Exam 6: Memory

When Kate got home, Guy rummaged through the grocery sack, then said, "Kate, you forgot the dental floss and the coffee creamer! They were the last two things I told you to get!Don't you remember me saying that?" That Kate remembered to get the first items on the list is a pattern of remembering called:

Characteristics of earliest autobiographical memories for European American college students tended to reflect arelatively _____ relationship of the self to society.

In comparing the earliest memories of European American college students and Chinese and Taiwanese college students,psychologist Qi Wang found that the earliest memories of which of the following tended to focus on general, routine activities involving family or community members, such asplaying in the park or eating with family members?

Complete repression of all memories of abuse is most likely when the abuse has occurred on repeated occasions over the course of months or years.

While Ellen was taking a test, she had trouble remembering a specific piece of information that she studied. According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology feature, Ellen might be able to jog the blocked memory by:

Amber walked in her front door and put her textbook in the kitchen instead of on her desk as she normally did. Ten minutes later she was unable to find her textbook.Absentmindedness is the most likely explanation for Amber's memory lapse.

Another name for implicit memory is _____ memory.

On September 12, 2001, psychologists Jennifer Talarico andDavid Rubin (2003) had Duke University students complete questionnaires about how they learned about the terroristattacks against the United States on the previous day. For comparison, students also described some ordinary event that had occurred in their lives at about the same time, such asgoing to a sporting event. Students were then randomly assigned to a follow-up session either 1 week, 6 weeks, or 32weeks later. The results indicated that:

An abundance of abnormal structures called beta-amyloidplaques and neurofibrillary tangles are present in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

The number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease is expected to dramatically increase as the "baby boomer"generation reaches age 65 and beyond.

The research of psychologist George Sperling demonstrated that the maximum duration of sensory memory is about 30seconds.

We transform information into a form that can be entered and retained by the memory system. This process is known as:

Repression is motivated forgetting that occurs consciously and involves a deliberate attempt to not think about and remember specific information.

It is estimated that about 5.4 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and that number is expected to dramatically escalate as the first of the "baby boomers" are now reaching age 65.

Mason was absolutely certain that he knew the name of the actress who played the character of Monica on the popular television series Friends, but he could not think of her name.This is an example of:

Backward-acting memory interference is called proactive interference.

Autobiographical memory is closely related to episodic memory and refers to events of your life-your personal life history.

What principle is depicted in the graph?

If you're like most people, you probably don't remember when or where you acquired most of your semantic memories.

A test with multiple-choice questions is an example of using free recall to measure long-term memory.