Exam 6: Memory

We give meaning to the raw information entering our sensory registers during the process of ________.

If people learn material while under the influence of caffeine, they are more likely to ________.

Using repetition and deliberate practice to master skills and habits is essential to ________ memories.

The phenomenon whereby most people cannot recall events that occurred in their life before the age of two is called ________ amnesia.

Each of the following is a current explanation for infantile amnesia except ________.

The owner of a black Labrador can hear her dog when it barks in the night, although she sleeps through the sounds of other loud barking dogs. Whose theory of sensory register operation does this best support?

Mnemonics are ________.

A mental representation of an event, an object, a situation, a person, a process, or a relationship that is stored in memory and that leads you to expect your experience to be organized in certain ways is a(n) ________.

Briefly summarize the research and findings of Hermann Ebbinghaus in regard to memory and forgetting.

An old joke tells of an elephant that walks into a bar and tells the bartender, "Boy, have I got a problem. Elephants are supposed to have good memories and I can't remember a thing." "That's too bad," says the bartender, "Maybe I can help you with your problem." "What problem?" asks the elephant. The elephant in the story is demonstrating a deficiency in ________.