Exam 7: Memory

When asked to recall the name of the first prime minister of Canada, Peter draws a blank; however, when asked whether it was Barack Obama, Jean Chretien, or Sir John A. MacDonald, he remembers that it is MacDonald. This example most clearly demonstrates the value of

Research suggests that eidetic memories are just very persistent versions of

Tasks that you perform regularly, such as driving, typing, or riding a bike, rely on what type of memory?

For students to show the best performance on their exams, they are advised to engage in

During lecture each day, a professor explains four main points they want the class to retain. However, most students do not think about the material again until the following class period two days later. The forgetting that occurs between classes is most likely the result of

Based on evidence about the misinformation effect and the creation of false memories, which of the following is a procedure that should be avoided when questioning a witness of a crime?

A small subset of individuals with infantile autism have

The type of explicit memory that holds our knowledge of facts about the world is called __________ memory.

Declarative memories are to __________ memories as procedural memories are to __________ memories.

The argument that ginkgo biloba is an effective memory enhancer because it has been used for centuries is an example of what fallacy?

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in. As he walked out of the classroom, he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper but he just couldn't remember what they were. Shaquin's problem is the __________ process of memory.

You tell a joke to a friend, and you believe you made up that joke. He tells you he told you that joke a week ago. You have experienced what memory phenomenon?

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

Bart and Lisa are trying to remember how an action potential moves down an axon. Lisa repeats the information to herself repeatedly, whereas Bart thinks of action potentials like flushing a toilet. What memory strategies are Bart and Lisa using to remember this information?

When asked to recall single-digit numbers presented in various digit span sizes, the typical adult starts can recall approximately ___ digits.

Which of the following examples represents deep processing as described by Craik and Lockhart?

As Dominique reviews the vocabulary terms for her French class, she is most likely to experience the greatest degree of forgetting

Dr. Vargas can remember hundreds of students' names from his twenty-five years of teaching but has difficulty remembering the new password for his email. This is one illustration of

Research on flashbulb memories indicates