Exam 7: Memory

Your roommate asks you which section of political science you are taking next semester.You have just registered, and you confidently turn to tell her the section.You are astonished to realize that you cannot remember.Your memory lapse is an example of

Laden has a memory of being given a wonderful teddy bear.She believes she is remembering her second birthday, but she cannot remember for sure.In fact, the earliest birthday she could be remembering is her because until that time her lobes were too immature.

One common, although often false, response to individuals who question their own "repressed" memories is that they are suffering from

Jon is trying to remember his class schedule from last semester, but he keeps thinking of his current classes instead.This phenomenon is an example of which type of interference?

Blocking can be induced by from words with similar sounds.

Karl's grandmother, who came from Poland, died when he was three.He can remember very little about her.In fact, he has no conscious memories of the wonderful Polish food she used to cook.One day, Karl walks by a Polish restaurant and is flooded with memories of his grandmother.The food served as a for Karl's memories of his grandmother.

Animation works by presenting still pictures rapidly enough that they merge in what type of memory?

Many people who have been convicted of crimes based on eyewitness testimony are later found, through DNA evidence, to be not guilty.Which of the following statements is a common reason for why eyewitness testimony may lead to false convictions?

An understanding of the typical price of items is a type of

You see all of a written word simultaneously, but you hear a spoken word over time.The memory that accumulates the sound of a word until it is formed as a unit is memory.

According to levels of processing theory, information that is encoded more deeply is remembered better than information that is encoded less deeply, because information encoded more deeply

You start to answer an exam question.Even though you know the word for the answer, you cannot remember it.Due to , you can remember but not the word itself.

Your best friend's favorite hamster died while you and a new neighbor were there.The most vivid memory of the event will be because .

According to the networks of association theory, what words would come to mind when you hear the trigger word red?

Dion keeps having nightmares and flashbacks about his brief time in the military.His chronic anxiety is most likely due to which disorder?

Shannon has a biology exam next week.To be sure that she really knows the material, she should

After taking a fall off your horse, you seem to have temporarily lost your memory for past events.The doctor will most likely say that you suffer from

After a plane crash, Sherrod wakes up in the hospital and can remember everything about his life.The doctor comes in, introduces himself, and explains the course of treatment.The next day, Sherrod believes he has never met the doctor and asks him to explain the proposed treatment. The doctor is likely to diagnose Sherrod with

People find it very easy to put on a button-down shirt but much harder to list the steps involved in putting on that shirt.This difference suggests that memory is more useful in getting dressed than memory.

The information processing model of memory is based on computer functioning, though it does not directly model which stage?