Exam 7: Memory

Which example is NOT a memory schema specifically mentioned in your textbook?

When you momentarily forget a friend's name, the function of memory that has failed is ____.

The case of H.M., who suffered from amnesia as a result of surgery to correct severe epilepsy, showed that ____.

The duration and capacity of short-term memory are best described as ____.

In the 1950s, George Miller showed that the capacity of short-term memory is ____.

Top-down perceptual processing provides a good example of how ____.

Two of the subordinate systems in the working memory model that are coordinated by the central executive component are the ____.

The fact that recalling a memory involves reconstructing the basic elements and constructing other elements to fill the gaps in our memories, suggests that human memory can be ____.

When Namiko is in the process of perceiving something, the part of her memory that contains short-term memory, a central executive, an episodic buffer, a phonological loop, and a visuospatial sketchpad is called ____ memory.

Semantic memory and episodic memory are examples of ____.

You are watching a recording of your professor's lecture. The doorbell rings and you go to see who is there. Assuming that you don't pay further attention to the part of the lecture you were watching, what will likely happen to the information?

The first items in a long list of items to be remembered are usually remembered better than items in the middle of the list. This is referred to as the ____.

Which type of forgetting would involve a memory that is neither available nor accessible?

A well-developed and large hippocampus is associated with better ____ memory.

If we do not pay attention to sensory memories, they will most likely ____.

What is the visual processor in the multicomponent theory of working memory?

In order to provide the best chance of doing well on your final exam, you should use ____ rehearsal to learn the material.

The last items in a long list of items to be remembered are usually remembered better than items in the middle of the list. This is referred to as the ____.

Iconic sensory memory encodes information from a ____.

Research on the impact of ringing cell phones on academic performance indicates that ____.