Exam 7: A: Memory

Flashbulb memories,unlike other memories,are accurate records of the past.

In the Atkinson-Shiffrin model,incoming information must make a brief stop in the sensory stores,the gateway to memory.

Declarative memories are the type of long-term memories that you are aware of.

An effective way to conceptualize memory is to think of it as a movie camera that records each moment of a person's life.

George Miller's estimate of the capacity of short-term memory is the "magical 2 to 20 range."

In general,psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defence mechanism of repression.

False memories are especially likely to occur if you have thought about the imagined event many times.

Long-term potentiation may represent the first stages of memory.

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to prolong exposure.

The tendency for recall of the items in the middle of the list to surpass recall of the first and last items on a list is called the serial position effect.