Exam 7: Memory

 Describe the H.M.case study and what it suggests about memory.

 An organized,generalized knowledge structure in long-term memory is a(n)____. 

 Alfredo suffered brain damage and is now unable to learn new motor skills.Where in the brain is the likely site of Alfredo's brain damage? 

 The central executive model of memory is associated with ____. 

 If you had damage to your hippocampus,it is most likely that you would have difficulty with ____. 

 Possibly because of damage to his ____,Kim Peek had difficulty learning new motor skills. 

 Your understanding of what happens when you go to the dentist's office is an example of a ____. 

 Your mother's apparently very vivid memory of where she was and what she was doing when she found out that the World Trade Center had been hit by an airplane is an example of a(n)____. 

 When you attempt to remember the definition of implicit memory by repeating the definition over and over again,you are using ____ rehearsal. 

 Two types of retrieval processes are ____. 

 Semantic memories and episodic memories are subtypes of ____. 

 Because of the surgical removal of his hippocampus,H.M.was unable to achieve ____. 

 Implicit memory is ____. 

 If you had recently suffered damage to your hippocampus,it is most likely that you would have difficulty remembering ____. 

 If you use maintenance rehearsal to prepare for your next test in psychology,you will likely ____. 

 Regarding memory,why do investigators have to be careful of the way they conduct witness interviews?

 The first items in a long list of items to be remembered are usually remembered better than items in the middle of the list.This is referred to as the ____. 

 Suppose you prepare for your test on memory by relating the information to your grandfather's memory problems due to Alzheimer's disease.In this case,you are using ____ rehearsal. 

 When advertisers use a catchy jingle to help us remember something in their ads,they are facilitating our use of ____. 

 To the extent that females have better recall of childhood events than males,research suggests this is due to the females' greater use of ____ rehearsal.