Exam 6: Memory

He: "We met at nine." She: "We met at eight." He: "I was on time." She: "No, you were late." In these lyrics from the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi," a couple tries to recall the first time they met. The information they are seeking is part of ________ memory.

Suddenly thinking of a friend's name without knowing why is an example of ________ memory.

Many years ago, telephone numbers had only four or five digits. Even now, no more than seven digits (not counting area code) are used for phone numbers. The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that there is a(n) ________.

Our visual sensation of a passing automobile would be initially stored in ________.

The capacity for short-term memory is greater with visual coding than acoustical coding.

Which of the following statements about the sensory registers is true?

Broadbent's filter theory states that the sensory filters operate like the volume control on a radio, rather than a toggle switch.

Researchers have found that long-term retention of information is particularly affected by ________.

The portion of long-term memory that stores specific information of personally experienced events is called ________ memory.

Using repetition and deliberate practice to master skills and habits is essential to ________ memories.

After an accident in which she suffers a brain injury, Ellen is unable to recall new emotional experiences, even though her emotional memories of events prior to the accident are intact. She has most likely suffered damage to her ________.

Mnemonics are ________.

Research has shown that in short-term memory, memory for images ________.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means ________.

Someone asks you who the twenty-second president of the United States was and you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the person's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie, but you still can't remember it. The person then tells you it is either John Sherman, Thomas Bayard, or Grover Cleveland. Upon hearing the names, you instantly recognize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the name Grover Cleveland acted as a(n) ________.

Research has demonstrated that when people are exposed to highly stressful events, their memory for the emotional aspect of the event is ________. Their memory for the nonemotional aspects of the event is ________.

According to Treisman's modified filter theory, which of the following is not true?

Our auditory sensation of someone's voice would be initially stored in ________.

Chunking is ________.

General knowledge of facts and information is stored in semantic memory.