Exam 12: Remembering and Forgetting

In examining the mechanisms of memory,researchers have found that during the formation of memories:

"I am always so 'hyper' when I study,since I drink a lot of pop.During exams,I don't have caffeine and I try to relax so I can concentrate." According to state-dependent learning,this student might consider:

The cognitive interview is a technique used to:

Damage to the ____ area of the brain appears to prevent the transfer of information from short-term into long-term memory.

What are the types of interference? Provide an example for each.

Multiple choice tests require recognition.

According to research cited in Module 12,when you think of an animal,the ____ part of your brain is very active.

What name is best associated with repression?

What is source attribution,and how is it related to introducing misinformation in an individual's memory?

When the mind pushes some traumatic memory into the unconscious,only to stay there until it is released,____ is said to have taken place.

A professor is writing a test for his introductory psychology class.He decides that he is going to assess his students' recall.What kind of test should he write?

Present a summary of state-dependent learning and how you might apply it to your own life as a college student.

According to the network theory of memory,another name for memory files is:

An anthropology professor prides herself in her ability to remember the names of her students,past and present.However,she finds that the longer she is in the profession,the harder it becomes to remember the names of present students,because they become confused with her past students.The professor is having trouble because of:

You hear a new song on the radio and want to tell a friend about it.When speaking with the friend you talk about the song,but have difficulty actually remembering it.Your friend starts to hum the song and it helps you remember it.This best illustrates:

Allison is learning Spanish,but she hates it.When she is in her Spanish classes,she is always unhappy.The phenomenon of state-dependent learning would suggest that she would show better recall of Spanish words if she:

Based upon Ebbinghaus' research using nonsense syllables,forgetting curves show that most unfamiliar information is:

As you are remembering your first day of college,you are searching:

You are watching a spy thriller on television.In the movie,a secret agent is trying to identify a spy for the other side by looking at some pictures of possible spies.The spy is using ____ to identify the correct individual.

This semester you are taking psychology; last semester you took sociology and did well.Now,sociological terms are interfering with your memory of psychological terms.This illustrates: