Exam 8: Memory

Damage to which of the following regions of the human brain is most likely to produce anterograde amnesia?

Cody knows that the capital of Vermont is Montpelier. This is an example of a(n) __________ memory.

"Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November . . ." is an example of:

Brent studied Russian during his first three years in college, between the ages 18 and 20. When is Brent likely to forget the most Russian?

Which of the following statements best captures the relationship between semantic and episodic memory?

Leanne and Mark both suffered strokes. Leanne experienced damage to her rhinal cortex; Mark's hippocampus was damaged. Regarding their potential memory difficulties, which of the following statements is most likely TRUE?

If you are serious about learning the names and positions of China's 15 most populous cities, which of the following should you avoid?

In cases of anterograde amnesia patients have trouble __________.

Research shows that it is fairly easy to produce false memories, sometimes by providing misinformation. For instance, in one study, participants were asked to recall a time when they had been at an outdoor wedding and had accidentally knocked over a punch bowl, spilling it on the bride's parents. In fact, no such event had ever occurred. Yet with suggestive questioning, what percentage of participants was led to "remember" the nonexistent episode?

The capacity of a normal person's working memory __________.

Mistakes about the past in which other information is mixed into one's recall are termed __________ errors.

A researcher wants to know how many of the West Virginian county seats Ron remembers from when he memorized them as a fifth grader in Morgantown. The researcher says, "Tell me all of the county seats that you remember, and the county that each one goes with." Which method does this test use?

Which theory of forgetting proposes that a memory is forgotten, not because it becomes lost or damaged, but rather because it is misplaced among other memories learned before or after it?

Donna is driving the same route to work she always takes. As Donna listens to the radio, she makes several correct turns, yet she is not conscious of the cues she used to make the turns. Here, retrieval of Donna's memories __________.

Knowing how to serve a badminton birdie is an example of a(n) __________ memory.

Korsakoff's syndrome is most often found in which individuals?

An investigator asks some participants to count the number of letters in each of the names on a long list of Russian rivers. She asks other participants to pronounce each river's name and asks, for instance, "Does it rhyme with Vienna?" (for Lenna). She asks still other participants to place the river on a map and to observe into which larger body of water it flows. Which approach to memory and forgetting is this investigator most likely interested in?

Flashbulb memories __________.

With respect to implicit memory, the existence of priming effects suggests that: __________.

Dr. Tranh has given so many lectures that he gives little thought to what he expects might happen: He assumes students will assemble, take notes, and occasionally ask a question. That Dr. Tranh finds the process so routine reflects the development of __________.