Exam 6: Memory

Karim has brain surgery to alleviate his severe epilepsy, but during his recovery, it is found that he can form no new explicit memories. Which brain structure has apparently been damaged?

Tami lights a sparkler and hands it to her young son, Jacob. She tells Jacob to write his name in the air with the sparkler. She can see this "writing" after he manipulates the sparkler in front of him because the light from the sparkler is briefly held in her __________ memory.

"The best Fighting Illini basketball game I ever went to was against Michigan State, back in 1998," said Brent. "There was a fight, and our guys won by about 20 points." Brent's recollection is an example of a(n)__________ memory.

You used to dial the phone number to the Tribune 's Sport Score Hotline every day, but for the last six months, you have called the Sun-Times 's Sports Line. Now you can't remember the Tribune 's number. This is probably due to __________ inhibition.

Last semester, Raul studied abroad in Spain. When his history teacher began lecturing on Spain, many of Raul's memories were simultaneously activated: bull fights, tasty sangria, and flamenco dancers. This example best illustrates the __________ model of memory.

Using what you've learned about memory processes, how would you advise a student who hasn't taken psychology how to study textbook material for an examination?

In a freak accident, Neeley damaged her frontal cortex and was unable to remember anything that took place months before the accident. Neeley is suffering from

Before he goes to the supermarket, Stanley imagines the items that he needs by thinking about them in their various locations in the store. That way he can get everything he needs in one area before moving on to the next. Stanley is using a mnemonic called

You give your friend instructions about what to buy for a party by quickly rattling off fifteen unrelated grocery store items. Then to check whether your friend got all the information, you ask him to repeat the grocery list back to you. Based on the "magic number" identified by George Miller, you should expect that your friend will recall about __________ items.

Newt was delivering a speech prepared by his aide to a large gathering of people. Because he was running late and hadn't memorized any of the speech, none of it was committed to his long-term memory. After looking at the speech, what would be the longest amount of time that he could talk directly from the speech without looking down before he'd lose all of the information?

Stuart is trying to remember the word car . If he makes a mistake in recalling the word within fifteen seconds of hearing it, which of the following words would he be most likely to mistakenly recall instead?

Of the following, the least effective strategy for reading the text for any of your courses would be to

Phan just moved to a new town and is having trouble remembering his new phone number. When someone asks for his new number, Phan usually provides the old one. Phan's forgetfulness is probably due to

The variable that largely determines whether information is moved from the sensory registers to short-term memory is

Jamie has had her hippocampus removed and cannot form new memories. Since the surgery, she spends time taking tennis lessons, although she can never remember the lessons after she has them. After a month of lessons, her tennis ability will

In the process of learning the specific techniques of his job, Arlen will need to keep this new information in his memory for a long time. This part of the memory process is known as

The three basic processes of memory are

Missa, your psychology instructor, places a basketball net upon her head. She says, "See how when I pull this part of the net, all of the links in the net closest to this point are being pulled farther along. And this part of the net isn't even moving." Missa's demonstration highlights how __________ works within a __________.

The most effective way to take lecture notes is to

The night before his economics exam, Rahesh spent eight consecutive hours studying for the test. This was necessary because he had not reviewed any of the material for the previous three weeks. Memory experts would refer to this as ________ practice.