Exam 6: Memory

Loftus has found that eyewitness memory is extremely reliable and doesn't change over time.

Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like _________.

When creating a presentation, many public speaking instructors will tell you to develop a strong opening or attention getter to your presentation as well as a good summary and finish. What aspect of memory best explains these suggestions?

In the semantic network model of memory, concepts that are related in meaning _________.

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ______.

Declarative memory can be divided into short-term memory and working memory.

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head. The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident. Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

In the 1950s, George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number _________.

In the AI (artificial intelligence) world, the parallel distributed processing model would be referred to as ________, which is the use of artificial neural networks to explain the mental abilities of humans.

People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as _________.

Which of the following is NOT a type of memory test?

The best place to take your biology exam to ensure good retrieval of biology concepts is in _________.

Which statement concerning long-term memory is TRUE?

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

The capacity of STM is _______ items.

Which of the following is the proper sequence of symptom development in most cases of Alzheimer's disease?

Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates _________.

The tendency of certain elements to enter long-term memory with little or no effort to encode and organize them is what defines

A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. Although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. The officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries. When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War. Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth and can almost remember it; she knows that it starts with a "T." Janie is walking down the stairs, when all of a sudden, she remembers that the fifth point is taxes, but it is too late. Janie was suffering from _________.