Exam 6: Memory

Craik and Lockhart's levels-of-processing model proposed that memory is__________

Even though he hasn't been on one in years, Jeff is able to jump on a bicycle and take off pedaling thanks to his__________

Studying for comprehensive final exams requires one to use which process?

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

The levels-of-processing concept of Craik and Lockhart would suggest that which of the following questions would lead to better memory of the word frog?

Why did research participants in Sperling's experiment recall so few letters stored in sensory memory?

When Teddy was young, he hated swimming lessons. It took him years to learn how to swim. Now, as an adult, he sometimes will go years without swimming. However, when he swims, he immediately takes off and swims well with little or no conscious effort. He is relying on__________

There are two main subsystems within long-term memory. These are__________

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!). Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it; she knows that it is something like Texas. Janie is walking down the stairs, when all of a sudden, she remembers that the fifth point is taxes, but it is too late. Janie was suffering from ______________.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia found in adults and the elderly.

If you were introduced to a dozen people at a party, you would be most likely to remember those__________

There are two types of declarative memory : __________ and __________

Passively reading your textbook rather than actively reciting the material is apt to lead to__________

The constructive processing effect refers to the tendency of people who are asked misleading questions or given misleading information to incorporate that information into their memories for a particular event.

According to Craik and Lockhart, we are most likely to remember information that we process at a _______________ level.

Which theoryl of memory is most similar in conceptualization to the way computers function?

Bartlett's studies of the Swazi people of Africa suggested that__________

If your mastery of the material in chapter 6 of the text interferes with what you learned in chapter 5, this would be considered__________

When given a list of items to remember, you are more likely to remember _______

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