Exam 6: Section 6: Memory

Jessica is trying to remember all 26 definitions in her chemistry booklet 2 minutes before the exam. She seems to think that she can just store all 26 of these definitions in her short-term memory. If she understood the limits of memory, she would realize that her short-term memory is able to retain _____ of the definitions.

The distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, or feelings on the recollection of previous experiences is termed:

Amber took four years of Spanish in high school and two years of Spanish in college. Nevertheless, only a year after she graduated from college, she realizes that she remembers very little of the Spanish language, illustrating:

As Tim is doing his homework while on the phone with his friend Sue, his pencil snaps and he gets up to get a new one in the basement, where his family keeps all the school supplies. When he gets down to the basement he forgets why he came down. What probably happened?

Devan and Liz are studying for their test in American history. Devan asks Liz, ""Hey, do you remember who was the fourth President of the United States?" Liz pauses for a few seconds and then answers, "James Madison." As soon as she answers, her cell phone rings. It is her friend Carla, and Liz talks to her for about 10 minutes. When she gets off the phone, Devan says, "Liz, I didn't hear you. Who was the fourth President?" Liz thinks for a few moments, and then realizes that she has forgotten, illustrating the importance of memory:

While driving in a new city, you briefly see a road sign that you think marked the exit you are looking for, but after a few seconds you can't remember what the sign said. This illustrates the quick decay of _____ memory.

A fast-decaying store of auditory memory is referred to as:

Kristen vividly remembers her first day of high school. This event in her life is different from other people's experiences, so it is a(n) _____ memory.

Susan's mom called Susan on her cell phone to ask her to pick up eight items from the grocery store on her way home from work. Because Susan was on the bus with no way to make a list, she had to remember the items. She grouped them into categories of food, drinks, and supplies, thereby making use of _____ encoding.

An elementary school class took a spelling test immediately after learning how to bake a cake. The teacher noticed that many of the students spelled the word "FLOUR" instead of the vocabulary word "FLOWER," illustrating:

Sarah says she can vividly remember the day her baby brother was born. This is an example of _____ memory.

Chaka suffered brain damage to her hippocampus after a bike accident. Now she can no longer remember things that happened after her injury. Chaka MOST likely has:

Just before an episode of a popular talk show, a fake crime was committed in which a man stole a woman's handbag and then ran off. The "crime" was staged right next to the line of people waiting to get into the show. One of the people in line was also part of the setup. As the bystanders begin talking about the robbery, he asked a few of them if they had noticed what was written on the robber's hat. The robber, however, had not worn a hat. Yet, when later questioned by "police," some of the witnesses reported that the robber was wearing a hat. Which flaw of memory best explains this fault?

James was involved in a car accident three years ago. He recently saw a man he remembered being in the accident, but when he approached him, the man had no idea what James was talking about. It turned out that the man was working at a coffee shop James had visited that day and was in no way involved in the car accident. James's confusion was the result of:

By relating new information to things that you already know and their meanings, it is easier to remember. This is an example of what type of encoding?