Exam 8: Memory

Episodic memory is a type of implicit memory.

Summarize key theories of why we forget information and sometimes distort or manufacture memories.

What kind of code would we be using if we were representing the meaning of an event?

You are trying to remember an address long enough to enter it into Google Maps.Research suggests that you will probably encode the address using a(n)___ code.

Norman was diving at the quarry and misjudged the distance from the ledge.He landed on his head and damaged his prefrontal cortex.What function is Norman likely to have difficulties with because of his injury?

Ivan is filling out a job application and is asked for his address and phone number.He quickly provides them for the receptionist to write down.According to the information-processing model of memory,what memory store would Ivan be retrieving that information from?

At a fireworks display,you notice that when your friend waves a flashlight through the air in a circular motion,it looks like a continuous circle of light rather than individual points of light.This example best demonstrates ___.

Techniques of artificially adding information to less meaningful information to assist in remembering it are known as

In the computer analogy,which of the following describes a key difference between the information-processing model and an actual computer?

Saafir has sustained damage to his striatum due to a car accident.What part of his memory is likely to be affected as a result?

"I know it! It's um,...um.It starts with 'G'," begins a trivia game contestant excitedly.The contestant is falling prey to the ___ effect.

Describe the relationship between attention and forgetting.

Which of the following correctly describes the parallel distributed-processing model?

Hong Lee has been playing the piano since he was four years old.Now at 15 years old,he can play lengthy complex classical pieces without even looking at the music.Hong Lee's piano playing repertoire is stored in his ___ memory,a division of ___ memory.

Dr.Zimmerman is interested in the potential contribution of long-term potentiation to learning and memory.He administers one group of rats a drug that blocks long-term potentiation.Another group of rats receives an injection of an inert substance,such as sugar water.Next,he examines the rats' maze-running performance.Dr.Zimmerman measures two dependent variables: trials-to-criterion (the number of trials the rats require before they can run the maze without making any wrong turns)and savings-on-relearning (the reduction in trials-to-criterion when the rats' performance is examined several days later,after having had a break from the maze).Dr.Zimmerman finds that trials-to-criterion is higher among the rats given the drug than among the rats given the inert substance.Savings-on-relearning,though,is the same in the two groups of rats.How might Dr.Zimmerman interpret these results? Based on your text's discussion,is this result consistent or inconsistent with existing research on long-term potentiation?

According to your text,Alzheimer's disease is associated with a ___% reduction in the size of the ___,a structure in the brain's limbic system.

___ explains why you can recall what someone said several seconds ago,even if you were absorbed in another task when they first said it.

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" into each other.Finally,all participants were asked if they saw broken glass in the film.What were the results of the study?

While learning the colours associated with our perception of the visual spectrum,Susan memorized "ROY G BIV." This is an example of which type of memory aid?

After suffering a traumatic brain injury,Calvin NOT remember any of the events that occurred just before the accident.Calvin has had damage to his ___.