Exam 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language

In ____________ memory,information is stored on a relatively permanent basis,although it may be difficult to retrieve.

Our recollection of circumstances and episodes from our own lives are known as ____________ memories.

A meaningful grouping of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in short-term memory is called ______________.

Processes in which memories are influenced by the meaning we give to events are known as _____________ processes.

The branch of psychology that focuses on memory,thinking,reasoning,and language is called ____________ psychology.

Memory for events that occur in a particular time,place,or context is known as ____________ memory.

The maintenance of material saved in memory is called ____________.

Your memory of experiences in your own past may be a work of fiction that your brain has created.

Declarative memory can be broken down even further into procedural memory and semantic memory.

____________________ occurs when information is considered and organized in some fashion in order to remember it.

The loss of information in memory through its nonuse is known as _____________.

Forgetting that occurs when there are insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information that is in memory is known as ____________ forgetting.

Memory for factual information such as names,faces,dates,and facts is known as ___________ memory.