Exam 7: Memory

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of people with photographic memories?

Research on the effectiveness of hypnosis in solving crimes found that

In order for a memory to be useful, it must be

Although Jordan practiced the poem several times, when he performed in front of his English class, he remembered the beginning and the end but forgot the middle. This pattern of forgetting illustrates the __________ effect.

Justin plays drums for a local hard rock band. When a country and western band asks Justin to fill in for their drummer, Justin initially has some difficulty adjusting to this new band's tempo since he is so used to the timing of his own band's "beat." This initial difficulty in adjusting to the new "beat" is best explained by

If two or more interconnected brain cells become more active at the same time, the connections between them grow stronger through a process known as __________.

Information in long-term memory is typically arranged in all of the following EXCEPT

When you need information stored in computer files, you select the file and open it. When you need information from your long-term memory, you utilize the memory process known as

If the hippocampus is damaged, patients usually show a striking inability to consolidate new memories, a condition known as

Memories which can be located and retrieved refers to the memories

When we fill in the gaps in memory with logic, guessing, or new information, we are using

Which type of memory would be used to answer this multiple choice question?

Which of the following would be considered an episodic memory?

On the reading comprehension test, a student reads a sentence and then the examiner turns the page and asks the student to select which picture out of four best illustrates what he or she read. The student's memory for what was read is being tested using

Information is initially converted into a form that can be retained, with this conversion part of the memory process being known as ___________.

Your long-time friend asks you several questions about a former classmate that you "bumped into" while on vacation. Although you talked to this old classmate for over an hour and know that she told you the name of the town in which she and her family are now living, you can't seem to retrieve the name of the town at this moment in time. This is an example of when a memory is

When discussing the relationship between short-term and long-term memory, the authors of your textbook use the analogy of long-term memory being like a

Research shows that people who learned a list of words while in a happy mood recalled them better when they were again happy. People who learned the list while sad remembered best when they were sad. This illustrates

Which of the following ways of measuring memory involves supplying or reproducing memorized information with a minimum of external cues?

The ability to predict beforehand whether one will be able to remember something is called