Exam 8: Memory

Anterograde amnesia is a disorder that affects:

After hearing a telephone number,most people who do not rehearse the number will forget it within:

Interference tends to confuse the retrieval process in ____________ memory and to completely knock items out of storage in ____________ memory.

Which of the following statements is true of the sensory register?

In short-term memory,forgetting occurs when information is not ____________;in long-term memory,forgetting occurs because information cannot be ____________.

You are trying to remember the Thursday night TV lineup from last season,but you are heaving trouble.Of the following,which is MOST likely to be interfering with your memory?

Most long-term memories are stored as:

Summarize the research findings that support a biological basis for memory.

Relearning supports the belief that:

In chronic alcoholism,thiamine deficiency can lead to ____________.

An engram has been described by Karl Lashley and other neuroscientists as:

In short-term memory,we generally use visual codes to store information.

The concept of short-term memory being distinct and separate from long-term memory is an integral part of:

When you cannot recall your new phone number and keep giving out your old phone number,____________ interference is occurring.

Short-term memory also serves as our as:

George Sperling flashed three rows each containing four letters on a screen and asked participants to recall the letters in one of the rows.What were the results of this study?

The concept of the sensory register is an integral part of the:

Contemporary psychologists support the idea that the passage of time can cause us to forget information in:

Which of the following is an example of retroactive interference?

Of the following,which level of arousal is most likely to enhance memory?