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Test#4 – Chapter 3 - Memory
Multiple Choice (4 points each)
1. The truth about memory is that
A) the more often you recall information, the easier it is to find it.
B) short-term memory never leaves you.
C) most people can still recall all the information they learned 24 hours earlier.
D) you have no control over the memory process.
2. Which is the easiest to remember?
A) Material we find difficult or tiresome
B) Material we see as abstract or theoretical
C) Material that is personally meaningful to us.
D) Material unrelated to our existing knowledge.
3. A useful memory technique is
A) studying a subject for as long as you can before taking a break.
B) creating associations and pictures.
C) knowing the material just well enough to pass the test.
D) realizing that repetition makes learning boring.
4. An example of information that is stored in short-term memory is
A) your mom’s birthday.
B) the lyrics to “Happy Birthday.”
C) the bakery phone number you look up to order a cake.
D) your mother’s address.
5. The memory jungle presented in this chapter demonstrates the use of
A) overlearning.
B) a cute story.
C) a visualization.
D) an acrostic.
6. All of the following are suggested memory techniques except
A) Creating pictures to connect to the information
B) Being selective about which information you choose to remember
C) Admitting that you always forget
D) Dividing one long study session into several shorter study sessions
7. A memory strategy that involves a special kind of flash card is called a(n)
A) Point Card, or P-Card.
B) Question Card, or Q-Card.
C) Detail Card, or D-Card.
D) Answer Card, or A-Card.
8. An example of an acronym is
A) the sentence “Every good boy does fine” for musical notes.
B) the word scuba, for “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.”
C) a rhyme.
D) a loci system.
9. Examples of over learning include all of the following except
A) doing the assigned problems and then doing more.
B) making up your own problems and solving them.
C) finding another textbook and then working similar problems.
D) studying just enough to pass a test.
10. An example of an acrostic is
A) the sentence “Every good boy does fine” for musical notes.
B) the word scuba for “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.”
C) a rhyme.
D) the fictitious name “Roy G. Biv” for the colors of the visible spectrum.
True False (4 points each)
1. Memory is a process.
A) True
B) False
2. Reviewing new material soon after you have been exposed to it helps to move it from
short-term to long-term memory.
A) True
B) False
3. On a biological level memories involve unconnected mental events.
A) True
B) False
4. Reciting something silently in your head is as effective as saying it out loud.
A) True
B) False
5. Mnemonic devices are the most efficient way to understand ideas.
A) True
B) False
6. In the article about the memory jungle, the meadow represents the idea that long-term
memory has a limited capacity.
A) True
B) False
7. Mnemonics have several limitations, such as not helping you understand the
information you recall any better.
A) True
B) False
8. Leaning back in a large comfy chair is a much better way to study than standing up.
A) True
B) False
9. Within 24 hours of reading something, most people can only recall 20% of it.
A) True
B) False
10. An example of setting a “trap” for your memory would be triple knotting your
shoelace in order to try and remember something.
A) True
B) False
Short Answer (2 points each)
1. Your brain has two halves. One side is verbal and the other side is
______________________________________.
2. When you take periodic breaks from studying to allow information to “sink in,” it
is called __________________________________.
3. Brain research suggests that information or thoughts can wear paths in memory; these
paths are called ___________ ____________.
4. The mnemonic device called the _________ system creates visual associations based on
location.
5. The brain needs ____________________________________ in order to stay fit.
*(there are several correct answers to this one)
Short essay (20 points)
1. The memory jungle analogy uses physical things that we can see in a jungle to describe
the parts and processes of our memory that we cannot see. Please list 5 of these
physical things that that we discussed in class and explain how each one represent
various parts of the memory process. In other words, give at least one characteristic or
trait of that part of the memory.