Exam 6: Memory

________ is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses, puts it into a useable form, organizes and alters information as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage.

Kerry's grandparents moved to a new neighborhood last year. Today, Kerry can easily remember their address but messes up their old one. This illustrates:

In the partial report method of Sperling's study of sensory memory, the participants were to report ________.

________ is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses, organizes and alters information as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage.

Quinn is getting ready for an exam in his biology class tomorrow. He has not studied yet, and is preparing all sort of caffeinated beverages to help him pull an "all-nighter." In memory terms, he is about to engage in ______ practice.

Semantic and episodic memories may be stored in the frontal and temporal lobes as well but in different locations than short-term memory.

R. Luria studied a mnemonist with phenomenal memory. This person had several problems associated with the ability. Which was one was reported in your textbook?

The working memory is known as the ________ memory.

Suppose you're pitching in a softball game and facing a good hitter. You remember that you struck her out with a fastball the last time she was up. You also remember that your coach told you to always try to be unpredictable, so you decide to throw a curve ball this time. In making this decision, you are primarily using your ________.

Professionals using electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) for patients suffering from severe depression have shown that the memory processes of consolidation ________.

Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you attend to that person. This is an example of ________.

The levels-of-processing concept would suggest that which of the following questions would lead to better memory of the word frog?

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called ________.

Memory trace decay theory assumes the presence of a physical memory trace that decays with disuse over time.

In this view, memories are literally "built" from the pieces stored away at encoding. This view is called ________.

Sensing is to ________ memory as rehearsal is to ________.

Elaborative rehearsal is defined as the rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory.

Randy is recovering from an automobile accident in which he injured his head. The only noticeable psychological symptom of his injury is that he cannot remember what happened immediately prior to the accident. Randy's symptoms are typical of ________.

It is thought that long-term memory never can get filled up. The term used to describe the capacity of long-term memory is ________.

M., a famous amnesiac, gave researchers solid information that the ________ was important in storing new long-term memories.