Exam 8: Memory

Keira is trying to remember a list of animals but is able to do so only when she imagines what the animals look like.These mental images are ____________________________ for words in the list

Solada had to park on the far end of the lot this morning,so she walked by dozens of cars on her way to class.Later,she learns that a student's car was stolen from the same lot soon after she walked through.Though she tries,she can't remember a car that meets the description of the stolen car.This is most likely due to

Jen's dad sends her to the grocery store for a few last-minute dinner items.Jen repeats the list of ten items as she walks to the store but can remember only the first and last three items when she gets there-she is unable to remember the four in the middle.This U-shaped pattern of recall is

Though she doesn't remember it,Sydney knows she saw her father's fear of snakes when she was a child.Now she feels anxious around anything that looks like a snake,including the garden hose.Sydney is being influenced by

When Saffron says "frog prince," Annalise thinks "princess," "castle," and "forest." The stimulus of Saffron's words,which activated concepts already in Annalise's mind,was a/an

Leslie is taking a class on effective study techniques.Much of the course focuses on memory aids that will help her reorganize information into more meaningful units and provide extra cues to help her retrieve the information from long-term memory.These aids are called

Over the last few years,Sakura's grandmother has become forgetful,confused,and disoriented.Sakura goes with Grandmother to have cognitive testing done,and afterward the doctor says that Grandmother's procedural,semantic,episodic,and prospective memories are all affected.Grandmother probably

Eva rides the bus to and from work each day.Tonight,she needs to stop by the market,so she associates each grocery item on her list with a different bus stop.As she walks through the store,she imagines she is riding the bus.At each stop,she picks up one of the items on her list.Eva is using (the)

Yesterday,Colleen went to an interesting lecture on relationship problems.She didn't take notes,because she isn't going to be tested on the lecture.Though she made no effort to memorize any of the information the speaker presented,she is able to repeat a great deal of it to a friend.In particular,she is able to remember the parts that she felt applied to her own past relationships.Which concept explains why?

When Beatrice was ten,she tripped and fell right into the middle of her sister's birthday cake.She was embarrassed and felt terrible.When Beatrice's sister brings the story up one evening at the dinner table,Beatrice swears she has no memory of the event.Psychodynamic therapists would suggest that Beatrice has ______________ the memory.

Mindel took French in high school and is taking German in college.While out with friends one night she meets a French exchange student;unfortunately,all she can remember is her German! Mindel is experiencing

Aram volunteers at a nursing home,where he reads and writes letters for residents who can't do those things for themselves.Though he visits every week,Mr.Larue never remembers him,and he has to introduce himself each time they interact.One of the nurses explains that Mr.Larue has Alzheimer's disease (AD).The most characteristic changes in the brain associated with AD are

Yesterday,Colleen went to an interesting lecture.She didn't take notes,because she isn't going to be tested on the lecture.Though she made no effort to memorize any of the information the speaker presented,she is able to repeat a great deal of it to a friend.How did the information get into her long-term memory?

After cramming a lot of information for her finals,Ianna told her friend that her brain was full.She assured her friend that she would not be able to remember anything new until she forgot what she had learned for her classes.Is it possible for Ianna's long-term memory to be full?

Leroy is listening to a new CD.The artist used sampling (taking a recording from one source and incorporating it into a new recording)on one track.As soon as he hears it,Leroy knows the sample is from a movie,but he can't remember which one.This is called

Riding a bike is a learned skill and is stored in ____________________ memory.

Memories are

Alice is studying for a psychology exam.She is most likely to remember the material long-term if she

Jennifer and Jeff are studying for their geography exam.Jeff is learning the states' capitals by repeating them over and over.Jennifer is incorporating information she already knows about each state into the name of the capital.While Jeff is repeating "Sacramento is the capital of California,Sacramento is the capital of California," Jennifer is saying "SacraTOMATO is the capital of California," because she knows Sacramento is in the middle of a rich agricultural valley.If the levels-of-processing theory is correct,

Try as she might,Zoë cannot remember anything from the first three years of her life.Which of the following is NOT one of the explanations for infantile amnesia?