Exam 6: Memory

In the 1990s,the large increase in the number of adults reporting recovered decades-old memories of childhood sexual abuse probably was the result of:

If you can consciously recall a memory,it is an explicit memory.

Recall of when,where,and how information was acquired is called:

In a typical collaborative memory experiment,participants who first encode a list of words by themselves and later attempt to recall those words in small groups form what is called the _____ group.

Ava relates new terms encountered in her philosophy class to logical terms she already knows.fMRI studies reveal that the part of her brain likely to be MOST active during this process is the:

Superior recall of a scenario is often observed when the scenario:

The MOST effective form of encoding appears to be linking new information to:

Long-term memory can be retained for _____ and has a(n)_____ capacity.

People suffering from the same disorder as patient HM would MOST probably not be able to:

Trying to recall an event and successfully recalling one are:

Memory reconsolidation primarily occurs each morning after we awaken from sleep.

"Working memory" refers to active maintenance of information in sensory storage.

Brittany is daydreaming in class when her instructor asks her a question.Brittany finds that,even though she was not paying attention,she can replay in her "mind's ear" the instructor's last words,taking advantage of a process called:

The hippocampus is necessary for acquiring new semantic information.

Which statement about priming is TRUE?

_____ won a Nobel Prize for his research on memory in Aplysia.

While Carla is out with friends one night,she is hit by a speeding car.Carla remains in a coma for 3 weeks.When she finally wakes up,she has trouble not only remembering what she was doing the night of the accident but also the names of her family and friends,her address,and where she goes to school.She can,however,form new memories.Carla is suffering from:

As time passes,information is lost from long-term memory at a constant rate.

José was about to introduce his girlfriend Natalia to a friend-but,all of a sudden,he could not remember his friend's name.This is known as:

Transience refers to forgetting that occurs as a result of divided attention.