Exam 6: Memory

"Iconic" and "echoic" are to sensory memory as "episodic," "semantic," and "procedural" are to ________ memory.

Janie is taking an exam in her history class. On the exam, there is a question that asks her to state and discuss the five major causes of the Trans-Caspian War (whatever that was!). Janie remembers four of them. She knows there is a fifth, but time is up. As Janie is walking down the stairs, all of a sudden, she remembers the fifth point, but it is too late. Janie had a problem with ________.

________ rehearsal results in a more lasting memory and promotes the transfer of information to long-term memory, as compared to ________ rehearsal.

Many years ago, telephone numbers had only four or five digits. Even now, no more than seven digits are used for phone numbers. The most reasonable psychological explanation for this is that ________.

"Forgetting that occurs as a function of the passage of time" defines ________.

Evidence suggests that short-term memories are stored in the ________.

Recognition is typically harder than recall.

Information in short-term memory is coded ________.

The state psychology association has invited teams from all the colleges in the state to compete in a Psych Bowl. The teams will answer questions such as "Who founded the first psychology laboratory?" Where is this information stored?

The portion of long-term memory that stores specific information that has personal meaning is called ________ memory.

Your street address, telephone number, and social security number are stored in:

Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is TRUE?

The research of Eich and Metcalf would suggest that if you were really happy when you were learning math, you should be ________ when taking the math exam to do well.

A recognition test requires one to:

Flashbulb memories ________.

Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment?

Which model of memory is most similar in conceptualization to the way computers function?

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime. Must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

Which theorist is associated with the idea that information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory through the processes of selective attention?

Most people cannot store the following list of letters in short-term memory. G O T O Y O U R B E D R O O M However, if the letters are grouped meaningfully into words, they fit short-term's memory span: Go to your bedroom. This illustrates ________.