Exam 7: Memory

Your textbook author summarizes specific study tips compiled from memory research. These tips include all the following EXCEPT _____.

Loss of memory as a result of brain injury or trauma is called _____.

This is an example of episodic memory.

A clue or prompt that helps stimulate recall of a stored piece of information from long-term memory is called a _____.

With regard to memory, the process of retaining neurally coded information over time is known as _____.

Describe the types of long-term memory storage, illustrating each with a personal example.

_____ theory suggests that we forget things because other information is blocking its storage or retrieval.

_______ rehearsal results in a more lasting memory and promotes the transfer of information to long-term memory compared to _______ rehearsal.

This is an internal record or representation of some prior event or experience.

What is the purpose stated in your text of long-term memory?

According to the three-stage memory model, information must first enter _____ memory and then transfer to _____ memory, then to _____ memory to be retained in our memory systems.

June-bug has Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following is she MOST likely to forget?

Summarize how you can use the following concepts to improve your study habits and exam scores: elaborative rehearsal and retrieval cues.

Someone asks you to name the twenty-second president of the United States, but you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the president's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie. Upon hearing the hint, you instantly realize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the hint acted as a(n) ______.

Maintenance rehearsal allows us to keep information in _____ memory longer than the typical 30 seconds.

Summarize the research and its implications or consequences for eyewitness testimony and repressed memories.

_____ is the process of grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit in order to store more information in _____.

Describe each of the following five theories of forgetting, and include examples to illustrate each: decay theory, interference theory, motivated forgetting, encoding failure, and retrieval failure theory.

With regard to memory, tying shoes requires the use of your _____.

When taking an exam, students often do better with items taken from the first and last of the chapter covered by the exam. This demonstrates _____.