Exam 33: Memory: Memory Systems

Regarding short-term memory (STM),which of the following statements is TRUE?

As your friend reads her shopping list to you in her apartment,you are aware that the radio is playing in the background.The fact that you remember what your friend said and not what the announcer on the radio said can be attributed to

According to economist Jesse Shapiro,the more positive fictional commercials we see,the less likely we are to remember an actual negative experience with a product,a process he referred to as "memory _______."

Organizing information into larger units as a way of improving the efficiency of short-term memory is called

On a test that measures her attention and short-term memory,Tanya is asked to correctly repeat seven digits.This test is called the _______ test.

You quickly walk through your living room and hear a few words of a commercial coming form the television.An exact copy of these words will remain in your auditory system for about two seconds and are referred to as __________ memory.

The process by which memories are reconstructed or expanded by starting with one memory and then following chains of associations to other,related memories is called

Procedural memory would be affected by damage to the

Someone leaves a phone number on your answering machine.You repeat the number to yourself as you start to dial.Then,the doorbell rings,and you rush to see who is there.When you return to the phone,you have completely forgotten the number.This illustrates how interruption,or displacement,affects _______ memory.

In order to briefly remember a shopping list,you silently say the items on the list over and over to yourself.You are able to maintain these items in your short-term memory through

Regarding the three stages of memory,the memories that are stored on the basis of meaningfulness and importance are called _______ memories.

The cognitive interview technique includes all of the following EXCEPT

You are being introduced to a stranger,and you want to remember his or her name.Which of the following statements regrading this situation is FALSE?

The first stage of memory,which holds an exact record of incoming information for a few seconds or less is called __________ memory.

A person is able to move information to the second memory stage by focusing on a selected portion of a sensory input,a process known as

A memory,which can seem accurate but is not,is known as a(n)

Which of the following is NOT considered a type of long-term memory?

The cognitive interview technique is most likely to be useful in which of the following situations?

Which type of memory would store BOTH your knowledge of a dog being a vertebrate and a mammal as well as the name of your first dog and the experiences you had with this dog?

Procedural memories are more easily forgotten than are episodic memories.