Exam 8: Memory

Callum is travelling in the jungle and encounters a tribe that gives him some "tea".This "tea" inadvertently contains a substance that enhances the development of LTP.What should this do to Callum's memory?

For encoding to occur,individuals need to focus on environmental stimuli.This "focus" refers to what cognitive process?

Drew is unable to recall whether Queen Elizabeth's head faces left or right on the twenty-dollar bill.Which of the following is probably the best explanation for Drew's memory failure?

Dr.Young has one group of young adults and one group of older adult's view video clips of positive events,as well as video clips of negative events.Several days later,she tests the participants' memories for the events.Based on your text's discussion,which pattern of results might Dr.Young expect?

The inability to recall information that was previously encoded is termed ___.

While driving to school,Mallory's car broke down.She called her father on her cell phone and he told her the phone number of a towing company to call.Just after hanging up,a passing motorist pulls up to ask if she needs assistance.After declining his offer of help,Mallory immediately calls the tow truck.Although she did NOT have a chance to rehearse the number,she finds the number easy to remember because the last four digits are the same as the year in which she was born.Which type of coding is Mallory using?

Describe how inaccurate eyewitness testimony may lead to wrongful convictions.

Which model of memory supposes that information moves along different memory stores?

Harry suffered some oxygen deprivation during a routine surgery and as a result he is no longer able to form new memories.He can read the same magazine repeatedly,hear the same jokes,or meet the same people - to him it is all like the first time.What kind of memory problem does Harry have?

Neurons that exhibit long-term potentiation are commonly found in the hippocampus and neocortetx.

Will served two tours in Afghanistan,and on the last one,he saw a friend,Felix,get killed by a roadside bomb.Back in Canada,a therapist asked about Felix and Will had difficulty recalling details about his friend.Which type of motivated forgetting may Will be experiencing?

Although Rick had NOT visited the Burger King in Surrey,he knew how to order his food from the drive-up window.What knowledge structure did he use in this instance?

Automatic processing refers to the process by which we attend to environmental information with little or no conscious effort or thought.

The saying "Use it or lose it" is most applicable to the ___ theory of forgetting.

What finding does the decay theory of forgetting have difficulty explaining?

If memories are stored as a network of connections based on our experiences,what would Irena,an egg farmer,most likely think of if she was presented with the word 'chicken'?

Nadia was up late studying for an exam and,in doing so,drank four cups of coffee.The suggestion that Nadia should drink the same amount of coffee before the exam would support the ___ principle.

From age 65 to age 85,the prevalence of dementia increases from ___% to ___%.

In what way are the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad similar?

Multiple-choice test formats require the use of ___.