Exam 11: Types of Memory

The ability to remember events that we personally experience is possible through ____ memory.

Describe how information flows from sensory memory to short-term memory to long-term memory.

What allows you to see a visual world that is smooth and not jerky?

What results when new information enters short-term memory and overwrites or pushes out information that is already there?

Placing information in a relatively permanent "warehouse" is called:

In a rare case of extraordinary episodic memory,Jill can remember the details of life since the age of 14.Ironically,though,she does not possess extraordinary _______ memory.

Knowledge of facts and events is called ____ memory.

We cannot retrieve nor are we aware of ____ memories.

What is a type of memory that allows information to be held for a short period of time until you decide what to do with it?

Effective studying is an example of:

On a chemistry final,Dr.Curie asks Marie to describe the properties of nitrous oxide.Marie will likely retrieve the information from ____ memory.

"I never forget a face." If that is really true,then the individual is referred to as a(n):

Information that is transferred into long-term memory without deliberate effort or awareness is encoded ____.

Two friends are taking the same psychology course.One day over coffee they have an argument about the value of operant conditioning in the treatment of mental illness.Each provides valid arguments for his point of view.It is likely that the argument will:

Echoic memory refers to memory about motor skills.

If you lived in a poor country where many people could not read or write,encoding information by ____ would be widely practiced.

Elizabeth Loftus would advise therapists who are treating survivors of incest to:

In the study described in your textbook on iconic memory,how many letters on average could subjects immediately recall?

As you study for a class,you find that the material is very difficult.To encode the material into long-term memory,you should try to ____.

The student tells the teacher,"I don't think I can remember this material.I don't have much room left in my long-term memory." As a teacher,how would you respond in a helpful and constructive way?