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121) According to the authors, most of the events we experience a. are encoded and easily retrieved from long-term memory. b. are never encoded and thus never stored in long-term memory. c. are encoded and lost in long-term memory. d. are implicitly encoded and thus lost within our long-term memory. 122) During new worker orientation, you wish to make a good impression by being able to recall everyone’s name. Research on encoding would suggest that you are most likely to forget the name of a. the last few people who introduced themselves. b. the person immediately before you. c. the person immediately after you. d. the first few people who introduced themselves. 123) Jasmine needs to remember an 8-line poem for her 5th-grade English class next week. Her mother suggests that she link the first few words from each line with a different part of their home, starting with the front door. This suggestion is most similar to the memory strategy known as a. the keyword method. b. an acronym. c. the method of loci. d. the pegword method. 124) Mnemonics will be most helpful as encoding devices if we a. have a nearly photographic memory to begin with. b. have only a few pieces of information to recall. c. stop making lists and other external memory aids. d. practise them on a regular basis. 125) Taryn is trying to remember a list of terms for her biology class, so she decides to create rhymes to make the material more memorable. Taryn is using the mnemonic technique called ____________. a. method of loci b. pegword c. acronyms d. keyword method 126) The argument that ginkgo biloba is an effective memory enhancer because it has been used for centuries is an example of what fallacy? a. Appeal to authority fallacy b. Argument from antiquity fallacy c. Naturalistic fallacy d. Bandwagon fallacy 127) Your friend Karina wants to take a pill that will help her remember and perform better on her GRE exams. She has heard that Ritalin improves memory and asks your advice as to whether it will improve her GRE scores. Based on the information in your text, what would you tell her? a. Herbal supplements like ginkgo biloba have been proven more effective than Ritalin. b. Ritalin may improve her attention but will not drastically improve her GRE scores. c. Studies have reported Ritalin and other stimulants do have an enhancing effect on memory. d. Recent research has found that Ritalin reduces memory functioning due to overstimulation. 128) Lamont is walking through his local health and nutrition store. An employee comes up and asks if he needs any assistance. Lamont asks what is the most effective and cheapest memory-enhancing herbal remedy they have. If the employee answers this question based on the evidence from controlled, scientific research, he or she would recommend a. gingko. b. any sugary liquid. c. lemonade. d. Prozac. 129) _____________ is retention of memory for some period of time. a. Encoding b. Storage c. Retrieval d. Evaluation 130) Jill and Ben are talking about a restaurant they went to the previous week, and have recommended this place to a few friends. Jill comments that the coffee at the restaurant was great, and Ben looks at her strangely and reminds her that she did not have coffee when they were there. Jill mistakenly remembers having coffee because she always has coffee after a meal at a restaurant. Jill’s mistake most likely resulted from a. false memories. b. schemas. c. retrieval errors. d. memory decay.