Exam 9: Memory

We are more likely to remember the words "bicycle,cigarette,and fire" than the words "void,process,and inherent." This best illustrates the value of

Chunking refers to

When children are interviewed about their recollections of possible sexual abuse,their reports are especially credible if

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as

The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is known as

It's harder for Alonso to recall the name of a workplace colleague when he see her in a grocery store rather than in the hallway outside his workplace office where he was first introduced to her.This best illustrates

The recall of sad experiences is often primed by feelings of sadness.This most clearly illustrates

Jimmy was a patient with anterograde amnesia triggered by brain damage in 1945.Jimmy lost his ability to form new ________ memories but his ability for ________ remained intact.

In Alan Baddeley's model of working memory,the hypothetical central executive engages in

Wei Dong was asked to memorize a long list of words that included "ship,effort,professor,and inquire." He later recalled these words as "boat,work,teacher,and question." This best illustrates the impact of

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called

The self-reference effect best illustrates the value of

Faulty memory for how,when,or where information was learned is called

Because her memory trace has faded,Dr.Jordan remembers much less about the organic chemistry that she once learned well as a medical student.Her memory loss best illustrates

Several months after watching a science fiction movie about spaceship travel and alien abductions,Steve began to remember that he had been abducted by aliens and personally subjected to many of the horrors portrayed in the movie.His mistaken recall best illustrates

Briefly glancing at a visual scene without consciously processing it may lead us to experience ________ when we subsequently focus conscious attention on the scene.

By creating an outline in which specific facts and theories are located within the larger framework of major topics and subtopics,Jasmine can remember much more of what she reads in her textbooks.This best illustrates the benefits of

Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of retrieval and encoding are the same.This best illustrates

Your activated but limited-capacity memory is called ________ memory.

Which of the following is central to the processing of procedural memories?