Exam 6: Memory-Part E

Amber learned Spanish for 4 years in high school and for 2 more years in college.Nevertheless,only 1 year after she graduated from college,she realizes that she remembers very little Spanish.This illustrates:

Susan's mom called her on her cell phone and asked her to pick up eight items from the grocery store on her way home from work.As Susan was on a bus and didn't have a pen and paper,she had to memorize the items.She grouped them into categories of food,drinks,and home supplies,thereby making use of _____ encoding.

_____ encoding is the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory.

An elementary class took a spelling test immediately after learning how to bake a cake.The teacher noticed that many of the students spelled the word "FLOUR" correctly instead of "FLOWER," as she had expected.This scenario illustrates:

Jessica is trying to quickly memorize the definitions of 26 terms in her chemistry booklet two minutes before the exam.She seems to think that she can store all of these definitions in her short-term memory.If she understands the limits of memory,she will realize that her short-term memory will only be able to retain _____ of the definitions at once.

The distorting influences of present knowledge,beliefs,or feelings on the recollection of previous experiences is termed as:

Chad suffered brain damage to his hippocampus after a bike accident.He can no longer remember things that happened after his injury.Chad MOST likely has:

Kristen vividly remembers her first day of high school.As this day is of special significance to her,she often revisits it in her mind.This scenario illustrates a(n)_____ memory.

While driving in a new city,you briefly see a road sign that you think marks the exit that you are looking for,but after a few seconds,you cannot remember what the sign said.This illustrates the quick decay of _____ memory.

A fast-decaying store of auditory information is referred to as _____ memory.

Sarah says she can vividly remember the day her baby brother was born.This is an example of _____ memory.

As Tim does his homework while on the phone with his friend Sue,his pencil breaks.He goes to get a new pencil from the basement where his family keeps all the school supplies.He goes to the basement and returns to his room without getting the pencil.He realizes it after a few minutes.Which factor is MOST likely to have caused this?

Just before a music concert,a fake crime was staged next to the line of people waiting to get into the auditorium.In the staged crime,a man steals a woman's handbag and runs.One of the people in the line was also part of the setup.As the bystanders began talking about the robbery,he asked a few of them if they had noticed the writing on the robber's hat.The robber,however,had not worn a hat.Yet,when later questioned by "the police," some of the witnesses reported that the robber was wearing a hat.This scenario BEST illustrates:

James was involved in a car accident 3 years ago.He recently saw a man he thought was in the same accident as well,but when he approached him,the man had no idea what James was talking about.It turned out that the man was working at a coffee shop that James had visited on the day of the accident and was in no way involved in the car accident.James's confusion was the result of:

Devon and Liz are studying for their test on American history.Devon asks Liz,"Hey,do you remember who the fourth president of the United States was?" Liz pauses for a few seconds and then answers,"James Madison." As soon as she answers,her cell phone rings.It is her friend Carla,and Liz talks to her for about 10 minutes.When she gets off the phone,Devon says,"Liz,I didn't hear you.Who was the fourth president?" Liz thinks for a few moments and then realizes that she has forgotten the answer.This scenario illustrates the importance of memory: