Exam 6: Memory

One day Oliver was sitting with his friend as they were discussing how long they have been friends. As they counted back, Oliver said, "Oh, I remember. We met in the third grade at recess time." As he and his friend reminisced, Oliver came to the conclusion that because he hadn't thought about the third grade in so many years, he could not remember who their teacher was. In fact, he could not remember anything about his teacher. What is Oliver likely experiencing?

Bernice, a teenager, can remember her first day of kindergarten, but cannot seem to remember anything in her life that occurred before that. Bernice is likely experiencing _____

Which of the following is FALSE based on Godden's and Baddeley's 1975 research with the divers?

_____ occurs when a person remembers the major portions of an event and then fills in the gaps with what he/she generally believes to be true.

Jada has an upcoming anthropology exam. She has spaced out her studying over the course of six days and feels she knows the material well. Two days ago, she was confident with her knowledge, but decided to study beyond the point of being able to discuss it without error. She spent the last two days studying the material even further. She now feels ready to take her exam. Which technique best explains Jada's last two days of studying?

The _____ is the finding that, for information learned in a sequence, recall is better for the beginning and ending items than for the middle items in the sequence.

Lucille remembers the day she won the lottery like it was yesterday. She was at the gas station filling up her car and decided to check the lottery ticket she had purchased the day before. When the gas station attendant scanned it, he looked at her with a huge smile and then told her to get ready for some fantastic news. The memory of this event is located in Lucille's _____

In terms of the memory process, the physiological change that takes place in the brain to allow for new information to be stored is called _____

Based on the information-processing theory, _____ would be an accurate example of hardware, whereas _____ would be an accurate example of software.

Activities that do not take much conscious thought, such as walking down the stairs and tying your shoes, are a part of your _____

_____ results when a person is no longer able to form new, long-term memories; _____ occurs when an individual experiences a loss of memory for occurrences prior to a loss of consciousness.

Differentiate between repressed memories, recovered memories, and false memories. What does the research support?

Long-term memory is broken down into _____ and _____

Which type of rehearsal would work best for remembering complex information? Why?

Imagine you are trying to remember a list of words. Having a better memory for items at the beginning of a list demonstrates the _____, whereas having a better memory for items at the end of a list demonstrates the _____

When a person has a better memory for items at the beginning of a list he/she tries to learn, the _____ is demonstrated.

Layla was at the bar when she met Steve. He seemed like a nice guy and Layla was excited to get his phone number. He told her his number and then left when she realized she had nothing to write with. She could not program his number into her cell phone because her battery had just died. What should Layla do in order to increase her chances of remembering the number until she has an opportunity to write it down?

As Adam was learning the new material in his psychology class regarding neurons and memory, he couldn't help but notice that he learned similar information in his biology class last semester. He decided to relate the new psychology material to the biology material he learned least semester as a way to help him learn and remember. What strategy is Adam using here?

_____ and _____ are the two types of explicit memory located in the long-term memory.

Travis is a high school teacher. He has the same group of students for a semester and then gets a whole new group of students the next semester. He notices that when he gets the second group of students, he has difficulty learning their names because he is so used to the names of his last semester students. Travis is experiencing _____.