Exam 8: Memory for Space and Time

When people create mental maps created from a description, the further away an object is from a person's current location, the less available information about that object is in memory. The phenomenon is called a __________.

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Question 21

Mental rotation and orientation effects are more likely to be observed when a person learns a space, and creates a mental map in memory, from __________.

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Question 22

A greater number of intervening items between 2 points in space will make memory for that distance __________.

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Question 23

What is the scale effect in temporal memory?

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Question 24

Strength-based theories of temporal memory, which assume that locating events in time is based on the strength of the memory trace, are in what category of theories?

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Question 25

Which two types of information are assumed to be used according to the category adjustment theory of spatial psychophysics?

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Question 26

What are the three ways of using time to locate an event in memory?

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Question 27

What is one piece of evidence that mental maps in memory might be hierarchically organized based on spatial region?

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Question 28

What is something that does NOT distort spatial memory?

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Question 29

A mental map created from an actual map will show ______________ orientation effects relative to actual experience with an area.

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Question 30

What are telescoping effects in memory and when are they typically seen?

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Question 31

Buildings prime each other more in mental maps if __________.

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Question 32

Which type of temporal memory theories takes the view that memory for time is derived from information in the memory trace itself?

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Question 33

What is the effect of landmarks on the memory for the locations on nonlandmarks in mental maps?

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Question 34

Which of the following is TRUE about temporal theories of mental maps?

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Question 35

Hybrid models assume that and _ have an influence on mental map organization.

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Question 36

People will organize spatial information into clusters based on regions __________.

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Question 37

What is the effect of routes between 2 locations on the use of mental maps?

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Question 38

Memory for space is an ideal domain to use an approach like memory psychophysics because __________.

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Question 39

Which of the following distorts estimates of space derived from mental maps?

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When people create mental maps created from a description, the further away an object is from a person's current location, the less available information about that object is in memory. The phenomenon is called a __________.

Mental rotation and orientation effects are more likely to be observed when a person learns a space, and creates a mental map in memory, from __________.

A greater number of intervening items between 2 points in space will make memory for that distance __________.

What is the scale effect in temporal memory?

Strength-based theories of temporal memory, which assume that locating events in time is based on the strength of the memory trace, are in what category of theories?

Which two types of information are assumed to be used according to the category adjustment theory of spatial psychophysics?

What are the three ways of using time to locate an event in memory?

What is one piece of evidence that mental maps in memory might be hierarchically organized based on spatial region?

What is something that does NOT distort spatial memory?

A mental map created from an actual map will show ______________ orientation effects relative to actual experience with an area.

What are telescoping effects in memory and when are they typically seen?

Buildings prime each other more in mental maps if __________.

Which type of temporal memory theories takes the view that memory for time is derived from information in the memory trace itself?

What is the effect of landmarks on the memory for the locations on nonlandmarks in mental maps?

Which of the following is TRUE about temporal theories of mental maps?

Hybrid models assume that and _ have an influence on mental map organization.

People will organize spatial information into clusters based on regions __________.

What is the effect of routes between 2 locations on the use of mental maps?

Memory for space is an ideal domain to use an approach like memory psychophysics because __________.

Which of the following distorts estimates of space derived from mental maps?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

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Exam 8: Memory for Space and Time

When people create mental maps created from a description, the further away an object is from a person's current location, the less available information about that object is in memory. The phenomenon is called a __________.

Mental rotation and orientation effects are more likely to be observed when a person learns a space, and creates a mental map in memory, from __________.

A greater number of intervening items between 2 points in space will make memory for that distance __________.

What is the scale effect in temporal memory?

Strength-based theories of temporal memory, which assume that locating events in time is based on the strength of the memory trace, are in what category of theories?

Which two types of information are assumed to be used according to the category adjustment theory of spatial psychophysics?

What are the three ways of using time to locate an event in memory?

What is one piece of evidence that mental maps in memory might be hierarchically organized based on spatial region?

What is something that does NOT distort spatial memory?

A mental map created from an actual map will show ______________ orientation effects relative to actual experience with an area.

What are telescoping effects in memory and when are they typically seen?

Buildings prime each other more in mental maps if __________.

Which type of temporal memory theories takes the view that memory for time is derived from information in the memory trace itself?

What is the effect of landmarks on the memory for the locations on nonlandmarks in mental maps?

Which of the following is TRUE about temporal theories of mental maps?

Hybrid models assume that ________ and _________ have an influence on mental map organization.

People will organize spatial information into clusters based on regions __________.

What is the effect of routes between 2 locations on the use of mental maps?

Memory for space is an ideal domain to use an approach like memory psychophysics because __________.

Which of the following distorts estimates of space derived from mental maps?

Overview and History

Neuropsychology of Memory

Methods and Principles

Sensory and Short-Term Memory

Working Memory

Nondeclarative Memory

Episodic Memory

Semantic Memory

Formal Models of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Memory and Reality

Memory and the Law

Metamemory

Development

Amnesia

Other Conditions That Affect Memory

Filters

Hybrid models assume that and _ have an influence on mental map organization.