Exam 6: Memory

Studies with the patient known for years as H.M. and with amnesia patients who have sustained similar brain damage seem to suggest that:

Mood congruence refers to the finding that when people are in a depressed mood, they are more likely to recall happy memories.

When Aplysia learns a simple, classically conditioned response, structural and functional changes in the three neurons involved create a memory circuit that eventually becomes established as a long-term memory.

While Ellen was taking a test, she had trouble remembering a specific piece of information that she had studied. According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology feature, Ellen might be able to jog the blocked memory by:

Explicit memory is to _____ as implicit memory is to _____.

Discuss cultural differences in earliest memories.

Counteracting the serial position effect by spending extra time on material that falls in the middle of what you are studying is a good strategy for improving memory.

Your textbook lists seven factors that can contribute to the development of false memories. Pick four factors and explain them, giving an example of each.

Describe the progression and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, including changes in the brain.

Which is the best explanation for encoding failure?

British psychologist and memory researcher Alan Baddeley developed the best-known model of working memory, which has three components, the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, and the central executive.

The anterograde amnesia H.M. experienced was the result of surgery that removed H.M.'s hippocampus.

Which of the following statements about long-term memory is TRUE?

Psychologist James Lampinen had research participants listen to a story about a guy named "Jack" who performed some everyday activities, like washing his car and taking his dog to the veterinarian for shots. When tested for details, Lampinen found that participants were more likely to remember actions that were inconsistent with their schema for the activities than actions that were consistent with their schema for the activities.

As part of a memory experiment, Ralph watched an emotionally arousing video of an automobile accident. At a later time, researchers tested his ability to recall details from the video. If he is like most participants who release stress hormones during emotional arousal, his memory consolidation will:

The basic premise of repressed memory therapy or recovered memory therapy is that:

A test with multiple-choice questions is an example of using free recall to measure long-term memory.

Many years after H.M.'s surgery, he surprised his doctors by demonstrating that he had acquired:

An In Focus box in your textbook discussed a particular memory ability demonstrated by H.M. many years after his surgery. What was that ability?

The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a common example of: