Exam 8: Memory and Information Processing

Which statement would best represent a failure of retrieval?

Four-year-old Barnum goes to the circus and sees animals that he has never seen before. When asked about the event a year later, Barnum is most likely to recall

Executive control processes are responsible for monitoring our information-processing behavior.

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

Short-term memory can hold an unlimited amount of information.

The best model for explaining recall memory in children includes the factors of

Which is NOT an example of metamemory?

The tendency to keep making the same mistake over and over is referred to as making a(n) _____ error.

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

The Chi (1978) study on memory for chess pieces indicated that when recalling information in their area of expertise, expert children perform

_____ memories always involve personal experiences.

Which statement concerning individuals with mild cognitive impairment is FALSE?

Which is the best example of an autobiographical memory?

A person's knowledge base is defined as

Sigler concluded that when solving problems, most children

The main distinction between short-term memory and working memory is that working memory is

Implicit memory is to explicit memory as

Research on autobiographical memory in adulthood has shown that the more _____ an event, the better it will later be recalled.

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

The key to a memory script is that it