Exam 6: Memory

Professor LePeu arranges for his class to take their French 100 midterm exam in the classroom where they learned the material in the first place, because he has read that this will improve his students' retrieval of information, a phenomenon known as ____. ​

Jenna is serving on a jury. A witness has just identified the defendant as the person who committed the crime. Having read the Linkages section of the memory chapter, Jenna knows she can have confidence in the identification if the witness ____. ​

You give your friend instructions about what to buy for a party by quickly rattling off fifteen unrelated grocery store items. Then to check whether your friend got all the information, you ask him to repeat the grocery list back to you. You should expect that your friend will recall about ____ items. ​

Which example best illustrates spreading activation at work? ​

Your friend tells you that she just bought a cat. You naturally assume that your friend means that she bought a housecat rather than a lion or a tiger. This is an illustration of ____. ​

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This means that Lorenzo has ____. ​

Melvin got a new phone number at the beginning of the semester. At first, he repeated it to himself numerous times to remember it, but by the end of the semester, he easily remembers it. When he was holding the number in short-term memory at the beginning, the information is most likely ____, and once it is in his long-term memory, it is ____. ​

Howard's hippocampus was destroyed. When you meet Howard, you teach him to play tic-tac-toe (which he has never played before). When you return to see Howard the next day, which of the following is most likely occur? (Assume that you explain the rules of tick-tack-toe to Howard again regardless of whether he recognizes you or the game.)

Jane is trying to remember the order in which stars are classed by heat for her astronomy class. Suppose that instead of just trying to remember the sequence of letters (OBAFGKM), she comes up with the mnemonic of "Oh Be A Fine Guy, Kiss Me". The ____ model of memory suggests that she should remember the ordering better. ​

Matilda asks Becky, "How was your spring break?" As Becky describes her vacation, she begins to feel guilty because she subconsciously recalls how her parents criticized her for taking a trip instead of getting caught up in her studies. Becky's recollection of her vacation is an example of a(n)____ memory, and her feeling of guilt is an example of a(n)____ memory. ​

You used to dial the phone number to the Tribune 's Sport Score Hot Line every day, but for the last six months, you have called the Sun-Times 's Sports Line. Now you can't remember the Tribune 's number. This is probably due to ____ inhibition. ​

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She finds that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they are considered important games. This example highlights that ____.

Karim has brain surgery to alleviate his severe epilepsy, but during his recovery, it is found that he can form no new explicit memories. Which brain structure has apparently been damaged? ​

Suppose you overhear a juicy rumor one night when you are drunk at a bar but cannot recall it the next day when you are sober. This illustrates ____. ​

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called ____.

Felicia is a witness in a traffic accident court case. When asked by the attorney to describe what she witnessed, Felicia tells her perspective as she saw it unfold. Felicia's memories of the accident are considered ____ memories. ​

Polina participates in a short-term memory experiment. The experimenter reads aloud a list of twenty objects, and Polina has to mentally rate how effective each object would be if she was stranded on a deserted island. The experimenter then asks her to count backwards by threes from one hundred. This task, known as ____, ensures that Polina does not rehearse the information to keep it in her short-term memory. ​

Janis is at the mall when she sees a bright pink hat with flowers on it. Suddenly, Janis feels anxious, upset, and frightened, but she does not understand why. What Janis subconsciously remembers is that when she was five years old, she wore a similar hat to school, and everyone laughed and threw rocks at her. This scenario is an example of a(n)____ memory. ​

While studying diligently for his midterm, Raoul consumes massive quantities of sugar by drinking Rush cola and eating Grandma's cookies. The day of the midterm examination, Raoul is careful to eat nutritious, low-sugar foods and drink lots of milk and water. During the exam, Raoul has trouble recalling what he has studied. This can best be explained by ____. ​

The semantic memory network theory says that ____. ​