Chapter 11
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
11.1 Procedural knowledge involves: (a) autobiographical memory of specific events (b) the verbal recall of information (c) the facilitated performance of behavior (d) none of the above
ANSWER: C QUESTION TYPE: F PAGE(S): 329
11.2 One argument for the implicit nature of procedural knowledge is that it is unconscious because: (a) it involves skills that are evolutionarily younger than older, more practiced skills (b) it involves skills that are evolutionarily older than younger, less practiced skills
people need implicit retrieval cues to access procedural memories (d) they are almost impossible to retrieve
ANSWER: B QUESTION TYPE: C PAGE(S): 330
11.3 True or False: Spatial memories tend to exist in only one form. (a) True (b) False
ANSWER: B QUESTION TYPE: C PAGE(S): 330
11.4 A rat learns to navigate a complex maze to get a piece of food. The argument can be made that: (a) the rat learned the correct responses in order to navigate the maze successfully (b) the rat learned to find the place where the food was located (c) both of the above (d) neither of the above
ANSWER: C QUESTION TYPE: C PAGE(S): 330-333
11.5 Which of the following is the best characterization of route knowledge? (a) “Go north for 10 miles, then turn left at Main Street.” (b) “When you get to the pizza restaurant, turn left.” (c) “The courthouse is about 1 mile north of the police station.” (d) all of the above
ANSWER: A QUESTION TYPE: A PAGE(S): 331
11.6 Research on radial maze ability suggests that: (a) rats are only capable of forming simple stimulus-response representations of their environments (b) rats have the ability to form complex cognitive maps of their environments (c) rats do not demonstrate purposive behavior in mazes (d) none of the above
ANSWER: B QUESTION TYPE: C PAGE(S): 333-334
11.7 Research on animals’ behavior in water mazes provides evidence supporting the existence of: (a) STM (b) Working Memory (c) LTM (d) Procedural LTM
ANSWER: B QUESTION TYPE: F PAGE(S): 336-337
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11.8 Lesions to the hippocampus: (a) impair maze learning (b) do not affect maze learning (c) sometimes impair, but sometimes do not affect, maze learning (d) have not been studied in relation to maze learning
ANSWER: C QUESTION TYPE: F PAGE(S): 336-337
11.9 Landmarks can be used to enhance: (a) survey -based spatial information (b) route-based spatial information (c) neither a nor b (d) both a and b
ANSWER: DQUESTION TYPE: FPAGE(S): 337-338
11.10 The “normalization” of data that can occur when one uses schemas tends to one’s
ability to recall information from a schema. (a) enhance (b) neutralize (c) distort (d) all of
the above
ANSWER: CQUESTION TYPE: FPAGE(S): 338
11.11 After practicing all summer long, Mary has finally learned how to make a baseball curve when she throws it. This ability can best be described as: (a) implicit learning (b) spatial learning (c) stimulus-response learning (d) motor skill learning
ANSWER: D QUESTION TYPE: A PAGE(S): 340-342
11.12 Motor skill learning has qualities that make it illustrative of: (a) procedural learning (b) declarative memory (c) implicit learning (d) all of the above
ANSWER: D QUESTION TYPE: C PAGE(S): 340-342
11.13 Tommy has been running the 1-mile race for his track team for the past 5 years. His best times in each of the past 5 years, respectively, have been 5:30, 5:02, 4:40, 4:30, and 4:25. Assuming his training proceeds according to plan, which of the following times should he be capable of running this year, according to the power law? (a) 3:59 (b) 4:02 (c) 4:23 (d) 4:10
ANSWER: C QUESTION TYPE: A PAGE(S): 342
11.14 The power law focuses on the relationship between motor skills learning and: (a) practice
(b) feedback (c) motivation (d) strength
ANSWER: A QUESTION TYPE: F PAGE(S): 342
11.15 True or False: When considering the nature of motor skill learning, massed practice is sometimes better that spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
ANSWER: A QUESTION TYPE: F PAGE(S): 342-344
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