Exam 13: Human Memory Part 1

Research has not been able to demonstrate that decay is a cause of forgetting information from

Gregory is telling Molly a joke when she suddenly stops him and tells him that she told him that same joke last week. In this example, Gregory

Which of the following is NOT a commonly used technique to measure forgetting?

Decay theory proposes that forgetting occurs due to

The basic process in memory that involves maintaining information in memory is

Kwan is driving to campus and his phone rings, based on the results of studies on divided attention, should Kwan answer the phone?

Whitney's neighbors are surprised that she never forgets their anniversary, but their wedding anniversary falls on the same day as Whitney's birthday, so she finds it an easy date to remember. Whitney's easy recall of the anniversary date illustrates the influence of

Decay theory suggests that forgetting is due to

You attended your high school graduation over 20 years ago. You are now trying to recall as much as possible about the graduation ceremonies. Which of the following would be the BEST retrieval cue?

Taryn was given a list of words as part of a memory test that included: "dog, pail, and hate." Later, she recalled these words as: "pup, bucket, and loathe." Taryn's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list

Zachariah was not sure that he was ready for his midterm exams, but once he started the exams, he found that he was able to accurately recall the information he had learned that related to each question. The main memory process that accounts for the fact that Zachariah could access and utilize the information in his memory is

The process of recalling information from memory is referred to as

When individuals are instructed to divide their attention between a memory encoding task and other tasks, their performance on the encoding task generally shows

When processing verbal information, if you focus attention on the sounds of words you are engaging in ____ encoding.

The storage capacity of short-term memory can be increased by combining items in larger units called

While driving with her two young children Kathy's car broke down. She called her husband on her cell phone and he told her the phone number of a towing company to call. If the children's behavior prevents her from repeating the phone number to herself, most likely Kathy will need to dial the phone number within the next ____ or she will forget the number.

The three basic processes in memory are

____ has occurred when the initial processing of information is similar to the type of processing required for retention.

Adan has been trying to recall the name of the musical artist who released the song that was #1 when he was 14. Adan feels somewhat frustrated because he is certain he knows the artist's name, but he just can't seem to recall it at this moment. Adan is experiencing something referred to as

Pseudoforgetting is viewed as a function of