Exam 8: Extension C: Memory

Jamilla is learning her lines for the play.First, she learns half of scene one.Once it is mastered, she studies the second half of scene one.She then goes back and recites her lines for all of scene one.Once this is mastered, Jamilla starts learning the first half of scene two and so on, always starting at the beginning of the play, once she has mastered each small part.After the whole play is learned, Jamilla also practices by starting at different points in the play.This will help prevent getting "lost" or going blank in the middle of the performance.Jamilla is using _____ to learn her lines for the play.

Your teacher has you learn the following: "One is bun, two is a shoe, three is a tree, four is a door, five is a hive, six is sticks, seven is heaven, eight is a gate, nine is a line, and ten is a hen." Then, he gives you a list of words to remember and instructs you to form an image associating the first listed word "frog" with "bun," which rhymes with "one" for the first word in the sequence.You picture a "frog-burger on a bun." Then you associate the shoe with the second listed item, and so on.You are

For most people, the space capacity for short-term memory is 12 items, plus or minus two.

Ancient Greeks orators had an interesting way to remember ideas in order when giving a speech, which involved

According to the ____________________ model, units of information in long-term memory are organized in a complex system of associations.

The ____________________ acts as a sort of "switching station" between short-term and long-term memory and aids in the formation of new memories.

Part learning is superior

_____ is your best insurance against going blank on a test because of being nervous.

Regarding the review of material before a test, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Activating implicit memories by providing partial information that has been previously linked with these memories is known as chunking.

In an experiment examining the memory effects of recitation (Gates, 1959), it was found that those students with the highest memory scores had spent _____ percent of their time reciting and _____ of their time reading.

When learning complex information that is quite lengthy, it is best to break the learning sessions into a series of short sessions.This memory strategy is called

Describe sensory memory, and explain how information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

If you need to memorize a short five-minute speech to be delivered next week, it is best to

In the film clip demonstration, a story about an argument on a subway was verbally passed from research participant to research participant.As the story was passed on from person to person, the participants in this demonstration

When Gina looks at an old photograph of her high school graduating class, a flood of memories comes rushing back.Gina finds herself going from one memory to the next.According to memory research, this process is referred to as ____________________.

In the film clip depicting a man with brain injury attempting to remember the names of three persons, the man

Regarding mnemonic devices, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Bizarre images

Memories elicited by the electrical stimulation of the brain suggest that every experience a person has ever had is recorded permanently in memory.