Exam 7: Memory

Sleep disturbances interfere with the ________ of memories.

Jim and Phil are changing the oil in Jim's car.Jim is trying to remember all the actions involved in changing the oil.Phil is trying to remember the first time he ever changed the oil in his car.Jim is trying to recall a ________ memory and Phil is trying to recall a(n)________ memory.

Ted has brain damage after an accident.Although he can clearly remember everything from before the accident,he forgets what people are saying to him within a few minutes.Ted is most likely experiencing

Tami's father used to roller skate as a child but has not skated for many years.When he goes skating with Tami he will most likely remember how to skate due to his ________ memory.

When you are reading your textbook,your brain changes the words you are reading into a meaningful neural code that it can use.In memory,this process is called

The three phases of memory include (1)changing external information into a neural code,(2)retaining the information,and (3)accessing it later on.In this order,these three memory steps are

Yesterday,you caused an argument by insulting another person.Today,you remember the argument as being the other person's fault.You do not remember that you were actually to blame for the argument because of

When you are studying for an exam,the part of the brain that is responsible for coordinating and strengthening the connections among neurons is the

Liora is reading her textbook.As her eyes scan the page,each visual image is retained for less than a second in her

To remember her nine-digit Social Security number,Alyssa uses her working memory to place the numbers into three groups.In addition,each group of three or four digits is easy to remember because it is meaningful.Alyssa has made her Social Security number easier to remember by using

Amanda is telling Connie about a movie she saw last night,when Connie asks who starred in the movie.Amanda gets frustrated because she cannot think of the actor's name,even though she can describe the actor and list other movies in which he has starred.Amanda is most likely experiencing

Shazia describes a made-up story to Ronald in vivid detail about a time that they got into serious trouble as young children.Later on,Ronald remembers the event even though it never actually happened.Ronald is most likely experiencing

On his way to buy a snack,Jed sees an ad that simply shows one juicy hamburger.Rather than getting ice cream as he had planned,Jed buys french fries instead.According to the spreading activation model,the hamburger most likely made Jed want french fries because

Whenever Mandy gets angry with her boyfriend,she easily remembers all of the other times she has been angry with him in the past.Mandy's ability to retrieve this information is most likely influenced by

Dion keeps having nightmares and flashbacks about his time in the military.His chronic anxiety is most likely due to which disorder?