Exam 6: Memory

_____ occurs when information never made it into the long-term memory in the first place.

_____ is a term used to describe when an individual cannot consciously recall a trauma that occurred in his/her life because it is too painful to remember.

_____ results when, due to some type of brain injury or insult, a person is no longer able to create long-term memories.

Although all of following techniques are effective at enhancing memory and learning, Henry Roediger's (2009)research demonstrates that _____ has proven to be the MOST effective for studying textbook material.

Brigit studied her business law all day and then went to work. The person who was supposed to work the midnight shift called in sick, so Brigit had to stay for another entire shift. Though she was very tired and terribly sleep deprived, she still had to go to class and take her exam. Although she had studied all of the material, she found she couldn't remember very much of it. Which of the following likely explains Brigit's forgetting?

Endel is thinking about the last time he was at his favorite restaurant. In order for him to access this information, Endel must tap into his _____

Fantasia knows Freud's theory of personality development so well that it appears she doesn't need to put forth much effort when discussing it. Which of the following concepts would describe this scenario best?

Misleading information can often be inadvertently supplied to an eyewitness during the process of an investigator's interview and can result in false recollections. When this happens it is known as _____

Which of the following statements is true of rehearsal?

_____ is a memory strategy that involves connecting new information with information already stored in memory; it is utilized in learning and remembering complex information.

_____ refers to finding that memory is better for things at the beginning and the end of a list as compared to memory for things in the middle of the list.

Curt was in a car accident last year and lost consciousness. Although he has made nearly a full recovery, he is still unable to remember what occurred shortly before the accident. Curt is likely experiencing _____

The _____ is the theory of memory that compares human cognitive processing to that of a computer.

In the famous case of H.M., his hippocampi were removed as part of a surgical procedure to stop his seizures, and afterward he could not _____

Chris 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 after he gets the second group of students and learns their names, he has difficulty remembering the names of his last semester students when he sees them. Chris is experiencing _____

A major problem with cramming for an exam is that it overloads the capacity of _____

According to your text, _____ and _____ are two types of motivated forgetting.

Ideally, college students should study their material beyond the point at which it can be repeated once without error. When they do, they are engaging in _____, which has been shown to assist in maintaining new information better and longer.

Every time Tim remembered how embarrassed he had been at the party, he immediately thought of something else. He really tried to forget all about the party. Tim was using _____ for the purpose of motivated forgetting.

Treysen was talking to his friend the other day about his favorite restaurant. Though he could remember where it was located and what was on the menu, he couldn't remember the name of the restaurant for some reason. A problem with _____ was the cause of Treysen's frustration.