Exam 8: Memory

When you hear familiar words in your native language, it is virtually impossible not to register the meanings of the words. This best illustrates the importance of

Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story before. They have most likely suffered damage to the

An information-processing model that views memories as emerging from the simultaneous activation of interconnected neural networks is known as

The ability to unconsciously process how many times you checked your phone for text messages during the past 24 hours best illustrates

Damage to the ________ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned verbal information. Damage to the ________ is most likely to interfere with explicit memories of newly learned visual designs.

Four-year-old Aaron doesn't recall ever seeing a hypodermic needle, and he can't remember the series of painful injections he received when he was a 2-year-old. When shown a hypodermic needle, however, he reacted with a classically conditioned fear response. Aaron's fear reaction indicates that he retains a(n) ________ memory.

By creating an outline in which specific facts and theories are located within the larger framework of major topics and subtopics, Jasmine can remember much more of what she reads in her textbooks. This best illustrates the benefits of

A friend claims that the faster you read, the more you remember. Use your knowledge of effortful processing and effective encoding strategies to refute your friend's claim.

After studying biology all afternoon, Alonzo is having difficulty remembering details of the organic chemistry material he memorized that morning. Alonzo's difficulty best illustrates

Who emphasized that we repress anxiety-arousing memories?

Instead of simply repeating a series of numbers he wants to remember, David mentally associates the numbers with meaningful dates such as his friends' birthdays. This best illustrates

A type of motivated forgetting in which anxiety-arousing memories are blocked from conscious awareness is known as

Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is

Sounds and words that are not immediately attended to can still be recalled a couple of seconds later because of our ________ memory.

When children are interviewed about their recollections of possible sexual abuse, their reports are especially credible if

Passing an electric current through the brain during electroconvulsive therapy is most likely to disrupt ________ memory.

The serial position effect refers to the tendency to recall best the ________ items in a list.

Cerebellum is to ________ memory as hippocampus is to ________ memory.

Which type of memory has an essentially limitless capacity?

When asked how she felt 10 years ago regarding marijuana use, Cindy recalled attitudes closer to her current views than to the views she actually reported a decade earlier. This best illustrates