Exam 8: Memory

Discuss the functions of the following brain regions with regard to human memory: the hippocampus, the cerebral cortex, the amygdala, and the cerebellum.

Do people ever forget traumatic personal events? Why are recovered memories and repression controversial topics?

The activation of one concept in an associative network can trigger the activation of another related concept. This is referred to as

Research has revealed that flashbulb memories are not as accurate as people usually think they are.

Let's say that you are working on a drug to prevent memories from being formed. If so, you are likely to target

Implicit memories are defined as memories ____________.

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

Jacobsen (1935) demonstrated that damage to the ___________ of nonhuman primates resulted in an inability to remember the location of hidden food after a brief delay.

The results of Hermann Ebbinghaus's research on forgetting revealed that forgetting tended to occur rapidly at first and then slowed down noticeably thereafter.

The notion of parallel processing is most strongly associated with _____________.

Let's say that you are working on a drug to prevent memories from being formed. If so, you are likely to target

Based on case studies and clinical experience, most therapists believe that repression is a valid concept, while many researchers in academic environments argue that the forgetting of traumatic events may be due to ______________________.

Retroactive interference occurs when newly acquired information interferes with our ability to recall information that was learned at an earlier time.

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

A new restaurant was opening and Alice and Anne were hired to proofread the menu before it went to press. Alice reviewed each page, looking for mistakes in capitalization while Anne read the menu for comprehension. Both spent exactly one hour on the process before declaring the menu ready for print. Later that evening, their mother asked them what kinds of items were on the menu and Anne was able to remember more than her sister because she engaged in ________ processing.

What are schemas and how are they related to expert knowledge. Illustrate their relation by discussing the research conducted with novice and expert chess players.

Let's say that you and your friends are playing a board game where you have to answer questions. It's your turn and the question is, "What's the capital of Turkey?" To answer this correctly, you must access your

You're watching one movie with a friend (Toy Story 4) and start thinking about another (The Matrix). You reference something from The Matrix and your friend tells you they were just thinking about that same movie. Your friend asks if you think it was just a coincidence that you were both thinking about the Matrix while watching another movie or whether there might be a logical explanation. After discussing some ideas, you realize that the connection may have had something to do with the fact one actor (Keanu Reeves) is in both movies. What concept could potentially explain why you were both thinking about the Matrix while watching Toy Story 4?

Yesterday, Colleen went to an interesting lecture. She didn't take notes, because she isn't going to be tested on the lecture. Though she made no effort to memorize any of the information the speaker presented, she is able to repeat a great deal of it to a friend. How did the information get into her long-term memory?

Define and discriminate between an associative network model and a neural network model of memory. What is meant by the term "priming" and to which of these two models does it apply? Explain how each model would account for the appearance of a particular word in the mind.