Exam 10: Memory

Asif is disappointed with the grade he received on the last midterm in his psychology course. His sister suggested that he try doing the practice tests in the back of his textbook. What is the term for this type of study method?

Given the current research on recovered memories, one should be skeptical if a person says that:

Shannon is currently a college professor. Which memory from Shannon's fourth grade experience would most likely be an episodic memory?

Irene swears that she was there the night her best friend got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend. It takes several of her friends to convince her that she was not. Which of the following likely made Irene's fake memory seem so real to her?

In addressing the debate regarding children's memories of sexual abuse, it has become clear that:

Research suggests that the best way to encourage truthful testimony by children is to:

In the "three-box model of memory," which memory system holds information for no more than a few seconds, until it can be processed further?

________ occurs when, instead of encoding just the physical or sensory features of the information, the meaning of information is analyzed.

The multiple-choice question that you are reading at this moment requires ________ to answer correctly.

In accordance with the three-box model of memory, the memory system involved in the prolonged storage of information is known as ________.

In his work with rabbits, Richard Thompson showed that classical conditioning of the eyeblink response depends on activity in the ________.

Irene swears that she was there the night her best friend got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend. It takes several of her friends to convince her that she was not. Which of the following likely made Irene's fake memory seem so real to her?

Conscious, intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information is called:

________ involves associating new items of information with material that has already been stored.

________ is a memory system that includes short-term memory and executive processes that control attention and retrieval.

Another name for the parallel distributed processing (PDP) model of memory is the:

One day after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, college students were asked questions about the experience and about a mundane event that occurred within the days prior to the attack. Later, the students were contacted and once again asked about their memory of the two events. What did this research reveal about flashbulb memories?

Ned needs to remember that the hippocampus is situated in the midbrain and involved in memory. What strategy for remembering would be MOST likely to allow Ned to answer questions about the hippocampus on an upcoming test?

Which of the following is a test for recall?

Most researchers agree that the memories people say they have of their first three years of life are based on: