Exam 26: Forgetting, Memory Construction

Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony. After their painful divorce, however, they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event. Their recollections best illustrate the nature of

The ability of some Alzheimer's patients to learn how to do something despite the fact that they have no conscious recall of learning their new skill best illustrates the need to distinguish between

Dating partners who fall in love tend to ________ how much they liked each other when they first met. Dating partners who break-up tend to ________ how much they liked each other when they first met.

Visualizing an object and actually seeing that object activate similar brain areas. This most clearly contributes to

Mrs. McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so. Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates

Research on young children's false eyewitness recollections has indicated that

Previously learned information often facilitates our learning of new information. This phenomenon is called

Among contemporary memory researchers, increasing numbers think that ______ rarely, if ever, occurs.

The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to

The inability to remember how the side with Lincoln's head appears on a penny is most likely due to a failure in

Judy is embarrassed because she momentarily fails to remember a good friend's name. Judy's poor memory most likely results from a failure in

Research on memory construction indicates that

Experimental participants viewed symbols on a computer screen without knowing that these symbols had earlier been subliminally flashed on the screen. Half the participants reported experiencing

The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid, detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event. His experience best illustrates

After attending group therapy sessions for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Karen mistakenly remembered details from others' traumatic life stories as part of her own life history. This best illustrates the dangers of

Memory of your familiar old e-mail password may block the recall of your new password. This illustrates

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriter's name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by

The misinformation effect best illustrates the dynamics of

To help resolve the controversy over reports of repressed memories of sexual abuse, the major psychological and psychiatric associations suggest that

Which of the following poses the greatest threat to the credibility of children's recollections of sexual abuse?