Exam 6: Memory

Memory based on schemas is an alternative to the notion that memories are based on associations. Which of the following are thought to describe schemas?

Ten years after you graduate from college, you are walking down the street and see two people, a former professor and your old college roommate. You are more likely to recognize your old roommate than your professor because:

According to the textbook, forgetting can be due to _____.

For information to be retrievable from memory it must be

The idea that the string of letters (CBSNBCFOXABC) can easily be remembered because they stand for the four major television networks (CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC) is an example of:

The experience in which you are unable to recall information from memory although you know that you know the information is called

There is no doubt that we forget information. It is pretty scary how much I paid for my education and yet how little I remember from all the classes I trudged through. According to psychologists, why is it that we forget?

Bob's section of Psychology has two exams (a mid-term and a final). Susan's section of Psychology has 5 exams (one every three weeks). Susan is resentful, because she would rather cram right before a mid-term and final exam than have to keep up and study more often. All else being equal, you know that

Which of the following is a type of mnemonic device?

If I ask where you were and what you were doing when you heard the World Trade Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington were attacked by terrorists, I am asking about _____ memory.

In 1890, William James proposed a distinction between:

Declarative memory refers to:

Thinking about your favorite chemistry professor may cause you to think about chemicals, which may remind you of drugs, which may remind you of aspirin, which may remind you of headaches. Although your chemistry professor does not cause you to have headaches, the connection between related information that led to the pairing is called

One method of inducing the recall of a false memory is to:

As I sit here, I simply try to remember the names of the students who are enrolled in my Introductory Psychology class. I am making use of:

A problem with schemas is that they may:

Memories are stored and organized in the brain by using

A study that looked at memory for stereotypically male or female shopping lists found that:

Semantic memory refers to __________ whereas episodic memory refers to

Which of the following is one of the seven sins of memory?