Exam 8: Memory

What happens to the serial position curve if the participant is asked to count backwards by 3's for 20 seconds after the last list item is presented?

Concerning the activation of areas in the visual cortex by true and false memories,which of the following statements is true?

What is the difference between prospective memory and retrospective memory?

Isabella is watching late-night tv when suddenly an ad comes on for the most amazing non-stick frying pan that she has ever seen,and for only $19.99! She waits for the number to appear,then repeats it over and over again in her head until she gets to her phone.According to the information-processing model of memory,what memory store would Isabella be using?

Isadora knows that during a typical job interview she will be asked to tell the interviewer a little about herself and suggest why she wants the position.Isadora has developed a(n)___ for job interviews.

We know that manipulation of LTP affects memory in experimental animals.Specifically,___ LTP leads to ___.

Jerome NOT open his term paper on his computer because the file has become corrupted.Kaci NOT find her term paper on her computer because of all the other documents she has stored on the hard drive.Jerome's failure to retrieve his paper is analogous to the ___ theory of forgetting,whereas Kaci's failure better resembles the ___ theory.

Madison reads a book about a little girl who stayed in a cottage in the mountains.Years later,she is talking with her family and brings up the memory of the cottage in the mountains.Although Madison now remembers this as having happened to her,the rest of the family swears that it NOT did.What is the most probable cause of Madison's error?

When George Sperling flashed a chart of twelve letters for 1/20 of a second,how many letters did he find that his participants were able to remember?

What did we learn about memory from the case of Henry Molaison (H.M.)?

Saving money for retirement could be compared to ___.

We often misrepresent memories or make them up from scratch.Which of the following is NOT a common reason for this?

Athena is looking up a postal code for a letter she needs to mail.She finds the postal code and says it repeatedly in her head as she writes it on the envelope.According to the information-processing model of memory,what memory store would Athena be using?

The hippocampus was discussed in the text as having a role in all of the following functions EXCEPT

Sperling provided important insights into how working memory operates.

Multiple choice questions are often easier for students than essay questions.This is because the answer choices serve as ___.

The idea that long-lasting emotional effects on memory are due to the activation of the amygdala during the encoding of emotional events is called the ___.

In research,the task of measuring how long a baby looks at familiar and unfamiliar objects is called ___.

Older women are more likely to suffer from dementia than older men.

Provide an example of a test format that requires recall.