Exam 7: Memory

Many people think of memory as an accurate "recording" of past events. However, researchers have been able to demonstrate that it is fairly easy to make subjects misremember events, or even remember events that did not occur. Explain three different techniques that researchers have used to create these false memories. Provide examples of each.

Information in short-term memory is retained ________.

To impress her friends, Wanda began telling her friends that she once met a famous celebrity, which was a lie. After years of retelling the same story, Wanda begins to believe that it really did happen to her. This is an example of

According to the LOP framework, how well we encode long-term information is most directly related to:

Sarah is doing an arithmetic problem, and this component of her memory contains the numbers and the instructions for doing the necessary operations for each step as she goes through the problem.

If you wanted to remember a grocery list using the method of loci, you should:

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However, if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words, they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom. This illustrates

Why is studying sensory memory so difficult?

Long-term potentiation refers to the ability of neurons to:

Most normal adults have a memory span:

Which of the following correctly describes the basic levels of processing (LOP) effect?

Herrmann Ebbinghaus is famous for creating a _________________, which graphically displayed the results of his memory experiments.

In the Brown-Peterson test, subjects read a trigram (an unpronounceable series of three letters), and are then asked to count backwards by threes from a given number. What is the purpose of having the subjects count backward?

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl. The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?

Most people are familiar with the concept of a police lineup (either in person or with photographs) from watching movies and television programs. Fewer people realize that the standard format of a lineup leads witnesses to occasionally identify innocent people as criminals, and even form false memories of them committing the crime. Describe four ways researchers have suggested police should change the lineup to avoid these problems and improve its accuracy.

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten

The type of memory that is most like an encyclopedia or a dictionary is __________.

Brain scans show that recently encountered items are processed in one area of the brain, whereas older items are stored in a different area. Which concept does this evidence support?

Flashbulb memories _______.

The act of remembering through recalling a framework and a then adding specific details is known as _____.