Exam 9: The Knowing Mind: Memory

Manuel is teaching his 3-year-old son Joey the alphabet song. Joey sings "A B C D J R P X Y Z." This is an example of ____.

Which of the following is one of the most important schemas we have for organizing and remembering what we study?

According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory, information flows through three stages. What illustrates the correct flow of information in this model?

As discussed in your text, Henry Molaison (H. M.)lost extensive tissue in the inner part of both temporal lobes, including the hippocampus and amygdala in both hemispheres. In her research, Brenda Milner found that Molaison could learn a new procedural task, mirror tracing, as well as typical control participants did. However, he could not remember the details of the task. This outcome suggests that ____.

Memory aids that link new information to well-known information are called ____.

In one of Elizabeth Loftus's research experiments, she superimposed real family photos of her study participants onto a picture of a hot air balloon. What was the result?

Jake, a 24-year-old Caucasian man, was caught in a stolen car and taken into the police station for identification. Which of the following lineups would be the fairest for Jake?

Roger is preparing for his final exam in Bioethics . The most difficult type of question for him on the exam, in terms of memory retrieval, will most likely be ____.

Jean has an intense fear of bears, including large teddy bears, and often discusses the topic. She thinks that a bear attacked her in the family's living room when she was young, and that there was a party going on at the same time. Her mother recently found a video of her daughter's fourth birthday party in which her uncle held his gift, a large teddy bear, in front of his face and growled ferociously. This indicates that Jean's memory of the bear attack is likely ____.

The effect of our motivations on our retrieval of memories ____.

Marietta has memorized the capital cities of all 50 states. This is an example of ____ memory.

The reduction in ability to retrieve rarely used information over time is called ____.

In a study by Loftus and Palmer, participants viewed a short video of an automobile accident. One group was asked "About how fast were the cars going when they hit each other?" A second group was asked "About how fast were the cars going when they smashed each other?" One week later, both groups were asked if they recalled seeing glass on the road after the accident (there was no glass on the road in the video). Which of the following statements is true?

Tom was knocked unconscious briefly during a game while playing on his high school's football team. He does not remember much about the immediate circumstances leading to the injury. Why?

Declarative memories are consciously retrieved memories that are easy to verbalize and include ____.

A cue is ____.

Which of the following techniques would be most helpful to Hannah while studying for her Gender and Society exam?

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon reflects that retrieval is a(n)____.

A declarative memory that is accessed in a conscious, direct, and effortful manner is also called a(n)____.

Professor Giles asks his students to write down the first word that come to mind when they see the word fish . Bob writes down sea , James writes down chips , and Angela writes down net . According to the spreading activation theory, this result ___.