Exam 6: Memory

Episodic memory consists of personal facts and memories of one's personal history.

Jamal is trying to buy something over the phone.He asks his partner to read him his credit card number.However,when he tries to repeat it to the sales clerk on the other end of the line,he can't remember all the numbers.Jamal is coming up against __________.

Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book.After getting a busy signal,a minute or so later she tries to call again but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.

Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten ____________.

General knowledge,language,and concepts are seen as parts of ___________ memory.

M.,a famous amnesiac,gave researchers solid information that the ______________ was important in storing new long-term memories.

If ____________ is like losing a document in the computer because of a power loss,__________ is like pushing the "save" key and having the document disappear instead of being stored.

Newman asks people to recall the name of their kindergarten teacher.Surprisingly,the majority of people correctly do this and comment,"Gee whiz,I haven't thought about that old bat [or old coot] in years!" Their ability to do so is a severe problem for which theory of forgetting?

Loss of memory from the point of injury or illness forward is called _________________.

One of the most influential researchers of eyewitness memory,whose work was discussed in your textbook,has been ______.

The ability of neurons to change strength efficiently is referred to as:

Which memory system is the one that is a working,active system that processes the information within it?

________ effect would be seen when a student enhances his or her recall of material by frequently assessing themselves using quizzes or other forms of feedback.

When the repression of memories becomes very severe and also involves a loss of access to one's own personal identity,it is a psychological disorder called ________.

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the __________.

The three parts of the information-processing model of memory are __________.

When old information interferes with the retrieval of newer information,this is called retroactive interference.

Many years ago Manny had surgery to remove a bit of the bone from his foot.Now he remembers being wheeled back to the operating room,but he has no memories of the morning spent waiting for his surgery to begin.What is the most likely explanation for this difference in his memories?

Someone asks you to name the twenty-second president of the United States,but you can't remember.To aid your memory,the person then tells you that the president's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie.Upon hearing the hint,you instantly realize that Grover Cleveland is the answer.In this situation,the hint acted as a(n)__________.

Declarative memories are to ________ memories as procedural memories are to __________ memories.