Exam 7: Memory Errors

Your roommate often spends time frantically searching for her keys, phone, and other commonly used items. Sometimes her keys end up in unusual places, such as the freezer. Which of these pieces of advice would it be most sensible for you to give her?

The fact that cats are fuzzy, have tails, and walk on four legs is an example of a schema.

You are a juror in a criminal trial. Based on what you have read in this chapter, which of these statements about eyewitness testimony is most accurate?

Define the two types of amnesia that are based on the type of information that is forgotten. Discuss how amnesia affects implicit and explicit memory. Then name the two major biological features associated with Alzheimer's disease.

This chapter contains a section called "The Reconstructive Nature of Memory." What does that phrase mean?

Childhood amnesia seems to be specific to ______ memories.

Which of the following is an example of source misattribution?

The DRM procedure was adapted from the earlier methodology of Roediger.

Cases of temporary retrograde amnesia are often the result of ______.

Jodie is 45 years old and cannot remember any events from before the age of 4. This could be a diagnosis of ______.

Psychologists refer to a general knowledge structure for an event or situation as a ______.

In the classic study by Loftus and Palmer, subjects were more likely to report a car as going faster if they were asked how fast the cars were going when they "hit" each other.

______ involves unintentional retrieval of memory.

If you hear about or read about an event several times, you may believe that you actually experienced it.

Which of these is an example of implicit memory retrieval that many people are likely to experience in their own lives?

Minh suffers from amnesia, and she cannot remember how to get from her bedroom to the living room. However, once she sits down, she is able to crochet easily. Minh has an intact ______ memory.

Which type of amnesia are you most likely to experience in your lifetime?

You are a criminal justice student studying the case of Ronald Cotton. Which of these conclusions is most logical to draw from that case?

Clive Wearing was diagnosed with amnesia after suffering from a form of ______.

Imagine you are watching a movie, and you recognize an actor. The person's name is "on the tip on your tongue." This is an example of ______.