Exam 6: Memory

On a TV game show, Jeanette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont. This information is most likely stored in ________ memory.

The hippocampus is crucial to the functioning of ________ memory.

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 ________.

An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for ________.

We give meaning to the raw information entering our sensory registers during the process of ________.

Sitting in a very noisy restaurant, you are able to screen out all the other conversations around you so you can listen to the friend with whom you are conversing. This is an example of ________.

According to Treisman's modified filter theory, ________.

No single part of the brain is solely responsible for memory.

The sensory registers have a(n) ________ capacity.

Flashbulb memories are almost always accurate.

What do scientists currently believe about the accuracy and reliability of recovered memories?

If you want to hold on to information for just a minute or two, the most effective device is rote rehearsal.

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.

James believes that there are only so many "slots" in STM and that new information must "bump out" old information, which is then forgotten. He would likely subscribe to which of the following theories of forgetting?

Knowing a word without being able to immediately recall it is known as ________.

Which of the following statements is true?

In short-term memory, we usually store memories for images ________, and we usually store memory for words ________.

The finding that people who learn material in a particular physiological condition tend to recall that material better if they return to the same condition they were in during learning is called ________ memory.

Remembering how to tie your shoes or drive a car are examples of ________ memory.

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 ________.