Exam 7: Memory

While driving home,the car in front of you starts driving dangerously,so you concentrate on watching it.When you arrive home,you realize that you cannot remember anything from your drive home other than that car.Your memory is most likely due to the fact that we do not remember information that

In an experiment,you are asked to memorize a list of 30 words.At first,this seems like a challenging task.Then you remember that you can hold more words in short-term storage if you

Filter theory helps explain all of the following memory phenomena EXCEPT

Harry is reading the textbook for his astronomy class and is trying to relate the material to his own life experiences.According to the levels of processing model,Harry is more likely to remember the information over the long term because he is using

Ashley studies for her upcoming psychology exam while sitting on her sunny front porch.When she takes the exam in a dimly lit lecture hall,she does poorly on the exam.Which of the following could have influenced her ability to recall the necessary exam information?

When we make our memories consistent with our current beliefs or attitudes,we are experiencing

A)Describe the levels of processing model. B)Explain the difference between maintenance and elaborative rehearsal C)Provide an example of maintenance and elaborative rehearsal (one example for each kind of rehearsal).

A)Name the three stages of information processing in the acquisition of memory. B)Imagine you are reading a story in a magazine.Describe how that information would go through these three phases of information processing in the acquisition of a memory.

Inattention and the shallow encoding of events can often result in __________,which leads to forgetting.

Chris is looking for his friend in a crowd of people at a concert.As he scans the crowd,he often blinks but still retains a brief visual image of many of faces in the crowd for a very brief time.Chris is able to maintain this visual information due to the function of his

Yesterday,you caused an argument by insulting another person.Today,you remember the argument as being the other person's fault.You do not remember that you were actually to blame for the argument because of

You study Spanish during high school but then take Portuguese when you are in college.Now,whenever you try to remember a word in Spanish,you can only remember that word in Portuguese.This effect is most likely due to

A)Describe two ways in which our memories can be distorted. B)Provide an example of each.

Which of the following is a type of explicit memory?

A)Describe anterograde amnesia. B)If a person had anterograde amnesia,how would it affect their implicit and explicit memories. C)Give an example of an implicit and explicit memory (one example of each).

Ted has brain damage after an accident.Although he can clearly remember everything from before the accident,he forgets what people are saying to him within a few minutes.Ted is most likely experiencing

Your friend starts talking about a new puppy that she just rescued.This discussion about her new puppy activates your knowledge about dogs.Based on the fact that information is maintained in long-term storage in a network of associations,when you hear about the puppy

According to the idea that information is held in long-term storage in networks of associations,each specific piece of information in memory is located in

People find it very easy to put on a button-down shirt but much harder to write down the steps involved in putting on a button-down shirt.This difference suggests that __________ memory is typically an __________ memory.

Dion keeps having nightmares and flashbacks about his time in the military.His chronic anxiety is most likely due to which disorder?