Exam 7: Memory

The cue-dependent forgetting theory is part of the ____.

When your teacher is lecturing on autobiographical memory, she may also refer to it as ____ memory.

When maintenance rehearsal is used, ___ is lost in only two days.

Which type of interference leads to difficulty remembering old information?

Gerard is cramming for a physics exam and he cannot seem to store any new information in his long-term memory. What is the LEAST likely reason for this?

Semantic memories and episodic memories are subtypes of ____.

You have the phone number of the local pizza parlor in your iconic memory right now. What do you have to do with this information to move it to short-term memory?

Activity in the ____ has been shown to coincide with the overnight memory consolidation of newly learned motor skills.

Which statement is TRUE of flashbulb memories?

Mila received a new DVD player that she is trying to connect to the back of her television by feel alone. The first stage of memorizing how to make the connection would be through ____.

The working memory model is to ____ processing as the three-stages model is to ____ processing.

During the course of your average day, which memories do you likely process in an implicit fashion much of the time?

Imagine that you are participating in a research study in which you are shown a list of numbers and then immediately afterward you are asked to recall as many of them as you can. Most likely, the researcher is studying the ____.

What method involves grouping information together into meaningful units?

Short-term memory uses a ____ coding system.

Let's say that you are able to remember the words in this question as you are reading it. This is because memory for the words is most likely residing in your ____.

When you cannot retrieve a memory because you are using the wrong probe, you are experiencing ____.

The phrase "7 ± 2 bits" describes the ____.

Regarding memory, why do investigators have to be careful of the way they conduct witness interviews?

Activity in the ____ is especially likely to occur when participants are deeply processing verbal material.