Exam 34: Memory: Forgetting

A police officer is shot in the head and suffers brain damage.Although he remembers his life before he was shot,he is unable to store new memories.Thus,he must relearn information each day from video,photographs,and notes constructed by his wife and friends.This police officer suffers from

Ten days after taking a psychology exam,Michael took a second exam on the same material (without reviewing)and scored only half as high as he did on the original exam.If he were tested yet again ten days later without additional study,the curve of forgetting suggests his score would be about

Physical changes in nerve cells or brain activity that take place when memories are stored are referred to as

The mnemonist Mr.S.had such an exceptional memory that he had to devise ways to

No matter how real a recovered memory may seem,it must be verified by

The hippocampus is important in memory formation because it

Memory decay only seems to explain forgetting for

Discuss the recovered memory/false memory debate,including why hidden memories are recovered and how people come to develop false memories of sexual abuse.

Research with people who have brain damage and are unable to store new memories points to the importance of which brain part in the process of consolidation?

Whenever Garrett tries to remember his new phone number,he keeps getting it mixed up with his old phone number.Garrett's failure to remember his new phone number is probably due to _______ interference.

In an effort to recover repressed memories,hypnosis,guided visualizations,suggestion,age regression,and administering the drug Amytal have been used.These and similar techniques can

Negative transfer is most likely to occur when

The presence of appropriate cues almost always enhances memory.So,students who use which of the following are more likely to remember information for a test because more retrieval cues will be associated with every part of the information they are studying?

The recollections we have of emotionally-charged events seem to be unusually vivid and permanent and often revolve around how we were reacting to the event.We also tend to place great confidence in these recollections,even when they are wrong.These vivid,but sometimes inaccurate,recollections are called _______ memories.

Helen has a six­month "gap" in her memories of grade school.Her "gap" corresponds to the period immediately after her father's death.Helen's memory loss is most likely accounted for by

Long-term procedural memories are stored in which part(s)of the brain?

Consolidation refers to the

Encoding failure is usually the result of which type of memory being disrupted by distractions?

Anthony suffered a stroke that severely damaged his hippocampus.Although he remembers his life before the stroke in detail,Anthony is unable to form new long-term memories.Anthony suffers from _______ amnesia.

Because redintegration,relearning,and priming can recover seemingly forgotten memories,this fact casts doubt on which of the following types of forgetting?