Exam 7: A: Memory

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If you are trying to memorize a list of words,what are some strategies that would help?

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Think about the meaning of each item and try to relate it to something you care about.Ideally,think about how each item might be useful to you in a life-or-death situation.Alternate between reading the list and testing yourself.Break up your study into sessions on different days.

Letting a child use a doll to act out an event improves the accuracy of relating the event. ​

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Suppose you want to test whether a child remembers the names of the planets.How would you do so by the cued recall method and by the recognition method?​

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​By the cued recall method,you could provide the first letter of each as a hint.By the recognition method,you might provide a list including the correct names and many others,asking the child to check the correct ones.

"Flashbulb" memories of highly emotional events are not only vivid,but also reliably accurate.​

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​If you want to remember a set of information for a long time,under a variety of conditions,the best advice is to study the information repeatedly at your usual workstation (for example,your desk).

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​The associations you form at the time of learning are the most effective retrieval cues for remembering something later.This principle is known as _________ specificity.

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While you are reading something,taking time out to answer questions about it will improve your memory of it.

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​Short-term memory can hold a vast amount of information.

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If you want to remember something for as long as possible,and you plan to spend 10 hours studying,it is best to study the material for 10 hours all at once.​

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​Describe an example of source amnesia.

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Many students who get good grades finish their reading assignments slowly.

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Damage to the hippocampus impairs all types of memory equally.​

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Typically,people form declarative memories gradually,and procedural memories quickly. ​

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If you remember something,but you forget where or how you learned it,you are showing ________ amnesia.​

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​People who are impaired at remembering the past are also impaired at imagining the future.

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In the method of loci,you first memorize a series of places and then use them to help you remember some other list.The method of loci is one example of a ______ device.​

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​Many three-year-olds can accurately report their experiences even 6 weeks later.

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Memory of principles and facts,such as what you learn in school,is a special kind of declarative memory known as __________ memory.​

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Repeating something over and over,word for word,is the best way to remember it.​

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​People trying to tell a story by memory often include reasonable events that weren't in the story.

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