Exam 7: A: Memory

arrow
  • Select Tags
search iconSearch Question
flashcardsStudy Flashcards
  • Select Tags

​What currently appears to be the best explanation for early childhood amnesia,and why is this explanation better than those that psychologists previously considered?

(Essay)
4.7/5
(41)

What recommendations do psychologists offer concerning best ways for the police to conduct suspect lineups?​

(Essay)
4.8/5
(41)

​Hermann Ebbinghaus conducted all his pioneering memory research on himself.

(True/False)
4.8/5
(32)

Children who experience traumatic events (for example,witnessing the murder of their parents)repress the memories and cannot recall them later.​

(True/False)
4.8/5
(36)

People with Korsakoff's syndrome confabulate on all types of questions,even nonsensical ones.​

(True/False)
4.8/5
(36)

Short-term memory for a list of words or numbers fades quickly unless you rehearse it.

(True/False)
4.7/5
(44)

Inability to store new long-term memories is known as __________ amnesia.​

(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(37)

What are several ways in which memory is different from replaying a recording?

(Essay)
4.8/5
(42)

​Growth of new neurons in early childhood leads to faster learning but also faster forgetting.

(True/False)
4.8/5
(41)

A suspect lineup is an example of testing memory by the ______ method.​

(Short Answer)
4.9/5
(33)

If you remember more of some material the second time you try to recall it than you did the first time,your improved memory is called ________. ​

(Short Answer)
4.9/5
(41)

Remembering specific experiences in your life is a special type of declarative memory known as _________ memory.​

(Short Answer)
5.0/5
(42)

A police officer is interviewing a young child about a possible instance of child abuse.What should the interviewer do and avoid doing?​

(Essay)
4.9/5
(32)

​Of the various ways of testing memory,a suspect lineup is most similar to the recall method.

(True/False)
4.7/5
(53)

Remembering the details of what you did on the most recent holiday is an example of a special type of declarative memory known as ________ memory.​

(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(30)

Forgetting new material because of interference from similar old memories is known as _________ interference.

(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(43)

After an event happens,people tend to overestimate how predictable it was.​

(True/False)
4.9/5
(43)

The aspect of working memory responsible for governing shifts of attention is known as __________ functioning.​

(Short Answer)
4.7/5
(38)

Preschool children fail to form semantic memories.

(True/False)
4.8/5
(45)

​The tendency to misremember your earlier expectations so they match the way events later happened is known as ________ bias.

(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(34)
Showing 21 - 40 of 75
close modal

Filters

  • Essay(0)
  • Multiple Choice(0)
  • Short Answer(0)
  • True False(0)
  • Matching(0)