Exam 7: B: Memory

In the "Card Magic" demonstration in your textbook,your card appeared to disappear due to which type of forgetting?

According to Ebbinghaus,forgetting is

Tests of memory based upon relearning use which of the following to demonstrate the retention of what was previously learned?

The fact that one's memory can be influenced by the mood or bodily condition that exists at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval is known as

Ten days after taking a psychology exam,Michael took a second exam on the same material (without reviewing)and scored only half as high as he did on the original exam.If he were tested yet again ten days later,the curve of forgetting suggests his score would be about

The forgetting of past failures,upsetting childhood events,the names of people you dislike,or appointments you do not want to keep is most likely caused by

Although Jordan practiced the poem several times,when he performed in front of his English class,he remembered the beginning and the end but forgot the middle.This pattern of forgetting illustrates the __________ effect.

You witness a crime,and the police ask you to describe in detail what you saw.The memory test being utilized in this instance is

If the hippocampus is damaged,patients usually show a striking inability to consolidate new memories,a condition known as

Vivid recollections of emotionally significant events,such as the assassination of John F.Kennedy or Martin Luther King,Jr.,the space shuttle disasters,your high school graduation,or your first date,are known as

According to the interference explanation of forgetting,which of the following statements is TRUE?

You have just studied for a psychology test.Which of the following activities would be the LEAST likely to cause retroactive interference?

In which of the following do skills developed in one situation conflict with those required to master a new task?

Because redintegration,relearning,and priming can recover seemingly forgotten memories,this fact casts doubt on which of the following types of forgetting?

Regarding negative and positive transfer,which of the following is a FALSE statement?

You are taking a psychology course on-line.It takes you two hours to successfully pass the module on classical conditioning concepts.However,you have to withdraw from the class due to work responsibilities.The next semester,you take the psychology course on-line again,but this time it only takes one hour to go through the module on classical conditioning.This one-hour difference is referred to as the ___________ score.

The difficulty experienced when changing from a car with a manual transmission to one with an automatic transmission is an example of

When an event is surprising,emotional,or important,it is likely to produce a(n)__________ memory.

Tests that require verbatim (word-for-word)answers are measuring memory through

Forgetting events that occurred just before a head injury would be an example of