Exam 5: Memory

In the levels-of-processing model of memory, information that gets processed at a ________ level (such as accessing the meaning of a word or phrase) is more likely to be retained longer and form a stronger memory than information that is processed at a ________ level (such as the visual characteristics of a word.

When given a list of items to remember, you are more likely to remember

The TOT phenomenon occurs when

Were sensory memories to last longer than normal,

One of the most common causes of transience comes from ___________ when one item prevents us from forming a robust memory for another item.

Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of

You are learning a list of items for a test by relating the items to each other and to information that you already have stored in memory. Which type of rehearsal are you using?

The word "mnemonics" comes from a ________ word meaning ________.

By looking over the chapter outline, the summary, the Key Questions, and Core Concepts, you form the impression of the overall meaning of the material. The details are later associated with this overall impression. This is known as

________ occurs when memories are retrievable, but they are associated with the wrong time, place, or person.

Remembering your first day of college classes is an example of ________ memories.

A temporary failure to recall where you left your keys is most likely due to

The rapidly passing scenery you see out the window is first stored in

The observation that depressed people tend to favor recall of depressing memories is known as ________ memory.

In proactive interference, old memories act to

Your ability to remember where you were the morning of September 11, 2001, is an example of a(n)

Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone. The other five items in between are gone. This is an example of the

If you are trying to remember the names of all the U.S. presidents, the serial position effect would predict that you will have difficulty

Hermann Ebbinghaus used ________ to study his long-term retention of verbal material.

The memory process of ________ involves the location and recovery of information from your memory.