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Questions
1. Charlotte is studying for her exam by using massed practice. How would you interpret the effectiveness of Charlotte's approach?
a) She probably will not remember the material well because she is cramming.
b) She probably will not remember the material well because she is spacing her studying with too many rest periods.
c) She will probably do well on the test because she is cramming her learning experience.
d) She will probably do well on the test because she is studying in long, unbroken intervals.
2. Recent research suggests that patients severely affected by epilepsy who receive electrical brain stimulation show memory improvement. How might this treatment also benefit Alzheimer's patients?
a) The treatment stimulates the cortex, which is one of the first parts of the brain to be damaged by Alzheimer's disease.
b) The treatment reduces seizure activity, which also occurs in Alzheimer's patients.
c) The treatment is effective for all individuals with deteriorating long-term memory.
d) The treatment improves working memory and motor coordination, which deteriorate in both patients.
3. Key difference between effortful processing and automatic processing is
a) effortful processing is disrupted when a person performs other tasks or has to attend to other information.
b) effortful encoding is not enhanced by extra work.
c) effortful processing is based on implicit learning.
d) effortful processing is largely reflexive.
4. Which of the following would be an example of an individual with early-stage Alzheimer's disease?
a) Ryan was talking to his wife about politics and could not recall who was prime minister in 2004. Later, he forgot their dog's name momentarily.
b) Ty does not remember most of his past, including his wife and children. Some days, however, he can remember his wedding
day.
c) Ally remembers most of her past, but she cannot remember who the prime minister is, or the names of most of the people
she meets.
d) Reina is talking to her friend about a professor they had a few years ago when they were freshman. She cannot remember
his name even though he was her favourite.
5. Which of the following is a TRUE statement regarding learning and memory?
a) Learning and memory operate independently from one another.
b) Brain regions responsible for learning are largely located in the frontal lobe whereas those regions associated with memory
are largely located in the temporal lobe.
c) Traditionally, animals were the focus of learning research and humans the focus of research on memory.
d) Although interrelated, learning and memory are very different.
6) hen encoding information into long-term memory we need a code or representation. We typically rely on
a) phonological and visual codes.
b) spatial and tactile codes.
c) visual and olfactory codes.
d) spatial and phonological codes.