Exam 7: Memory.

In order to remember the muscle name latissimusdorsi, Janie thinks of the term as "the ladder misses the door, sigh." Then she pictures a ladder glued to her back where the muscle is found, and pictures the ladder leading up to her shoulder where a small door should be, but is missing.Lastly, she pictures the ladder sighing like an animated character in a cartoon.Janie has stretched the muscle name and added mental pictures in order to add meaning and make this technical term more familiar.Janie is using the basic principles of

If someone asks you to name all the teachers that you had in elementary school and you are able to remember their names, you have just exhibited __________ memory.

The process of holding information in memory for later use is referred to as

Sam studies for 20 minutes, then takes a break, then studies another 20 minutes, and then takes a break, and so on.This pattern of studying is referred to as __________ practice.

Regarding drugs, electroconvulsive shocks, and long-term potentiation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The worst that happens when hypnosis is used as an aid to memory in solving a crime is that

Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film, complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since

The major problem with using hypnosis in police work is the occurrence of false memories.

You are introduced to a long list of people at a party.In order to correctly remember all of your new friends' names, you should devote extra attention to those

Artea performs better on her college exams if she either studies in the room in which she will be tested or visualizes this room while she is studying.Artea is

Information is initially converted into a form that can be retained, with this conversion part of the memory process being known as ___________.

In a classic experiment on forgetting, college students learned lists of nonsense syllables.After studying, students in one group slept for eight hours and then were tested for memory of the lists.A second group stayed awake for eight hours after studying the lists.The results of the experiment revealed that

Which part of long-term memory is made up of conditioned responses and learned skills?

Memories which can be located and retrieved refers to the memories

According to economist Jesse Shapiro, the intent of much advertising is to

If you were asked to describe the steps you go through in backing your car out of the driveway, you would most likely retrieve this implicit memory by moving your head, hands, and feet with these movements providing cues for memory retrieval through a process known as _________.

Normally, when you are backing a car, the steering wheel is turned in the direction you want to go, the same as when moving forward.However, when backing a trailer, you must turn the steering wheel away from the direction you want the trailer to go.This situation results in

Natasha is using an effective technique that will help her summarize the material she is studying, will force her to practice retrieving information, and will provide her with feedback on what she knows.Natasha is using

Which of the following would be considered an episodic memory?

Forgetting events that occurred just before a head injury would be an example of