Exam 6: Learning

Because she drank too much alcohol, Deanna barely remembers her 21ˢᵗ birthday. That is, her _____ memory is sketchy.

The theories of forgetting described in the text may be likened to the difficulties people might face in trying to find an old file on the computer. Which theory is correctly likened to a corresponding file-finding difficulty?

Paying attention allows one to move information from sensory memory to short-term memory.

Which feature of Alzheimer's disease is correctly described?

Infantile amnesia may reflect cerebellar immaturity.

Approximately ____% of girls and _____% of boys in the U.S. experience childhood sexual abuse.

Describe anterograde and retrograde amnesia, as well as Alzheimer's disease. Provide a detailed response.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon becomes more frequent as one ages.

On his computer desktop, Rodney can see several different files, each immediately accessible. Since he is actively working on them and can open them whenever he wants, these files are in fact very similar to the kind of information held in _____ memory.

People's ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs. This is known as the _____ effect.

Research reviewed in the textbook suggests that practice tests:

Bower et al. (1969) asked some participants to learn hierarchically organized words. Other participants were asked to learn the same words arranged randomly. All participants were later required to recall the words. Word recall was the _____ variable in this study.

With respect to the repressed memory debate, the American Psychological Association released a 1998 statement affirming that:

Rich False memories include emotion as well as the recollection of events.

Todd is using an acronym when he links technical terms he must remember to landmarks along his route from his home to his workplace.

Almost everybody has had the feeling of knowing the answer to a question, but not being quite able to say it. This is called the "tip-of-the-tongue" phenomenon, and is a failure of: 

H.M.'s most notable impairment was profound retrograde amnesia.

The conscious repetition of information to ensure its survival in short-term memory is termed _____ rehearsal.

According to the levels of processing framework, which of the following study techniques would BEST enhance memory?

The unconscious process whereby disturbing memories are prevented from entering awareness is called: