Exam 6: Memory-Part A

Priming is an example of _____ memory.

A psychologist is questioning Hunter about his childhood memories.Hunter is telling the psychologist the story of his favorite Christmas present,a trip to Disneyland.His memories of the present and the trip itself are very clear;however,Hunter believes that the present came from his Uncle Charley,when in fact it was from his Aunt Beth.This type of error in memory is known as:

Evidence suggests that collaborative inhibition MOST likely occurs because:

Someone who is shown a picture of Babe Ruth and then asked to complete the word -ball will be more likely to respond "baseball" than "football" or "basketball," illustrating the effects of:

In the absence of rehearsal,research has shown that information can be held in the short-term memory store for _____ seconds or less.

Making a new memory is MOST analogous to:

Maria was certain she recognized the waiter at the restaurant,but in fact she had never seen him before.This type of memory misattribution is known as:

It is helpful that local phone numbers are only seven digits long because seven items is the capacity of _____ memory.

Actively relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge already in memory is the definition of _____ encoding.

Which statement regarding the effectiveness of studying the same material twice versus studying once and quizzing yourself once to enhance recall on a memory test is TRUE?

Memory sins are BEST conceptualized as:

Research has indicated that,50 years after graduation,people can accurately recognize _____% of their classmates from yearbook photographs.

The intrusive recollection of events we wish we could forget is known as:

An expert in wilderness survival participates in a memory study in which she is shown a list of words.Later,she is asked to recall these words.Which words is she MOST likely to recall?

The process of keeping information in short-term memory by mentally repeating it is called:

Renata can remember the first three books of the Old Testament in the Bible but cannot recall the names of the other books.This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.

The phonological loop is a subsystem of working memory that stores and manipulates:

_____ memory refers to how people remember in groups.

The MOST effective form of encoding appears to be linking new information to:

Brain imaging studies indicate that the executive functioning underlying working memory is attributable to activity in the _____ lobe.