Exam 6: Memory

When asked to recall the date of John Kennedy's assassination, Peter draws a blank; however, when asked whether it was October 24,1962, November 22, 1963, or February 1, 1965, he correctly answers with the second of the choices. This example most clearly demonstrates the value of ________.

The icon and the echo refer to images in ________.

Reconstructive memory can be used for social or personal self-defense.

Grouping and organizing information so that it fits into meaningful units is called chunking.

Explain what eidetic imagery is and how it can be useful. Also, describe what mnemonists and how they do it.

The phenomenon in which people are sometimes unable to tell the difference between what they witnessed and what they merely heard about or imagined is called ________.

Summarize the research on the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

It is easier to remember the names of seven people you just met at a party than it is to remember their addresses (even if both pieces of information were given to you at the same time), because there is a(n)________.

According to the modified filter theory, information will draw our attention if it stands out because of its ________.

Christine has always had an unusually effective memory. She credits this to the fact that after seeing something just once, she can visualize the object in great detail, as if she was looking at a photograph of it. Christine's ability is an example of ________.

Which of the following statements about short-term memory is not true?

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the last items on the list. This is known as the ________.

In the famous case of H. M., after having part of his brain removed, he could ________.

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head. The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident. Randy's symptoms are typical of ________.

The selection of some incoming information for further processing is called ________.

The standard method of storing away largely meaningless material such as phone numbers, birth dates, and people's names is through the use of ________.

People who can perform seemingly impossible feats of memory because of their highly developed memory skills are known as ________.

Interference theory holds that the passage of time leads to forgetting.

Remembering a telephone number because it contains the numbers of the year in which you were born is an example of the use of ________.

Leslie is shown the word "tour." Later on she is shown a list of word fragments, such as "___ou___," and asked to fill in the blanks. She is more likely to complete the word as "tour," than are other people who had not been previously shown the word "tour." This is an example of ________.