Exam 6: Attention and Memory

Which of the following beliefs about memory is not characteristic of older adults?

____________, which often accompanies long-term alcoholism, involves major loss of recent memory and sometimes a total inability to form new memories.

What impact does memory self-efficacy have on older adults' memory performance?

Brushing your teeth is not something you tend to think consciously about.Remembering how to do it is an example of ____________ memory.

This type of memory stays fairly stable until 55-60 years of age and then shows a precipitous decline after age 65.

The amount of information that can be processed at any given time is called the

Most of the tasks involving deliberate memory, such as learning words on a list, require_________ .

One way to distinguish normal from abnormal memory changes is to ask whether the changes disrupt a person's ability to _________________.

Do negative stereotypes about aging have any impact on older adults' memory performance?

Trying to complete two tasks at one time requires which type of attention?

Research evidence indicates that the oldest adults have more irrelevant thoughts during processing tasks and have more trouble keeping these irrelevant thoughts out of mind.This is evidence of

Most evidence indicates

When first learning to drive a manual transmission car, we are often aware of our processing and it seems to take all of our attention to coordinate our actions.This is an example of

Summarize the findings concerning age-related changes in divided attention.

Identifying the correct information from a larger list of information is an example of

Age-related decline in _________ working memory tends to be greater than the decline in________ working memory.

Identify and provide an example of an external memory aid.

If 47­year­old Matt can remember the poem he memorized in Mrs.Smith's 2nd grade class, Matt is using what type of memory for this task?

A brain autopsy following the suicide of former NFL player Dave Duerson revealed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) caused by repeated __________ .

Memory aids that rely on environmental resources, such as notebooks or calendars, are known as