Exam 12: Forgetting

The measure of forgetting called gradient degradation has to do with extinction.

The period between the end of a learning experience and its recall is called the _______ interval.

When forgetting occurs because the environment during recall is different from the environment during training, it is said to be ____________.

The "savings method" is one way of measuring forgetting.

Riding a bicycle is an example of _____ memory.

A study of immobilized cockroaches showed the importance of ________________ in forgetting.

According to the _____________ metaphor, experiences are stashed in the brain like photographs in an album.

What did Bartlett's War of the Ghosts study reveal about forgetting?

A system for learning with flash cards is known by the acronym____________.

What are some things your text says you can do to reduce forgetting?

Jack and Jill go up a hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack falls down and breaks his crown and Jill thinks he may have suffered a concussion. To test his memory, she asks him if he remembers what happened. Jill Is measuring forgetting by the method known as ____________.

Bob is introduced to Matilda at a party. A few minutes later he is introduced to Harriet. When he meets Matilda again, he can't recall her name. This is most likely an example of _______ interference.

In _________ learning, two stimuli, A and B, are presented, and the task is then to recall B when presented with A.

Studies of interference often involve learning pairs of words. This procedure is called paired _______ learning.

The work of Levine and Murphy suggests that people are more likely to forget what they read if they ____________.