Exam 6: Memory

David looks up a phone number and then continues to repeat the number until he has dialed it. This is an example of maintenance rehearsal.

Brain-imaging studies have confirmed that performing a complex memory task involves only a single region of the brain, the hippocampus.

How are flashbulb memories different from ordinary memories?

Despite the claims of those who advocate recovery therapy, most survivors of trauma are troubled by NOT being able to forget details surrounding the traumatic experience.

The tip-of-the-tongue experience is a common example of retrieval cue failure.

When she studies for her humanities tests, Kelly always goes to the classroom where the humanities class is held. By studying in the same setting where she'll take the test, Kelly is trying to use _____ to her advantage.

According to the text discussion about the recovery of repressed memories, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In an attempt to deal with his severe, untreatable epileptic seizures, H.M. had portions of his _____, including the brain structure called the _____, surgically removed.

If you cannot remember which United States president is pictured on a $5 bill, the reason is most likely:

Explicit memory:

Virtually all information stored in long-term memory naturally decays over time.

When information in short-term memory is not rehearsed or encoded, what happens to it?

The term source confusion refers to:

In a research study described in your text, participants briefly sat in a psychology professor's office and then were taken to another room. When asked about the details of the professor's office, the research participants:

For the majority of people, déjà vu experiences involve the common memory processes of absentmindedness and retrieval cue failure.

Students who take the distributed-practice approach to learning retain significantly more information than those who take the massed-practice approach.

The basic idea of the semantic network model is that activating one concept, such as the word dog, can trigger the activation of other concepts associated with it, such as the words cat, hound, or pound.

The inability to remember past events is called _____, and the inability to form new memories is called _____.

Ned's parents got divorced when he was seven years old. Ned's older sister vividly remembers the frequent, loud screaming matches between her mother and father in the weeks prior to the divorce, but Ned claims that he has no memories of his parents ever fighting. If Ned has unconsciously blocked awareness of those painful memories, it would be an example of:

Mentally add 37 + 65, then subtract 11. To perform this task, the information must be held and processed in your: