Exam 10: Memory

When you rollerblade, you are relying on ________ memory.

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened.

________ involves associating new items of information with material that has already been stored.

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Conscious, intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information.

The role of the hippocampus may be to bind together diverse aspects of a memory so that the memory is retrieved as one coherent entity.

Owen is convinced that one of the questions on his psychology exam will be to name the eight reindeer that pulled Santa's sleigh. What kind of test question would the professor use to measure recognition? What about recall? Which type of test would be easier for Owen? Speculate on the reason it would be easier.

Kyla is attending university in her third year of psychology. The fact that she can use previously learned information about psychology to help her succeed in her current classes can be accounted for by the process of:

Unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts and actions, is called:

Bruce is furious when his midterm is returned with a C grade. He tells his sociology professor that he had read each of the assigned chapters three times and if someone can do that and just be average then there is something wrong with the test! Based on your understanding of critical thinking and memory, what is wrong with Bruce's reasoning? What are some other possible explanations for Bruce's average performance? How could Bruce study more effectively?

Research on autobiographical memory notes that the earliest age that can be recalled could be represented by the experience of:

A long-lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness is called:

Proactive interference occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material that was stored previously.

Under most circumstances, recognition is easier than recall.

Confabulations are especially likely to occur in all the circumstances listed below EXCEPT:

In discussions of the capacity of short-term memory, a chunk is a meaningful unit of information.

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Association of new information with already stored knowledge and analysis of the new information to make it memorable.

As she studies her psychology textbook, Marilyn wants to make sure that she remembers that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels and that each decibel is one-tenth of a bel, which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell. Marilyn creates a visual image of 10 elflike Alexander Graham Bells trying to turn up the volume of a huge stereo. Her strategy is called:

After several strokes, M.D. made a complete recovery except for the fact that he had trouble remembering the names of fruits and vegetables. What implications does this case study have for the organization of information in long-term memory?

Contrast the three-box model of memory with the parallel distributed processing model of memory. If you were offered a well-paid position as a research assistant for a prominent memory researcher, would you prefer to work on research based on the three-box model or the PDP model? Why?

What research technique did Sir Frederic Bartlett, the British psychologist, use in order to study how memories are manufactured? What conclusions did Bartlett reach?