Exam 12: Remembering and Forgetting

How do the method of loci and the pegword method work to improve our memory? How might a college student use these methods?

Does the brain have built-in categories for sorting and filing information?

According to the network theory,memories are stored in long-term potentiations.

In one of your classes last week,you were introduced to some material that was very uninteresting,but you were determined to learn it and you did.That was last week! How much of the material can you expect to have forgotten according to Ebbinghaus?

According to the textbook,memory-enhancing drugs such as ginkgo:

The node "dog" would likely be included as a subset of the node:

Which of the following best demonstrates the difference between recognition and recall?

Given the research on retrieval cues,which of the following statements are you more likely to remember?

Describe how a neurologist would determine if a patient has damage to the hippocampus.

Culture appears to have no effect on the encoding and recall of information.

If a neuron becomes more connected to other neurons after it has been repeatedly stimulated,____is said to have occurred.

_______ memory involves knowledge of specific events,personal experiences,or activities,such as naming or describing favorite restaurants,movies,songs,habits,or hobbies.

On the second day of class,you can't remember your psychology professor's name.In fact,you have difficulty remembering your other professors' names.If this is an example of interference,where are those memories?

Gabe and Anna have been married for 10 years.During a drive in the country,they both hear "their song" on the radio.They then talk about their wonderful lives together.Which part of the brain provides this emotional dimension to their memories?

"What's that thing called? Oh,I know it! What is it? Come on,this is ridiculous." This experience is often called the:

Why would a memory be repressed?

Explain how changing beliefs may alter the accuracy of memory.

The hippocampus is crucial for memories involving:

As information is stored in short-term memory,our nervous system uses interconnected groups of neurons called:

New drugs have been developed that actually erase memories.