1. How is information organized in long-term memory?
a. It is organized as a vast network of interrelated concepts and ideas.
b. It is organized as a bin such that as new information comes in, old information must be discarded to make room.
c. It is organized according to when in life the knowledge was acquired.
d. It is organized as a large number of compartments based on the meaning of the information.
2. ________ occurs when, instead of encoding just the physical or sensory features of the information, the meaning of information is analyzed.
a. procedural memory
b. maintenance rehearsal
c. priming
d. deep processing
3. What is the difference between "maintenance rehearsal" and "elaborative rehearsal" (or elaboration) as memory strategies?
a. Maintenance rehearsal is more commonly used by older adults, whereas elaborative rehearsal is used more often by younger people.
b. Maintenance rehearsal is good for remembering information stored long ago, whereas elaborative rehearsal is best for remembering new information.
c. Maintenance rehearsal involves the rote repetition of the material to be remembered, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves associating new items with the material to make it more meaningful.
d. Maintenance rehearsal involves remembering on multiple occasions, whereas elaborative rehearsal involves deep processing on a single occasion.
4. After reading the text chapter on memory, your friend comments that the hippocampus is the brain structure that controls memory. After having read the same chapter, you reply,
a. "You idiot! It's the cerebellum that controls memory."
b. "No, the hippocampus is only one of several brain structures involved in memory."
c. "I learned the same thing."