Exam 7: Memory

Garret,a young boy,remembers that he has to pick up his little brother from school in a few hours.This is an example of _____ memory.

Suzie's parents suffered from Alzheimer disease before they died.Although Suzie is still in her early forties,she is concerned about her own cognitive functioning.Her niece,Diana,is a medical student.What helpful advice is Diana most likely to give Suzie based on her knowledge of Alzheimer disease?

_____ was the first person to conduct scientific research on forgetting.

Define implicit memory and briefly describe the three subsystems of implicit memory.

David's roommate,Ryan,asks David for advice on how to study for his final exams.Applying his knowledge of context-dependent memory,David will be most likely to recommend that Ryan study _____.

Short-term memory is the same as working memory.

Which of the following statements best explains the recency effect?

Encoding failure occurs when _____.

What has research in neuroscience revealed about where memories are stored and how they are processed?

When John was asked to memorize 15 alphabets in a particular order,he organized them into groups of three letters each and memorized them in the same given order.In this scenario,John has used the tactic of _____.

_____ first suggested that encoding can be influenced by levels of processing.

Jeremy visits a new coffee shop.Even though the arrangement of seats and counters at this coffee shop is different from every other coffee shop he has been to,he automatically knows that he must stand in line in front of the counter and get his sugar and cream from the counter on the side.In this scenario,Jeremy has a(n)_____ for how coffee shops work.

Jack,a father of two,still remembers how his mother and he shared an entire tub of ice cream whenever Jack did well on a test.In this scenario,Jack's recollection of this memory best exemplifies the use of his _____ memory.

Jacob is a waiter at Alpines,a five-star restaurant.He is known for his excellent memory with regard to customer orders.He recalls each customer's order perfectly by associating the order with where the customer is seated and with the clothes the customer is wearing.In this scenario,which of the following encoding processes is Jacob most likely using to help him remember his orders?

_____ refers to a person's knowledge about the world,his or her areas of expertise,general knowledge,and everyday knowledge.

In the context of memory retrieval,which of the following refers to better recall for items at the beginning of a list?

Daisy,a sixteen-year-old,was in a car accident in which she suffered a serious brain injury.Since then,Daisy is unable to remember anything of her past life.She cannot recall what she did last week,how the accident happened,or anything about her childhood experiences.However,she is able to read,write,and speak accurately and remembers the names of countries,things,places,and famous people.In the context of long-term memory,which of the following is most likely true in this scenario?

_____ refers to the formation of a number of different connections around a stimulus at any given level of memory encoding.

What are the functions of the three components of Alan Baddeley's model of working memory?

The first step in memory is _____.