Exam 7: Memory

Who concluded that information already stored in long-term memory strongly influences how we both encode and later remember new information?

The fact that ____ can fill in gaps in our knowledge explains why they sometimes contribute to memory distortions.

Which type of memory is sometimes also referred to as declarative memory because,if asked,you can "declare" this information?

Which of the following memory systems is associated with the recency effect?

Who is generally credited with providing the theoretical framework for understanding motivated forgetting?

It is highly questionable whether a childhood experience that was encoded using a toddler's sensorimotor schemes can be accurately retrieved using an adult's formal operational schemes.What memory principle could explain this retrieval problem?

Memory for factual information acquired at a specific time and place is known as ____.

Evidence for state-dependent memory is ____ when people are self-aware and when other retrieval cues are ____.

Because semantic encoding involves the processing of the general,underlying meaning of information,it often ignores the ____ of the information.

What is memory illusion? Discuss two common memory illusions.

Research suggests the ____ is critical for long-term memory formation,and it is not involved in short-term memory activities or in the storage and retrieval of long-term memories.

Jason remembers where he was when he learned about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.He remembers he was in the library of his school talking to a friend.He remembers the color of the carpet in the library,the expressions on his friend's face,and the fact that it was just after arriving at the school from home.Jason's remembering this incident is an example of a(n)____.

____ requires a person to retrieve and reproduce information from memory.

Visual sensory memory is referred to as ____.

Memory researchers argued that the ____ occurs because people have more time to think about the earlier items than the later items.

When recalling a painting we saw one month ago,we are accessing ____.

A limited capacity memory system where we actively "work" with information is known as ____.

With the advent of computer technology in the 1950s,psychologists concluded that human information-processing was similar to ____.

Winona walked into a Medieval castle in Ireland and felt she had been there before,even though this was her first trip to Europe.Her friend Becky tells her that this is evidence for reincarnation,but Winona,a psychology major,replies that this is merely a ____.

As a child,your parents may have told you that it was important to make a good first impression.The importance of good first impressions may be explained by what psychological memory principle?