Exam 10: Memory

The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event elsewhere is called ________.

The ________ model represents the contents of memory as connections among a huge number of interacting processing units.

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

Which of the following factors is true of cognitive development and may contribute to childhood amnesia?

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

The narratives that we compose about our lives have a profound influence on our memories. Analyze how stories are used to provide themes to our lives.

The inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you heard or were told later about an event is called:

Compare the efforts of Hermann Ebbinghaus, who wanted to measure pure memory loss, independent of personal experience, with those of Marigold Linton, who studied how people forget real events.

"Use it or lose it" would most likely be associated with:

According to the decay theory, forgetting occurs because:

According to the serial-position effect, if you are shown a list of items and then asked to immediately recall them, you will most easily recall items:

A long-lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness is called:

Mood-congruent memory and state-dependent memory are examples of:

When six-year-old Sven's parents overhear him describing his third birthday party, they look at each other in surprise. Sven appears to remember that the birthday cake his father was baking burned and his aunt had to run out and buy one from a bakery, even though Sven was not present when those events occurred. Sven's memory illustrates the concept of _________.

The ________ theory of forgetting proposes that memory fades with time and lack of use.

Margeaux is introduced to the following people when she arrives at the party: Derek, Kayla, Calvin, Debbie, Rose, Melanie, Garrett, Tom, Francis, Jane, John, and Vincent. According to the serial-position effect, it will be most difficult to remember the names of:

Which component of memory has been referred to as a "leaky bucket"?

Lucio is two years old and doesn't seem to recall meeting his aunt a few months earlier. This is likely because he:

Research on autobiographical memory indicates that most adults cannot recall any events until about:

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, one's original memory of an event can be erased by new and misleading information.