Exam 7: Memory.

Explain why hypnosis is rarely used in police work to improve the memory of eyewitnesses, and describe an alternative method that is more effective in improving the memory of eyewitnesses.

Retrieval cues are defined as

Your instructor is lecturing in class when the dean knocks on the door.The instructor goes to the door, gets the note from the dean, and gives it to a student, who exits the classroom.The instructor looks at the class and asks, "Now where was I in the lecture notes?" This situation illustrates how short-term memory is affected by

A short-term memory has a greater chance of being stored in long-term memory the more times it is

Explain the differences in mental images and eidetic imagery.

If you have experienced a painful emotional event, you will probably avoid all thoughts associated with this memory and keep cues out of mind that could trigger the painful memory.This active suppression of the memory may, in time, become

Memories elicited by the electrical stimulation of the brain suggest that every experience a person has ever had is recorded permanently in long-term memory.

Information in long-term memory can be retained for

According to the interference explanation of forgetting, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Summarizing aloud while you are learning forces you to practice retrieving information with this technique being referred to as __________.

Sequential lineups in which one photo at a time is shown to the witness can reduce the occurrence of

Essay questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and the recitation of poems all measure memory through

When deciding whether to use the whole or part approach to learning a long poem, it is best to

The role that culture plays in memory is illustrated by

In an experiment, you are asked to read the sentence "The fish bit the swimmer." A week later you are asked to recall the sentence.You will be more likely to recall the sentence if the word "shark" is used as a(n)

Eidetic imagery is more common in

Remembering your first date involves __________ memory.

A witness may select a photo of a suspect from police files or see a photo in the news.Later, the witness identifies the suspect in a lineup or in court.Did the witness really remember the suspect from the scene of the crime? Or was it from the more recently seen photograph? This illustrates the problem of

When new learning disrupts the ability to recall past, stored information, which of the following has occurred?

You are playing a trivia game on the computer when the category of "American Presidents" comes up.Having just taken an exam on this subject, you smile as you read the first question and the correct answer immediately "pops" in your head even before the four answers appear from which you will choose.You are experiencing