Exam 7: Key Processes in Memory

When, during a psychology test, you try to remember something your instructor said in class last week, you are using what researchers call

You attended your high school graduation over 20 years ago.You are now trying to recall as much as possible about the graduation ceremonies.Which of the following would be the BEST retrieval cue?

The memory process of retrieval is associated with

The basic process in memory that involves formation of a memory code is

Research demonstrates that the recovered memories of sexual abuse most likely to be corroborated are those that are recovered

In anterograde amnesia,

Which level of processing should result in the longest lasting memory codes?

Ruben and Maya are describing their recent trip to Brazil.They describe all the interesting things they did while they were there, and all the interesting people that they met.In describing their trip, Ruben and Maya are largely relying on their

Tyler witnessed a car accident and heard one of the bystanders casually mention that the driver was probably intoxicated.Even though the driver had not been drinking, and had never crossed the centre line, Tyler tells the police officer who is investigating the accident that the car had been "weaving all over the road".Tyler's faulty recall illustrates

Investigators were asking employees at a construction site what they were doing last Tuesday, at 10:00.Some of the workers were having a difficult time remembering details until the foreman reminded them that the foundations for the building were poured that morning.If the workers are now able to recall details of their actions, the foreman has been able to

Chunking involves

Psychologists who doubt the accuracy of recovered memories of abuse maintain that

The deepest level of processing of information in memory, emphasising the meaning of the information being processed, is

Shayla is able to retain the vocabulary she learned in her first semester Spanish class after the class has ended.The main memory process that accounts for the fact that Shayla can hold information in her memory for extended periods of time is

Research on hypnosis most clearly demonstrates that hypnosis leads subjects to report

When individuals are instructed to divide their attention between a memory encoding task and other tasks, their performance on the encoding task generally shows

According to the notion of semantic networks, which pair of words should be linked most closely?

Your psychology professor asks you for the name of the individual who started the behavioural approach to the study of psychology.To answer this question correctly, you need to rely on your

The reconstructive nature of memory best reflects which of the following unifying themes of your textbook?

____________________ memory involves remembering events from the past or previously learned information.