Exam 6: Memory

The effectiveness of retrieval cues depends on the extent to which they ____. ​

Buster is hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he is new in town, he doesn't have the number memorized. He looks up the number and repeats it to himself as he goes to the phone. This helps the number stay in Buster's ____ memory. ​

Last week, Darrel memorized a poem. Now his roommate tells him that he has memorized one word incorrectly. However, Darrel has memorized the incorrect version so well that he has difficulty learning and remembering the correct word. This best illustrates ____. ​

Aliens abducted Wally and destroyed his capacity to form any new episodic memories. In other words, they damaged Wally's ____, causing ____ amnesia. ​

Curly and Moe are questioned by the police about a car accident they witnessed just a couple of hours ago. Curly is asked how fast the Ford was going when it smashed into the stop sign. Moe is asked how fast the Ford was going when it hit the sign. All else being equal, Moe will most likely remember that the Ford was going ____. ​

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information? ​

Remembering a list of twenty-eight ingredients that you need to cook a special meal can be done without writing them all down. One way to accomplish this would be to chunk the ingredients into four categories of seven meaningfully related items. This process of chunking requires the operation of ____. ​

Jerry and Tommy both studied for exactly ten hours each to get ready for the psychology midterm exam. Jerry studied for the ten hours immediately preceding the midterm. Tommy studied for one hour per day on each of the ten days immediately preceding the midterm. Based on this information only, how should Jerry and Tommy do on the exam? ​

Today it is Joe's turn to pick up lunch for the staff at his office. Things are particularly busy, and Joe doesn't have time to write down each person's order. Instead, he tries to remember their orders by repeating to himself over and over "three buster burgers, one chicken club, two waffle fries, and a strawberry sundae" while he waits in the line at Fred's Burger Barn. Joe's memory strategy is called ____. ​

The concept of selective attention is best demonstrated in which example? ​

If Greta is having an essay exam, she studies one way. If she is having a multiple-choice exam, she studies a different way. Greta's actions best support the ____ model of memory. ​

Trevor is in a car accident and receives a fairly serious head injury. Although he can remember his name and can recognize his twelve cats, he is unable to remember anything that has happened since the accident. Trevor is experiencing ____ amnesia. ​

When asked to describe an examination room at his doctor's office, John seemed to do an accurate job. However, he included a framed medical degree on the wall that in fact was not there. This is an illustration of ____. ​

Assuming that the students below studied only at the times described and that all other things (intelligence, motivation, previous knowledge of psychology)are equal, who is most likely to do the best on this exam? ​

Jamie has had her hippocampus removed and cannot form new memories. Since the surgery, she spends time taking tennis lessons, although she can never remember the lessons afterwards them. After a month of lessons, her tennis ability will ____. ​

Greg tries to convince his instructor to give a midterm exam in the same room where the class is held because he read that it will improve his chances of getting a higher score. Greg must know about ____. ​

You decide that instead of writing down your grocery list, you want to try out one of the mnemonic strategies you read about in your textbook. To that end, you try to associate each item on the list with a different room in your house. Which mnemonic strategy are you using? ​

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh is able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of ____. ​

An elderly professor of ichthyology (study of fish)once explained why he doesn't like to learn his students' names. Every time he learns a new name, he forget a name of a fish. Which concept or theory best describes this phenomenon? ​

Your friend is ordering pizza and wants to know which toppings you want. You say "pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, olives, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and pineapple." Your friend doesn't write this down but then dials the pizza place and places the order. Which topping is your friend most likely to forget? ​