Exam 7: Memory

This is an example of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

Kelsey suffers from _____ amnesia because he cannot remember the events that led up to the motorcycle accident that injured his brain.

James uses the _____ mnemonic device for remembering that the names of the Great Lakes start with the letters in HOMES.

Prior exposure to a stimulus that facilitates or inhibits the processing of new information even when there is no conscious memory of the exposure is called _____.

In the three-stage memory model, which of the following is the CORRECT memory pathway?

Loss of memory for events before an injury is called _____ amnesia.

Research shows that when people are presented an irrelevant distractor stimulus at the end of a word list they must recall, it impairs their ability to recall the last item on the list compared to a control group to whom there was no distractor stimulus. This finding is evidence for which theory of forgetting?

_____ theory suggests that memory is like any other biological process that deteriorates over time.

Generating personal examples of a concept, expanding on information, actively questioning new information, and looking for meaningfulness are all methods of _____ rehearsal.

Forgetting the actual origination of a memory is called _____.

_____ devices improve memory by encoding items in a special way.

Memory is a _____________ that includes the organization and shaping of information by processing, storage, and retrieval of information.

Yu-Wai just met a woman he feels attracted to. He keeps saying her name over and over to himself to make sure he doesn't forget it. Yu-Wai is using _____ to keep this woman's name in _____ memory.

According to research, eyewitnesses generally report _____ confidence in the accuracy of their inaccurate memories.

Although repression, as a defense mechanism, is highly accepted as possible in psychology, the concept of repressed memories of _____, and their storage in the unconscious mind, is highly questioned.

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

This is the subsystem within long-term memory that consciously stores facts, information, and personal life experiences.

This memory stage stores an almost limitless amount of information for a nearly permanent length of time.

Relearning is the process of learning material _____, which usually takes _____ time than original learning.

Studying information even after you think you already know it _____.