Title: Chapter 08
Course: Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith Test Bank

Q: What is the consequence of the mere-exposure effect for how people evaluate and respond to things they have been exposed to even briefly?

Q: Moes and Tellinghuisen state that shared memories (shared representations) make humans interrelated, relational persons. Use examples of both episodic memory and priming to demonstrate how that is the case.

Q: Why may spiritual practices remain important for individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease?

Q: Differentiate human forgetting from God’s “forgetting.”

Q: In the Bible, memory is
- mainly mentioned in terms of how its function can be improved.
- mostly emphasized as an example of a human strength.
- primarily discussed in relation to nurturing a relationship.
- seldom mentioned.
A: primarily discussed in relation to nurturing a relationship.

Q: How might human understanding of the Bible be influenced by the sort of shortcomings seen in human memory processes?
- Understanding the Bible relies primarily on priming.
- Episodic memories for learning the Bible are important but easily fade.
- We are reading transcriptions and translations, not the original texts.
- It is not. Scripture is always fully understood by people who are faithful.
A: We are reading transcriptions and translations, not the original texts.

Q: According to Moes and Tellinghuisen, how is our ability to understand the Bible enhanced?
- Primarily by human efforts to feel God’s presence.
- Guidance of the Holy Spirit working through groups of believers.
- Using priming to help people understand what is important in Scripture.
- Keeping in mind what the Bible means to you rather than concerning yourself with what it means to other people.
A: Guidance of the Holy Spirit working through groups of believers.

Q: Moes and Tellinghuisen state that the topic of memory may be one of the best examples to show that
- the Bible gives a complete understanding of most psychological processes.
- the Bible is not a psychology textbook.
- psychological science contradicts biblical teaching.
- sin makes it difficult to understand anything about psychological functioning.
A: the Bible is not a psychology textbook.

Q: Episodic memories differ from semantic memories in that episodic memories
- are unrelated to particular times or events in a person’s life.
- are not consciously accessible.
- bring about shared understanding between people, but they usually require a shared experience.
- are less fragile.
A: bring about shared understanding between people, but they usually require a shared experience.

Q: Moes and Tellinghuisen assert that nondeclarative or implicit memories contribute to worship in that
- worship can be physically enacted.
- personal memories are the core of worship.
- worship cannot be stated in words.
- actions speak louder than words.
A: worship can be physically enacted.

Q: Moes and Tellinghuisen claim that religious behaviors can become ingrained, but if episodic memories fail,
- religious rituals can still act to anchor a person.
- ritualistic religion becomes hollow.
- ceremonies cannot be conducted.
- people lose all ability to experience God.
A: religious rituals can still act to anchor a person.

Q: Types of nondeclarative memory such as priming show
- the power of conscious reasoning in making memories.
- the limited agency of people as behavior is influenced outside of conscious control.
- how relationality is difficult for people to maintain because we each desire uniqueness.
- that memory is not well-organized, which accounts for our jumping from thought to thought in conversation.
A: the limited agency of people as behavior is influenced outside of conscious control.

Q: Following reasoning laid out in Moes and Tellinghuisen, which of the following best explains why our ability to recall information is related to our ability to imagine the future?
- Human recall, like imaging the future, is a process of constructing memory out of incomplete information.
- The accuracy with which we recall information is directly related to our ability to think about possibilities in the future.
- Like human recall, human imagining is highly accurate.
- Human recall tends to include exact, highly detailed information about the past, which then can be used to imagine a highly detailed future.
A: Human recall, like imaging the future, is a process of constructing memory out of incomplete information.

Q: The loss of this type of memory in Alzheimer’s disease most disrupts relationality.
- Procedural
- Implicit
- Priming
- Declarative
A: Declarative

Q: According to Moes and Tellinghuisen, when the Bible discusses God’s forgetting, such as God forgetting someone’s sins, it is referring to
- God literally losing the ability to recall those sins.
- God’s willful change in how to relate to someone.
- God changing his ideas about what sorts of behaviors he considers to be sinful.
- the limitations of God’s omniscience
A: God’s willful change in how to relate to someone.