Exam 10: Memory

________ is a memory for the performance of actions or skills.

Recall is the ability to identify previously encountered information.

A fill-in-the-blank quiz of psychology terms would test for recognition of the terms.

Formal strategies and tricks for encoding, storing, and retaining information are named after the ancient Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne.

Formation and retention of procedural memories may involve the ________.

________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material stored previously.

A student has taken a summer job answering telephone sales orders. He quickly learns that it is much easier to remember a customer's 6-digit postal code and 7-digit phone number, but much more difficult to keep track of their 16-digit credit card numbers. According to the research of George Miller, he is having trouble with longer strings of numbers because:

Match the examples with the appropriate type of memory. -You look up a phone number and are able to remember it long enough to dial the phone.

The multiple-choice test that you are taking now requires that you ________ the relevant information. The essay test that you will take in a different class places more emphasis on your ability to ________ the relevant information.

Procedural memory is defined as the conscious, intentional recollection of an event.

When patients, such as H.M., are unable to form new declarative memories, they also cannot acquire new procedural memories.

________ memory refers to recollection of a personally experienced event and the context in which it occurred.

H.M. had part of his brain removed in 1953 when he was 27 years old. H.M.'s disorder had been life-threatening and so the surgery had been a medical necessity. But the surgery did have profound effects on H.M.'s memory. What brain structure was removed? Integrate information regarding the reconstruction of memory with information on the brain presented earlier in the text. Using the three-box model of memory, explain how the flow of information has been disrupted in H.M.

Recovering a memory is like:

The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event elsewhere is:

To ensure that the memory of a child is accurate, it is important to:

Short-term memory retrieves information from long-term memory for temporary use thus functioning, in part, as a working memory.

What principles of memory have you encountered in this chapter that you could practically use to become a better student?

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Memory of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred.

Match the definitions with the correct terms. -The selective, involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious.