Exam 5: Memory Structures and Processes

An example of sensory memory would be remembering your phone number from childhood.

Proactive interference is when new information interferes with the storage or retrieval of old information.

Visual sensory memories last for approximately _____.

Memories have been classified according to duration.

An example of a procedural memory would be how to ride your bicycle.

Which of the following is the correct order of memory formation?

Remembering how to drive a car is an example of _____.

Remembering your 5th birthday party is an example of _____.

Remember your phone number in sequences such as xxx-xxx-xxxx, and your social security number in sequences such as xxx-xx-xxxx is an example of _____.

The phonological loop is to _____ as the visuospatial sketchpad is to _____.

Old information interfering with the storage or retrieval of new information is to _____, as new information interfering with the storage of retrieval of old information is to _____.

Chunking is a method used to increase the number of pieces of information one can remember.

You just recently bought a new cell phone and had to change your phone number. However, your old phone number keeps interfering with your ability to remember your new phone number. This is an example of _____.

Very brief memories are to _____ as fairly brief memories are to _____ as longer-held memories are to _____.

Define working memory and discuss Baddeley's model of working memory.

Which of these is NOT a component of memory formation?

You spent several days studying very hard for your psychology final exam and are confident you are going to perform well. However, in the middle of taking the exam, you are stuck on a question and find yourself struggling to remember a topic that you are being questioned on. This is most likely a problem with _____.

When you took your introductory psychology course, you likely learned a little bit about many different areas of psychology. However, as you began taking other psychology courses, you likely found that your professors would elaborate on information you already learned in your introductory psychology course. Essentially, you were adding new information onto existing information that you already knew. This is an example of your _____.

Encoding the color of a stimulus is to the _____ as encoding the smell of that stimulus is to the _____.

Discuss the process that a memory goes through during formation. Include neuroanatomical considerations.