assessment

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.