Exam 6: Memory

Divided attention is to _____ as the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is to _____.

Relying on your computer to help you remember information has advantages and disadvantages similar to those observed with:

Caitlyn was blanking on who played Batman in the movie Batman v.Superman until her friend gave her the hint that he was married to Jennifer Garner.Caitlyn then correctly identified the actor as Ben Affleck;this hint is an example of a(n)_____ cue.

Susan's mom called her on her cell phone and asked her to pick up eight items from the grocery store on her way home from work.As Susan was standing on a bus without access to her phone,she couldn't make a list of the items on it,so she had to memorize the items.She grouped them into categories of food,drinks,and home supplies,thereby making use of _____ encoding.

Recent research has suggested that _____ encoding subsequently results in the GREATEST recall of information.

Ali believes that her critical-thinking skills increased exponentially as a result of going to university.In actuality,they increased only slightly.This phenomenon is known as _____ bias.

You learned French in high school 10 years ago.You travel to Paris,and at the airport a customs officer asks you a question in French.You recall the correct answer from your study of the language and answer the officer.This is an example of which function of memory?

When rats are given drugs that block long-term potentiation (LTP),they:

Upon returning to a city in which he once lived a decade ago,Omar realizes that he cannot even remember the directions to major landmarks.Omar is probably experiencing the _____ of memory.

Transience involves the gradual switch from _____ to _____ memories.

Godden and Baddeley (1975)demonstrated that scuba divers who memorized a list of words on the deck of a boat subsequently remembered more of those words when tested:

A student raises her hand to answer a question.The professor calls on her but embarrassingly cannot remember her name,despite the fact that he is absolutely knows it.The professor is experiencing:

When a professor of psychology was asked to recall how she felt about her choice of a psychology major as a second-year university student,her recollections of the university major were more positive than were her actual uncertain feelings at the time.This memory phenomenon is known as _____ bias.

Which statement BEST describes a benefit of transience?

Brittany states that she vividly remembers the day she turned 19.This is an example of a(n)_____ memory.

The amygdala plays an important role in the formation of flashbulb memories.

Krissy's _____ becomes active when she tries to recall what she received for Christmas when she was 10 years old.Successful recall of this information is accompanied by activity in the _____.

The synapse is defined as the space between:

Godden and Baddeley (1975)demonstrated that scuba divers who memorized a list of words underwater subsequently remembered more of those words when tested:

A year after tearing his ACL knee ligament and rehabbing the injury,an NHL hockey player remembers the rehabilitation process as much more painful than it actually was.This distortion in memory is due to: