Exam 6: Memory

An individual's knowledge about the world,like the facts that Wilhelm Wundt is considered the father of psychology or that Sigmund Freud claimed that the id,ego,and superego are three different structures of everyone's personality,is called __________ memory.

Which of the following is most likely to generate a tip-of-the-tongue (TOT)experience?

Which of these age groups has the strongest memory abilities?

The process of retaining information in memory is called __________.

Because of Mr.Viola's stereotype regarding the mathematical and scientific abilities of his female students,he often fails to recall exemplary female students whom he has taught.This forgetting is most likely the result of the memory "sin" of __________.

If a researcher showed that people remember pleasant memories better when they are happy than sad,this would be a piece of evidence to support the existence of

Mnemonics will be most helpful as encoding devices if we

An important criticism of the levels-of-processing model is that it is

When calling for directory assistance,operators used to tell their customers to "Have a nice day" after providing them with a phone number.As a consequence,many people forgot the number they were just given.What is the most likely explanation?

Misty and her family just got back from a vacation at Disney World,where they had a great time.Under which of the following circumstances is Misty likely to struggle remembering what they did?

Students often perform better in classes that pertain to their major,rather than in those that are just electives.According to the levels-of-processing model,provide one reason to justify this finding.

After presenting groups of research participants words like thread,eye,pin,syringe,sewing,sharp,and thimble,a memory researcher asks the participants whether they remember seeing the word needle.The fact that many participants do is an example of

When listening to the radio,Ramona hears a song; she cannot immediately recall the band's name,but she is sure she knows the name.This is one example of

Your best friend is an airline pilot.You often ask him about his flying experiences,but the stories he tells are rather bland.One day he invites you to accompany him on a flight.Surprisingly,once you are up in the air,he begins to share with you all kinds of interesting stories.What is the best explanation for this change?

In his research on long-term memory,psychologist Harry Bahrick found that memory declined

We make different types of errors in short-term memory and long-term memory.Provide two examples from the levels-of-processing theory that might help account for these differences.

Psychologists like to use the analogy of a computer when discussing the three stages of memory.Describe the purpose of and the stage most likely represented by the hard drive of the computer.

A recognition memory task is often easier than a recall memory task because

In long-term memory,the __________ memory division does not require much effort or attention to recall information.

The logical conclusion based on years of searching for the engram is that human memory