Exam 6: Memory

Korsakoff's syndrome is due to:

What theory of forgetting attributes it to the mere passage of time?

You are learning a list of items for a test by relating the items to each other and to information that you already have stored in memory. Which type of rehearsal are you using?

Retrieving information from long-term memory is done by assembling information from various brain locations in a process known as _________.

Why did research participants in Sperling's experiment recall so few letters stored in sensory memory?

Phineas walks out of his office and into the conference room. However, after he leaves his office, he forgets what he was coming into the conference room for. According to the encoding specificity hypothesis, what should Phineas do to regain his lost memory?

As memories get older, they are most likely to _________.

Memory for fear of objects is most likely stored in the cerebellum.

Short-term memory is where information is held before conscious use of the material and is unlimited in capacity.

Your street address, telephone number, and social security number are stored in:

Which type of memory best explains the "What?" phenomenon?

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

What is iconic memory? Describe what it is and how it works. Be sure to include a description of Sperling's experiment, which was used to demonstrate and investigate iconic memory.

Short-term memories appear to be localized in the _________.

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later she tries to call again-but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of _________ memory.

The misinformation effect refers to the tendency of people who are asked misleading questions or given misleading information to incorporate that information into their memories of a particular event.

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

Iconic memory is to echoic memory as _________.

A recognition test requires one to:

Modern research into the functions of working memory is helping to increase our understanding of many different psychological problems, including all but which of the following?