Exam 6: Memory

Auditory information ________.

People who can perform seemingly impossible feats of memory because of their highly developed memory skills are known as ________.

A possible limitation of Ebbinghaus's studies was that he ________.

Visual information in the sensory registers is gone when it ________.

Chronic alcoholism can lead to a form of amnesia called ________ caused by a vitamin deficiency and poor diet typical of people who abuse alcohol.

Interference theory holds that the passage of time leads to forgetting.

Elaborative rehearsal is the process through which ________.

When remembering verbal messages, we usually remember the ________.

People are most likely to be able to perform impressive feats of memory regarding things that are significant to their culture.

Simply repeating an item more often improves long-term recall.

The memories primarily located in the cerebellum are ________ memories.

In summary, research on recovered memories ________.

The type of memory that stores information relating to skills, habits, and other complex physical tasks is ________ memory.

Which of the following pairs of letters would most likely be confused in an experiment on short-term memory?

The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed images of something you have seen is known as ________.

Elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease have decreased activity levels of the neurotransmitter ________ in the brain.

The sensory registers have a ________ capacity and hold information for a ________ time.

The most important determinant of interference is ________.

Summarize the research on the biological bases of memory, explaining how memories are formed and where various types of memories are stored.

Short-term and working memories seem to be located primarily in the ________.