Exam 5: Memory

Retrieval is defined as:

Which statement is FALSE about long-term depression as it relates to the biological basis of memory?

Which statement BEST explains why the spacing effect makes sense for improving test performance?

Based on findings from research that has been conducted on the serial position effect and food preferences, if you were competing against 25 people in a food taste-test contest, you would ideally want your dish to be:

People with schizophrenia typically show considerably low levels of _____ memory but normal levels of _____ memory.

At the end of college football season, your buddy says, "I knew Clemson was going to win the national football championship all along. I said it from the start!" You remember otherwise and reply, "Uh, no, for the first couple months of the season, you predicted that Alabama would be national champions!" You are calling your friend out on his:

A retrieval cue is BEST described as:

You are taking both a Spanish and a French course this summer. As you study the vocabulary words for your French test, you begin to realize that the French words are disrupting your memory for the Spanish vocabulary words you studied previously. This is an example of:

The fading or loss of information from memory due to the passage of time is called:

"There is a picture of George Washington on the quarter. In which direction does he face?" When asked this question, people often remember incorrectly. Which type of memory mistake does this reflect?

A group of researchers found that participants were more likely to correctly recognize a particular person in a photo and say the name of actor Brad Pitt when they had previously been asked a question about the inner part of a cherry or plum (i.e., pit), compared to those participants who were asked a question about something unrelated to his name. These research findings suggest that _____ can increase the likelihood of recalling certain memories.

_____ is a type of effortful processing where pieces of information are grouped together in a meaningful way to boost memory.

Imagine that a person gets into a skiing accident, sustains a head injury, and loses memory. Describe amnesia and discuss what symptoms this person would likely experience if he/she were to suffer from retrograde amnesia versus anterograde amnesia.