Exam 6: Memory

Marcella goes to the birthday party of one of her second-grade classmates, which is being held at a fire station. The kids all get to hold the hose and aim it at a fake house to pretend they are fighting a fire. Later, she tells her father, "Daddy, the house was really on fire, and smoke was coming out of it and everything!" The fact that Marcella remembers smoke even though there was none is because of

Luke does not like his roommate's girlfriend, and he keeps forgetting to tell his roommate when she calls. What best explains his actions?

Cicero, an imperial Roman orator, endorsed a mnemonic strategy called the method of loci more than 2,000 years ago; the technique is still one of the most powerful known today. The method of loci involves

Bill tries to think back to his grade school play and remember the songs that they sang. However, he has trouble recalling the songs because those memories have faded with time. This kind of forgetting is called

Greg tries to convince his instructor to give the midterm exam in the same room where the class is held because he read that it would improve his chances of getting a higher score. Greg must have known about

Felicia is studying for her Psych 100 midterm. Because she studied so hard for the quizzes earlier in the semester, she finds it is taking her less time to relearn many of the concepts and terms. The difference between the amount of time it took Felicia to initially learn the material for the quizzes and the amount of time it is taking her to relearn the material for the midterm is known as

Matilda asks Becky, "How was your spring break?" As Becky describes her vacation, she begins to feel guilty because she subconsciously recalls how her parents criticized her for taking a trip instead of getting caught up in her studies. Becky's recollection of her vacation is an example of a(n)__________ memory, and her feeling of guilt is an example of a(n)__________ memory.

In violation of the posted rules, Mahalia was standing in front of the yellow line on the public bus. When the bus made a sudden stop, Mahalia was thrown forward and hit her head on the windshield. Weeks later in the hospital, she had no memory of anything that had happened since the accident. She has most likely experienced an injury to her ________.

If the letters OBACKFIBHJCA are rearranged into HBO-JFK-CIA-ABC, they become much easier to store in short-term memory. This phenomenon illustrates the usefulness of __________ in short-term memory.

Josie is extremely unhappy while she studies for her midterm. When she actually goes to take it, however, she is in a very positive mood. Josie seems to have trouble recalling much of what she so diligently studied. This can be explained by

Perry was the lead singer for a jazz group called John's Prediction, for which he learned lots of jazz songs. After a couple of years, he decided to join a blues group called Petrol for Pinholes, and he learned a number of blues songs. On stage one night he tried to remember a jazz song from John's Prediction and had a lot of trouble. Perry showed evidence of

Raquelle was in an accident that damaged her brain. Now she has lost her memory for all events occurring after her accident. Raquelle's accident has resulted in __________ amnesia.

Bart tells Lisa about his new cat, Scratchy. Even though Bart does not mention that Scratchy has fur, Lisa knows this because she makes this generalization from the facts she knows about cats. Lisa's generalization about Scratchy best demonstrates

Sara is trying to remember the name of the movie in which John Cusack plays a baseball player. She eventually remembers that the name of the movie is Eight Men Out , but she also starts thinking about other John Cusack movies as well as other baseball movies. The fact that Sara also thought about this additional related information is best explained by the __________ model of memory.

Elka can remember the phone number she just looked up only by repeating it over and over. When she stops saying it out loud, she forgets it. Elka is using __________ rehearsal to keep the information in __________ memory.

During a trivia game, Blair is asked a question. The answer is on the tip of his tongue, but he can't come up with it. Which of the following memory processes failed him?

James is going to the store to buy the following items: shampoo, ice cream, bananas, bread, juice, milk, toothpaste, and pretzels. Instead of making a list, he repeats the list over and over to himself and comes home with only the shampoo, ice cream, and bananas. James was using __________ rehearsal and remembered only the first few items on the list due to the __________ effect.

As you read this question, your sensory registers are converting light energy into neural activity, your short-term memory is holding the first part of the question, and your long-term memory is helping you recognize and understand the words. This best supports the __________ model of memory.

Warren is trying to remember the following list: table, rock, phone, and apple. When recalling the list from his short-term memory, he makes a mistake and recalls the wrong word when trying to remember the word rock . Which of the following will most likely be the word that Warren recalls instead of rock?

In one study, students studied nonsense syllables. Then some of these students carried on with normal waking activities and others took a nap. Those who took a nap recalled more syllables, thus illustrating the effect __________ has on learning.