Exam 9: The Knowing Mind: Memory

After class, Anita and Bev make plans to study for their psychology exam together but cannot decide on a time or location. In addition, Anita realizes that she left her phone in her apartment. Anita and Bev agree that it is easiest to meet at Bev's dorm. Bev gives Anita her room number and passcode. Anita likely will be able to retain this information in short-term memory, without additional processing, for ____.

Lillian is cramming for her Latin exam. She must memorize vocabulary for Chapters 3 through 7 in her textbook by tomorrow morning. Which of the following best describes her recall of Chapter 5's vocabulary compared to her friend Deb, who studied each chapter on the individual night assigned?

Semantic or episodic memories that reference the self are called ____ memories.

Former members of a Girl Scout troop have gotten back in touch on Facebook. Verda reminds the others of their camping trip, where it rained for 3 days. Others share their memories of that weekend as well. What is most likely to happen to Verda's memories?

Chunking is the ____.

Anna is called on by her professor to share the definition of long-term potentiation with the class. She states that it is the enhancement of communication between two neurotransmitters resulting from their synchronous activation. Her definition is inaccurate with regard to the use of the term ____.

Will is 10 years old and preparing for a spelling contest. He is starting to memorize the spelling of the word antidisestablishmentarianism . He realizes that he can group the letters into anti, dis, establish, and so forth. This process is called ____.

Allan and Bob are debating the true meaning of the term memory . How does your textbook define this process?

The second stage of the Atkinson‑Shiffrin model holds a small amount of information for a limited time. This is called ____.

The "magic number 7 plus or minus 2" was first identified by psychologist ____.

In most cases, information moves from short-term or working memory to long-term memory through ____.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the definition of the term forgetting ?

The hippocampus ____.

After class, Anita and Bev make plans to study for their psychology exam together but cannot decide on a time or location. In addition, Anita realizes that she left her phone in her apartment. Anita and Bev decide to tell one another their e-mails before running off to their next class, but neither stops to write the information down. They will likely retain this information in sensory memory for ____.

The first stage of the Atkinson‑Shiffrin model involved the retention of large amounts of incoming data for very brief amounts of time. This is called ____.

Jerome's prefrontal cortex was damaged as a result of a skiing accident. He retained his semantic and procedural knowledge of how to drive a standard shift automobile. Jerome would most likely have problems recalling which of the following?

What is reconstruction?

Within the category of declarative memories, far more is known about _______ organization than other types of organization.

The final stage of the Atkinson‑Shiffrin model refers to the location of permanent memories. This is called ____ memory.

The process of forgetting ____.