Exam 8: Memory

Three basic measures of memory retention are

Explicit memory is also known as

Reading a romantic novel caused Consuela to recall some old experiences with a high school boyfriend. The effect of the novel on Consuela's memory retrieval is an illustration of

Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of

Lashley's studies, in which rats learned a maze and then had various parts of their brains surgically removed, showed that the memory

Researchers now recognize the active information processing that occurs in short-term memory and refer to it as ________ memory.

Studies by Loftus and Palmer, in which people were quizzed about a film of an accident, indicate that

After recovering from a stroke, Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball. She is unable, however, to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing. Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her

Which type of word processing results in the greatest retention?

Which measure of memory retention assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again?

A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in ________ memory.

Associating carrots with a mental image of a bun, milk with a mental image of a shoe, and paper towels with a mental image of a tree best illustrates

Many people can easily recall exactly what they were doing when they first learned of the death of a close friend or family member. This best illustrates ________ memory.

The tendency for distributed study to yield better long-term retention than massed study is known as

Knowledge of Latin can help people to learn French. This illustrates

The inability to form new memories is called

Although Arturo has looked at his watch thousands of times, he is unable to recall whether the watch features Arabic or Roman numerals. This is most likely because of a failure in

The original Atkinson-Shiffrin three-stage information processing model did not consider the formation of

The eerie sense of having previously experienced a current situation is known as

Using your working memory to link an unfamiliar textbook glossary term with the first letter sound required to pronounce the term illustrates