Exam 7: Memory

Describe decay theory of forgetting.

You are a consultant for a police department who has been hired to help train officers about the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. What should you tell the officers about memory?

According to the____ model, new memory traces inhibit the retrieval of older memory traces.

Attempting to retrieve the name of your first grade teacher is an example of a(n) ____ memory task.

One difference between human memory and computer memory is that ____.

Describe the different types of long-term memory and their characteristics.

You attend a lecture in which a politician lists the 20 points of her platform in a relatively short period of time. After leaving the lecture, you are least likely to recall the points from the ____.

Sasha is studying for her history final. What memory techniques might she use to store information more effectively?

Implicit memory is to ____ as explicit memory is to ____.

When Alzheimer's patients are tested on a single task matched to their ability (such as recalling a list of numbers), they tend to perform ____.

When playing your favorite video game, which component of working memory would coordinate the processing of visual and auditory information?

Advertisers who use jingles to get customers to recall a service or product are making use of ____.