Exam 6: Memory

The term false memory taste aversion phenomenon is associated with the work of:

Pezdek and colleagues found that for a person to interpret thoughts and fantasies about false events as true memories:

Most people born before the middle 1990s can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing on the day of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks,although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before the event.The 9/11 memory is an example of a/an:

Recognition is typically harder than recall.

Which system of memory is known as the "place" where information is held for brief periods of time while being used?

In their 1978 study,Loftus and colleagues had participants view a slide presentation of an accident.Later,some of the participants were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign.When these same participants were later asked about what kind of sign was at the accident,they were very likely to be confused in this situation.This is an example of the _____________ effect.

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory,in which an after image or icon will be held in neural form for about 0.50 to 2.00 seconds.

Research suggests that memory formation is a function of:

A man known as H.M.lost the ability to form new memories after an operation removed portions of his:

What "magic number" did Miller find to be the capacity of short-term memory?

Information gets from sensory memory to short-term memory through the process of:

Believers in the information-processing model of memory are likely to agree that:

Which of the following statements is true of retrieval cues?

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the ______ effect.

False memories reported during hypnosis replace real memories,which are frequently believed by the subject.

The processes of encoding,storage,and retrieval are seen as part of the ____________ model of memory.

A time machine provides you the opportunity to interview Sigmund Freud.During the interview,Freud admits that he never wanted to attend medical school.When you ask him how he made it through,he says,"I had eidetic imagery." What does he mean by that?

T.J.was in a car accident and suffered a concussion.After he recovered,he found that he could not remember the accident itself or the events of the morning leading up to the accident.T.J.had which kind of amnesia?

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 _____________ effect.

In anterograde amnesia,memory for anything new becomes impossible,although old memories may still be retrievable.