Exam 8: Memory

The activation of a specific memory triggers the activation and potential retrieval of other memories.This is called ___.

What structural changes to the brain are associated with a post-mortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?

Tahira is reading through her psychology notes and text in preparation for the upcoming midterm.She is trying her best to get the information into her memory,so she can do well.What kind of processing is Tahira doing?

Memories that a person is consciously aware of knowing and can bring to mind at will are called

Describe the role of the hippocampus in memory.

Dr.Deblanc is conducting an experiment.Two groups of participants study a word list in a psychology laboratory.Some time later,one group attempts to recall the words in the same laboratory; the other group tries to recall the words in a very different environment,a nearby city park.Dr.Deblanc is probably investigating the influence on memory of ___.

The brain structure that is largely involved in the formation and storage of eyewitness memories is the ___.

When new information disrupts previously learned information,___ interference has occurred.

Dr.Trifani is conducting a research study in which he shows infants several objects and measures how long they look at each one.This method is called the ___.

Latif's boss lists off a dozen items that he needs to bring to the meeting,but then Latif's administrative assistant enters with a document that needs his signature.If Latif is asked to remember the list of items right after his assistant leaves,how is he likely to do?

___,or consciously repeating information,increases the likelihood of information being encoded into working memory.

Describe how we organize and store information in working and long-term memory and how we can enhance our long-term memories.

___ memory is to past as ___ memory is to future.

The prefrontal cortex is to the hippocampus as ___ memory is to ___ memory.

According to interference theory,forgetting is dependent on what happens before or after information is learned.

You are comparing what you've read about a newly released movie with images you can recall from its advertising trailer and trying to decide whether to go see the movie.This is an example of how you might use your ___ component of working memory.

What is the difference between proactive and retroactive interference?

During an exam,Joe found that he could look at questions and know the meaning of acronyms such as PET,MRI,fMRI,PET,and ERP.Although he found it difficult to encode the spelling of each word because that surpassed his 7 ± 2 working memory capacity,he knew the meaning of each letter.This example illustrates which method used to expand working memory capacity?

Dr.Trifani is conducting a research study in which he shows infants several objects and measures how long they look at each one.This method is called the ___.

Depositing money into your bank account could be compared to ___.