Exam 8: Memory and Information Processing

Dundee has just returned to the United States from a trip to Australia. His friend asks him, "What was the best food you ate on your trip?" Dundee responds, "I kind of remember eating some great meals but cannot seem to recall any restaurants. Perhaps if I think back about where I stayed each night I'll be able to remember a great meal." Dundee appears to be attempting to use _____ to improve recall.

Cognitive psychologists believe that humans are capable of engaging in "parallel processing." This means that humans can

At one time in his life, Edward could name every province in Canada. Somehow this information has disappeared from where it was being held. Information-processing theorists would most likely argue that this is a failure of the _____ system.

According to Atkinson and Shiffrin, the part of your memory system that holds information for a fraction of a second is called the _____ register.

Which is NOT an example of metamemory?

A study on the long-term retention of foreign language (Spanish) learned in high school in individuals who are elderly found that

The process during which information is organized into a form suitable for long-term storage is called

Limitations in working memory in older adulthood appear to be most directly related to reduced functioning of the _____ system.

On the "balance beam problem," which child would be most likely to always guess that the side with the more weights will drop?

Research has indicated that procedural memory is mediated by the striatum. This means that

Which pair is best known for developing an information-processing-based model of memory?

Problem solving is best defined as the use of _____ to achieve a goal.

A child's increased knowledge about the world can lead to improvements in memory.

Describe ways of assessing memory development from birth through age one year.

Seventy-year-old Ace decides that he cannot remain effective at all types of gambling so he decides to focus only on blackjack, with the hopes that this narrow focus will allow him to perform better in this one area. According to the SOC approach, the decision to abandon other forms of gambling represents

In comparing memory capabilities in children who were experts at chess with the memories of adults who weren't, Chi (1978) tested both groups on memory of location of chess pieces and on ability to remember sequences of digits. She found that the

Bon is trying to explain why his four-year-old son, Jovi, cannot recall what happened at an exciting rock concert they attended two years ago. In doing so, Bon says, "Jovi kind of recalls being at some event with a lot of people and singing, but he has no recollection for any details of the concert." Bon's description best matches the _____ theory of childhood amnesia.

If you turn on a floor fan, an infant will immediately orient its head toward the sound. After awhile, the infant appears to lose interest and turns its head back to its original position. This phenomenon is known as

Which statement concerning memory strategies and basic processing capacities with age is true?

The portion of your information-processing system that plans and monitors what you do is referred to as the _____ control processor.