Exam 6: Memory

An echo usually stays in the sensory registers for __________.

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Reproducing what one has learned exactly as one learned it,is required in the ______ method of testing memory.

An individual's semantic memory contains:

Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in _______.

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

The sensory registers _____________.

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However,if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words,they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom.This illustrates _________.

You are asked to recall the word that means "a woman who houses and manages prostitutes." You are confident that you know what the term is,and you feel as though you are about to remember it,but it just will not pop out of your memory.You are experiencing:

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________________.

A test that requires one to reproduce information in any order is a _______ test of memory.

Students in a psychology experiment were exposed to three notes of music for a very short period of time and then asked to recall them.If the instructions to recall the notes came immediately,the students usually succeeded.If the instructions came more than three seconds after the notes were played,the students were much less successful.The MOST plausible explanation for this phenomenon is that,in the latter case,_____________ .

Information that has been transferred out of sensory memory enters:

Our visual sensation of a passing automobile would be initially stored in ___________.

Which of the following is NOT a type of memory test?

Memory is:

The hippocampus is instrumental in:

Which of the following is an example of episodic memory?

A soldier was injured when a mortar exploded next to him.Although he recovered from his wounds,he is not able to recall information from years ago.What term is used to describe this soldier's condition?