Exam 6: Memory

Unprocessed stimulation from the environment is first held in:

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.

Memory is classically defined as:

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

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ___________ .

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

Information in short-term memory is coded _______.

Steve was recalling his first day in college,including walking into the wrong class,dropping his books as he left,and the long line at the registrar's office he encountered when he had to switch classes.These memories are examples of:

What is the capacity of short-term memory?

Christine has always had an unusually effective memory.She credits this to the fact that after seeing something just once,she can visualize the object in great detail,as if she was looking at a photograph of it.Christine's ability is an example of ________.

Sensory store memory:

An individual's memory can be distorted by:

The hippocampus seems to be essential for __________.

Chunking is a means of _______.

Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday,what you ate for breakfast this morning,or who your spouse is,are stored in ______.

Attention is the process of ________.

Retroactive interference of long-term memory means _______.

Memory span is a characteristic of:

The passing of time causes forgetting according to ___________.

Some studies indicate that learning due to classical conditioning is stored in the _____________.