Exam 6: Memory

Based on the Loftus, et al. (1978) study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident, and some of the subjects were asked a question about a blue car, when the actual slides contained pictures of a green car. When these same subjects were asked about the color of the car at the accident, they were found to be confused. This is an example of the ________.

Which of the following is a noted side effect associated with taking gingko biloba?

Retrieving information from long-term memory is done by assembling information from various brain locations in a process known as ________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about retrieval?

Current research finds that younger adults can hold between ________ items in short-term (working) memory if they do not use any type of retention strategy.

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the ________.

Why is implicit memory so difficult to study?

If memory were like the sea, we could say that ________ is long-term memory, ________ are the specific memories, and ________ are retrieval cues.

Tim is studying for a test. After seven consecutive hours of studying, he finds he can remember what he just finished studying, but he can no longer remember what he studied five or six hours ago. Tim's memory problems are BEST explained by ________.

In the information processing model of memory, the process of storage would be analogous to which part of a modern computer?

Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in. As he walked out of the classroom, he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper. Shaquin's problem was with the ________ component of memory.

Your teacher has given each student the name of a key figure in the history of psychology. The assignment is to describe at least one significant contribution made by this person. If your historical figure is Hermann Ebbinghaus, what contribution might you describe to the class?

The practice of spacing out the study of material to be remembered by including breaks between study periods is called ________ practice.

In the ________ model, memory is seen as a simultaneous process with the creation and storage of memories taking place across a series of networks "stretched" across the brain.

People with Alzheimer's disease typically have a memory problem known as ________.

Micah is trying to remember the specific route he took to the library the night before. What part of working (or short-term) memory is he accessing?

Using the partial report method, Sperling found the capacity of iconic memory to be around ________.

Some studies indicate that learning due to classical conditioning is stored in the ________.

Connie lost her keys. She searches her memory for when she last had them, and goes to that place in the hope that it will help her remember where she misplaced them. Connie is ________ activating her ________.

Encoding failure is often the reason some memories cannot be retrieved, because they were never actually encoded in the first place.