Exam 7: Memory

Quite often we retain information that influences our thoughts and actions without consciously remembering it.What is this psychological process known as?

Computers process information sequentially or serially.This is different than the complex human brain,which can process information simultaneously,or in a(n)____ manner.

What is one of the primary problems surrounding claims by adults concerning recently "remembered" memories of early childhood abuse?

Identify the process in which information stored in long-term memory is sent back to short-term memory.

Memory of how to perform skilled motor activities is known as ____.

Sofia is participating in a psychology experiment.She is told to memorize various icons that appear on a computer screen.This process is known as ____.

Information that is not transferred to short-term memory from sensory memory is ____.

____ is the process of repetitively verbalizing or thinking about information.

Which of the following accounts for those instances when we forget new acquaintances' names or misplace our cell phones?

____ receives information from sensory memory.

The concept of working memory,as applied to short-term memory,assumes that short-term memory is more of a(n)____ rather than ____ process.

____ memory is not involved in the retrieval process of memory.

A visual mnemonic technique known as the ____ requires you to mentally place items to be memorized in specific locations well known to yourself,such as rooms in your house.

____ occurs when previously learned information acts forward in time to interfere with the remembering of more recently learned information.

Which of the following is in charge of encoding information received from sensory memory and then filtering the sufficiently important information to long-term memory?

Semantic networks are less helpful in explaining how information is ____.

When driving a car,you rely on ____ memory to steer,shift,speed up,and slow down.Remembering the rules of driving,such as stopping at red lights,yielding to pedestrians,and driving on the right side of the road,is an example of ____ memory.

Which of the following is not a valid encoding approach?

Which of the following components of working memory is responsible for retrieving information from long-term memory,if necessary?

Two-way processing is not associated with ____.