know)
- recognition (remember)
19. which of these is not a short-coming of the working memory model?
- questionable neural plausibility
- cannot explain multi-tasking
- it is difficult to explain communication between components in detail
20. patients with impaired semantic memory have lesions in...
- occipital lobe
- parietal lobe
- anterior frontal lobe
- medial temporal lobe