Exam 7: Memory

Robert has one week to prepare for a very important history exam.Jacob,his friend,is a psychology major.Robert has well-organized study notes,but he asks Jacob for tips on how to rehearse the information in his notes.What study tips is Jacob most likely to give Robert?

Who is responsible for proposing an influential model of working memory featuring a three-part system that allows individuals to hold information temporarily "in mind" as they perform cognitive tasks?

Which of the following is true of sensory memory?

_____ refers to the tendency to recall the items at the beginning and end of a list more readily than those in the middle.

Derek is suffering from anterograde amnesia.Which of the following is most likely to be true of Derek in this case?

Sarah is reading a book on the different species of insects found in the Amazon Basin.In this scenario,Sarah is primarily _____.

Yvette remembers the time that she and her brother got lost in the park.This is an example of _____ memory.

Recalling the names of the members of a famous football team is an example of _____.

Janet has memorized one of John Keats's poems for an upcoming school play.The poem has four verses,and Janet can recite the entire poem verbatim.With reference to the serial position effect in memory retrieval,which of the following verses is Janet most likely to remember in the future?

While auditioning for a play,Theodore insists that he will audition either first or last.He believes that there are greater chances of him making a lasting impression if he is either first or last.In this scenario,Theodore is adhering to the _____.

Kevin is studying for a vocabulary test.When he studies the word "braggart," he thinks of how his childhood friend Billy acted whenever Billy was given a new toy.Which of the following is the highest level of processing Kevin has engaged in while encoding the word "braggart"?

_____ is the theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in networks among neurons,several of which may work together to process a single memory.

At the top level,long-term memory is divided into the substructures of _____.

Jacob asks his little brother Boris to play a game of chess with him.As Boris has never played chess before,Jacob explains the rules of the game to him.What type of long-term memory has primarily helped Jacob to recount his knowledge of chess to Boris?

James is required to attend a conference with his supervisor,Alan,next Sunday.Even though Alan tells James to make a note of it in his diary,James does not do so.On the day of the conference,James is at home talking to a friend who mentions a conference that she attended.James is immediately reminded of the conference he is supposed to attend and just about makes it on time.This scenario best illustrates _____ memory.

Kate is on the phone talking to her friend Paul,who is referring her for a job interview.Paul gives Kate a phone number,but before Kate can write it down,the call is disconnected.Kate can only recall the last three digits of the number that Paul gave her.This scenario best illustrates the _____ effect.

The connectionist view of memory argues that changes in the strength of synaptic connections are the fundamental bases of memory.

_____ memory refers to a special form of episodic memory,consisting of a person's recollections of his or her life experiences.

In the context of how memory is organized,which of the following is true of the connectionist view?

Differentiate between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.