Exam 7: Memory

Every time Darlene and Sam get into an argument, they tend to rehash old issues that come to mind. Which of the following best explains why the memories of previous arguments keep resurfacing?

Which of the following is known as the "truth drug," but which can elicit fantasies that are mistaken for real memories?

If you use flash cards, it would be best to

Which of the following was a characteristic of the memories obtained during the brain stimulation experiments?

In order to remember the muscle name latissimus dorsi, Janie thinks of the term as "the ladder misses the door, sigh." Then she pictures a ladder glued to her back where the muscle is found, and pictures the ladder leading up to her shoulder where a small door should be, but is missing. Lastly, she pictures the ladder sighing like an animated character in a cartoon. Janie has stretched the muscle name and added mental pictures in order to add meaning and make this technical term more familiar. Janie is using the basic principles of

You remember sitting in a circle on the big reading rug in kindergarten while your teacher Mrs. Boyer read The Cat in the Hat to the class. This illustrates __________ memory.

The more you know, the harder it becomes to add new information to long-term memory.

The three basic processes of memory are

Which of the following are among the most powerful retrieval cues for emotional memories?

The reorganization and updating of memories on the basis of logic, reasoning or the addition of new information involves

Multiple choice and matching questions involve measuring memory through

The key idea in redintegration is that

Cindy is a college freshman, taking psychology. She made a D on the first test covering two chapters, and she is trying to figure out what went wrong. She highlights in her book as the teacher lectures, and she got up at 5:00 a.m., studied four hours for the test before she skipped breakfast and went to her first class, which was history, and then took her psychology test. Explain four ways that her study methods are INEFFECTIVE, and provide Cindy with four study tips for improving her encoding and two tips for improving her retrieval of study information.

Sequential lineups in which one photo at a time is shown to the witness can reduce the occurrence of

A common error made by college students is

The three stages of memory are summarized by the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory.

Regarding forgetting, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Long-term potentiation refers to the process in which

Which of the following results from having more elaborate memory networks?

To keep boredom and fatigue to a minimum, it is best to alternate short study sessions with brief rest periods. This pattern of studying is referred to as __________ practice.