Exam 6: Memory

Which type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?

Based on the Loftus, et al. (1978) study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident, and some of the subjects were asked a question about a blue car, when the actual slides contained pictures of a green car. When these same subjects were asked about the color of the car at the accident, they were found to be confused. This is an example of the _________.

Which type of long-term memory is most difficult to bring into conscious awareness?

Define the memory trace decay theory of forgetting.

"Use it or lose it" would most likely be associated with ________.

How long do the contents of the sensory store normally last?

Long-term memory is sometimes unreliable because of _______ of information.

__________ memory includes what people can do or demonstrate, whereas ______________ memory is about what people know and can report.

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information not actively attended to is not lost; rather, it simply decreases in signal strength and is therefore not given any significance or future attention?

The theory that states that we forget information because other information gets in the way is the _______ theory.

Your tutor has "one last word" for you before she ends today's session. She tells you to study material in the middle of your study session a little harder. What concept from memory research is the basis of her advice?

Memory span is a characteristic of:

You are asked to recall the word that means "a woman who houses and manages prostitutes." You are confident that you know what the term is, and you feel as though you are about to remember it, but it just will not pop out of your memory. You are experiencing:

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However, if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words, they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom. This illustrates _________.

In the famous case of H. M., after having part of his brain removed, he could no longer _________.

Some studies indicate that learning due to classical conditioning is stored in the _____________.

Bits of information are combined into meaningful units so that more information can be held in short-term memory through the process of _________.

Retroactive interference, as used in the study of memory, refers to when _________.

_________ is the tendency for older or previously learned material to interfere with the retrieval of newer, more recently learned material.

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?