Exam 9: Memory

Cheri doesn't remember that she got sick after eating oatmeal on several occasions in early childhood.However,whenever she smells oatmeal now she experiences a classically conditioned feeling of nausea.Cheri's conditioned reaction indicates that she retains a(n)________ memory.

Lynnae's long-term memory of what she reads is improved if she responds to fill-in-the-blank questions after completing sections of her reading assignments.Her experience best illustrates

Compared with formerly depressed people,those who are currently depressed are more likely to recall their parents as rejecting and punitive.This best illustrates

Nonspeaking children have not learned the words that we use to index much of our explicit memory.This most clearly helps to explain the occurrence of

Having read a story once,certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story before.They have most likely suffered damage to the

Which of the following has been suggested as an explanation for infantile amnesia?

Chickadees and other birds who store food in hundreds of places cannot remember the food storage locations months later if their ________ has been removed.

For a moment after hearing his dog's high-pitched bark,Mr.Silvers has a vivid auditory impression of the dog's yelp.His experience most clearly illustrates ________ memory.

After hearing a list of items,peoples' immediate recall of the items is more likely to show a(n)________ effect than is their later recall of the items.

The misinformation effect refers to the

People should avoid back-to-back study times for learning Spanish and French vocabulary in order to minimize

Conscious memories of emotionally stressful events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the

Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced.Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms of

A sea slug releases more serotonin in order to promote the process of ________ necessary to learn a classically conditioned association.

Three basic measures of memory retention are

Therapists who have used memory recovery techniques such as "guided imagery" and hypnosis have often led their clients to believe that difficulties remembering their experience of sexual abuse may result from

Following partial recovery from a severe stroke,Mr.Yanagita has learned how to ride a horse.However,he cannot consciously remember that he has learned to do this.It is likely that he has suffered damage to his

Mrs.McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so.Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates

After reading a newspaper report suggesting that drunken driving might have contributed to a recent auto accident,several people who actually witnessed the accident began to remember the driver involved as traveling more recklessly than was actually the case.This provides an example of

Cortex areas surrounding the hippocampus and supporting the processing and storing of explicit memories are located in the