Exam 25: Encoding: Getting Information In

Professor Markus is a brilliant mathematician,who is 70 years old and still enjoys teaching.Over the past few years,she has found it increasingly difficult to remember the names of her students.Suggest several possible explanations for the professor's memory problems.

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony and reception.After their painful divorce,however,they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event.Their recollections best illustrate the nature of

Much of what we sense we never notice.This most clearly leads to

During the process of psychotherapy,Elaine recovered some long-forgotten and painful memories from her childhood.This experience led her to conclude that these memories must have been repressed for many years.Discuss the issues involved in assessing Elaine's claim.

When children are interviewed about their recollections of possible sexual abuse,their reports are especially credible if

The tip-of-the-tongue forgetting experienced by older adults can best be explained in terms of the greater difficulty older people have with

Visualizing an object and actually seeing that object both activate similar brain areas.This most clearly contributes to

While taking the final exam in American history,Marie was surprised and frustrated by her momentary inability to remember the name of the current president of the United States.Her difficulty most clearly illustrates

Some patients with anterograde amnesia have learned how to spot hard-to-find figures in the Where's Waldo? series without any conscious awareness that they can do so.This best illustrates their retention of ________ memories.

Mrs.McBride can't consciously recall how frequently she criticizes her children because it would be too anxiety-arousing to do so.Sigmund Freud would have suggested that her poor memory illustrates

Experimental participants viewed symbols on a computer screen without knowing that these symbols had earlier been subliminally flashed on the screen.Based on information provided in the text,it can be expected that half the participants will report experiencing

Becky cannot remember anything that happened during her adolescent or young adulthood years.Becky's memory difficulty illustrates

Although Arturo has looked at his watch thousands of times,he is unable to recall whether the watch features Arabic or Roman numerals.This is most likely because of a failure in

During sleep,the brain consolidates information into ________ memory.

Sigmund Freud emphasized that the forgetting of painful experiences is caused by a process that involves

Which of the following could minimize retroactive interference of course material that will be covered on an upcoming exam?

Judy is embarrassed because she momentarily fails to remember a good friend's name.Judy's poor memory most likely results from a failure in

The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve indicates that how well we remember information depends on

The psychologist Jean Piaget constructed a vivid,detailed memory of a nursemaid's thwarting his kidnapping after hearing false reports of such an event.His experience best illustrates