Exam 7: Memory

Aricept and Reminyl are two medications that treat memory deficits in dementia patients by __________.

According to Le Bars and others (1997), which of the following herbal medications has been shown to enhance cognition and treat memory problems?

Memory consolidation takes place in the __________.

Which of the following is not a step in Alan Baddeley's (2003, 2007) model of working memory?

Paul remembers the presidents of the United States in the order in which they held office. Some would say that he has a pretty good ______________ memory.

Jones is engaging in ___________ processing when, as he tries to encode the year 1992, he says to himself, "I'll remember 1992 because it is the year before I was born."

More participants in a study can recall the words in the beginning and in the end of a list than can recall words in the middle of a list. This is called __________.

Making Connections in Memory: How well you will remember the material you are studying for your exam begins with effective __________.

Oscar is trying to remember the names of people he meets at his new job. He says he will remember the name of his co-worker Trish, because she always has a dish of candy on her desk, and "Trish" rhymes with "dish." Of which type of processing is this an example?

Cryptomnesia is the __________.

Which of the following is true with respect to autobiographical memories?

The research of Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues has shown that human memory is __________.

Meg easily recalls her first day on the job as an emergency room nurse. To her, remembering that day involves ___________________ processing.

Diane is not paying attention to her boyfriend talking, when all of a sudden something he says stops her. She says, "Wait a minute . . . did you say something about marriage?" His mention of marriage left a trace in her _______________ memory, and she subsequently paid attention to this information.

Memory is __________.

Try as she might, Maud just cannot help but think about the time she accidentally got toilet paper stuck to her shoes when she was on an important job interview, and she dragged the toilet paper into the office of the vice-president of the company. This experience with memory is called __________.

Which of the following is not an error of omission (failure of recall), according to Daniel Schacter's The Seven Sins of Memory (2001)?

Nehal, a medical student who has been reading textbooks of illnesses for weeks on end, develops a headache and now fears she has a dreaded brain disease. Fortunately, she does not. This incident serves as a good example of ______________, which is a type of implicit memory.

The famous psychologist who first noticed the phenomenon called the serial position effect was __________.

Barry is paying careful attention to his class notes and textbook, trying to master the material for tomorrow's exam. Barry is engaging in __________.