Exam 9: Memory

Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.

Sigmund Freud emphasized that the forgetting of painful experiences is caused by a process that involves

Peterson and Peterson asked people to count aloud backward after they were presented with three consonants.This study finds that ________ memories will quickly disappear without active processing and rehearsal.

Annika has difficulty forming long-term memories of classroom lessons because she can't focus her attention long enough to mentally grasp what is being taught.Annika most clearly demonstrates difficulty with

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with a person's ability to form new memories of a family vacation trip.

The neural storage of a long-term memory is called

During sleep,the brain consolidates information into ________ memory.

Proactive interference refers to the

Children reported false memories of taking a hot-air balloon ride after viewing digitally altered photos of themselves and other family members involved in such an event.The children's reports best illustrated

During her evening Spanish language exam,Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon.Her difficulty best illustrates

Describe two mnemonic techniques that would enable you to remember the following list of grocery items: milk,eggs,margarine,oranges,rhubarb,ice cream,eggplant,and sausage.Explain why each would be effective.

While wandering through the streets of a foreign city for the first time,Maurice experienced a strange sense of familiarity with the city's landmarks as if he had been in this exact location before.His experience best illustrates

To remember a list of the school supplies she needs,Marcy mentally visualizes each item at a certain location in her house.Marcy's tactic best illustrates the use of

Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply reading information is best demonstrated by

Information about where,when,and how often you ate a meal in the last couple of days is likely to be

Long-term potentiation is believed to be

The basal ganglia would be of most importance in forming implicit memories of

Associating carrots with a mental image of a bun,milk with a mental image of a shoe,and paper towels with a mental image of a tree best illustrates

When asked how they felt 10 years ago regarding marijuana issues,people recalled attitudes closer to their current views than to those they actually reported a decade earlier.This best illustrates

Ebbinghaus found that memorizing familiar words required much less effort than memorizing nonsense syllables.This best illustrates the advantage of