Exam 6: Memory

What are constructive processes in memory? Explain.

The first psychologist to emphasize the importance of constructive processes in memory was:

A stimulus that facilitates the recall of information from long-term memory is called a:

memories are recollections of events that are initially so shocking that the mind responds by pushing them into the unconscious.

Compare and contrast the capacity and duration of sensory and short-term memory.Describe the experimental and neuropsychological evidence supporting the distinction between short- and long-term memories.

Describe three of the techniques your text recommends for improving your memory.Suggest how the techniques you describe could be applied to improve your performance in one or more specific college courses.

Omar experienced a dissociative-fugue state.He suddenly snapped out of it in front of the pet-supplies display in a discount store;he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro,NC.Omar's amnesia is best described as:

When faced with a list of terms to memorize in one of his college courses,Brendan creates an acrostic-a sentence in which successive words begin with the same letter as the corresponding list word.Formal organizational strategies such as this are termed .

"The Search for the Engram." Has this research quest proven fruitful? Evaluate this question with respect to what is known regarding the brain basis of memory.

Dr.Peter Ziemer is seeing a new patient,Mrs.Aaronson.She is experiencing memory losses.Dr.Ziemer tests her language and problem-solving abilities.He also asks her if she has a history of alcohol abuse.What might the language and problem-solving tests tell Dr.Ziemer? What would the answer to the alcohol-abuse question tell him?

When you try to list all the classes you've ever taken in college,chances are you will recall your last few classes particularly well.What is this phenomenon called?

Organized bodies of information stored in memory that bias the way new information is interpreted,stored,and recalled are called .

We look up a number in the phone book,push the book away,and then begin to dial the number.Why do we discourage an interruption during this process?

"You'll probably do better on the test if you put more effort into understanding what the chapter's trying to say in the first place," one of your professors admonishes the class.You are reminded of the theory of memory retrieval.

"She did WHAT?" your roommate questions,as you relate an anecdote about a mutual friend.Your roommate is processing your story in _____ memory.

Dr.Sally acquired her neurosurgery degree at an online college based in the West Indies.Unfortunately,during her first brain surgery,she inadvertently destroyed her patient's hippocampus,impairing his process of ,whereby memories are stabilized in long-term memory.

Our long-term memories are often inaccurate,even when we are convinced we are correctly remembering past events.Support this statement making specific reference to research on flashbulb,eyewitness,and false and repressed memories.

Implicit memory is often studied through experiments that use .

Having done "21 for 21" shots,Deanna barely remembers her 21st birthday.That is,her _____ memory is sketchy.

Define and provide original examples from your own experience of each of the following types of long-term memory: declarative,procedural,episodic,and semantic.