Exam 6: Memory

The more times a memory is retrieved,the more accurate it becomes.

The type of consolidation that occurs over a time scale of seconds to minutes involves the transfer of memory from:

Jenny remembers her 16th birthday party vividly and recalls how her parents surprised her with a brand new car.This is an example of a(n)_____ memory.

The result of sending a neurotransmitter across a synapse is MOST analogous to:

Nate is going to the grocery store to pick up a few things.He decides not to write a list and instead repeats to himself,over and over on the way to the store,the items he intends to buy.This is an example of:

The impairment of memory for previously learned information by newly learned information is known as:

A univseristy graduate first learned the words to her university's fight song long ago at a football game and now tends to only remember the words when attending games at homecoming.Her ability to recall the words only in the presence of this external context demonstrates the power of:

Use the following to answer questions : Scenario II Famous within psychology,patient HM had parts of his temporal lobes-including his hippocampus-removed to stop incurable and life-threatening epileptic seizures.The surgery was successful;however,patient HM was left with a severe case of anterograde amnesia.Subsequent tests found that his short-term and implicit memory systems were not affected by the surgery. -(Scenario II)Suppose that researchers attempted to teach a patient with the same condition as HM how to ride a unicycle.Researchers probably would find that the patient would:

Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse,or space between these neurons.

You look up a friend's address for the envelope of a letter you're writing.Suddenly,the phone rings.You abandon your address research to answer the phone,but it is a wrong number.When you get back to writing down the address,you have forgotten it because _____ memory has failed you.

Remembering the past and envisioning the future activate two distinct memory systems in the brain.

Blocking tends to occur more frequently as people age.

A retrieval cue is only going to be useful if the information to be recalled is _____ in memory.

When you try but fail to remember something,your _____ shows increased activity,whereas when you successfully remember something,your _____ shows increased activity.

A participant studied the following word pairs: reptile-snake,reptile-turtle,reptile-lizard,amphibian-frog,amphibian-salamander,and amphibian-newt.Then the participant practiced recalling only the amphibian-salamander pair using the prompt "amphibian-sala_____." Sometime later,the participant was given a memory test of the words he had originally studied.Of these,which word would be MOST likely forgotten?

Participants in a study were asked to recall an episode from their memory.During this recollection,new information somewhat related to the episode was presented to the participants.During a follow-up memory test two days later,participants:

In contemplating her busy schedule over breakfast,Professor Morgan forgets that she has to meet with a textbook representative at 2:00 p.m. ,illustrating _____ due to a failure in _____ memory.

The famous patient who had a substantial portion of his hippocampus removed to stop seizure activity and,as a result,could not form any new memories is known by his initials:

_____ is a type of explicit memory that consists of a collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place.

When learning vocabulary words,Jay uses a blue pen to write the definitions as he attempts to commit them to memory.On the vocabulary quiz,Jay brings his blue pen to write the definitions.By writing with the blue pen,Jay is attempting to use _____ to his advantage.