Question

(LTM) A psychologist has provided you with a list of 20 words to remember as a memory test. They then test you on those words. In Test 1 they ask you to write down the words you remember from the list. In Test 2 they ask you if a certain word was on the list and you are to respond yes or no. Finally in Test 3 they show you the same list but the letters of each word are scrambled and you are to identify which words are on the list. What is each type of test and what type of memory is it testing?

A. Test 1: Recognition, Explicit memory, Test 2: Priming, Implicit Memory, Test 3: Recall, Implicit Memory
B. Test 1: Priming, Explicit Memory, Test 2: Recognition, Implicit Memory, Test 3: Recall, Explicit Memory
C: Test 1: Recall, Implicit Memory, Test 2: Recognition, Implicit Memory, Test 3: Priming, Explicit Memory
D: Test 1: Recall, Explicit Memory, Test 2: Recognition, Explicit Memory, Test 3: Priming, Implicit Memory.

Answer 1

Test 1 is a recall test assessing explicit memory, Test 2 is a recognition test also assessing explicit memory, and Test 3 is a priming task that assesses implicit memory.

Step-by-step explanation:

The types of memory tests in the question are designed to assess different memory retrieval processes and the kinds of memory involved. Test 1 is a recall test, where the participant must access information without cues, testing explicit memory. Test 2 is a recognition test, where the participant identifies information they have previously learned, which also tests explicit memory. Test 3 involves priming, a type of implicit memory, where exposure to one stimulus influences the response to another stimulus, in this case unscrambling letters to form words that have been previously seen.

Given this, the correct answer to the question is D: Test 1: Recall, Explicit Memory, Test 2: Recognition, Explicit Memory, Test 3: Priming, Implicit Memory.