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question 47
(q024) alexandra and her best friend had a fight, after which they didnt speak for months. then alexandra came across a ticket stub from a concert the two girls had attended together, and suddenly she recalled happy memories of times she spent with her friend. she then decided it was time to call her friend and try to make up. how did the ticket stub help alexandra access these memories?
o a. it provided context to produce a sense of familiarity.
o b. it served as a mnemonic device to facilitate memory.
o c. it served as a retrieval cue that was encoded with the other happy memories.
o d. it provided a method of loci that helped alexandra remember other happy times.

question 48
(q027) marie kept trying to recall the name of the new movie she wanted to see. although shed seen the preview several times, she kept drawing a blank on the title. she had the sense that she knew the title, but she could not produce it at that moment. which type of forgetting was she experiencing?
o a. retroactive interference
o b. proactive interference
o c. absentmindedness
o d. tip - of - the - tongue phenomenon

question 49
(q028) after suzis purse was stolen, the police asked her to look at mug shots to try to identify the perpetrator. after looking at several images, suzi felt that they became blurred together in her mind and she no longer felt confident that she would be able to identify the man who stole her purse. in fact, she could no longer recall even whether he had a moustache. the suggestibility of memory raises serious questions about using ______ for courtroom evidence.
o a. fingerprints
o b. dna
o c. handwriting analysis
o d. eyewitness testimony

question 50
(q029) kristas best friend has a huge crush on a guy in their physics class. when krista hears he is now single, she immediately tells her friend. a few days later, though, her friend tells her the same news, as if she hadnt heard it from krista in the first place! what type of distortion error has kristas friend made?
o a. flashbulb
o b. suggestibility
o c. memory bias
o d. misattribution

Explanation:

• Question 47: A retrieval cue is a stimulus that helps in recalling information. The ticket stub was associated (encoded) with the happy memories, so it acted as a retrieval cue. A mnemonic device is a strategy to aid memory (like acronyms), method of loci is a mnemonic (associating items with locations), and the sense of familiarity is more about recognition without the specific memory context here.
• Question 48: The tip - of - the - tongue phenomenon is when a person knows the information but cannot recall it at the moment. Retroactive interference is new information interfering with old, proactive is old interfering with new, and absentmindedness is more about inattentive encoding.
• Question 49: Eyewitness testimony relies on memory. Since memory can be suggestible (as shown by Suzi's experience), it raises questions about using eyewitness testimony. Fingerprints, DNA, and handwriting analysis are more objective forms of evidence.
• Question 50: Misattribution is when a person attributes a memory to the wrong source. Suggestibility is being influenced by others to remember something, memory bias is a slant in memory due to beliefs/feelings, and flashbulb memories are vivid, detailed memories of significant events.

Answer:

• Question 47: C. It served as a retrieval cue that was encoded with the other happy memories.
• Question 48: D. tip - of - the - tongue phenomenon
• Question 49: D. eyewitness testimony
• Question 50: D. misattribution