Exam 5: Encoding and Retrieval From Long-Term Memory

Processing at encoding is most effective to the extent that processing overlaps with the processing to be performed at retrieval is known as _________________.

Distinguish between blocking and suppression.

James suffered brain damage due to carbon monoxide poisoning.He is now unable to remember events from his past.James is experiencing _____________.

You notice someone reading The Red Badge of Courage in the library and it reminds you that book was your favorite book in high school.You then remember your English class,some conversations you had about the story in class,who you sat next to,and so on.This type of retrieval process is known as __________________.

Memory for skills and habits are associated with the ______________.

Define priming.Also explain how different types of priming affect cognition.

________________ memory is memory for facts and _____________ memory is memory for events.

A key difference between incidental and intentional learning is the degree to which information is _______________.

___________________ occurs when retrieving some information from memory temporarily blocks the retrieval of other information from memory.

Declarative : nondeclarative :: explicit : ______________.

H.M.had his _____________ removed to control epileptic seizures.

Structures in the medial temporal lobes are involved in ________________ memory.

Explain how amnesia helps us understand how memories are consolidated.

Two police officers are at the scene of a traffic accident.After talking to several people,Officer Jones reported the driver who rear-ended the other vehicle was traveling close to 50 mph in a 35 mph zone.Officer Smith,however,disagreed.Based on the people he talked to,the driver was traveling about 38 mph.Their captain asked you to find out how they could disagree so much.You found that Officer Jones asked "how fast was the car moving when it slammed into the other car?" while Officer Smith asked "how fast was the car moving when it bumped into the other car?" and told the captain it was a good example of (the)_________________.

To help learn the keywords for this chapter in your text,you use each word in a sentence.This is an example of a(n)__________________ level-of-processing.

You have back-to-back classes.You are finding that you can recall information from the first class fine but have difficulty recalling information from the second class.You may be experiencing _________________.

Remembering your birth date and the hospital you were born in requires ___________ memory.

The superiority of distributed practice over massed practice is known as the ____________.

H.M.could not remember ________________.

Long-term memory can be divided into several different types of memory.What is long-term memory? Describe the two main subdivisions of long-term memory.Also provide two examples of subdivisions for each of the two main subdivisions of long-term memory.