Exam 8: Memory

We encode explicit memories by means of

One reason adults typically recall little of their first three years of life is that during infancy they were unable to verbally label their experiences. This best illustrates that the formation of long-term memories often requires

Stress hormones promote stronger memories by

Whenever Valerie experiences intense feelings of fear, she is overwhelmed with childhood memories of her abusive parents. Valerie's experience best illustrates

Karl and Dee had a joyful wedding ceremony. After their painful divorce, however, they began to remember the wedding as a somewhat hectic and unpleasant event. Their recollections best illustrate the nature of

When we fall in love, we tend to overestimate how much we liked our partner when we first began dating. This best illustrates the dynamics of

Which measure of memory retention assesses the ability to draw information out of storage and into conscious awareness?

Research participants who were exposed to very convincing arguments about the desirability of frequent toothbrushing misrecalled how frequently they had brushed their teeth in the preceding two weeks. This best illustrates

A conscious memory of the name of the first president of the United States is a(n) ________ memory.

Joshua vividly recalls his feelings and what he was doing at the exact moment when he heard of his grandfather's unexpected death. This best illustrates ________ memory.

As we retrieve memories from our memory bank, we often alter them based on past experiences and our current expectations. This best illustrates

The organization of individual items into larger familiar units is called

Procedural memories for well-learned skills such as how to ride a bicycle are typically ________ memories.

The original Atkinson-Schiffrin three-stage information-processing model introduced distinctions among

Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.

Nonspeaking children have not learned the words that we use to index much of our explicit memory. This most clearly helps to explain the occurrence of

The gradual fading of the physical memory trace contributes to

Memory for skills is called

Using your working memory to associate an unfamiliar textbook glossary term with other familiar words that are similar in meaning to the glossary term best illustrates

Encoding a word on the basis of its meaning produces a better memory of the word than encoding a word on the basis of its sound. This best illustrates the value of