Exam 5: Memory

Buster is hungry for a Garcia's pizza.Because he is new in town,he doesn't have the number memorized.He looks up the number and repeats it to himself as he goes to the phone.This helps the number stay in Buster's ____ memory.

Al is on the witness stand.He is asked if he can remember the name of the person who told him to place the bet.Al replies that he thinks the last name of the person starts with C.Al's response is an example of ____.

The semantic memory network theory says that ____.

Warren is trying to remember the following list: table,rock,phone,and apple.When recalling the list from his short-term memory,he makes a mistake and recalls the wrong word as he tries to remember the word rock.Which word will Warren most likely recall instead of rock?

Doumitra is telling Carrie about a movie she saw last month.She knows that Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal both star in the movie and that it involves a scary bunny rabbit,but she cannot come up with the title of the movie.According to the textbook,such difficulty in retrieving information is known as ____.

After looking up a friend's new number in the phone book,Franklin discovers that the pay phone is being monopolized by someone.Assuming that Franklin is not rehearsing the number,what is the longest period of time that he can wait without forgetting the number entirely?

Thirty years ago,it took Margie ten hours to learn how to ride a bike.She has not ridden a bike since then.Now she is relearning how to ride a bike,but this time,it takes her only five hours.Because it took her less time to relearn the skill than to learn it initially,Margie is demonstrating ____.

Matilda asks Becky,"How was your spring break?" As Becky describes her vacation,she begins to feel guilty because she subconsciously recalls how her parents criticized her for taking a trip instead of getting caught up in her studies.Becky's recollection of her vacation is an example of a(n)____ memory,and her feeling of guilt is an example of a(n)____ memory.

While walking across the quad with your friend Dan,you run into an old girlfriend,Wendy.Only seconds after being introduced to Dan,Wendy says to him,"So,Stan,what's your major?" Noticing that Dan appears agitated about his name being messed up,you explain,"Hey,Dan,information is usually ____ encoded into short-term memory,and this kind of error is common."

When you ask her,Kyung cannot remember the names of all fifty U.S.state capitals.However,when you then show her a list of U.S.city names,she can correctly point out all fifty capitals.Kyung initially had trouble remembering the state capitals because of poor ____.

Brian is trying to remember the colors of the visible spectrum: red,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,and violet.Brian decides to use the acronym ROYGBIV,which contains the first letter of each of the colors' names.Brian is using ____ to remember the colors.

The process of putting incoming information into a form with which the memory system can work is called ____.

Felicia is a witness in a traffic accident court case.When asked by the attorney to describe what she witnessed,Felicia tells her perspective as she saw it unfold.Felicia's memories of the accident are considered ____ memories.

Your friend is ordering pizza and wants to know which toppings you want.You say "pepperoni,sausage,green peppers,olives,mushrooms,onions,tomatoes,and pineapple." Your friend doesn't write this down but then dials the pizza place and places the order.Which topping is your friend most likely to forget?

Jane is trying to remember the order in which stars are classed by heat for her astronomy class.Suppose that instead of just trying to remember the sequence of letters (OBAFGKM),she comes up with the mnemonic of "Oh Be A Fine Guy,Kiss Me".The ____ model of memory suggests that she should remember the ordering better.

Jerzy suffers brain damage after falling off his bed.Now,whenever someone tells him something,Jerzy remembers it only briefly.He still believes he is eight,the age he was when he fell off the bed,even though years have passed.Jerzy's condition,anterograde amnesia,demonstrates that sometimes information can fail to be transferred from ____ memory to ____ memory.

An elderly professor of ichthyology (study of fish)once explained why he doesn't like to learn his students' names.Every time he learns a new name,he forget a name of a fish.Which concept or theorybest describes this phenomenon?

The effectiveness of retrieval cues depends on the extent to which they ____.

In a memory experiment,participants hear the sentence "They turned in their papers late,so they didn't get full credit." Two minutes later,the participants are asked whether they heard the sentence above or "Their papers were turned in late,so they didn't get full credit." Many participants incorrectly report that they heard the second version.This is because ____ memory primarily uses ____ encoding.

Belinda has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.Sometimes she can be very happy and almost deliriously excited,while at other times,she becomes extremely depressed.When she is in her excited state,she is introduced to several people whom she has never met before.She doesn't encounter them again for a few weeks,but when she does,she feels depressed.Which statement is true?