Exam 10: Memory

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

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

Alberta solved a crossword puzzle a few days ago. She no longer recalls the words in the puzzle, but while playing a game of Scrabble, she unconsciously tends to form words that were in the puzzle, showing that she has __________ memories of some of the words.

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

In the 1930s, the research of the British psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett provided evidence to support the view that memory is:

Users of sign language report experiencing TOT states, called tip-of-the-finger states.

When you recall the names of the days of the week, you are relying on ________ memory.

A friend of yours claims to remember her birth, her first tooth, and her first birthday party. She is most likely to be

If a child is trying to memorize the alphabet, which sequence should present the greatest Level of

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

If you are afraid or angry at the time of an event, you may remember that event best when you are once again in the same emotional state. This phenomenon is called:

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

When patients are unable to form new declarative memories, they cannot acquire new procedural memories either.

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

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

Amnesia can be organic-for example, resulting from ________-or psychogenic (i.e., resulting from ________).

Give three explanations for childhood amnesia (be specific).

The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material is called recognition.

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

Two decades ago, hundreds of people in psychotherapy began claiming that they could recall long-buried memories of having taken part in satanic rituals involving animal and human torture and sacrifice. Yet the FBI was unable to confirm any of these reports. Based on what you have learned so far, how might you explain such "memories"?