Exam 8: Memory

Auditory memory, visual-spatial memory, and a control process called the central executive are all components of

In terms of witnesses' identifications of possible perpetrators, identifications based on auditory cues alone (e.g., voice) tend to be

In what ways is memory like an information-processing system?

The approach that suggests that a pattern of node activation is associated with each concept in memory is called ________________ networks.

Imagine that you have studied for an exam in a quiet environment and your physiological arousal has been low while you were studying. If on the day of the exam, you were given the test in a quiet environment and your physiological arousal remained low, the concept of state-dependent memory would predict that your recall would be ________________ and the concept of context-dependent memory would predict that your recall would _________________.

According to the psychologist Alan Baddeley, working memory is divided into which of the following four components?

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. Although you hadn't thought about it since watching it with them, the next time you hang out with that same friend you find yourself thinking about the plot of Toy Story 4. What could potentially explain memories related to that movie coming to mind more easily in this example?

According to the neural network theory of memory, each concept is represented

Studies of learning and memory mechanisms in such animals as marine mollusks and insects have not led to better understandings of the mechanisms important for learning and memory in mammals because mammals are much more sophisticated in terms of memory and learning than are lesser evolved animals.

A study of flashbulb memories for the space shuttle Challenger disaster by Ulric Neisser and Nicole Harsch (1993) revealed that three years after the event ____________.

A psychology student is playing a memory game with some friends, seeing ten displayed items for a few seconds, and then recalling the names of the items. When it is the student's turn to recall the items, the student is unable to recall three of the ten items. Which memory system did the three unrecalled items not go past?

Your textbook quotes the plot of "City Lights", a film made by Charlie Chaplin. This film plot is an example that illustrate which type of memory?

Forgetting occurs because the presumed memory traces are thought to fade away with time and disuse according to the _____________.

Which of the following statements regarding Alzheimer's disease is true?

Dr. Loftus is running an experiment looking at declarative memory. You are not sure exactly what she is looking at, but it could be either

If you suddenly lost your procedural memory, which of the following would you no longer be able to do?

Automatic processing refers to incidental information that gets stored in memory, while the encoding of memories that are intentionally initiated and occur through conscious attention is called ___________.

Faulty source monitoring refers to

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

Flashbulb memories are often vivid and easy to remember and research has shown that they are frequently __________.