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In one experiment, Dutch children were more likely to share their candy with others if they had been primed with items related to


A) Snow White.
B) Barack Obama.
C) Saint Nicholas.
D) Mickey Mouse.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of


A) encoding.
B) storage.
C) retrieval.
D) relearning.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Reading a romantic novel caused Consuela to recall some old experiences with a high school boyfriend. The effect of the novel on Consuela's memory retrieval is an illustration of


A) priming.
B) chunking.
C) automatic processing.
D) the spacing effect.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Context-dependent memory best illustrates that the specific location in which we learned something often provides us with effective


A) spacing effects.
B) peg-word systems.
C) serial position effects.
D) retrieval cues.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The often unconscious activation of particular associations in memory is called


A) deep processing.
B) repression.
C) priming.
D) the misinformation effect.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Shortly after you see a missing-child poster you are more likely to interpret an ambiguous adult-child interaction as a possible kidnapping. This best illustrates the impact of


A) priming.
B) chunking.
C) source amnesia.
D) repression.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Lars was feeling depressed at the time of his high school graduation. Lars is especially likely to recall his high school graduation when he is


A) depressed.
B) happy.
C) relaxed.
D) unemotional.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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A

Compared with formerly depressed people, those who are currently depressed are more likely to recall their parents as rejecting and punitive. This best illustrates


A) the misinformation effect.
B) source amnesia.
C) the spacing effect.
D) mood-congruent memory.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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What we learn under the influence of a drug may be more easily recalled when we are once again under the influence of that very same drug. This best illustrates


A) the serial position effect.
B) source amnesia.
C) state-dependent memory.
D) the spacing effect.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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A stimulus linked to a specific memory is a(n)


A) memory trace.
B) implicit memory.
C) retrieval cue.
D) explicit memory.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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C

Words heard underwater are later better recalled underwater than on land. This best illustrates


A) the testing effect.
B) source misattribution.
C) the spacing effect.
D) context-dependent memory.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Effective retrieval cues trigger the process known as


A) mnemonics.
B) chunking.
C) overlearning.
D) priming.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The serial position effect refers to the tendency to recall best the ________ items in a list.


A) first
B) first and last
C) middle
D) middle and last

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The smell of freshly baked bread awakened in Mr. Hutz vivid memories of his early childhood. The aroma apparently acted as a powerful


A) flashbulb memory.
B) retrieval cue.
C) implicit memory.
D) memory trace.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Your relative success in recalling a dozen different names a week after you heard them listed in order is likely to illustrate


A) implicit memory.
B) a recency effect.
C) iconic memory.
D) a primacy effect.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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D

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