BAPSY Cognitive Psychology and Processes 5

Question 1

Which phenomenon describes the finding that memory for an event can be altered by post-event information, such as misleading questions?

Accepted Answer

Misinformation effect

Answer

The misinformation effect, studied extensively by Elizabeth Loftus, shows that exposure to misleading post-event information can distort eyewitness memories.

Question 2

Feature integration theory (Treisman) proposes that focused attention is required to:

Accepted Answer

Bind separate features into unified objects

Answer

According to feature integration theory, basic features are registered pre-attentively, but attention is necessary to correctly bind features into coherent object representations.

Question 3

In language production, which stage involves selecting the appropriate words to express an intended meaning?

Accepted Answer

Lexical selection

Answer

Lexical selection is the process of retrieving the appropriate word (lemma) from the mental lexicon to express the intended concept during speech production.

Question 4

Which concept describes the finding that people are better at recognizing words they generated themselves compared to words they read passively?

Accepted Answer

The generation effect

Answer

The generation effect demonstrates that actively generating a target (e.g., filling in a missing letter) leads to better memory than passively reading the complete item.

Question 5

According to the levels-of-processing framework (Craik & Lockhart), which type of encoding produces the deepest and most durable memory traces?

Accepted Answer

Semantic encoding (meaning)

Answer

Semantic encoding, which involves processing the meaning of information, produces the deepest level of processing and results in the strongest, most durable memory traces.

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BAPSY - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Practice Test

BAPSY Cognitive Psychology and Processes 5