Exam 6: Memory

The type of memory that is most like an encyclopedia or a dictionary is __________ memory.

"Iconic" and "echoic" are to sensory memory as "episodic" and "semantic" are to __________ memory.

In the levels-of-processing model of memory, information that gets processed at a __________ level (such as accessing the meaning of a word or phrase) is more likely to be retained longer and form a stronger memory than information that is processed at a __________ level (such as the visual characteristics of a word).

What we are thinking of at any given moment, or what we commonly know as "consciousness," is __________.

Research has demonstrated you can enhance your memory for a specific word if you think about its meaning, how it can be used, and by giving a personal example of its use. This is best accounted for by which model of memory?

The case of Father Bernard Pagano, who was identified by seven eyewitnesses as a criminal, was an instance of a __________.

Believers in the information-processing model of memory are likely to agree that __________.

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. Which aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

According to the concept of __________, memories are literally "built" from the pieces stored away at encoding.

A visual image held in sensory memory is a(n) __________.

Which of these individuals is the most typical person involved in a case in which memories of past childhood abuse are recalled later in life?

What type of memory stores brief visual images, and for how long are these images stored?

Constructive processing is the process of altering memories of the past so that they are more positive.

Phineas walks out of his office and into the conference room. However, after he leaves his office, he forgets what he was coming into the conference room for. According to the encoding specificity hypothesis, what should Phineas do to regain his lost memory?

Chunking is a means of __________.

Studies have found that the BEST way to overcome the tip of the tongue effect is to __________.

Deciding what information to store and how to represent it is known as __________.

Recalling the definition of long-term memory is an example of __________ memory.

Last week, Jacinda took an abnormal psychology test and did not miss a single question. However, when a guest speaker came to class a week later to talk about schizophrenia, Jacinda had trouble remembering some of the relevant class material. She remembered even less about the topic when she saw a news report on schizophrenia a month later. What memory phenomenon explains what Jacinda is experiencing?

Henry Gustav Molaison, widely known as H.M., was unable to form new declarative memories. He suffered from what psychologists call __________ amnesia.