Exam 8: Memory

Which bit of evidence suggests that eidetic memory isn't truly photographic?

When you study for an exam,knowing that the outcome could make or break your semester grade,you are using __________ encoding.

Unconscious encoding is also called __________ processing.

As sensory information comes into your body in the form of visual energy,or light,it is received by the eyes,sent to the brain,and encoded in the visual _________.

Elizabeth Loftus's research demonstrated that human memory is not susceptible to suggestion.

Research by __________ demonstrated that our visual registers are able to store accurate representations of images.

The phenomenon of __________ shows us that the advice you may have gotten from your parents - when they told you not to study in front of the television - was probably correct.Sorry about that!

In 1999,psychologist Daniel Schacter put forth a theory that was entitled the seven sins of memory.Which of the following was one of the types of sins Schacter detailed?

__________ is the process of matching an external stimulus to a stored memory.

__________ memory involves the ability to recall detailed images vividly after only a brief exposure to them.

Delia was walking through the store when she came face to face with a high school friend she hadn't seen in 30 years.As they exchanged pleasantries,she became aware that she could not remember her friend's name,and was very embarrassed."I am so sorry,but I'm totally blanking on your first name!" Her friend,Zoey,said,"Oh that's okay,it's been a lifetime! Tell ya what,I will give you a hint.It starts with Z!" As soon as she said that,Delia remembered her friend's name.In this case,the first letter that Zoey gave to Delia was a __________.

The sensory __________ are the parts of the brain that make up sensory memory.

While walking through the shopping center one day,Wayne passed a woman who was wearing the perfume that his ex-girlfriend wore many years ago.As soon as the scent hit is nose,Wayne stopped and was immediately flooded with images of the girl he once dated.He was surprised by this,because he wasn't even aware that he had remembered that particular scent and its association with that particular girl.This is an example of a(n)__________ memory.

Repeating a stimulus to yourself over and over again to keep it from fading away is called elaborative rehearsal.

One way that therapists assist clients suffering from a phobia is through a technique called systematic desensitization.The person is gradually exposed to the trigger of their fear until they learn to respond with relaxation instead of panic and dread .This uses the principle of __________,which suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus leads to familiarity and comfort.

The act of applying the mind to a given sense or thought is called __________.

__________ is a type of encoding interference in which information is never actually stored because of some kind of attention interference.

__________ encoding is a process of encoding that involves paying specific attention to the information to be remembered.

At a nightclub one evening,you are introduced to someone who you think is absolutely amazing - attractive,friendly,and well-spoken - and you are beaming when you come away from that conversation with a telephone number.Because you have nothing to write with,however,you continue repeating the number to yourself so you won't forget it until you write it down or store it in your cell phone.This process of repeating a stimulus again and again to keep it active in your memory is called ___________.

Which two types of sensory memory do scientists have the most information about?