Exam 7: Memory

In the 1950s, George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number

The system of memory that can hold approximately seven "chunks" of information for approximately 15 seconds is called

Which of the following is an example of priming?

The "Magic Number," seven plus or minus two, refers to the storage capacity of __________ memory.

If you close your eyes, you can still 'see' the last thing you looked at for a moment or two. This is known as

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

Name and describe two of the three main mnemonic devices described in your text, and provide an example of each.

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

Discuss the three important ways in which the short-term and long-term memory systems differ.

As children mature they develop enhanced __________ , which means they get better at knowing how to remember things as well as their own memory limitations.

When listening to the radio, Ramona hears a song; she cannot immediately recall the band's name, but she is sure she knows it. This is one example of

If a patient has been diagnosed with anterograde amnesia after an accident, then which of the following memory problems will be the primary symptom?

Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all stimuli present at a particular moment?

Jody is taking a course in abnormal psychology and learning about behaviours linked to various mental disorders. When she goes home, she starts noticing that her family is displaying a lot of these same behaviours. Jody's experience is most likely influenced by what type of memory?

Which of the following types of memory has the shortest duration?

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 parts of a theory. Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth, but time is up. As Janie is walking down the stairs, all of a sudden, she remembers the fifth point, but it is too late. Janie had a problem with

A long-lasting weakening of connections between two neurons, after low patterns of activation, is referred to as

______________ refers to the memory store for the information we are currently thinking about, attending to, or processing actively.

Research on encoding specificity has found that you will remember more if you are tested in the same environment that you learned the information. This is known as __________ - specific learning.

Memory errors in long-term memory tend to be __________ and tend to be __________ for short-term memory.