Question 1

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

Accepted Answer

A)   prior knowledge
B)   preexisting associations
C)   cognitive elaboration
D)   all of the aboveE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

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A)   using college students as experiment participants
B)   using amnesic individuals as experiment participants
C)   using a word-fragment task instead of free recall
D)   using a free recall task instead of a word-fragment taskE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

"Savings" is best described as:

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A)   the failure to recall experimental stimuli
B)   the degree to which an individual improves their recall ability from a first memory test to a second one
C)   the degree to which an individual comes to demonstrate better recall for meaningful over nonsense syllables
D)   recalling information that one has never been exposed toE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

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A)   enhance one's generalization ability
B)   enhance one's discrimination ability
C)   inhibit one's generalization ability
D)   lead to high amounts of retroactive interferenceE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 6: Verbal Learning

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

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"Savings" is best described as:

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Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

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The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

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Exam 6: Verbal Learning

Which of the following can influence the degree to which items in a paired-associate learning task become connected to one another?

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"Savings" is best described as:

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Explicit intrusions into implicit memory tasks can be minimized by:

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The occurrence of highly similar items on a paired-associate learning task tends to:

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