Exam 10: Memory

________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material stored previously.

Given the current research on recovered memories,we should be skeptical if a person says that:

Recovering a memory is like:

The superiority of recognition over recall was demonstrated when participants,aged 17 to 74,were asked to recall and recognize the names of their high school classmates.Briefly describe the results of this study.

Proactive interference occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material that was stored previously.

Mr.Ward is finding that his grade-3 students often misspell the words "receive," "piece," and "neighbour." He teaches them the mnemonic,"I before E,except after C,or when sounded like A,as in neighbour or weigh." Mr.Ward is hoping that when his students write stories,they will:

In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the capacity of short-term memory to be the magical number:

The ________ theory of forgetting proposes the idea that new information entering memory can cause older information to be erased.

What principles of memory have you encountered in this chapter that you could practically use to become a better student?

Formation and retention of procedural memories may involve the ________.

When you rollerblade,you are relying on ________ memory.

In order to help her Introductory Psychology students learn the colours of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum,the professor has them learn ROY G BIV (red,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,violet).This is an example of:

What research technique did Sir Frederic Bartlett,the British psychologist,use in order to study how memories are manufactured? What conclusions did Bartlett reach?

According to the ________ theory of forgetting,one's original perception can be erased by new and misleading information.

________ occurs when instead of encoding just the physical or sensory features of the information,the meaning of information is analyzed.

Suppose you are a participant in memory research.You are given a list of words to read,including the word "giraffe." Later,when given the word stem "gir--" you are most likely to complete the word as ________,due to the effect of ________.

If you are trying to retrieve a memory,you will be better able to do so if:

Research on autobiographical memory indicates that most adults cannot recall any events until about:

An early study of memory explored what would happen if people were prevented from rehearsing information.Participants memorized meaningless groups of letters and immediately afterward had to count backward by threes from an arbitrary number.What were the results? What conclusions were drawn from this research?

When researchers investigated organization in long-term memory,they found that: