Exam 6: Memory

Maria finds that it is easier to remember her student ID number if she thinks of it in segments,such as the first three digits,then the next two,and then the final four.Each of these short segments of the number are called _________.

Forgetting in long-term memory is most likely due to _________.

Evidence suggests that procedural memories are stored in the _________.

Pezdek and colleagues found that for a person to interpret thoughts and fantasies about false events as true memories,_________.

Which of the following might be the most appropriate analogy for eidetic imagery?

Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi problem.It was later found that they _________.

Malcolm,aged 35,is severely depressed.Because of this,he is given electroconvulsive therapy.After treatment,he is sent home and does much better.However,his TV-watching behavior is strange.Malcolm thinks that last year's episodes of his favorite series are new.Malcolm is showing signs of _________.

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

The duration of iconic memory is _________ than echoic memory,but iconic's capacity is probably _________.

Shalissa has two exams today.One is in French and the other is in history.Last night she studied French before history.When she gets to her French test,all she can remember is history! Shalissa's memory is suffering from _________.

Memory is defined as an active system that consists of three processes.They are _________.

It's Thanksgiving and the whole family has gotten together.You start to reminisce about your childhood and get into an argument with your brother.Both of you claim that you were the innocent victim of the other.This is an example of _________.

Chunking is a means of _________.

Echoic memory is the auditory form of sensory memory,which takes the form of an echo that lasts for up to 4 seconds.

Mateo is 70 years old and had a stroke last year.He is now unable to remember how to get to and return from his new doctor's office using a specific route.What brain structure was potentially damaged by Mateo's stroke?

If one wants to increase the capacity of short-term memory,more items can be held through the process of _________.

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the _________.

Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch,but the car you drive now is an automatic.Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there.This example illustrates _________.

Which of the following examples represents the shallowest processing as described by the levels of processing model?

"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?