Exam 6: Section 2: Memory

_____ won a Nobel Prize for his research on memory in Aplysia.

Roediger and Karpicke (2006) studied performance on a memory test in two groups of participants. In one group, participants studied the material twice (study-study). In the other group, participants studied the material once and then were tested on the material (study-test). A final test measuring recall was administered in both groups after various retention intervals. Which statement about performance on the final test is true?

Don's parents suggest revisiting a vacation spot that they went to five years earlier. Don recalls vividly an unpleasant experience on that vacation; he immediately refuses to go this time and insists on going somewhere else. What type of memory does Don use to arrive at his strong opposition to his parent's proposition?

You have lunch at Potbelly's restaurant a couple of times a week. Because the restaurant is small, you eventually notice that a girl in your psychology class also occasionally eats at the restaurant. One weekend, the two of you are introduced at a party. She says, "I recognize you. Don't you work at Potbelly's?" This mistake is an example of:

Participants in a study were asked to recall an episode from their memory. During this recollection, new information somewhat related to the episode was presented to the participants. During a follow-up memory test two days later, participants:

Tara, a professional ice skater, struggles to remember the names of the various people she meets as part of her job, but has no problem remembering elaborate skating routines. This illustrates the difference between explicit and _____ memory.

Before Jane starts studying, she takes a few deep breaths to calm herself. She always goes to the same part of the library and sits at the same table. Before her exam, she takes a few deep breaths to bring herself back to the same frame of mind that she was in during her study session. Jane is applying:

Jessica Li held up three rows of four letters on a poster board to her high school class for a fraction of a second. She then removed it and immediately asked the class to name the 12 letters they had just been shown. Which memory store is being tested?

Echoic memories usually decay in about:

It is helpful that local phone numbers are only seven digits long because seven items is the capacity of _____ memory.

Sperling flashed a matrix of letters for 1/20th of a second to participants. Sperling found that the participants:

Which statement accurately describes the results of a typical collaborative memory experiment?

Someone who is shown the word "organism" and then asked to memorize 50 words subsequently might be more likely to incorrectly report that the word "organize" was on the list, illustrating the effects of:

Short-term memory is to working memory as:

Which of the following best illustrates déjà vu?

A lapse in attention that results in memory failure is the definition of:

Which statement would a person most likely remember later the same day?

An fMRI is conducted as a person is primed with a visual word cue. The next time the person sees the cue, a second fMRI MOST likely will reveal _____ relative to the first time the cue was presented.

If shown pictures of popular cartoon characters and asked to name them, participants would be LEAST likely to block on:

You learned French in high school 10 years ago. You travel to Paris, and at the airport a customs officer asks you a question in French. You recall the correct answer from your study of the language and answer the officer. This is an example of which function of memory?