Exam 6: Memory

What are the two major types of rehearsal (for moving information from short-term to long-term memory)?

Declarative memory can be divided into short-term memory and working memory.

When newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information,this is called proactive interference.

Memory trace decay theory can explain forgetting from sensory memory and short-term memory but does not adequately explain forgetting from long-term memory.

For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event,and the memory is the solution to that problem?

Short-term memories appear to be localized in the _________.

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as _________ rehearsal.

A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers.Although emergency brain surgery saves his life,it leaves him unable to store new information.The officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries.When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers,what will they write?

Retroactive interference,as used in the study of memory,refers to when _________.

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

Declarative memories are to _________ memories as procedural memories are to _________ memories.

Flashbulb memories _________.

One problem with relying on eidetic imagery to study for tests is that _________.

Some research has found that several different species of fish-salmon,bluefin or albacore tuna,and swordfish-contain high levels of an omega-3 fatty acid called ________.This substance may help memory cells in the brain communicate with each other more effectively.

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Lincoln penny.The most likely cause of this problem is _________.

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved,because they were never actually encoded in the first place.

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

Recalling the definition of long-term memory is an example of _________.

Alzheimer's disease accounts for between _________ and _________ percent of all dementia cases in the United States.

_________ 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.