Exam 8: Memory

Jannell solved a crossword puzzle on Thursday,and by Saturday she doesn't recall the words in the puzzle.But Saturday night,when she is playing Scrabble with her brother,she creates a few of the words that were in the puzzle.Jannell has __________ memory for some of the words.

Christina was visiting a friend in New York City on September 11,2001,the day of the attack on the World Trade Center.To her,that day seems frozen in time.She remembers exactly where she was,what she was doing,and what she felt as the morning transpired.This vivid recollection is known as

In order to help her music students learn the lines of the treble clef in musical notation,the teacher has them learn the sentence "Every Good Boy Does Fine." This is an example of

The idea of repression,the involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious,was introduced by

Describe the phenomenon known as source misattribution.

For most Americans,the abbreviation U.S.A.consists of _______________ informational chunk(s).

Information selected from sensory register is transferred to conscious awareness or

Modern memory research indicates that autobiographical memory likely cannot begin until

Retrieving a memory is like

_______________ plays a critical role in the formation of long-term declarative memories.

Information in short-term memory is retained for about _______________ if it is not rehearsed.

Describe conditions under which errors in eyewitness testimony are most likely to occur.

_______________ is defined as forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar,more recently stored,material.

Celia and Kyle watch an extremely scary movie on Halloween.During the movie,Kyle is clearly more emotionally aroused and scared than Celia.All other things being equal,what is likely to be the result based on the "Horror Labyrinth" study discussed in your textbook?

Which memory system has a limited capacity and stores items for about 30 seconds?

Although there is some debate,what has generally been reported as the capacity of STM?

Researchers have been able to induce memories of events that never happened.

Which memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades?

What is wrong in comparing the human memory to a tape recorder or movie camera?

Conscious,intentional recollection of an event is called explicit memory.