Exam 6: Memory

_____ amnesia involves an inability to retrieve old memories.

Recall tests are usually more difficult than are recognition tests.

The components of working memory operate independently.

Chad is puzzling over a difficult question on a multiple-choice sociology test however as he rereads the response options he remembers the correct answer.Chad has made use of:

When Roy tells an acquaintance his telephone number,he does not recite the digits one by one at a constant rate,as in "3,3,7,2,3,4,8,3,9,2." Instead,Roy might say,"3,3,7 ...2,3,4 ...83,92." This exemplifies _____,a strategy to enhance _____ memory.

The term echoic memory refers to auditory short-term memory.

Almost everybody has had the feeling of knowing the answer to a question,but not being quite able to say it.This is called the "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon,and is a failure of:

People's ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs.This is known as the _____ effect.

The theories of forgetting described in the text may be likened to the difficulties people might face in trying to find an old file on the computer.Which theory is correctly likened to a corresponding file-finding difficulty?

Which sequence correctly arranges the information-processing stages of memory in order of increasing capacity?

An "oldie" playing on the radio reminds Donald of events that occurred when the song was current.For Donald,the song is acting as a(n):

In the retrieval phase of Godden and Baddeley's (1975)"scuba diver" study of the encoding specificity principle,participants were asked to supply all the words they could remember from the encoding condition.This was a _____ measure of memory.

Destiny is suffering from anterograde amnesia when she fails to remember anything that occurred immediately following a head injury.

The method of loci connects new information to older memories-namely,locations along a familiar route.The method therefore encourages _____ rehearsal.

Owen has trouble remembering a friend's new phone number; he keeps recalling the old number instead.Completing a rental application,Pippa finds she can't recall one of her previous addresses,as she's had several addresses since.Owen is experiencing _____ interference.Pippa is experiencing ____ interference.

The first person to quantify relearning was the psychologist named:

Preserving information is to accessing information as _____ is to _____.

One evening,Zoe examines the schedule for her favorite football team.The team plays 16 games each season.Later she tries recalling that schedule for a friend who likes the same team.It is highly likely that Zoe will recall opponents at the beginning of the schedule particularly well.What is this phenomenon called?

The function relating recall to the interval since original learning is positively sloped.

Which of the following sequences BEST reflects the order in which memory processes occur,from first to last?