Exam 6: Memory

A person is most likely to store a seven-digit phone number in his or her _____ memory.

Elaine is writing a paper about reactions to the tragedy that occurred at the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.She interviews ten of her classmates and asks them to remember that day.She is surprised to learn that nearly all of the students she interviewed offer very detailed, vivid accounts of where they were and what they were doing when they first learned of the terrorist attacks.Elaine has discovered that most of her classmates have _____ of September 11, 2001.

Elsa is studying for her psychology exam with the TV on in the background.Research on the effects of divided attention suggests that watching TV while studying will _____ Elsa's exam performance.

What are schemas and how are they relevant to memory?

The cerebellum and _____ play an important role in implicit memory.

Vince suffered serious brain injury to his cerebellum in a motorcycle accident.What effect will this have on Vince's life?

Although _____ is rich and detailed, we lose the information in it quickly unless we use certain strategies that transfer it into other memory systems.

Jeremiah, an eight-year-old boy, did not learn to tie his shoelaces until he was six years old.Now, he ties them expertly while talking to others and without looking at his feet.Such skills are associated with _____ memory.

Multiple choice exams involve testing a student's _____ abilities, whereas essay exams involve testing _____ abilities.

Your friend Jane is having difficulty "taking in" the information in her history class so she asks you to use your expertise in psychology to offer some suggestions on how to improve her memory performance.Discuss how attention, deep processing, elaboration, and the use of mental imagery can affect the encoding process.

According to Hermann Ebbinghaus,