1. When trying to remember the difference between the words “stalactite” (an icicle-shaped deposit that hangs from the roof of a cavern) and “stalagmite” (a conical deposit built up on the floor of a cavern), I think of the letter “c” in stalactite, which stands for “ceiling,” and the letter “m” in stalagmite, which stands for “mountain.” In using these memory aids to help me to remember each word, I have made use of
A. maintenance rehearsal.
B. elaborative rehearsal.
C. semantic rehearsal.
D. phonemic rehearsal.
2. Which of the following people would be MOST likely to remember one hour later the notes on a sheet of music after looking it over only briefly?
A. John, who is very good at remembering names and dates.
B. Joan, who has been a musician for over 30 years.
C. Jean, who shows increased activity in the frontal lobes.
D. June, who has an extremely high IQ score.
3. I need to remember a list of sixteen numbers: 19611963196919741977. I want to keep the entire list in working memory for a short period of time. I realize that I can separate the numbers into five groups that represent the years in which new presidents took office: 1961, 1863, 1969, 1974, 1977. I have no trouble maintaining these numbers in working memory because I have ___ the numbers.
A. perceived
B. retrieved
C. chunked
D. primed
4. As you read this section, you should be stopping yourself after each paragraph and summarizing it in your own words. In addition, you should be trying to think of good examples for each of the major concepts. If you are studying in this way, you are
A. placing the information directly in the episodic buffer, both semantic and phonemic.
B. placing the information directly into long-term memory, both episodic and nonepisodic.
C. using maintenance rehearsal to semantically encode the information in the reading.
D. using elaborative rehearsal to semantically encode the information in the reading.
5. Let’s say that you were asked to memorize a 12-item word list that was read to you aloud. The list included the following words: dog, cap, box, lamp. If you encoded this information in working memory using maintenance rehearsal, which of the following MISTAKES would you be MOST likely to make when retrieving the words immediately after the word list had been read?
A. canine, hat, container, light
B. frog, sap, fox, cramp
C. cat, pants, plate, night
6. Elaborative rehearsal is MOST important for
A. moving information from long-term to sensory memory.
B. moving information from short-term to long-term memory.
C. moving information from sensory to short-term memory.
7. Let’s say that you are asked to listen to a word list read out loud and then to perform another task for 15 seconds before being asked to recall the word list. The 15 seconds between the end of encoding and storing the word list and being asked to retrieve it is called the
A. retention interval.
B. retrieval time.
C. decay period.
D. recall point.
8. Elaborative rehearsal involves
A. linking new information to information already stored in long-term memory.
B. repeating new information over and over, thereby forming long-term memories.
C. the mental processes of storing and retrieving working and long-term memories.
D. maintaining new information in working memory for several minutes.
Practice Quiz Answers for Section 5-10
Reading for Section 5-10