Chapter 33, Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Memory Improvement Video Solutions, Myers' Psychology for AP

Problem 1

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?
a. Halle has no memories of the first 10 years of her life.
b. William has lost his memory of the 2 weeks before he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.
c. Louis can remember his past, but has not been able to form new long-term memories since experiencing a brain infection 4 years ago.
d. Maddie can't remember the details of when she was mugged downtown 6 months ago.
e. Kalund struggles in school because he consistently misremembers what his teachers said in class.

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Problem 2

Muhammad has been in his school cafeteria hundreds of times. It is a large room, and there are nine free-standing pillars that support the roof. One day, to illustrate the nature of forgetting, Muhammad's teacher asks him how many pillars there are in the cafeteria. Muhammad has difficulty answering the question, but finally replies that he thinks there are six pillars. What memory concept does this example illustrate?
a. Storage decay
b. Retrograde amnesia
c. Proactive interference
d. Retroactive interference
e. Encoding failure

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Problem 3

What does Hermann Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve show about the nature of storage decay?
a. The rate of forgetting increases as time goes on.
b. The rate of forgetting decreases as time goes on.
c. The rate of forgetting does not change as time goes on
d. The rate of forgetting varies according to the motivation of the learner.
e. The rate of forgetting varies according to the emotional state of the learner.

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Problem 4

Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?
a. You can't recall your locker combination from sixth grade because your current locker combination interferes.
b. You can't recall your new cell phone number because your old number interferes.
c. You can't recall what you studied in first period because what you studied in fourth period interferes.
d. You can't recall what you studied on Monday because what you studied on Tuesday interferes.
e. You can't recall who won the state swim meet last year because the winner of this year's meet interferes.

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Problem 5

The text discusses therapist-guided "recovered" memories. Which of the following statements represents an appropriate conclusion about this issue?
a. Therapists who use hypnosis are likely to help their patients retrieve repressed memories.
b. Statistics indicate that childhood sexual abuse rarely occurs; therefore, recovered memories of such abuse must be false.
c. Memories are only rarely recovered; once you are unable to retrieve a memory you will probably never be able to retrieve it.
d. One indicator of whether a recovered memory is true is the patient's emotional response; only true recovered memories are emotionally upsetting.
e. since the brain is not sufficiently mature to store accurate memories of events before the age of 3 memories from the first 3 years of life are not reliable.

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