Exam 6: Memory

Which of the following would least help you to learn all of the material in a textbook chapter?

Frank was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity when he graduated from college in 1995. Twenty years later, he is telling his wife about his fraternity days, but he cannot remember one of his brothers' name. "I can see his face in my mind, but I just can't remember his name," Frank says. He is experiencing the ________.

Tanya and Brad are roommates studying for a psychology midterm exam. Tanya is careful to read her textbook at an even pace, but Brad keeps stopping and rereading when there is something he doesn't quite grasp. Which of the following is true?

Even though Samantha cannot explain how she is able to wiggle her nose, she always remembers how to do it. Samantha's memory for her nose wiggling is an example of __________ memory.

Short-term memory can store __________ item(s), and the duration of storage is __________.

As Minna smelled the hay and manure in the barn, she began to feel uneasy. Although she wasn't consciously aware of it, she was recalling the night that she was at the circus and was nearly stepped on by an elephant. This is an example of __________ memory.

Buster was hungry for a Garcia's pizza. Because he was new in town, he didn't have the number memorized. He looked up the number and repeated it to himself as he went to the phone. This helped the number stay in Buster's __________ memory.

The concept of selective attention is best demonstrated in which of the following examples?

Rose needs to remember how to get to a new friend's house. If she does not remember how to get there, what could have gone wrong with her memory system? Answer the question by describing the three basic memory processes.

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called

Al is on the witness stand. He is asked if he can remember the name of the person who told him to place the bet. Al replies that he thinks the last name of the person starts with C . Al gets visibly frustrated and says, "I know this but I can't think of it right now." Al's response is an example of

Valerie is teaching Parker how to play the guitar. Valerie instructs Parker to sit across from her and watch her finger movements as she plays a song. She has found this method more effective than attempting to verbally explain the complicated series of finger movements. Valerie's teaching strategy indicates that her memory of how to play the guitar is stored as a(n)__________ memory.

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This means that Lorenzo has

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences, Mrugesh was able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones. This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of

Thirty years ago, it took Margie ten hours to learn how to ride a bike. She has not ridden a bike since then. Now she is relearning how to ride a bike, but this time it takes her only five hours. Because it took her less time to relearn the skill than it took to learn it initially, Margie is demonstrating

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

In the PQ4R method discussed in the textbook, what does P stand for?

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season. She found that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes, even when they were considered important games. This example highlights that

Brando is applying for a doctoral internship, and he is going to interview on the same day as seven other applicants. If he wants to take advantage of the primacy effect, what should he attempt to do?

Short-term memory is also frequently referred to as ________ memory.