Exam 8: Memory

Provide an example of a test format that requires recall?

Which of the following sequences describes the order of events that occurs during the biochemical formation of memories within neurons, from first to last?

How is the connectionist model of memory different from the information-processing model?

In the words of George Miller, the capacity of working memory is the "magical number _________."

While playing Trivial Pursuit, Jessica remembered that Abraham Lincoln had a history of depression. Memory of a piece of general historical knowledge is considered a _________ memory.

As we age, we become more susceptible to forgetting and misremembering information.

Jerome cannot open his term paper on his computer because the file has become corrupt. Kaci cannot find her term paper on her computer because of all the other documents she has stored on the hard drive. Jerome's failure to retrieve his paper is analogous to the _____ theory of forgetting, whereas Kaci's failure better resembles the _________ theory.

What theory of forgetting is associated with the concept that memories fade away over time because they are not used frequently?

What is a term that describes an instance when an internal source that we generate produces a memory distortion?

Although Rick had never visited the Burger King in Shreveport, he knew how to order his food from the drive up window. What knowledge structure did he use in this instance?

"I know it! It's um . . . um . . . It starts with 'G'," begins a trivia game contestant excitedly. The contestant is falling prey to the _______ effect.

An 'oldie' playing on the radio may remind you of events that occurred when the song was current. The song is acting as a retrieval ______.

Only a limited amount of information can be stored in working memory.

In a classic study on misinformation (Loftus, et al., 1978), participants first viewed a brief film of a car accident. Some participants were then asked how fast the cars were going when they 'hit' each other; other participants were then asked how fast the cars were going when they 'smashed' each other. Finally, all participants were asked if they saw broken glass in the film. What were the results of the study?

The study of the influence of misinformation on memory is associated with:

Isadora knows that during a typical job interview, she will be asked to tell the interviewer a little about herself and suggest why she wants the position. Isadora has developed a(n) _______ for job interviews.

A stimulus reminding you of the information you need to retrieve from memory is termed a retrieval ________.

Your text describes a study in which 200-word poems were memorized more quickly than were 200-word prose passages, which in turn were memorized more quickly than were 200 nonsense syllables. That participants memorized poetry more quickly than prose may reflect the sound features one finds in poetry, such as rhyme and meter. Poetry, then, may allow one to take advantage not only of meaning, but also of distinctive _____ codes when one is trying to memorize it.

Distinguish implicit from explicit memories and provide examples of each.

Neuroimaging studies of brain damaged patients suggest that implicit and explicit memories are stored using the same mechanisms.