Exam 8: Memory

The memory system that maintains information for extended periods of time is called:

Chris is having trouble learning the new arrangement of the song.She often finds herself shifting to the old arrangement in the middle.This is an example of:

Frederica is taking an engineering test, and actively storing and working on a complex problem.This activity is occurring in:

Explain why sensory memory is important.Explain the difference between iconic memory and echoic memory.

Gwen continues to hear the tone a second or so after it has ended.This "phantom" tone probably represents:

Nina learned to use sign language when she had a hearing-impaired roommate.Now her roommate has moved out, and Nina no longer practices signing.Based on the results from Ebbinghaus' studies, which investigated the typical pattern of forgetting, if Nina's memory for signs is tested several times over the next few years, you should predict that:

Claude remembered his new computer password by noting that the first letter was the same as his middle initial, the second two letters matched the postal abbreviation for his home state, and the last two letters were the first two letters of his grandmother's maiden name.When Claude creates connections of this type, he is utilizing an encoding technique that psychologists refer to as:

When Sperling investigated sensory memory, he found that iconic memory lasts:

When previously established memories interfere with the formation of new memories, the process involved is referred to as:

Research has shown that individuals often have better recall for items near the end of an ordered list.This research finding is referred to as:

Pat can only remember the events up to the time of his serious brain infection.He can't recall anything that has happened since.If he is given a word to remember, then gets distracted for a few seconds, he can't remember the word.He forgets what he had for dinner minutes afterward.Pat's problem is:

Echoic memory is another term used for a person's:

Fletcher took 4 years of German in high school.However, Fletcher doesn't know anyone who speaks German, and he won't have any chance to practice his vocabulary now that he has finished school.Based on the results from Ebbinghaus' studies, which investigated the typical pattern of forgetting, if Fletcher's memory for German vocabulary is tested a number of times over the next few years, you should predict that:

Which of the following is one of the components in Baddeley's model of working memory?

Jeffrey has excellent verbal skills and seems to be able to recall things he has heard without any problem.However, he has a terrible sense of direction and almost always gets lost, even when he is going to some place he has been before.Baddeley might suggest that Jeffrey has these problems because of inefficiencies in his:

Zelda was presented the list, "hat, dog, rock, pen, hair, lake, cloud, rug, and sheet" in a short-term memory experiment.Her most likely error would be:

Firefighters who visit schools lecture about what to do in a fire.Some take the process farther and have children "escape" from a smoke-filled fire education trailer.Their approach is based on the principle of:

Compare and contrast explicit and implicit memory.

According to psychologists, ____________________ memories are those that involve knowledge about how to do thing.

Maya is trying to memorize her lines for a play.She stands in different locations in her apartment and reads each line out loud.Later, when she is on stage, she visualizes a walk through her apartment and is able to successfully recall all her lines.Maya's memory strategy best illustrates the mnemonic device known as: