Exam 10: Memory

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

Long-term potentiation is thought to be the biological mechanism of long-term memory.

Conscious, intentional recollection of an event is called explicit memory.

________ is an especially vivid memory of an emotional event.

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

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

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

Which of the following is a test for recall?

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

Many researchers believe that long-term potentiation is the process underlying many, and perhaps all, forms of learning and memory.

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

Which of the following is a test for recall?

What research technique did Sir Frederic Bartlett, the British psychologist, use in order to study how memories are manufactured?

In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation, Susan has them learn the sentence "Every Good Boy Does Fine," in which the starting letter of each word represents the name of a note. This is an example of:

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?

Mistaken identifications are more likely when a suspect's ethnicity differs from that of the eyewitness, even when the witness feels certain about being accurate.

The _________ holds images for a fraction of a second.

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

In general, psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defense mechanism of repression.

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.