Exam 8: Memory

Which statement best captures the role of the hippocampus in memory?

From age 65 to age 85, the prevalence of dementia increases from _______% to _______%

Estelle has trouble completing complicated tasks and often forgets important appointments. She is best described as in a ________ stage of Alzheimer's disease.

The key word method and method of loci are examples of techniques used to enhance the meaningfulness of materials so that they may be better remembered. That is, they are examples of ________.

Weeks ago, Amanda talked to a guy in her Chemistry class. Although she could not remember his name, she remembered that it began with a "C" and that his mother is a professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Georgia. This frustrating condition in which information is right at the edge of consciousness is known as what memory phenomenon?

Research shows that it is fairly easy to produce false memories. For instance, in one study, participants were asked to recall a time when they had been at an outdoor wedding and had accidentally knocked over a punch bowl, spilling it on the bride's parents. In fact, no such event had ever occurred. Yet with suggestive questioning, what percentage of participants was led to "remember" the nonexistent episode?

What does Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve tell us about the way we forget material over time?

To what extent is Alzheimer's disease different among men than it is among women?

Automatic processing refers to the process by which we attend to environmental information with little or no conscious effort or thought.

Alzheimer's disease is associated with low levels of the neurotransmitters:

What disorder was formerly known as multiple personality disorder? Describe the characteristics of someone suffering from this disorder.

Dr. Smith firmly believed that students should be tested in the same room where class was routinely held. Evaulate Dr. Smith's opinion by describing the effect of context on retrieval.

Which statement best expresses the relationship between attention and the memory activity of encoding?

The inability to recall information that was previously encoded is termed _______.

Define the term "implicit memory."

Dr. Voorhies tells his elderly patients to try brainteasers and crossword puzzles to help stave off memory decline. Dr. Washington, by contrast, encourages his elderly patients to maintain a routine of physical exercise to counter memory losses. How might you evaluate the advice of these two doctors in light of empirical research?

You are a forensic psychologist. A local police department seeks your expert opinion regarding the value of hypnotizing crime scene witnesses. What might you tell them?

The saying, "Use it or lose it" is most applicable to the ________ theory of forgetting.

Professor Mills encourages her students to use the PQRST (Preview, Question, Read, Self-recite, and Test) method when reading their psychology textbooks. Why does the PQRST method effectively increase memory performance?

What types of information might be encoded with little or no conscious effort via automatic processing?