Exam 5: Memory

Lorenzo has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.This means that Lorenzo has ____.

Janis is at the mall when she sees a bright pink hat with flowers on it.Suddenly,Janis feels anxious,upset,and frightened,but she does not understand why.What Janis subconsciously remembers is that when she was five years old,she wore a similar hat to school,and everyone laughed and threw rocks at her.This scenario is an example of a(n)____ memory.

Caden can remember quite vividly the first time his dad took him out to learn how to ride a bike because he didn't use training wheels and took a nasty spill,scraping his knee badly.This would best be described as a(n)____ memory.

Curly and Moe are questioned by the police about a car accident they witnessed just a couple of hours ago.Curly is asked how fast the Ford was going when it smashed into the stop sign.Moe is asked how fast the Ford was going when it hit the sign.All else being equal,Moe will most likely remember that the Ford was going ____.

During a trivia game,Blair is asked a question.The answer is on the tip of his tongue,but he can't come up with it.Which memory process failed him?

Lester is testifying against a person accused of robbery.Lester recalls with precise detail the number of people in the bank and what they looked like,the weather outside,and the song playing on the radio.He also provides details about the bank robbery itself.If you are a juror,you should ____.

Jenna is serving on a jury.A witness has just identified the defendant as the person who committed the crime.Having read the Linkages section of the memory chapter,Jenna knows she can have confidence in the identification if the witness ____.

Long-term memory is normally capable of retaining how many pieces of information?

Luke does not like his roommate's girlfriend,and he keeps forgetting to tell his roommate when the girlfriend calls their land line.Which concept best explains his actions?

When asked to recall the past two years and report all of his positive and negative experiences,Mrugesh is able to accurately recall a much higher number of the positive memories than the negative ones.This outcome is consistent with research on the topic of ____.

Alexis is in a courtroom as an eyewitness to a crime.Alexis ____.

Greg tries to convince his instructor to give a midterm exam in the same room where the class is held because he read that it will improve his chances of getting a higher score.Greg must know about ____.

Tanya and Brad are roommates who are both studying for a psychology midterm.Tanya is careful to read her textbook at an even pace,whereas Brad keeps stopping and rereading when there is something he doesn't quite grasp.Which statement is true about their recall?

Dolly is conducting a study in which she asks basketball players from several colleges to recall their win-loss outcomes of certain games in the past season.She finds that some players incorrectly remember game outcomes,even when they are considered important games.This example highlights that ____.

According to the transfer-appropriate processing model of memory,what would be the best retrieval cue for remembering the sentence "The man ate the strawberry"?

Information is retained in sensory memory for ____ seconds.

Liora opens her textbook and begins to read.As her eyes scan the page,each word remains in her ____ memory for only one second,just long enough for the next phase of memory to take over.

Karim has brain surgery to alleviate his severe epilepsy,but during his recovery,it is found that he can form no new explicit memories.Which brain structure has apparently been damaged?

Using what you've learned about memory processes,how would you advise a student who hasn't taken psychology how to study textbook material for an examination?

According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve,you should review your lecture notes within the first ____ after class.