Exam 7: Memory

The type of explicit memory that holds our personal memories is called __________ memory.

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to complete a mirror tracing task. It was later found that they

Results from a variety of different studies have found that __________ is the most important factor in forgetting information from short-term memory.

You and your friends are getting together on Friday to play a trivia game at a local pub. What type of memory is most important for doing well in this game?

The primacy effect is to __________ as the recency effect is to __________.

Jenny participated in a psychology experiment where she had to study lists of hundreds of nonsense syllables, such as BIM and KAG. After a few days, how much information would Jenny be expected to remember if her memory is consistent with Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve?

What term is used for procedures that encourage patients to recall memories that may or may not have taken place, often based on misleading information?

Vinny studied hard last week for his upcoming chemistry exam, and when he goes to study again the night before the exam, he finds it does not take him as long to work through and remember the material. This example demonstrates which of the following concepts?

Which of the following is most similar to how memory works, in terms of accuracy?

The three parts of the information-processing model of memory are

Suzy looks up from her lunch, realizing that Jacques has just said something to her. What was it? Oh, yes, he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies. Suzy's ability to retrieve what Jacques said is due to her

Evidence regarding eidetic memory suggests that

The research on state-dependent learning would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be __________ when taking the math exam to do well.

What problem of memory is associated with hyperthymestic syndrome?

When you repeat a phone number to yourself until you can enter the digits in your phone, which process are you using?

Taryn is trying to remember a list of terms for her biology class, so she decides to create rhymes to make the material more memorable. Taryn is using the mnemonic technique called

As you look out the window of the car, the scenery moves past very quickly. Your impression of this scenery is briefly stored in which memory system?

Your friend was violently assaulted and can't forget her experience. She has heard that there are pills that "erase traumatic memories" and wants to take one. She asks you what you know about these pills. What advice can you give her?

The most common treatments for Alzheimer's disease attempt to boost the amount of __________ in the brain by inhibiting its breakdown.

Sally is in class and her professor is going down her row asking each student to answer questions about the lesson. Sally doesn't really remember what the person sitting beside her said because she was focused on remembering the lesson. This is an example of