Exam 10: Memory

Maria wrote a shopping list prior to going to the grocery store. Unfortunately, when she arrived at the store she realized she had left the list at home. If she is to purchase the items on her list, Maria must rely on which memory task?

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

In a classic study of eyewitness accounts and leading questions, people were shown short films showing car collisions. How did the wording of the questions about the accidents influence participants' estimates of the speed the cars were traveling at the time of the collision?

________ memory refers to recollection of a personally experienced event and the context in which it occurred.

Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, and propositions, are called:

Contemporary memory researchers would be most likely to agree that childhood amnesia:

Robert is making a conscious effort for prolonged retention of his homework by processing its meaning fully. This strategy is called:

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

Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother stepped through the door with his new baby sister. He can still picture the tiny little baby with a stocking cap on her head! His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after his sister was born and that his memory never happened! Chad's memory is an example of:

Visual images remain in the sensory register for a maximum of:

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, information may get into memory, but it becomes confused with other information.

Sarah is doing an arithmetic problem. The numbers and instructions for doing the necessary operations for each step will be held in her ___________ memory as she solves the problem.

Jeannie had a brain injury that severely affected her memory. Her doctors have taught her how to use a smartphone to help cope with her problem. What type of memory seems to have been unaffected by her injury?

Jay is furious when his midterm is returned with a C grade. He tells his sociology professor that he had read each of the assigned chapters three times and if someone can do that and just be average then there is something wrong with the test. Based on your understanding of critical thinking and memory, what is wrong with Jay's reasoning? What are some other possible reasons for Jay's average performance? How should Jay study for the next test in order to get a better grade?

________ acts as a holding bin, retaining information in a highly accurate form until we can select items for attention.

Which memory system has a limited capacity and stores items for about 30 seconds?

In general, information in short-term memory is retained for about ________ if it is not rehearsed.

Déjà vu may occur when:

Sarah enjoys playing games such as Jeopardy! and Trivial Pursuit, which require her to answer questions based on her ability to recall facts. These types of games test Sarah's:

According to Sir Frederic Bartlett: