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When people have ample time to study they focus on _____ while when they are under time constraints they focus on _____.
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difficult concepts; easy concepts
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One of the primary problems with the use of hypnosis to help eyewitnesses recall crimes is
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hypnotists can induce witnesses to report things they never saw, or to report incorrectly
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In a review of wrongly convicted cases based on subsequent DNA evidence, Wells et al (2000) found
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eyewitness testimony was the primary factor in establishing the initial wrongful conviction
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The recency effect found in a serial position curve can be eliminated if
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subjects perform another task for 30 seconds, suggesting that the recency effect is caused by retrieval from STM |
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Warrington and Weiskrantz discovered that patients with severe amnesia performed as well as control subjects on
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a word-fragment test
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Learning can be characterized as the transfer of information between STM to LTM.
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True
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Both Brown & McNeill and Read & Bruce found that the most frequently used strategy for searching LTM during the 'tip-of-the-tongue' stage was to
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use partial information related to the spelling of the name |
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Which is an example of procedural memory? |
tying your shoe |
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Which task requires explicit memory in Squire and Knowlton’s memory taxonomy?
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a recall test |
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A cognitive interview involves
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reinstating the context and reporting everything
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Memory for skills is a component of implicit memory. |
True
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Selection of a search strategy occurs during which stage of learning?
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retrieval
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Showing mug shots to eyewitnesses is a good method for improving the reliability of the witness.
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False
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Semantic memory is ____ while episodic memory is _____.
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general knowledge; memory for temporally linked information
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The primacy effect is better memory performance early in the morning.
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False
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A benefit of taking a Cognitive Psychology course is that you are more likely to use __________ judgments to make predictions about your learning.
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theory-based
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A subject was told to study the following words: book, chair, calendar, alarm, phone, lamp, pencil, and desk. Later he recalled book, chair, pencil, and desk . This result is best explained as
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the serial position effect |
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Memory for names and concepts in a cognitive psychology course stabilizes at above-chance levels after how many years of retention?
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3 years |
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The best predictor of retention of high school algebra is
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continued study of advanced mathematics
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A distinction between direct and indirect tests of memory, according to multimemory theories, is that direct tests measure
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episodic memory
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