Exam 7: Memory

Describe each of the following four theories of forgetting, and include examples to illustrate each one: decay theory, interference theory, motivated forgetting, encoding failure, and retrieval failure theory.

Spatial working memory is located in the __________.

Describe how you can use the principles of organization and rehearsal to improve both short-term and long-term memory; illustrate your answer with examples.

Implicit/nondeclarative memory is learned _____.

Describe the three storage systems in the traditional model of memory, and explain how the purpose, duration, and capacity of each system differ. Illustrate your answer with an example of how each system contributed to a specific memory from your recent past.

After just hearing about the Little Albert experiment, the priming effect suggests that you would complete the word completion __ AT with ________.

____________ is why you can recall what someone said several seconds ago, even if you were absorbed in another task when they first said it.

Research on humans and lab animals suggests that injections of _____ and stimulation of _____ increases the encoding and storage of new information.

Describe the factors involved in forgetting (such as the serial position effect, source amnesia, the misinformation effect, the sleeper effect) and give an example of how each can distort the accuracy of our memories.

When subsequent information distorts our memory of a previous experience, this is known as _________.

An example of the _____ mnemonic device would be to remember the order of the bones in the middle ear by thinking of a mallet hitting a bun, a shoe sitting on an anvil, and a pair of stirrups hanging from a tree.

Imagine that you are a neuropsychologist and you have to explain the biological factors that affect memory to an introductory psychology class. Include a discussion of neuronal and synaptic changes, hormonal influences, and where memory is "located" in the brain.

The tools the STM "worker" uses during active processing include:

Recognition of high school classmates' names is ______ and recognition of their faces is ___ many years after graduation.

Describe the subsystems of long-term memory storage, illustrating each with a personal example.

Working memory involves active processing of incoming information, followed by what?

The accuracy of flashbulb memories is generally ________.

Sensory memory is little in its __________ but long in its ___________.

Summarize how you can use the following concepts to improve your study habits and exam scores: elaborative rehearsal, retrieval cues, and organization.

In the sensory memory experiment conducted by George Sperling, how many letters on average were people able to recall out of a matrix of letters?