Exam 24: Introduction to Memory

We long remember exciting or shocking events due to activation of the limbic system's

The serial position effect refers to the tendency to recall best the ________ items in a list.

Repeated rehearsal of your teachers' lectures and reading assignments leads to lasting memories thanks to the neural process of

Which of the following provides a neural basis for learning and remembering conditioned associations?

Words,images,and other bits of information used to access a stored memory are called

In one experiment,participants primed with words related to ________ were less likely to help another person who asked for their help.

Exceptionally clear memories of emotionally significant events are called

After long-term potentiation has occurred

Lars was feeling depressed at the time of his high school graduation.Lars is especially likely to recall his high school graduation when he is

A lack of conscious memories of your first four years of life best illustrates

Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located.This best illustrates the importance of

Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of

Research by Kandel and Schwartz on sea slugs indicates that memory formation is associated with the

The receptor sites of receiving neurons have been observed to increase following

The neural storage of a long-term memory is called

Which type of memory has an essentially limitless capacity?

The happier Judie is,the more readily she recalls positive life experiences.This best illustrates that emotional states can become

Professor Schmidt has participants play violent video games and then perform a word-completion task.In this task,participants have to complete each word with its missing letter.In all cases,the missing letter could form a word related to aggression.Professor Schmidt hypothesizes that playing violent video games is associated with aggressive behavior.More than likely he believes this relationship is related to

The idea that cues and contexts associated with the acquisition of a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall that memory is known as

Recalling your social security number and holding it in working memory would most clearly require activation of the