Exam 8: Memory

You have just witnessed a car accident and the police officer asks you how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other. This question may bias your answer due to the

The cognitive revolution and the invention of computers both contributed to the metaphor of human memory as a(n):

If you are told to remember a list of items or concepts by forming an image and linking each word to a different room in your house, you would be using

A study conducted by Chase and Simon demonstrated that experts had superior recall than novices for the placement of chess pieces when the pieces were placed meaningfully on the board. However, this difference disappeared when the pieces were placed Randomly. The researchers used the concepts of to explain these results.

Interference and amnesia both involve forgetting information. The difference is that

According to the three-stage model of memory, we remember the words presented at the beginning of a list better because:

A person who has received damage to his amygdala will most likely:

Try as she might, Zoey cannot remember anything from the first three years of her childhood. Which of the following is NOT considered a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?

The memory process in which information is retained over time is referred to as:

John is feeling very happy and content today and has noticed that he seems to have a better memory for several positive events from his past. This example of improved recall best demonstrates the phenomenon of:

The term boundary extension refers to our tendency to remember scenes as being more expansive than they actually are. It is thought that this occurs because of _.

It is usually thought that schemas influence the encoding process by:

You are testing a patient in a lab. You notice that your patient has the most difficulty with procedural memory, in particular the learning of a conditioned response. Thus, you suspect damage to the

The component of memory that retains incoming information just long enough for it to be recognized is known as:

You are given two sets of words. The first set contains "textbook, soap, fridge" and the second set contains "thought, preceding, readiness." According to Allan Paivio, you will remember the because the dual coding theory is more applicable to

The phenomenon of state-dependent memory can be understood by applying the principle of encoding specificity to external stimuli and cues.

If you think for a moment about the concept "school," it is likely that other concepts such as "textbooks," "teachers," and "exams" may also come to mind. The fact that these other words can be triggered by the word "school" is best considered to be an example of:

With regard to the serial position effect, the primacy effect refers to the superior recall of words presented at/in the of the list.

When asked to reproduce or draw a picture from memory, people consistently remember scenes as being more expansive or wider than they actually are. This phenomenon is known as:

Assume you are presented with a list of 15 random words. Immediately after the list has been presented, you are asked to recall as many of the words as you can. Research has shown that you will tend to: