Exam 8: Memory

Storing information involving mental imagery:

Sam has three errands to remember on the way home from school.To help him remember what it is he is supposed to do, he creates three interactive images tied to numeric rhymes, such as one is sun, two is blue, three is free.This memory strategy is an example of the mnemonic device known as:

The memory system that maintains information in a relatively pure, unanalyzed form is called:

The current thinking regarding memories is that memories are probably stored:

Explain what is meant by a flashbulb memory.Describe what research has shown about the accuracy of this type of memory.

Bobbie took part in a memory experiment.As she studied a list of to-be-remembered words, she took the time to form an elaborate image of each word.She was confident she would do well on the later memory test, but the researchers did not ask her to recall the actual words.Instead, they asked her to recall whether each word was printed in upper-case or lower-case letters.Bobbie did very poorly on the test, scoring only at chance levels.Based on what is known about memory processes, you should conclude that Bobbie had problems with the memory test because she:

George Sperling used the ____________________ technique to study the nature of visual sensory memory.

In the working memory model, the temporary storage of acoustic and verbal information is controlled by the:

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

Discuss the capacity limits of short-term memory.Are there ways in which this capacity can be enhanced by the reorganization of incoming information?

Astrid's daughter just turned three, and Astrid is telling a friend about the day her daughter was born.Even though Astrid had a long and difficult labor, she describes it as relatively short and problem free.Based on what is known about memory errors, you should conclude that Astrid's faulty recall is the result of:

Loftus and Palmer's research on memories for accident details clearly demonstrates that:

In Sperling's investigations of iconic memory, subjects in the whole report condition:

According to psychologists, semantic memories include:

The term ____________________ memory is used to refer to auditory sensory memory.

Massed practice leads to poorer memory because it:

According to psychologists, one's ____________________ is the number of items that can be recalled, in the exact order of presentation, on half the tested memory trials.

Twelve-year-old Adam is trying to remember the capital of North Carolina during a game of "Where in the World?" His mother tells him to think of the letter "R," and Adam quickly comes up with Raleigh.Based on what is known about memory function, you should conclude that Adam's memory was assisted by:

When you mentally picture the road between your house and school, you are relying on the component of working memory that Baddeley referred to as the:

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