Exam 8: Memory

In the relearning method,researchers measure whether an individual:

Which mechanism of forgetting is most consistent with decay theory?

"Shallow processing" involves:

If you do not pay attention to information in a sensory register,how long will the information be retained?

In the serial position effect,items at the beginning of the list are still being held in short-term memory but they have been rapidly and efficiently organized.

Material is usually stored in long-term memory according to:

Damage to the hippocampus spares both new and old procedural memories,but prevents the formation of new long-term declarative memories.

In order to be stored in short-term memory,information must be:

Salita and Josef are in a miserable relationship where each is extremely hurtful to the other.However,when asked about their disagreements,each can only recall the hurtful things the other one did.Neither can recall hurtful things they did.Their memory failures may an example of:

When you remember the capital cities of each of the United States,you are using procedural memory.

According to the spreading activation model,which of the following concepts is MOST likely to be activated when you hear the word "mouse"?

Visual information in the sensory register will be saved if

The spreading activation model of memory assumes that the information in long-term memory is organized MOST like which of the following?

While talking on the phone,you notice your cat heading for an expensive vase on the end table.You race to retrieve the cat,and when you return to the phone,you have no idea what you were talking about.Why did you forget?

Karla studied Spanish in high school.In college,the experience was very helpful when she took Italian.Now she speaks Italian fluently,but can't remember much Spanish.Karla is experiencing:

What is the advantage to a high level of organization for memories stored in long-term memory?

In studying psychology,Aaron studies concepts by reading about them in the text,reviewing his notes,writing practice quizzes and figuring out how the concepts apply to his own life.Aaron is using a strategy called:

When new memories interfere with the recall of old memories,proactive interference is occurring.

When drawing ambiguous figures from memory,subjects will alter the drawings to fit labels that have been assigned to the drawings.This observation lends support to:

Collins and Loftus's ____________ model is a memory model that seeks to explain how we link together various concepts and their characteristics.