Exam 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language

The four-system memory theory proposes the existence of four separate memory stores.

Forgetting that occurs when there are insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information that is in memory is known as ____________ forgetting.

Categorizations of objects,events,or people that share common properties are known as ____________.

Repeated testing for differences between the desired outcome and what currently exists is known as ___________ analysis.

Distinguish between decay and interference as they relate to memory.

Explain the three-system approach to memory.

Existential psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes,including thinking,language,memory,problem-solving,knowing,reasoning,judging,and decision-making.

A rule that if applied appropriately,guarantees a solution to a problem is the definition of ___________.

Explain the potential reasons for forgetting?

Material that makes its way from short-term memory to long-term memory enters a storehouse of almost unlimited capacity.

All flashbulb memories are perfectly accurate and represent a true picture of the event that is remembered.

Memories of which people are not consciously aware,but which can affect subsequent performance and behavior are part of ______________ memory.

In retroactive ___________,difficulty exists in the recall of information learned earlier because of later exposure to different material.

If you are good at playing trivia games because you know a lot of facts about the world,then you are exhibiting strength in which type of memory?

Recall of information does not depend on the degree to which information is initially processed.

If your father taught you how to ride a bike when you were a child,but you have not ridden one in twenty years,you will rely on your ____________ memory to remember how to ride the bike now.

In proactive ___________,information learned earlier disrupts the recall of newer material.

The tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use is known as __________.

Categorizations of objects,events,or people that share common properties are known as ____________.

If you moved to a new house three years ago and you are asked for your old address for a form that you need to fill out,but cannot remember your old address,you are exhibiting _____________ interference.