Exam 8: Memory

Little Tammy is talking to her grandfather.She loves to listen to him tell stories about when he was a child.He has very vivid recollections of his youth and enjoys telling people about his fond memories.Unfortunately,grandpa has a difficult time remembering what happened within the last few days or weeks.If there are no physiological problems,grandpa's memory problems are best explained by ______.

Which of the following statements about the visual sensory memory system is false?

Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

The theory that states that we forget information because other information gets in the way is the _______ theory.

The capacity of STM is _______ items.

Information in short-term memory is coded _______.

A system that allows people to retain information over time is called:

What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class,after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class.Much to her frustration,she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.

"Iconic" and "echoic" are to sensory memory as "episodic," "semantic," and "procedural" are to _______ memory.

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head.The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident.Randy's symptoms are typical of _____________.

Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

The working memory is known as the _____________ memory.

Verbal and visual codes are types of _______ encoding.

Chunking is a means of _______________.

Tim is studying for a test.After seven consecutive hours of studying,he finds he can remember what he just finished studying,but he can no longer remember what he studied five or six hours ago.Tim's memory problems are BEST explained by __________.

Retrieval cues ______.

Flashbulb memories _______.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means _______.

The process of getting information out of memory is known as:

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?