PS400 Cognitive Psychology Exam 6&7 Answers (Ashworth College)

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When you're attempting to remember what you did last night, this would be an __________ memory task that
taps into __________.
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explicit; episodic
explicit; semantic
implicit; episodic
implicit; semantic
Questio 6 2.5 / 2.5
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According to the levels of processing approach, which one of these ways would result in the deepest level of
processing for the word "flower?"
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Repeating the word "flower" over and over again to yourself
Producing as many rhyming words as you could for flower, such as power
Thinking about how you loved to pick flowers with your grandmother in her garden
Spending more time processing the word, regardless of how it is processed
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7 2.5 / 2.5 points
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__________ memory is memory for personally experienced events, while __________ memory refers to
knowledge about the world.
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Semantic; episodic
Episodic; semantic
Implicit; explicit
Questio 8 2.5 / 2.5
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Memory tests that assess how experiences and events have an influence on our behavior without consciously
being recalled are termed:
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recognition tests.
recall tests.
implicit memory tests.
explicit memory tests.
Questio 9 2.5 / 2.5
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According to the encoding variability hypothesis __________, and the locus of this effect is at __________.
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distributed repetition should be better than massed repetition; encoding, rather than retrieval
distributed repetition should be better than massed repetition; retrieval, rather than encoding
massed repetition should be better than spaced repetition; encoding, rather than retrieval
massed repetition should be better than spaced repetition; retrieval, rather than encoding
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10 2.5 / 2.5 points
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Research on the long-term retention of knowledge learned through formal instruction leads to the conclusion
that retention depends on the length of time over which initial learning takes place. According to your text, this
is another instance of the powerful mnemonic benefits of:
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distributed repetition.
a deep level of processing.
subjective organization.
visual imagery.