Exam 7: Memory

On the way home from her senior prom,Mary's date ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle,causing severe injuries to all those involved.Twenty years later,Mary still remembers the song that was playing on the radio at the time of the crash.In the context of memory retrieval,such a memory is best described as a(n)_____ memory.

In the context of memory storage,which of the following structures of the brain is especially active when an individual retrieves information from memory?

Which of the following is true of long-term memory?

Which of the following is true of shallow processing in memory?

Short-term memory is divided into substructures of explicit memory and implicit memory.

Jeff is trying to remember a list of 10 letters,grouped into the following chunks: XA BDF TRI UX.In the context of chunking,which of the following is most likely to improve his recollection of the letters?

Roger witnesses a burglary.On being questioned by the police,Roger provides a vague description of the burglar,mentioning his approximate build and height,but he is unable to recall specific details.Which of the following is most likely the highest level of processing that Roger has engaged in while encoding information about the burglar?

According to Allan Paivio,in which of the following ways is memory stored in the process of encoding?

Jennifer and Stacey go to different schools but study the same text books.Jennifer's end-of-semester tests include only essay questions,whereas Stacey's end-of-semester tests include only multiple-choice questions.In the context of memory retrieval,which of the following statements is accurate?

Which of the following is true of divided attention in the context of memory encoding?

Allan Paivio has documented how imagery can improve memory.Which of the following theories proposed by him claims that memory for pictures is better than memory for words?

Jackie is amazed at how fast Eric's fingers move over the keyboard when he plays computer games.Eric doesn't have to look at the keypad to recall the placement of each key.His fingers automatically move to the keys meant for controlling his in-game character while he focuses on game strategies.Which type of memory is primarily responsible for Eric's dexterity with the keyboard?

While sending her daughter off to her school prom,Eve recollects the events of her own prom.She even remembers the moment that her name was announced as Prom Queen.Eve's recollection of this moment best reflects her _____ memory.

Which of the following is a way to improve short-term memory?

Which of the following is one of the main reasons that rehearsal does not work well for retaining information over the long term?

Rachel remembers that she has an important meeting with her advisor right after her English class on Tuesday.This is an example of _____ memory.

_____ memory involves remembering information about doing something in the future.

Which of the following is NOT a subsystem of implicit memory?

A preexisting mental concept or framework that helps people organize and interpret information is called a(n)_____.

According to Hermann Ebbinghaus's scientific research on forgetting,_____.