Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY103/Problems and strategies/Quiz

Review questions

Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

• Jason studies Spanish for three years, and then switches to Pashto. When asked to remember Spanish vocabulary he can only remember Pashto vocabulary. This is an example of ________.
  • the misinformation effect
    • Incorrect.
  • false memories
    • Incorrect.
  • proactive interference
    • Incorrect.
  • retroactive interference
    • Correct.
• The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ________, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ________.
  • coding; recoding
    • Incorrect.
  • construction; reconstruction
    • Correct.
  • retrieval; encoding
    • Incorrect.
  • reconsolidation; storage
    • Incorrect.
• When Benito was five he cut his leg on some glass and needed stitches. Years later, his mother tells him the scar came from being bit by a dog. Now, when people ask about his scar he distinctly remembers the dog biting him. This is an example of the ________.
  • context effects
    • Incorrect.
  • false memories
    • Correct.
  • source misattribution
    • Incorrect.
  • proactive interference
    • Incorrect.
• Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is correct?
  • Eyewitness testimony is always reliable.
    • Incorrect.
  • Eyewitness testimony is never reliable.
    • Correct.
  • Eyewitness testimony is reliable for events that do not involve crime.
    • Incorrect.
  • Eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of suggestion.
    • Incorrect.
• When experiencing ________ amnesia, you experience loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the trauma. When experiencing ________ amnesia, you cannot remember new information.
  • retrograde; anterograde
    • Correct.
  • anterograde; retrograde
    • Incorrect.
  • proactive; retroactive
    • Incorrect.
  • retroactive; proactive
    • Incorrect.