Exam 33: Memory: Memory Systems

Jeannette is walking down a street when she passes a man smoking a pipe.When she smells the smoke of this particular pipe tobacco,memories of her grandfather who smoked the same pipe tobacco began to flood her mind,although her grandfather had died over 25 years ago.Jeannette is experiencing

You are able to remember your two computer passwords because they are the name of the city and state where you were born,which illustrates the use of maintenance rehearsal.

A witness to a crime "remembers" the face of another person that he actually saw somewhere other than the crime scene.Not remembering the source of his or her information explains the formation of _______ memories.

Information in long-term memory is typically arranged in all of the following EXCEPT

Sydney would be described as having a wealth of knowledge.She is constantly reading about many diverse subjects.Heather has not read a book since her senior year in college and rarely watches the news to keep up with national or international events.Regarding the research on memory,we would expect

The digit-span test is a common measure of attention and short-term memory.

Another name for short-term memory,especially as it is used for thinking and problem-solving is _______ memory.

Which of the basic processes of memory is like typing data into a computer?

Regarding episodic memories,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Explain the space and time capacities of short-term memory,the effects of chunking and maintenance rehearsal on these capacities,and the best method for moving information from short-term into long-term memory.

Iconic and echoic memories are part of the stage of memory known as _______ memory.

Which type of long­term memory can be fully expressed only as actions (or "know­how")and represents the most basic "automatic" elements of conditioning,learning,and memory?

When Gina looks at an old photograph of her high school graduating class,a flood of memories comes rushing back with Gina finding herself going from one memory to the next.According to memory research,this process Gina is experiencing is referred to as _______.

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

In the Loftus and Palmer experiment,participants were asked questions a week later about the filmed car accident they had seen.The participants that had been asked earlier about the cars that "smashed" into each other said they saw broken glass even though no broken glass was shown in the film.The new information ("smashed")was included in memories and revised them,producing a(n) _______ memory.

After appearing to produce vivid memories in his patients through brain activation,which researcher proposed that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film,complete with sound track"?

When Timmon comes home from kindergarten,he tells his mother that he learned the days of the week today.Over time,Timmon will forget when and where he learned the days of the week but will retain the names of the days of the week forever.This illustrates that the forgetting of episodic memories leads to the formation of __________ memories.

The three stages of memory are summarized by the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory.

Memories that can be fully expressed only as actions (or "know­how")and represent the most basic "automatic" elements of conditioning,learning,and memory are called _______ memories.

Which of the following was a characteristic of the memories obtained during the brain stimulation experiments?