Exam 6: Memory

For how long can people can hold information in short term memory?

If the frontal lobes are damaged, which of the following is likely to occur?

The forgetting curve reveals that:

In order to remember all the errands he needed to do after classes, Bob imagined the dry cleaning heaped atop his television, a loaf of bread hanging where the remote control normally was, and bills sticking out of the VCR. This is an example of

William James argued that _____ memory is immediate memory for information momentarily held in consciousness.

Working memory is composed of:

Prospective memory involves:

Which of the following supports the notion that working memory and long-term memory are intertwined?

The encoding specificity principle states that ____ of retrieval depends on the match between the way information is encoded and later retrieved.

Describe the SQ3R method as a whole and each piece. What was the reason for its development? Honestly, do you think that it is a useful method? Clearly explain your answer.

On July 30, 1965, Michael K. Russell was born in the town of Southbridge, Massachusetts. This is an example of:

After a disastrous breakup of my romantic relationship, I decide to have my explicit memory erased so as to not recall the relationship, although I still want to have complete implicit memory. According to your textbook, I should be able to accomplish this be destroying my:

During undergraduate advising, I find that I need to look at a student's transcript. I ask the student for his social security number. To avoid looking foolish, I keep repeating the number over and over again in my head. I am using:

According to decay theory, we forget:

Patterns of thought, or organized knowledge structures, that render the environment relatively predictable by suggesting a relevant script for what should occur are known as

Which is NOT associated with forgetting?

SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review) is a mnemonic device developed to help students study textbook information. It is effective because it promotes:

While trying to remember the phone number 555-0369, I notice that the prefix code repeats itself and that there is a mathematical lawfulness to the last four numbers. I notice this while rehearsing the information. This is an example of:

The process of organizing information into small, meaningful bits to aid memory) is an known as:

With regard to memories of sexual abuse, which is true?