Exam 7: Memory

According to the serial position effect, to increase the chance that you will be remembered by your host when introduced at a crowded party, you should try to be introduced _____.

_____ interference occurs when old information interferes with the recall of new information.

When you swallow the last bite of a divine piece of chocolate and continue to experience the delightful taste for a bit longer, you are utilizing your _____.

_____ theory suggests that people block memories that could cause pain, threat, or embarrassment.

An essay test requires the use of _____ because you must use very general retrieval cues to search the contents of your LTM.

When you study in long, unbroken intervals of time, you are engaging in _____.

Sleep is important for memory because _____.

Describe how you use encoding, storage, and retrieval in the process of long-term memory; illustrate your answer with examples.

Briefly describe memory impairments for each of the following patients, including a possible explanation for why each is having their memory problem and the duration of the impairment: Janice has retrograde amnesia; Chou has anterograde amnesia; and Teresita has Alzheimer's disease.

In a study of eyewitness testimony, _____ of the participants who observed a "crime in progress" identified innocent people from a group of mugshots an hour later, and _____ identified innocent people from a lineup a week later.

Research shows that speeding up the presentation of a list of words impairs recall of the beginning of the list but not the end. This finding can be interpreted as evidence that ________.

The leading cause of neurological disorders (including memory loss) among Americans between the ages of 15 and 25 is ________.

Why do your teachers want you to distribute your study time evenly across the semester, rather than cram your learning into a few long, unbroken intervals just before exam days?

Tests make you anxious. You forgot there was a test today. Freud might suggest that his theory of _____ applies in this situation.

_____ theory suggests that forgetting is due to a momentary inability to recall permanently stored information due to interference, faulty cues, or emotional states.

Research shows that when people see the NURSE, they respond to a related word such as DOCTOR faster compared to seeing a unrelated word such as READY prior to DOCTOR. This phenomenon is known as __________.

If you learn something while under the influence of caffeine, you recall it better when you are using caffeine again; this is known as ______.

In a computer model of memory, _____ would happen at the keyboard, _____ on the monitor, and _____ on the hard drive.

The method of loci and acronyms are examples of _____.

You are likely to forget your old address once you have learned your new one because of _____ interference.