Exam 11: Types of Memory

What typically happens to information in short-term memory if it is not actively processed?

In the study by McGaugh and colleagues described in your textbook,a drug called propranolol was given to some participants that blocked the effect of two specific hormones.Which ones were they?

If you have ever looked up someone's phone number,but were unable to write it down,and you repeated it over and over again,then you have engaged in:

Why should we be skeptical of repressed memory?

As children grow,the length of their echoic memory decreases.

You are listening to a talk show on the radio.A memory expert is presenting information about memory.She says that flashbulb memories are a special kind of memory immune from forgetting and distortion.Is she right?

The study examining Danes who lived through the Nazi occupation of Denmark found that flashbulb memories:

Early in the semester,a student asks his psychology instructor to back up and repeat a phrase she had said because he did not quite get all the words down.If the instructor is interested in helping the student engage in elaborative rehearsal,she should:

An education major is interviewing a veteran teacher for a class project.The teacher is asked about how to help students learn and says,"Give lots of examples." Based on the textbook,what is the best reason for teachers to give examples?

Polly gets a piece of dust in her eye but is still able to drive,despite having to blink a lot.Her ability to maintain a visual image of the road is due to:

We tend to remember information presented in the middle of a list better than the information that comes at the beginning or end of the list.

What type of memory must you use to answer this question?

Which kind of memory holds seven or eight items of information for several seconds?

Flashbulb memories are more accurately remembered than other types of memories.

Memorization through repeating information over and over may result in poor retrieval because:

Short-term memory can hold about 25 items.

Encoding information from short-term to long-term memory is most efficient when it:

Iconic memory holds auditory information.

The case of Clive Wearing illustrates how therapists may accidentally introduce false memories in their clients.

On their 25th anniversary,Carol tells her husband,Charles,"You know,dear,I remember our first kiss very well." In remembering their first kiss,Carol is retrieving information from ____ memory.