Exam 6: Memory

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology.The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person.If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus,what contribution might you describe to the class?

Constructive processing is the process of altering memories of the past so that they are more positive.

A.R.Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory.This person had several problems associated with the ability.Which was one was reported in your textbook?

When given a list of items to remember,people tend to do better at recalling the first items on the list than the middle of the list.This is known as the _________.

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory through the processes of selective attention?

The Internet,with its series of links from one site to many others,is a good analogy for the organization of _________.

Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as _________.

People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as _________.

Which of the following statements is true about retrieval?

The processes of encoding,storage,and retrieval are seen as part of _________ model of memory.

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called _________.

Maintenance rehearsal is defined as _________.

Which of the following distinguished sensory memory (SM)from short-term memory (STM)?

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

The hippocampus appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories.If it is removed,the ability to store anything new is completely lost.

Short-term memory is where information is held while it is conscious and being used.

Suzy looks up from her lunch,realizing that Jacques has just said something to her.What was it? Oh,yes,he has just asked her if she wants to go to the movies.Suzy's ability to retrieve what Jacques said is due to her _________.

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

Professionals using electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)for patients suffering from severe depression have shown that the memory processes of consolidation _________.

When a person's _________ is damaged or removed,anterograde amnesia,or the inability to form new memories,results.