Exam 6: Memory

__________is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses,organizes and alters information as it stores it away,and then retrieves the information from storage.

Jesse still has very vivid memories of his first romantic kiss.This example illustrates a specific form of ________ memory known as a(n)________ memory.

ECT,or electroconvulsive shock therapy,can disrupt consolidation and cause retrograde amnesia.

Which of the following statements is true about the serial position curve?

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

It is thought that long-term memory never can get filled u

Describe two hypothesized causes of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

Which of the following statements is true of retrieval cues?

_________________ is the tendency for older or previously learned material to interfere with the retrieval of newer,more recently learned material.

The other day,you had to remember some items for an important exam.You are sure you studied them and knew them before you entered the classroom.However,you drew a blank when you took the test.What happened? Why might you not have remembered them? What might you have done to avoid this?

A time machine provides you the opportunity to interview Sigmund Freud.During the interview,Freud admits that he never wanted to attend medical school.When you ask him how he made it through,he says,"I had eidetic imagery." What does he mean by that?

"The effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of cues present when the memory was encoded to the cues present when the memory is retrieved." What concept does this statement describe?

Pezdek and colleagues have found that false memories are more likely to be formed for plausible false events than for implausible ones.

Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as ________.

Retrieving information from long-term memory is done by assembling information from various brain locations in a process known as ______________.

Trying to remember someone's name whom you met long ago is an example of what type of process?

Information is simultaneously stored across a network that stretches across the brain in the __________.

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

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

Hypnosis enhances the confidence people have in their memories,regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.