Exam 5: Memory

Loni is asked to memorize the letters I K T E A L N in no particular order.She memorizes them by reorganizing them into the words INK and LATE.This tactic is called _________.

A visual image held in the sensory register is _____________.

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three nonsense syllables for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them.If the instructions to recall the syllables came immediately,the students were usually successful.If the instructions came even one second after the syllables were shown,the students were much less successful.The MOST plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that,in the latter case,_____________.

The step in the memory process that actually makes our memories available to us is:

Believers in the information-processing model of memory are likely to agree that ____________.

Steve was recalling his first day in college,including walking into the wrong class,dropping his books as he left,and the long line at the registrar's office he encountered when he had to switch classes.These memories are examples of:

Information gets from sensory memory to short-term memory through the process of ______________.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia found in adults and the elderly.

The best analogy for the way long-term memory is conceptualized would be __________.

The passage of time and frequency of events are examples of knowledge that is often subject to __________.

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory through the processes of selective attention?

Remembering your first day of college classes is an example of _________ memory.

General knowledge,language,and concepts are seen as parts of ___________.

ECT,or electroconvulsive shock therapy,can disrupt consolidation and cause retrograde amnesia.

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl.The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?

Hypnosis enhances the confidence people have in their memories,regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct,then _____________.

Flashbulb memories _______.

H.M.,a famous amnesiac,gave researchers solid information that the ____________ was important in storing new long-term memories.

Iconic memory allows us to remember the beginnings of sentences long enough to have meaningful conversations.