Exam 10: Memory

The brain circuits that take part in the formation of long-term memories are the same as those involved in long-term storage.

If the capacity of short-term memory is limited, how do we remember the beginning of a spoken sentence until the speaker gets to the end?

The cerebellum is involved in the formation of procedural memories.

Memory is like a giant file cabinet that retrieves information accurately as long as it is well-organized.

Eyewitness testimonies by victims are most likely to contain errors when the suspect:

The ________ model represents the contents of memory as connections among a huge number of interacting processing units.

In a classic study of eyewitness accounts and leading questions, people were shown short films showing car collisions. How did the wording of the questions about the accidents influence the estimations of the speed of the cars?

In 1992, the county's media focused on an unlicensed daycare centre in Martensville, Saskatchewan, where it was claimed children were to have suffered abuse. Although none of the children had shown symptoms or problems during their preschool experience, a full investigation was initiated. What has research revealed about the accuracy of children's testimony? Under what conditions are children apt to be suggestible?

The PDP model of memory represents the contents of memory as connections among a huge number of interacting processing units, distributed in a vast network and all operating in parallel.

The initial processing of information that leads to a representation in memory is known as ________; the recovery at a later time of the stored information is called ________.

In order to help her Introductory Psychology students learn the colours of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, the professor has them learn ROY G BIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). This is an example of:

Match the following definitions with the correct terms. -Memory for the performance of actions or skills.

The three-box model of memory remains a leading approach for all of the reasons below EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

In an experiment at a daycare centre, a young man read a story to preschoolers and gave them a treat. A week later, an experimenter asked the children in Group 1 leading questions about aggressive acts that never occurred (Did he throw a crayon at a child?). She asked the children in Group 2 leading questions but also used influence techniques. The results showed that:

Which of the following is NOT one of three interacting memory systems?

Memory researchers Stephen Ceci and Maggie Bruck found that most young children do recollect accurately most of what they have experienced.

Memory is like a video camera, replaying scenes from our experience.

According to the ________ theory of forgetting, information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

Memories that involve knowing how to do something, like how to comb your hair, are called declarative memories.