Exam 7: Memory

A method of activating implicit memories in which a recently presented bit of information facilitates a response in a subsequent situation is known as ____.

The third memory process,which involves recovering stored information from memory so that it can be used is known as ____.

____ involves thinking about how new information relates to information already stored in long-term memory.

____ occurs when someone consciously tries to forget something.

Short-term memory,the type of memory where we actively "work" with information,appears to involve prefrontal regions of the ____.

When in a positive mood,we tend to recall positive memories,while negative memories are more accessible when we are depressed.What is this tendency known as?

The ____ is responsible for decoding language.

A parallel distributed processing system consists of a large network of interconnected neurons called ____,each of which is responsible for a specific type of memory task.

In the brain,sensory information from our surroundings is transformed into ____ language.

David remembers that the letter "e" precedes the letter "i" in the word receive.However,he cannot recall when he learned this spelling rule.This is most likely an example of ____.

____ is the second memory process,in which information is entered and maintained in memory for a period of time.

According to Craik and Lockhart,encoding sights and sounds typically involves ____ processing.

The semantic network model asserts that there are many kinds of associations that we can make between ____,which are clusters of objects,ideas,or events that share common properties.

Which area of the brain appears to be associated with déjà vu experiences?

Cognitive psychologists agree that long-term memory stores at least three major categories of information.What are they? Provide an example for each of the three categories.

Which of the following models better represent the actual operation of the brain and also have been used to explain perception,language,and decision making?

The increased memory for the last bits of information presented in a string of information is known as the ____.

Who discovered that most forgetting occurs during the first 9 hours after learning?

Your knowledge of how to type sentences on your computer keyboard is a type of ____ memory,which also involves the use of ____ memories.

Which term describes the situation where we forget the true source of the episodic memory?