Exam 6: Memory

For which famous memory researcher is memory a problem-solving activity in which the problem is to give a coherent account of some past event, and the memory is the solution to that problem?

The term ________ memory is often used, albeit

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

When newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information, this is called proactive interference.

Repeating items over and over in order to aid memory is known as ________ rehearsal.

If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct, then ________.

Declarative memories are to ________ memories as procedural memories are to ________ memories.

Deciding what information to store and how to represent it is known as:

General knowledge, language, and concepts are seen as parts of ________ memory.

Information is simultaneously stored across a series of mental networks "stretched" across the brain in the ________.

Hypnosis enhances the confidence people have in their memories, regardless of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

The concept of a house would be stored in ________.

Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Lincoln penny. The most likely cause of this problem is ________.

The theory that states that we forget information because other information gets in the way is the ________ theory.

"The effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of cues present when the memory was encoded to the cues present when the memory is retrieved." What concept does this statement describe?

Mateo is 70 years old and had a stroke last year. He is now unable to remember how to get to and return from his new doctor's office using a specific route. What brain structure was potentially damaged by Mateo's stroke?

A time machine provides you the opportunity to interview Sigmund Freud. During the interview, Freud admits that he never wanted to attend medical school. When you ask him how he made it through, he says, "I had eidetic imagery." What does he mean by that?

You are invited to take part in a study by a researcher trying to replicate the work of Hermann Ebbinghaus. What might this researcher ask you to do?

It's Thanksgiving and the whole family has gotten together. You start to reminisce about your childhood and get into an argument with your brother. Both of you claim that you were the innocent victim of the other. This is an example of ________.

Which type of long-term memory is most difficult to bring into conscious awareness?