Exam 6: Memory

Discuss the use of gingko biloba to help improve memory functioning and the use of coconut oil and fish oil to help treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

Felisha can recall with great detail the day of her wedding and all that occurred. What might psychologists say about these particular flashbulb memories?

Encoding specificity refers to __________.

Early studies of the capacity of short-term memory suggested that most people could remember approximately __________ bits of information.

Information is grouped for storage in short-term memory through what process?

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology. The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person. If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus, what contribution might you describe to the class?

Information is simultaneously stored across a series of mental networks "stretched" across the brain in the __________.

Bits of information are combined into meaningful units so that more information can be held in short-term memory through the process of __________.

What is false memory syndrome? Provide some details about how it most frequently occurs.

In which of the following ways are sensory memory and long-term memory similar?

A key component for any person to believe that a false event is in fact true is to make sure that the false information is __________.

Santiago is 70 years old and had a stroke last year. He is now unable to remember how to get to and return from his new doctor's office using a specific route. What brain structure was potentially damaged by Santiago's stroke?

When the sound of a word is the aspect that cannot be retrieved, leaving only the feeling of knowing the word without the ability to pronounce it, this is known as __________.

What is one of the real-world uses of iconic storage?

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called __________.

The items on this test illustrate which method of testing memory?

In Loftus's 1978 study, participants viewed a slide presentation of an accident. Later, some of the participants were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign. When presented with this inaccurate information, how did these participants typically respond?

Godden and Baddeley found that if you study on land, you do better when tested on land, and if you study underwater, you do better when tested underwater. This finding is an example of __________.

According to Sperling, what is the capacity of iconic memory?

Long-term memory is thought to be organized in the form of __________.