Exam 5: Memory

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 span is _______ and is associated with _______ memory.

Flashbulb memories ______________.

Which of the following is NOT true of eidetic imagery?

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

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:

Iconic and echoic memory are types of _______ memory.

Iconic memory and echoic memory represent what many theorists call:

Chunking is a means of _______________.

Information that has been transferred out of sensory memory enters:

Chunking aids:

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl.The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?

Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:

Many years ago,telephone numbers had only four or five digits.Even now,no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers.The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________________.

Verbal and visual codes are types of _______ encoding.

The theory that states that we forget information because other information gets in the way is the _______ theory.

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ______.

Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

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 ______.

What we are thinking of at any given moment,or what we commonly know as "consciousness," is ____________.