Exam 8: Extension B: Memory

Janice broke up with her long-time boyfriend Chuck two months ago.Every time any memory of Chuck creeps into her mind, she consciously pushes these memories out of her mind.Janice is using _____ to try to forget "this guy."

The forgetting of past failures, upsetting childhood events, the names of people you dislike, or appointments you do not want to keep is most likely caused by

Negative transfer is

Disuse theory alone cannot explain forgetting because

When old information keeps you from learning new information, _____ is occurring.

If two brain cells become more active at the same time, the connections between them grow stronger.This process is called

The difference between learning nonsense syllables and meaningful information is

_____ has taken place when mastery of one task aids mastery of a second task.

The formation of long-term memories in the brain is known as

Regarding the exceptional memory of Steve and Rajan for digits, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding consolidation, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A member of your favorite study group from last semester is walking toward you in the mall, but you cannot remember her name.You are sure you would be able to remember her name if you were back on campus in the library room where the group met to study.Maybe when you hear her voice, her name will come back to you.You are experiencing

People who are extremely sensitive to emotional events tend to use _____ to protect themselves from threatening thoughts.

Research has found that information learned under the influence of a drug is best remembered when the drugged state occurs again.This illustrates

Learning tends to alter _____ of brain cells.

College students who memorized 20 lists of words (one list each day) recalled only 15 percent of the last list.Students who learned only one list recalled 80 percent of it.This is best explained by

Actively thinking about information to be learned, or _____ encoding is a good way to prevent encoding failure.

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

Marisa reads a short vignette about a deer wandering through a forest in her English class.Later that day, she was working the puzzle in the newspaper in which she was to unscramble the letters TARIL to form a word.The first answer that pops into her head was the word trail.Marisa's experience illustrates the power of

Sequential lineups in which one photo at a time is shown to the witness can reduce the occurrence of