Exam 8: Memory

Like learning, memory:

When Ebbinghaus studied forgetting, he found that very little information is forgotten in the first few days after it is encoded.

In the working memory model, the retention and processing of spatial and visual information is controlled by the ____________________.

Which of the following is TRUE of long-term memory?

Describe the general time course of forgetting that was outlined by Hermann Ebbinghaus.

The peg-word method is a mnemonic device in which a person chooses a pathway, and then forms visual images of the to-be-remembered items in locations along the pathway.

Psychologists use the term ____________________to refer to the processes that determine and control how memories are formed.

Yoshi's argument is based on 10 significant facts, but one is especially important.To be sure that the jurors remember this one fact, Yoshi leaves it until last in his closing review.Yoshi is relying on:

Viral encephalitis can cause:

Which memory system has a relatively unlimited capacity?

Describe what research has shown regarding repression.

You use your ____________________ when have to remember how to parallel park a car.

Craik and Tulving conducted an experiment in which they asked people questions about single words.Later, the participants were asked to recall the words they had answered the questions about.Craik and Tulving found the participants remembered more when they had:

The technique called ____________________ involves the internal repetition of the contents of short-term memory.

Gavin finds that he remembers the material in his textbooks much better when he studies for 30 minutes each night on the 6 nights before an exam, than when he studies for 3 hours straight through on the night before an exam.Gavin's experience is consistent with memory research that has documented the effectiveness of the technique known as:

Memories of factual information and knowledge about the world in general, are part of ____________________ memory, which is a part of the long-term memory system.

When information is remembered with conscious awareness and willful intent, we are utilizing:

With respect to memory, chunking involves forming connections between new information and information already stored in long-term memory.

According to ____________________, repression is a defense mechanism that causes one to have poor memory for distressing life events or facts.

According to psychologists, the basic processes involved in memory are: