Exam 7: A: Memory

The tendency for superior recall of items in the middle of a list compared to items at the beginning and end of a list is called the serial position effect.

Flashbulb memories,unlike other memories,are extremely accurate records of the past.

The capacity of short-term memory is limitless.

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to prolong exposure.

Rather than remembering specific details,people tend to remember the 'gist' of an event or story.

False memories are especially likely to occur if you have thought about the imagined event many times.

In general,psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defence mechanism of repression.

In the Atkinson-Shiffrin model,incoming information moves from sensory memory into short-term memory through the process of rehearsal.

At the cellular level,long-term potentiation (LTP)may represent the first stages of memory.

Declarative memories are the type of long-term memories that you are consciously aware of.