Exam 6: Memory

In __________ a person must produce required information by searching memory without the help of retrieval cues.

________ appears to be the basis for learning and memory at the neuronal level.

The first step in the memory process is _____________ information in a form that the memory system can use.

Which of the following pioneered the process of chunking separate bits of information into larger units?

This is an increase in the efficiency of neural transmission at the synapses that lasts for hours or longer.

Jessica took psychology in the fall semester and is now taking sociology. Several of the concepts are similar, and Jessica finds that she sometimes has trouble recalling some of the major psychological theorists. She keeps getting them confused with sociological theorists. Jessica's problem is most likely due to _______________.

When given a list of items to remember, people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list. This is known as the ______.

Shalissa has two exams today. One is in French and the other is in history. Last night she studied French before history. When she gets to her history test, all she can remember is French! Shalissa's memory is suffering from _____________.

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order. She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE. This tactic is called __________

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

Elaborative rehearsal is a way of transferring information from short-term memory into long-term memory by making that information meaningful in some way.

________ stores facts, information, and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in the form of images and then stated.

Declarative memory can be divided into semantic memory and episodic memory.

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ______

Short-term memory can hold about 12 plus or minus 2 bits of information.

For encoded information to be stored, some physiological change in the brain must take place. This process is called__________

Sir Frederick Bartlett believed that some impressive memory abilities operate within a cultural context. To support his theory, Bartlett described the amazing ability of the Swazi people of Africa to__________

_____________ is retention of memory for some period of time.

When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information, this is called retroactive interference.

The tendency to recall things that are presented at the end of a sequence is called__________