Exam 10: Memory

The superiority of recognition over recall was demonstrated when participants, aged 17 to 74, were asked to recall and recognize the names of their high school classmates. Briefly describe the results of this study.

On a TV game show, Janet is asked to name the provincial capital of Manitoba. This information is most likely stored in:

________ memory refers to a vivid, detailed recollection of an emotional event.

As she studies her physics textbook, Marilyn wants to make sure that she remembers that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels and that each decibel is one-tenth of a bel, which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell. Marilyn creates a visual image of ten little elf-like Bell figures trying to turn up the volume of a huge stereo. Her strategy is called:

Patty reminisces about her wedding. Which of the following would be among Patty's semantic memories?

For most Canadians, which of the following would be considered a chunk?

Eyewitness testimonies by victims are most likely to contain errors when the suspect:

Steffi remembers going to the zoo with her parents and her best friend on her 10^th birthday. She can even recall the look on her friend's face when she dropped her ice cream cone into the grizzly bear enclosure. Steffi's recollection is an example of:

Which of the following is considered to be an implicit memory?

One objection to the three-box model of memory is that:

Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened, is called ________.

The ________ is the part of the brain that is involved with the formation and consolidation of memories associated with fear and other emotions.

Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred are called:

Ambassador McKenzie was about to ask a French diplomat to repeat his last comment, but then his ________ enabled him to "select" what had been said while ignoring all the extraneous sounds in the reception room.

________ memory refers to a vivid, detailed recollection of an emotional event.

Although there is some debate, ________ is generally thought to have a capacity of seven plus or minus two units of information.

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

The process by which a long-term memory becomes durable and stable is called:

Critics of the three-box model of memory are likely to agree that:

According to the decay theory, forgetting occurs because: