Exam 9: The Knowing Mind Memory

A classic method of savings involves measuring the retention of material in long-term memory over time by____.

All tasks involve a process known as

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the definition of the term forgetting?

Professor Barber asks one of his graduate students,Seville,to finish his class lecture on memory.Seville begins by explaining that nondeclarative memories (1)are unconsciously and effortlessly retrieved memories;(2)are easy to verbalize;(3)include memories for classical conditioning,procedural learning,and priming;and (4)are also known as implicit memories.Which part of his definition is inaccurate?

Semantic or episodic memories that reference the self are called ____ memories.

Which of the following describes how learning changes neural structure?

Manuel is teaching his 3-year-old son Joey the alphabet song.Joey sings "A B C D J R P X Y Z." This is an example of ____.

Jean has an intense fear of alligators,including large stuffed alligators and often discusses the topic.She thinks that an alligator attacked her during a family picnic when she was young.Her mother recently found a video of her daughter's fourth birthday picnic in the park in which her uncle held his gift,a large stuffed alligator,in front of his face and growled ferociously.This indicates that Jean's memory of the alligator attack is likely ____.

Psychologists have found that human memory involves three processes: encoding information into memory,storing information in memory,and retrieving information from memory.Psychologists have also identified specific strategies to help people encode,store,and retrieve information.How can this research help you study for this class more efficiently? What strategies could help you encode and store information in your memory as you study? What strategies could help you retrieve this information when you take a test? In a multiparagraph essay,describe how you could use specific memory strategies to improve your study skills.Be sure to explain how each strategy will improve how you encode,store,or retrieve information in memory.Include details from class materials,readings,and research on memory to support your discussion.

Professor Giles asks his students to write down the first word that come to mind when they see the word fish.Bob writes down sea,James writes down chips,and Angela writes down net.According to the spreading activation theory,this result ___.

Anna is called on by her professor to share the definition of long-term potentiation with the class.She states that it is the enhancement of communication between two neurotransmitters resulting from their synchronous activation.Her definition is inaccurate with regard to the use of the term ____.

Jerome's prefrontal cortex was damaged as a result of long-term abuse of inhalants.He retained his semantic and procedural knowledge of how to drive a standard shift automobile.Jerome would most likely have problems recalling which of the following?

Alex is starting his day.Which of the following represents a procedural memory?

Chunking is the ____.

The first stage of the Atkinson-Shiffrin model involved the retention of large amounts of incoming data for very brief amounts of time.This is called ____.

When Gina was 10,she swam in the ocean for the first time.She remembers the feeling of kicking her feet,slicing her arms through the water,tasting the tangy salt water,floating her on her back,and learning from her father that salt water is more dense than fresh water,which makes floating easier.Which element is a semantic memory?

Paolo is studying for his doctoral qualifying exams in neuropsychology.According to fuzzy trace theory,what would be the best way to study for these exams?