Exam 7: Memory

You and your husband go to the movies. About 20 minutes into the movie, he asks you who that actress is that just came on the screen and if she is on some television show you watch. You know that you know her name but you just cannot recall it. This illustrates

The ability to correctly identify previously learned information is known as __________ memory.

You are able to remember your two computer passwords because they are the name of the city and state where you were born, which illustrates the use of maintenance rehearsal.

Which of the following can elicit fantasies that are mistaken for real memories?

You are playing a trivia game on the computer when the category of "American Presidents" comes up. Having just taken an exam on this subject, you smile as you read the first question and the correct answer immediately "pops" in your head even before the four answers appear from which you will choose. You are experiencing

Your son buys a used car that has a standard five-speed stick shift. Although you have only driven cars with automatic transmissions in the last several years, you are able to shift the gears in your son's car with relative ease. This ability to still use the clutch and shift gears on your son's car illustrates __________ memory.

Recall is the most accurate test of memory.

Explain the space and time capacities of short-term memory, the effects of chunking and maintenance rehearsal on these capacities, and the best method for moving information from short-term into long-term memory.

Iconic and echoic memories are part of the stage of memory known as __________ memory.

Underlining too much rather than too little in your textbook is an example of

The three processes involved in memory are maintenance, elaboration, and forgetting.

A student will tend to have more retrieval cues to help with redintegration on a test if he or she uses which of the following when studying?

Whenever Garrett tries to remember his new phone number, he keeps getting it mixed up with his old phone number. Garrett's failure to remember his new phone number is probably due to __________ interference.

Five-year-old Jaycee learned her "ABCs" by repeating them over and over again. Jaycee learned the alphabet through

Normally, when you are backing a car, the steering wheel is turned in the direction you want to go, the same as when moving forward. However, when backing a trailer, you must turn the steering wheel away from the direction you want the trailer to go. This situation results in

Explain the differences in mental images and eidetic imagery.

According to patterns of blood flow, procedural memories appear to be stored in the cerebellum and __________.

The fact that one's memory can be influenced by the mood or bodily condition that exists at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval is known as

Whenever you are doing mental arithmetic, planning a meal, or reading a book, you are using __________ memory.

Taking the herb ginkgo biloba or large doses of vitamin E has been shown to significantly improve human memory.