Exam 8: Memory

Peterson and Peterson asked people to count aloud backward after they were presented with three consonants.This study found that ________ memories will quickly disappear without active processing and rehearsal.

The process of retrieval refers to

Which of the following is NOT part of the memory process,according to the information-processing model?

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

Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.

After long-term potentiation has occurred

Research has found that when people develop an expertise in an area,they tend to

Compared with formerly depressed people,those who are currently depressed are more likely to recall their parents as rejecting and punitive.This best illustrates

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

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ________ memory.

Wayne has signed up for four courses this semester.On the first day of class,each professor introduced himself or herself.When Wayne gets back to his apartment,he finds that he remembers only the name of the professor of the last class of the day.This is an example of

Research on young children's false eyewitness recollections has indicated that

Forming many conscious associations between new course material and facts you already know is an effective way to build a network of

Memories for well-learned automatic skills such as how to tie your shoes are called ________ memories.

Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.

You are taking an online psychology class and have weekly online quizzes.The quizzes all contain only multiple-choice questions,which are used to assess your ________ of course material.

Donald Thompson was an initial suspect in a rape case.The rape victim confused her memories of Thompson and the actual rapist because she had seen Thompson's image on TV shortly before she was attacked.The victim's false recollection best illustrates

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

When Hailey told her roommate about the chemistry exam she had just completed,she knowingly exaggerated its difficulty.Subsequently,her memory of the exam was that it was as difficult as she had reported it to be.This best illustrates

Who emphasized that we repress anxiety-arousing memories?