Exam 33: Memory: Memory Systems

As you read this module in psychology,you frequently ask yourself "why" questions,such as "Why would that be true?" as well as relating this new information with your own experiences involving your own "memory." You are using which of the following to help you remember the information in this Chapter ?

Greg is watching television when a beer commercial comes on that he has seen many times.In this commercial,a boy goes to a cool party,sees an attractive girl,flashes his favorite beer,and gets the girl.A year later,a friend asks Greg where he met his girlfriend,and he relates a scenario very similar to the beer commercial,although his girlfriend does not remember any alcoholic beverages being served at this small "party" where they met.According to Jesse Shapiro,Greg's creation of a "memory" that never really happened occurred because advertisers were able to

In your short-term memory,numbers,letters,words,phrases,or familiar sentences can make up a single information

Which subpart of declarative memory records personal experiences that are linked with specific times and places in one's life?

The most characteristic aspect of "memories" obtained by stimulating the brain is that they will

Which of the following types of memory prevents our minds from collecting useless names,dates,telephone numbers,and other trivia?

Which memory stage are we largely unaware of but which holds information just long enough for it to be moved to the second memory stage?

The study involving subjects being shown a filmed automobile accident and mistakenly remembering "broken glass" illustrates how people tend to

Erica was given two statements,to which she must quickly answer yes or no: (1)Classical conditioning forms simple associations.(2)Classical conditioning is due to experience.Erica will most likely say yes to the first statement of "Classical conditioning forms simple associations" faster than she can say yes to the second statement that "Classical conditioning is due to experience." This occurs due to the

Information in long-term memory is generally stored on the basis of

Working memory is a part of which memory system?

The worst that happens when hypnosis is used as an aid to memory in solving a crime is that

If the letters VDAFCBNLSBRC are rearranged into DVR-ABC-CBS-NFL,they become much easier to remember and store.This is because you're using a process called

Memories that are like looking into your own personal photo album are called _______ memories.

Jerry uses rote learning to study the concept of reinforcement,while Erica uses elaborative processing.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is a subpart of declarative memory that records impersonal knowledge about the world and serves as a mental dictionary or encyclopedia of one's basic knowledge?

Procedural,semantic,and episodic memories are types of _______ memory.

The memory system used to hold small amounts of information for relatively brief time periods of approximately a dozen seconds or so is called _______ memory.

Meaningful units of information,such as numbers,letters,words,or phrases are known as information

Bits of information grouped into larger units make up