Exam 6: Memory

In retrograde amnesia,memory for anything new becomes impossible,although old memories may still be retrievable.

Which of the following situations is most likely to create a flashbulb memory?

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology.The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person.If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus,what contribution might you describe to the class?

The idea that each new memory is related to and classified based on previous memories and experiences is the crux of the ________ model of memory.

Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment?

Ted,Sharon,and Bob were a committee chosen to hire a salesperson for the company where they worked.Gary,who on paper appeared to be a very strong applicant,started out his interview by making an inappropriate comment regarding Sharon's appearance.Despite the fact that the rest of the interview was outstanding,Ted,Sharon,and Bob could not re-direct their focus away from Gary's initial comment.Later,when discussing Gary's interview,no one could recall anything other than the opening statement.This might be an example of __________.

Which model of memory is most similar in conceptualization to the way computers function?

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ______ rehearsal.

Days in them by using the rhyme that starts,"Thirty days hath September,April,June,and November…" you are using the ________ mnemonic device.

People in attendance introducing themselves.Michelle could only remember the first two and last two people she was introduced to.This is an example of __________.

Which form of consolidation is believed to take place within the first few hours after a piece of data has been learned?

Passively reading your textbook without paying too much attention to it rather than actively focusing on the new material is apt to lead to __________.

The tip of the tongue phenomenon is an example of which of the seven sins of memory?

By flashing letters on a screen for a brief moment and then asking participants to recall letters in a particular row,Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be __________.

Memories for general facts and personal information are called _________.

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved,because they were never actually encoded in the first place.

V.Shereshevskii and Rajan Mahadevan are both examples of:

Malcolm,aged 35,is severely depressed.Because of this he is given electroconvulsive therapy.After treatment,he is sent home and does much better.However,his TV-watching behavior is strange.Malcolm thinks that last year's episodes of his favorite series are new.Malcolm is showing signs of ______________.

A man known as H.M.lost the ability to form new memories after an operation removed portions of his ____________.

In the 1950s,George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number __________.