Exam 8: Using Knowledge in the Real World

In the leading questions/memory distortion work by Loftus,people were shown a video of a car crash and then asked how fast the cars were going when they hit/smashed/collided/bumped/contacted each other.One week later,the "hit" group reported seeing broken glass to a greater extent than the "contacted" group.This most clearly demonstrates __________.

Bahrick,Bahrick,& Wittlinger suggest that the reasons for the high level of residual knowledge in the "Fifty years of names and faces" include __________.

Memory can be described as an incredibly powerful system that is,nonetheless,quite prone to error.

What is one practical consequence of people having more accurate memories at the situation model level than the propositional textbase level?

__________ refers to the ease with which something is processed or comes to mind.

__________ is an increase in response time with an increase in the number of newly learned associations with a concept.

What is the fan effect?

Which of the following does NOT lead to stronger memory distortions?

Judgments of learning are more accurate __________.

Imagination inflation is one of the seven sins of memory.