Exam 10: Memory

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

The brain circuits that take part in the formation of long-term memories are the same as those involved in long-term storage.

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

The _________ holds images for a fraction of a second.

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

Mr. Musselman is the head coach of the high school football team. He notices that, after learning the names of the players on the team this year, he has trouble remembering the names of the players from the previous year. In fact, he sometimes says the name of a current player when he is referring to a player from the previous year. This is an example of:

Which of the following parts of the brain is most likely to form and retain procedural memories?

Telo convinces a woman he finds attractive to give him her telephone number. Unfortunately, the number is ten digits long with the area code, and Telo cannot find a place to write it down. As he looks for a pen and paper, what can Telo do to help himself remember the number?

Moderate amounts of hormones released by the adrenal glands during stress and emotional arousal tend to:

Suppose you must memorize a long list of words that includes desk, pig, gold, dog, chair, silver, table, rooster, bed, copper, and horse. If you can recall the words in any order you wish, how are you likely to group these items in recall? Why?

In discussions of the capacity of short-term memory, a chunk is a meaningful unit of information.

Organizing memories by semantic groups is a human characteristic that is uninfluenced by schooling.

Implicit memory is usually measured through recall tasks.

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:

If you are shown a long list of items and then are asked to recall them, your retention of any particular item will likely depend on its place in the list.

Because they are so vivid, flashbulb memories remain perfectly accurate over time.

________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently stored material.

Is long-term potentiation associated with

The medulla is involved in the formation of declarative long-term memories.

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