Exam 9: Memory

Without being aware of it,Kelsey encoded the exact locations on the basketball court from which she had taken each of her many shots during yesterday's tournament game.This best illustrates

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized,they often substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list.This best illustrates the impact of

When we fall in love,we tend to overestimate how much we liked our partner when we first began dating.This best illustrates the dynamics of

Damage to the ________ would most likely interfere with learning a conditioned fear response to the sight of a dog who had threatened you on several occasions.

After learning that kicking would move a crib mobile,infants showed that they recalled this learning best if they were tested in the same crib.This best illustrates

The inability to form new memories is called

Which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary terms with their correct definitions?

In one study,people primed with words or images involving money expressed ________ support for free market capitalism and ________ support for social inequality.

Encoding verbal information semantically involves

Familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before contributes to

The testing effect refers to the enhanced memory resulting from

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

Infantile amnesia involves a lack of

Jamille is taking French in school.She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test.This illustrates what is known as

Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ________ bits of information.

Consciously repeating the name of a new classmate you want to remember illustrates

A process in which previously stored memories,when retrieved,are altered before being stored again is called

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as ________ is to ________.

Which of the following has been tested for use as a memory-blocking drug?

The address for obtaining tickets to a popular quiz show flashes on the TV screen,but the image disappears before Sergei has had a chance to write down the complete address.To his surprise,however,he has retained a momentary mental image of the five-digit zip code.His experience best illustrates ________ memory.