Exam 8: Extension B: Memory

José studies, stays awake for eight hours, then sleeps for eight hours.Santos studies, then sleeps eight hours, and is then awake for eight hours.Santos will experience less forgetting than José because more _____ will occur before the interference (of being awake) begins.

You tell your mother that you have to memorize a particular poem for English.She says, "Oh, I had to learn that poem when I was in high school." Your mother spontaneously begins reciting the poem.Your mother's ability to recite a poem from her past is a good indication that the _____ theory of forgetting lacks validity.

People who have exceptional memories tend to use _____ rather than internal images or eidetic imagery.

Electrically stimulating the hippocampus has been shown _____ long-term potentiation.

You made an F on your first psychology test.Whenever that grade creeps into your mind, you consciously push it back out of your mind.This illustrates

Drugs that increase long-term potentiation tend to

Regarding the exceptional memory, which of the following statements is FALSE?

If you tend to be absentminded, which theory of forgetting is probably to blame?

Regarding flashbulb memories, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Satera was in her car when the bridge collapsed.Her car dropped 30 feet to the ground.Although Satera experienced only scratches and brusises, this emotionally-charged event produced a very lasting and vivid flashbulb memory.Which part of the brain is responsible for intensifying this tragic memory for Satera?

In the experiment in which a rat was administered an electroconvulsive shock (ECS) after receiving a painful shock to its feet, the rat experienced _____ regarding the painful shock to its feet.

One should be able to remember about _____ percent of meaningful material after three years, and about _____ percent after 20 years.

_____ is unconsciously pushing unwanted memories out of awareness, while _____ is the conscious effort to keep memories from awareness.

In the "Card Magic" demonstration in your textbook, your card appeared to disappear due to which type of forgetting?

Negative transfer is most likely to occur when

Electroconvulsive therapy has the side effect of causing memory loss because it disrupts

You have just studied for a psychology test.Which of the following activities would be the LEAST likely to cause retroactive interference?

An adult in therapy develops a fantasy about being abused as a child.The patient views the fantasy as a true memory.The patient's belief best illustrates the _____ memory syndrome.

Consciously forcing painful or anxiety-producing thoughts from one's memory is called

In a classic experiment on forgetting, college students learned lists of nonsense syllables.After studying, students in one group slept for eight hours and then were tested for memory of the lists.A second group stayed awake for eight hours after studying the lists.The results of the experiment revealed that