Exam 7: Memory

Rodney loses his glasses. He searches for them everywhere, but he cannot find them. Later, when he glances into a mirror as he walks by, he realizes that he had been wearing his glasses all along. Rodney's forgetfulness can be termed ________.

Jenna, a 30-year-old, had perfect recall of every date she had ever been out on and the things she had done during those dates. Her memory is not better than most people at recall after short periods of time, but after a month of a personal event, her accuracy and detail of recall are remarkable and far surpass most people. When follow-ups were done, her memories were intact at the 1-year and 10-year follow-ups. This indicated that Jenna has an exceptional ________.

In the context of memory distortion, when is an individual most prone to having his or her memories modified through suggestibility?

In the context of word-recall studies, ________ is the deepest level of processing.

Mahmud remembers riding a horse at a fair when he was a little boy. He remembers how it felt to hold on to the horse's mane as it galloped around. However, this incident never happened. His brother, Salim, is the one who rode the horse. Salim has told the story so many times that Mahmud has developed an elaborate memory of having ridden the horse himself. In this scenario, Mahmud's recollection of an experience he has never had is an example of ________.

In the context of memory and the brain, identify an accurate statement about how prescription stimulants affect memory.

When George was asked the value of pi in his math class, he started thinking what he had learned. To remember this fact, George is relying on his ________.

As part of his theory of how neural connections form and how synaptic connections change, Donald Hebb suggested that ________.

In the context of memory formation, which of the following statements is true of an associative network?

Sierra is 65 years old. She can vividly recall a certain event that took place when she was five years old. It was the day her father had come home for the first time in two years. She remembers running toward him as he walked in through the door wearing army overalls. Though this memory is from long ago, this image of her father is very strong in her mind. In the context of memory formation, Sierra's memory of her father can best be categorized as a(n) ________.

In the context of the serial position effect, the recall for items at the end of a list is known as the ________.

________ is the ability to take in, solidify, store, and then use information.

________ are networks of nerve cells that persist even after stimulation has stopped.

In the same evening, Keith first studied for his sociology exam and then for his psychology exam. When it was time for him to take his sociology exam, all he could remember was psychology material. Keith's forgetting is an example of ________.

Boris is approaching his seventieth birthday. He suffers from a condition where his memories steadily deteriorate. He cannot recall major events in his life, such as the marriage of his son and his wife's death. Boris's symptoms are characteristic of ________.

Which of the following senses lacks its own processing regions?

Electrical stimulation of the brain is technically called ________.

Which of the following is true about effortful processing?

The most solid evidence of the effects of herbs on memory suggests that the ground-up leaves of the ________ tree can be moderately effective in delaying symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

In the late 19th century, Mary Whiton Calkins observed an interesting phenomenon of short-term memory called ________.