Exam 9: Memory

This part of the modal model of memory is considered to have an unlimited capacity.

This type of implicit memory refers to the way that a person's performance of certain tasks can improve without his or her awareness merely as a result of previous exposure to the task

This perspective of memory research views memory as a group of mechanisms and systems that encode, store, and retrieve information.

The false memories that Ceci and colleagues elicited in the laboratory particularly affect this type of memory

_________memory is implicit memory for skills involving motor coordination

Working memory is a way of looking at what happens in short-term memory when information is manipulated or processed

When we first perceive an object, it enters into consciousness as a part of this memory process.

Cases of amnesia that selectively target episodic memory, while leaving semantic memory functional, support the view that

These kinds of long-term memories are our autobiographical memories

If you believe that you have accurate episodic memories of events prior to your fourth birthday, you are probably basing your belief on

If you make a list of items to buy at the grocery store but forget your list at home, you will probably be able to remember the first few items on the list as an example of this serial position effect

Which of the following statements is NOT a valid conclusion from memory research on eyewitness testimony?

_________is the process of 'translating' sensory information and thoughts into a form that can be stored as a memory

__________generally results from damage to the hippocampus and surrounding tissue of the temporal lobe.

This retrieval phenomenon works when mood and other psychological states, including drug-induced changes in consciousness, act as retrieval cues

Persistence takes place when we recall past events in a way that enhances one's current view of oneself

Memory span refers to the fact that sensory memory has a(n)

Which of the following best captures the phenomenon known as context-dependent memory?

Witness memory is more accurate when there is violence or a weapon present

_________of _________is the framework for understanding memory processes originated by Craik and Lockhart.