Exam 8: Memory

Episodic and semantic memory are two subcategories of procedural memory.

Troy knows how to tie his own shoes and can do it almost without thinking about it as he ties them.Troy remembers the first time he learned to tie his shoes by himself.For Troy,the memory of that first time is a(n)_____________.

Automatic processing refers to incidental information that gets stored in memory,while the encoding of memories that are intentionally initiated and occur through conscious attention is called ___________.

If I present you with the word "BOOK" and ask you if this word contains all lowercase letters,answering this question involves the use of ___________ encoding.

Retroactive interference occurs when newly acquired information interferes with our ability to recall information that was learned at an earlier time.

When you enter a restaurant,you typically expect that you will be seated by someone that he/she will give you a menu before you order,and that he/she will bring you a bill at the conclusion of the meal.These thoughts together are best considered to be an example of:

Which of the following statements regarding the concept of depth of processing is true?

Patients with retrograde amnesia have problems with retrieval of information while patients with anterograde amnesia suffer from problems with _________.

It has been observed that the creation of multiple self-generated retrieval cues facilitates memory performance.It is assumed that if one cue fails to activate the memory,there are other cues still available that could activate it.This type of processing specifically improves the __________ process.

Sir Frederick Bartlett had his participants read a story called "The War of the Ghosts," a unique tale from the 18^th century.Participants' recall of the story 20 hours later was highly inaccurate and Bartlett interpreted these results as being due to _____________.

The neural network approach to memory assumes that nodes in a network are physical in nature and do not contain individual units of information.

There is clear evidence that someone could actually repress a memory for many,many years.

Research by Gail Goodman and her colleagues (1994)examining the effect of misleading questions on children's memories for a single painful hospital procedure revealed that the memories of both younger and older children were not influenced by these questions.

The amnesia patient H.M.was able to correctly perform a mirror-tracing task,but he had no recollection of ever having learned it.This means that we would classify his memory for this task as:

Any external or internal stimulus that triggers the activation of information stored in long-term memory is called a(n)_______________.

Successful retrieval of memories that have an emotional component may be associated with _________ activity.

If you are using a computer,the keystrokes you type are translated into an electrical code that the computer can understand.This process is most similar to which of the following human memory constructs?

Individuals undergoing an fMRI who incorrectly identified shapes as being previously viewed showed activity in _______________.

It is argued that the recency effect occurs because immediately after an entire list has been read,the last few words are still in _________ memory.

Semantic memory is best defined as: