Exam 7: Human Memory

It is beneficial when you take the time to develop a mnemonic device,such as an acronym or acrostic,to help you remember information because it causes you

Miles has very vivid memories of a car accident he witnessed five years ago.When he closes his eyes and thinks about the accident,he feels as if he can recall every detail of it,right down to the brand name printed on the tires of one of the cars.This type of memory is called

Declarative memory appears to be handled by the

Investigators were asking employees at a construction site what they were doing last Tuesday,at ten o'clock.Some of the workers were having a difficult time remembering details until the foreman reminded them that the foundations for the building were poured that morning.If the workers are now able to recall details of their actions,the foreman has been able to

In regard to the recovered memory controversy,psychologists who rely on research on the misinformation effect,reality-monitoring,and imagination inflation are MOST likely to

The first person to conduct scientific studies of forgetting was

Baddeley's concept of working memory

Decay theory proposes that forgetting occurs due to the fact that memory traces fade over time; while interference theory argues that forgetting takes place because of competition from other material in long term memory.

Even though Esmeralda was able to say all of her lines for the upcoming play without any errors in last night's rehearsal,her director insists that she run through them completely at least five additional times before opening night.In this case,the director is recommending that Esmeralda strengthen her memory of the lines using

Naomi is studying for her law exam.While she is studying,she is trying to think of as many examples as she can to illustrate key ideas.In this case,Naomi is using

If while you are studying,you merely say the words on the page to yourself,you are engaging in ____________________ encoding which is inferior to semantic encoding.

The function of sensory memory is to

Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events defines

The ____________________ effect occurs when subjects show better recall for items at the beginning and end of a list than for items in the middle.

You move to a new house and memorize your new phone number.Now,you can't remember your old phone number.This is an example of

Dave is thrown from his motorcycle and suffers a severe blow to the head,resulting in loss of memory for events that occurred before the accident.This is an example of

If you were attempting to recall a memory,the memory process you would be using is

Decay theory suggests that forgetting is due to

Which two types of memories are both considered to be divisions of declarative memory?

When you mentally picture the road between your house and school,you are relying on which component of working memory?