Exam 8: Memory

Molly is trying out for a play next week.She asks you if she should study the lines a little bit each night, or in one intense session the day before the tryouts.Based on what memory research has shown regarding distributed versus massed practice, you should recommend that Molly:

The idea that the likelihood of correct retrieval is increased if a person uses the same kind of mental processes during testing that were used during encoding is ____________________.

When one tries very hard to remember the meaning of an unfamiliar word, he or she is utilizing:

In the working memory model, the visuospatial sketchpad controls the:

Psychologists use the term short-term memory span to refer to the number of items that can be recalled:

The emergency services personnel initially read about the procedures to be used in a large-scale disaster.To complete the learning process, they took part in a mock disaster and rescued and treated "victims" as they would in a real disaster.This approach is based on the principle of:

Comparison of free-recall and cued-recall performance suggests that most memory failures are due to:

Opal rearranges the letters SE EDO GRU N into "see dog run." This is an example of the memory processing technique known as:

Rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns is referred to as:

What are the characteristics of an effective retrieval cue?

The process of rehearsal occurs in:

Riley was assigned code number 249031 by his bank when he first opened his account.Later, his bank changed its coding system, and Riley was assigned the new code number 586729.If Riley experienced proactive interference when he was asked for his bank code number, you would predict that he would recall:

In describing memory, psychologists refer to the processes that determine and control how memories are maintained over time as:

According to psychologists, the number of items that can be recalled, in the exact order of presentation, on half the tested memory trials, represents our:

Sperling's research in which participants viewed three rows of three letters each for only 1/20th of a second investigated:

Misty and Elliot were reminiscing about their first date.Misty was convinced that they went out for Mexican food and then saw a Tom Cruise movie; Elliot was convinced that it was Chinese food, followed by an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.(In reality, they had hamburgers and then saw a movie starring Kevin Costner.) Based on what is known about memory errors, you should conclude that the different recollections that Misty and Elliot have of their first date illustrate:

Carissa recently had viral encephalitis and suffered some brain damage as a result.The doctors who are trying to assess the extent of the damage have noted that she has good recall of childhood memories and of events that happened just before she became ill.However, she can't remember anything that has happened since her illness, and she doesn't seem to be able to form any new memories.Based on what is known about memory loss, you should conclude that Carissa's memory difficulties most clearly illustrate:

Jillian is not sure that she is ready for her final exam, but once she starts the exam, she finds that she is able to accurately recall the material that she learned in class that relates to each of the questions.The main memory process that accounts for the fact that Jillian can access and utilize the information in her memory is:

A(n) ____________________ is any mental trick that one can use to try to improve memory.

Memories of particular events that we have personally experienced are referred to as: