Exam 8: Memory

As she studies her psychology textbook,Marilyn wants to make sure that she remembers that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels and that each decibel is one-tenth of a bel,which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell.Marilyn creates a visual image of 10 little elf-like Alexander Graham Bells trying to turn up the volume of a huge stereo.Her strategy is called

If you are afraid or angry at the time of an event,you may remember that event best when you are once again in the same emotional state.This phenomenon is called

Chad remembers the feeling of excitement in his house when his mother stepped through the door with his new baby sister.He can still picture the tiny little baby with a stocking cap on her head! His parents can't convince him that he actually stayed with his grandparents for two weeks after his sister was born and that his memory never happened! Chad's memory is an example of

Memory is critical to our lives because

___________ is the inability to remember events and experiences that occurred during the first two or three years of life.

_______________ is a memory system that includes short-term memory and information retrieved from long-term memory.

Amnesia can be organic,for example resulting from _______________,or psychogenic ( i.e. ,resulting from _______________).

According to the serial-position effect,if you are shown a list of items and then asked to immediately recall them

Research suggests that the best way to encourage truthful testimony by children is to

Which of the following is NOT an example of long-term memory?

For most Americans,which of the following would be considered a chunk?

Sarah is doing an arithmetic problem,and this component of her memory contains the numbers and the instructions for doing the necessary operations for each step as she goes through the problem.

Provide an example of a chunk of information.

Which component of memory has been referred to as a "leaky bucket"?

Sarah enjoys playing games such as Jeopardy! and Trivial Pursuit,which require her to answer questions based on her ability to recall information pertaining to events that are stored in memory.These types of games test Sarah's

Differentiate between retroactive and proactive interference.

Beginning in the 1990s,controversy arose regarding the accuracy of long-buried memories of sexual abuse.Freud would explain this as an example of a repressed memory that later is brought to conscious awareness.What does the evidence say about repression?

Confabulations are likely to occur under what three circumstances?

What is the repression controversy?

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl.The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?