Exam 7: Attention and Memory

It could be argued that change blindness is adaptive because it:

Yesterday you taught your dog to crawl across the floor while barking.If the dog is to perform this fabulous trick tomorrow,then he will need to _____ the trick,then _____ the trick,then _____ the trick.

Memory researchers often ask participants in their studies to try to remember lists of words.Which of the following statements is a finding from these kinds of studies?

Cognitive structures that help us perceive,organize,process,and use information are referred to as:

Scientists have developed a new drug that leaves your current memory intact,but people who take the drug can no longer learn new information.This drug produces:

Shannon has a biology exam next week.To be sure that she really knows the material,she should:

Jacob has to write an essay for his college writing class and decides to write about a boy who makes a boat from popsicle sticks and sails it every day.When his teacher reads the essay,she realizes that Jacob got the idea from a popular book.Jacob denies knowing about the story from a book and honestly believes he thought of it himself.He is most likely suffering from:

Your best friend's favorite hamster died while you and a new neighbor were there.The most vivid memory of the event will be _____ because _____.

Fayd is studying for his English literature exam.For each novel he has read for the course,he tries to think of how the novel relates to his own life.This activity requires that he really think about the themes and characters in the book.Fayd is using the mnemonic strategy of:

People usually remember how many days there are in the months of September,October,and May by using:

People often maintain stereotypes about groups even after they have met individuals who contradict the stereotype.Given the phenomenon of memory bias,what might one reason be that a stereotype does not change with new information?

Yu-sheng,Jocelyn,and Juan are in three different introductory anthropology classes.Yu-sheng's class takes a multiple-choice midterm.Jocelyn's class takes a short-answer midterm.Juan's class takes an essay midterm.Which student(s)take(s)the midterm that requires the greatest depth of processing?

Harry was reading the textbook for his potions class and was trying to relate the material to his own experiences.According to the levels of processing model of memory,this would be considered:

A psychologist who agreed with associative network theories would suggest that the best way to set up a computer hard drive to mimic human memory would be to organize the information into:

Karl's grandmother,who came from Poland,died when he was three.He can remember very little about her.In fact,he has no conscious memories of the wonderful Polish food she used to cook.One day,Karl walks by a Polish restaurant and is flooded with memories of his grandmother.The food served as a _____ for Karl's memories of his grandmother.

When Rhuju walks past the chemistry building,she remembers that she has a lab report due the next day.The chemistry building served as a _____ that _____ triggered her prospective memory.

On the bus last week,Kyohei heard two women talking about someone named Enisa for the entire 30 minutes of the trip.Today,the woman sitting next to Kyohei in class told her friend that Enisa was coming.Kyohei assumed that Enisa was someone famous and wondered why she did not know her.Kyohei is experiencing the:

The brain is selective about the information that gets stored in long-term memory.This selectivity may be evolutionarily advantageous because:

Asking an eyewitnesses how tall or how short the suspect was could result in:

People are especially bad eyewitnesses when: