Exam 7: Memory

Jonathan was in a motorcycle accident and sustained an injury to his hippocampus.He now has anterograde amnesia,which means that he has difficulty

Posttraumatic stress disorder is an example of

To remember her nine-digit social security number,Alyssa uses her working memory to place the numbers into three groups.In addition,each group of three or four digits is easy to remember because it is meaningful.Alyssa has made her social security number easier to remember by using

Every day Manuel buys coffee from the same woman on the way to work.Even though he always sees her,when a friend asks he cannot remember what color her hair is.Manual most likely experienced a problem in the __________ process of memory.

Tami's father used to roller skate as a child,but has not skated for many years.When he goes skating with Tami he will most likely remember how to skate due to his __________ memory.

Yolanda has a brain tumor.As the tumor gets bigger,Yolanda can no longer form new memories in long-term storage.Yolanda most likely has __________ amnesia.

Sue and Mary are talking about knitting.Sue is trying to remember the first thing she ever knitted.Mary is trying to remember what the word knitting means.Sue is trying to recall a(n)__________ memory and Mary is going to recall a(n)__________ memory.

The increased ability to retrieve memories that occurs when the internal states during encoding and the internal states during recall match is called

Alex sees a girl in a red shirt steal a candy bar.Later,during questioning,the police ask what candy the girl in the blue shirt stole.Months later,when Alex testifies in court,he describes the girl as having worn a blue shirt.This is an example of

Liora is reading her textbook.As her eyes scan the page,each visual image is retained for less than a second in her

A)Describe the primacy and recency effects. B)Which effect provides support for short-term storage? Explain why. C)Which effect provides support for long-term storage? Explain why

Addie told Callum her top 10 favorite movies.When he tries to recall the list later on,he can only remember the last two movies Addie mentioned.The fact that Callum only remembers the last two movies is most likely due to

Yelinda is talking to a salesman in a store when she steps away to answer her cell phone.When Yelinda turns back to the salesman,she fails to notice that the salesman she had originally been speaking to has been replaced by a different salesman.Yelinda's failure to notice that the salesman has changed is best explained by

Patient H.M.had part of his medial temporal lobes,including the hippocampus,removed to eliminate seizures.After his surgery,H.M could no longer