Exam 7: Memory

Working with sea snails, Eric Kandel found that when learning took place

Janelle had studied hard for her first psychology test and expected to do well. However, she became frustrated when she got to a question worth a lot of points. She knew she knew the answer, but she couldn't quite remember the information, although the answer came to mind 5 minutes after she had left class. Janelle experienced a memory that was available but not accessible, which illustrates

A common measure of attention and short-term memory is the __________ test.

Extremely traumatic experiences, such as military combat, can result in memories and "flashbacks" that leave a person emotionally handicapped because they produce so much activation in which part of the brain?

Memory loss accompanying electroconvulsive shock probably occurs in part because

People growing senile may become so forgetful that they can't remember what happened a week ago, although they may have vivid memories of trivial and long-forgotten events from the past. This senility is often due to

Consciously forcing painful or anxiety-producing thoughts from one's memory is called

Which of the following can elicit fantasies that are mistaken for real memories?

To prevent becoming nervous and going blank on a test, Miguel continues to study beyond mere mastery of the material. Miguel is using which of the following to improve his memory for taking tests in college?

The basic idea of which of the following involves imposing an artificial organization on material if none is naturally present?

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation, it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had divided their study time in which way?

It is important to use retrieval practice right before the exam in order to cut down on the time during which you must remember details that may be important for the test. This retrieval practice is called

Which of the following methods of measuring memory is being used when a student is required to recite poetry or the lines of a famous play verbatim?

Lasting images that are frozen in memory at times of personal tragedy, accident, or other significant events are called __________ memories.

To keep a phone number active in his mind while looking at his cell phone and dialing it, Greg repeats the number to himself, which illustrates the process of __________ rehearsal.

For most people, the space capacity for short-term memory is 12 items, plus or minus two.

Interference and cue-dependent forgetting are two examples of __________ problems.

When we fill in the gaps in memory with logic, guessing, or new information, we are using

Regarding rehearsal of information, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film, complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since