Exam 10: Memory

Which of the following tests for recall?

The connectionist model of memory differs from the three-box model in its emphasis on ________ processing.

Recall is the ability to identify previously encountered information.

In work with rabbits,Richard Thompson showed that one type of procedural memory,classical conditioning of an eye blink response,depends on activity in the:

________ is an especially vivid memory of an emotional event.

Sensory memory is made up of many separate subsystems,one for each sense.

Short-term memory retrieves information from long-term memory for temporary use thus functioning,in part,as a working memory.

In a study by Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer (1974)on eyewitness memory,participants were shown a film of an automobile accident.They found that the participants' memories of the event were influenced by:

In the three-box model of memory,________ has a capacity of seven-plus or minus-two chunks of information.

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Memory of general knowledge,including facts,rules,concepts,and propositions.

Priming is a method for measuring implicit memory.

During short-term memory tasks,areas of the frontal lobes are especially active.

Most people seem to favour ________ for encoding and rehearsing the contents of short-term memory.

After befriending a drunken millionaire,Charlie Chaplin is surprised when the man doesn't recognize him the next day.In the evening,as the millionaire begins drinking again,Charlie is greeted as a pal.This episode from City Lights was used in the text to illustrate:

Without the testimony of eyewitnesses,many guilty people would go free.But some convictions are tragic mistakes because memory is reconstructive and the testimony isn't always reliable.Describe conditions under which errors in eyewitness testimony are most likely to occur.

In 1992,the county's media focused on an unlicensed daycare centre in Martensville,Saskatchewan,where it was claimed children were to have suffered abuse.Although none of the children had shown symptoms or problems during their preschool experience,a full investigation was initiated.What has research revealed about the accuracy of children's testimony? Under what conditions are children apt to be suggestible?

In addressing the debate regarding children's memories of sexual abuse,it has become clear that:

The ________ model represents information as flowing from one system to another.

The tendency for recall of the first and last items on a list,to surpass recall of items in the middle of the list,is called the serial-position effect.

Critics of the three-box model of memory are likely to agree that: