Exam 8: Memory

When a neural pathway is stimulated by rapid low-intensity bursts of electricity,the synaptic connections in this pathway are activated more easily for a substantial period of time.This process is known as:

Which of the following represents a procedural memory?

Research indicates that it is easier to recall information that has been organized into a hierarchy.This result is most likely because memory is enhanced by making associations between concepts.

Individual items are grouped into larger units of meaning in a process called:

Your roommate decides to try different studying strategies for each of his three classes.In Art History 101,he focuses on the beautiful handwriting of his instructor.In Spanish 101,he focuses on the beautiful voice of his instructor.In Philosophy 101,he focuses on the beautiful arguments presented by his instructor.According to the depth-of-processing model,in which class should he get the best grade?

How people tend to remember words at the beginning and end of a list better than words presented in the middle of the list is called the __________________.

You had certain organized expectations about what a class would be like and what would be appropriate behaviour while in the classroom.This would suggest that you had a _____________ for what happens in a class.

The term "boundary extension" refers to our tendency to remember scenes as being _______________ than they actually are.It is thought that this occurs because of _______________.

Because expert chess players use _________ more effectively than novice chess players,they can more accurately recall meaningful arrangements of pieces after viewing these arrangements for just a few seconds.

The text describes how Michelle Leichtman and Stephen Ceci (1995)investigated how misleading information can impact the recall of children.Their results revealed that:

Associative network theories are to _____________ as neural network theories are to ____________.

The capacity of _____________ memory is generally agreed to be about five to nine meaningful pieces of information.

The encoding of long-term declarative memory is linked to the _______________.

You are stuck in traffic and start to think of alternative routes that you could take home.A modern cognitive memory researcher would most likely say that you are using which of the following types of memory?

As is the case with the hippocampus,limitations of a person's ability to form new declarative memories can be permanent if there is damage to the _________________.

Declarative memory is to __________ as procedural memory is to ______________.

Auditory memory,episodic buffer,visuospatial memory,and a control process called the central executive are all thought to be important components of the ____________ memory.

The theory that suggests that there is a single node associated with each concept in memory is called the __________ network theory.

Studies of the snail species Aplysia have indicated that the axon terminals of sensory neurons acquire _________ neurotransmitter release points.Postsynaptic neurons develop __________ receptor sites during conditioning trials.

Which of the following would best help you remember the word "cortex"?