Exam 25: Retrieval

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ________ effect.

Which of the following measures of retention is the least sensitive in triggering retrieval?

A full week after Usha hears her mother read her a list of 12 different farm animals, Usha is most likely to remember the animals ________ of the list.

After learning that kicking would move a crib mobile, infants showed that they recalled this learning best if they were tested in the same crib. This best illustrates

Hearing the word "rabbit" may lead people to spell the spoken word "hair" as "h-a-r-e." This best illustrates the outcome of a process known as

Which of the following is NOT a measure of retention?

After hearing the sound of an ambulance, you may be momentarily predisposed to interpret a friend's brief coughing spell as a symptom of serious illness. This best illustrates the impact of

On the phone, Dominic rattles off a list of 10 grocery items for Kyoko to bring home from the store. Immediately after hearing the list, Kyoko attempts to write down the items. She is most likely to forget the items

Experimenters gave people a list of words to be recalled. When the participants were tested after a delay, the items that were best recalled were those

When 80-year-old Ida looked at one of her old wedding pictures, she was flooded with vivid memories of her parents, her husband, and the early years of her marriage. The picture served as a powerful

Whenever Valerie experiences intense feelings of fear, she is overwhelmed with childhood memories of her abusive parents. Valerie's experience best illustrates

Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of retrieval and encoding are the same. This best illustrates

Shortly after hearing a list of items, people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately. This best illustrates

Which type of word processing results in the greatest retention?

The process of getting information out of memory storage is called

In one experiment, participants primed with words related to ________ were less likely to help another person who asked for their help.

Whenever he feels sexually jealous, David is flooded with painful memories of instances when he thought his girlfriend was flirting with other men. David's experience best illustrates

According to the serial position effect, when recalling a list of words you should have the greatest difficulty with those

Julie most accurately recalls information learned in her history classroom when her recall is tested in the very same classroom. This best illustrates

Words, images, and other bits of information used to access a stored memory are called