Exam 8: Memory

In one study, children were periodically asked whether they remembered going to the hospital with a mousetrap on their finger. This experiment best illustrated the dynamics of

Wei Dong was asked to memorize a long list of words that included "ship, effort, professor, and inquire." He later recalled these words as "boat, work, teacher, and question." This best illustrates the impact of

When learning occurs through classical conditioning, the California sea slug, Aplysia, releases more ________ at certain synapses.

At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she remembers only the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experience illustrates

Memory experts who express skepticism regarding reports of repressed and recovered memories emphasize that

When asked misleading questions after observing an accident, eyewitnesses often reconstruct their initial memories of the event. This best illustrates

Harry Bahrick observed that three years after people completed a Spanish course, they had forgotten much of the vocabulary they had learned. This finding indicates that information is lost while it is

Repeating someone's name several times shortly after being introduced to that person is an effective strategy for

Some patients with anterograde amnesia have learned how to spot hard-to-find figures in the Where's Waldo? series without any conscious awareness that they can do so. This best illustrates their retention of ________ memories.

An inability to retrieve information learned in the past is called

Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than simply reading information is demonstrated by