Exam 9: The Knowing Mind Memory

Jean has an intense fear of alligators, including large stuffed alligators and often discusses the topic. She thinks that an alligator attacked her during a family picnic when she was young. Her mother recently found a video of her daughter's fourth birthday picnic in the park in which her uncle held his gift, a large stuffed alligator, in front of his face and growled ferociously. This indicates that Jean's memory of the alligator attack is likely

Which of the following techniques would be most helpful to Jane while studying for her Women's American Literature exam?

As Harry walks out of the supermarket, he sees his parked car get hit by another car. He tries to memorize the make, model, and license plate number of the other car. According to Baddeley's model, he is using his working memory's

What is the basis for the effectiveness of the method of loci?

Which of the following describes how learning changes neural structure?

Both brains and computers have the ability to store memories, with one critical difference. What is this difference?

A graph of the serial position effect, where the likelihood of recall of an item is plotted as a function of the item's position in a list during presentation, takes the shape of a(n)

Martin has a very stunning memory of virtually everything that has happened to him since he was 4 years of age. He remembers the weather on his 6th birthday, the baseball card he got when he was 11 years old, and the color of the eyes of the girl who sat next to him in his sixth grade classroom. Martin remembers all of these details despite the fact that he is 53 years of age. Martin has a condition called

Carlos asks Laura to write down the login and password for the collaboration website they are using to work on a research paper together. He promptly loses the slip of paper. However, he finds that he still remembers them both. This is possible because

In a study by Loftus and Palmer, participants viewed a short video of an automobile accident. One group was asked "How fast was the white sports car going while traveling along the country road?" A second group was asked, "How fast was the white sports car going when it passed the barn while traveling along the country road?" One week later, both groups were asked if they recalled seeing a barn (there was no barn in the video). Which of the following statements is true?

The NMDA receptor, a prime candidate for learning-related changes such as those observed in long-term potentiation, is a type of

Chunking is the

Gregory was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which produces degeneration in the basal ganglia. He likely will experience increasing difficulty with learning new _____ memories.

Tom often smokes while studying in his apartment. Of course, he cannot smoke during his exams. This may make retrieval of the material more difficult because of

Which of the following is a nondeclarative memory?

Out of all cases in which an innocent person has been cleared of a crime due to DNA evidence, how many involved mistaken identification of the perpetrator by an eyewitness?

The "magic number 7 plus or minus 2" refers to the

As discussed in your text, Henry Molaison (H.M.) lost extensive tissue in the inner part of both temporal lobes in both hemispheres. The type of declarative memory problems experienced by Molaison is frequently produced by damage to the

A classic method of savings involves measuring the retention of material in long-term memory over time by

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