Exam 8: Memory

Dana remembers the day her little brother,who is now twelve,was brought home from the hospital following his birth like it was yesterday.She recalls that her mother came in the house first,and that she was standing in front of her dad who was holding the baby.Then her dad bent down to show the baby to her,and she remembers how her brother smelled that first time.What kind of memory is this?

Henrik is having his memory span assessed.Which of the following could he be asked to do as part of the assessment?

Define long-term potentiation.

Kieran's working construction and as the new guy,he's in charge of ordering lunch for all the guys.They quickly ramble off their orders and Kieran does his best to remember them all.If Kieran's memory is average,how many lunch orders should he correctly remember?

As we age,we become more susceptible to forgetting and misremembering information.

Darim is redesigning his bathroom,and he's converting some measurements in his head as he plans.This conversion of measurements requires that he hold some numbers in place while he manipulates others.What part of Darim's brain would be especially active during this type of task?

Diego wants to remember to exercise more often,so he keeps his running shoes right in front of his computer.That way,every time he sits at his computer,he is reminded about exercising.What is Diego doing in this example?

Provide an example of how organization can enhance our ability to encode information into long-term memory.

Describe one approach to improving brain fitness in people aged 65 years and older.

In a classic study on misinformation (Loftus et al.,1978),participants first viewed a brief film of a car accident.Some participants were then asked how fast the cars were going when they "hit" each other; other participants were then asked how fast the cars were going when they "smashed" each other.Finally,all participants were asked if they saw broken glass in the film.What were the results of the study?

Your text describes a study in which 200-word poems were memorized more quickly than were 200-word prose passages,which in turn were memorized more quickly than were 200 nonsense syllables.That participants memorized poetry more quickly than prose may reflect the sound features one finds in poetry,such as rhyme and metre.Poetry,then,may allow one to take advantage NOT only of meaning,but also of distinctive ___ codes when trying to memorize it.

Nanette highlights the margin-definition of terms in her psychology textbook; Nathan thinks about how each term applies to his own life or to other concepts in the Chapter .According to the levels of processing model,___ is more likely to recall and use the terms better on an essay exam because ___.

Which of the following memory processes is associated with retaining memories for future use?

Work like Lashley's (1948)led to the conclusion that

What is the capacity of working memory?

The fact that participants in Sperling's experiment could report any stimulus flashed in their visual field if cued to do so within half a second,this suggested that

What type of memory storage is temporary memory that will be lost if it is NOT repeated before being passed on to long-term memory?

While we often use a ___ code to encode verbal information,we tend to use a ___ code to encode non-verbal information.

Describe Freud's concept of repression and how this might serve as a mechanism for motivated forgetting.

A psychologist is interviewing Hiran about the time he went on a hot air balloon ride with his dad (he NOT did).Although Hiran doesn't remember the event,the psychologist produces a photograph,and asks Hiran to try and remember it.Over the course of a few days,Hiran is continually asked about the event and shown the picture.If Hiran responds as 25% of participants would,what should he say by the 4?? day?