Exam 7: Memory

Which of the following situations is most likely to lead to the misinformation effect?

An important source of false memories comes from ________.

The Magic Number seven plus or minus two refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory.

Researchers asked students about their initial recollections a few days after the Challenger explosion and then two and a half to three years later. The results showed that

State-dependent learning is superior for retrieval of information when the organism

Which of the following situations best illustrates the use of retrieval cues?

Billy has just returned home from visiting his grandparents. His grandfather always had a jar of jelly beans on the table, and his mother asked Billy about the jar. "Sure," says Billy, "it was right there where it always was". Billy's mother knew that the jar was gone. The grandfather had recently been diagnosed with diabetes and had cut down on his sugar intake. Why did Billy remember seeing the jar of jelly beans?

Springfield's Chief Wiggum is bringing Barney in to identify who robbed his Bowl-a-Rama. To lessen the chance of making a false eyewitness identification, he should consider the use of a(n)________ line-up, in which he views one person at a time.

Though many people suffering from depression report that they were treated harshly by their parents during childhood, it is possible that this was not, in fact, the case. Another explanation is that people suffering from depression experience memory distortions of their childhood, where negative themes predominate. This demonstrates the importance of ________.

What system of memory has the largest span and longest duration?

The most sensitive measure of memory is

Unlike explicit memory, implicit memory

James has decided that he is going to pull an "all-nighter" to study for his physics final examination tomorrow. In psychology terms, he is planning to engage in ________ practice.

Some teachers give students quizzes so that they can clearly and easily identify what material they know well and what material they need to spend more time reviewing or if they need to change their study strategy. Awareness of one's own memory limitations is what psychologists refer to as ________.

Oscar is writing a fictional autobiography. He is combining real events with those that could have happened, as well as a few creative additions. In terms of the memory system, this approach is most similar to

The memory system that contains memories for factual information about the world around us is ________ memory.

The Magic Number of short-term memory is

Kira is jogging down the street listening to her portable music player. Abruptly, her batteries die and the music stops. Which of the following accounts for her ability to still "hear" the last part of the song that was playing?

Lori is reading over the teams that have won the Australian Football League (AFL)premiership since 1980. His recall of the first nine and last nine premiers at significantly higher rates than the ten premiers in the middle would clearly demonstrate the ________.

What concept best explains why students often do worse on standardised tests like the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test)that are often taken in school halls and university venues as opposed to their regular classroom?