Exam 6: Memory-Part A

Upon returning to a city in which he once lived a decade ago,Omar realizes that he cannot even remember the directions to major landmarks.Omar is probably experiencing the _____ of memory.

Absentmindedness often involves a failure of _____ memory.

Failures in prospective memory often result in:

Storing information by converting it into mental pictures is known as _____ encoding.

According to transfer-appropriate processing,we are more likely to recall information when:

The strengthening of synaptic connections with repeated neuronal communication that results in more efficient information processing is known as:

In a typical collaborative memory experiment,participants who first encode a list of words by themselves and later attempt to recall those words individually form what is called the _____ group.

The inability to transfer new information from short-term to long-term memory is defined as:

Professor Slate develops a drug that can erase specific memories of traumatic experiences.When should this drug be administered?

Absentmindedness has benefits that are similar to which other memory sin?

A participant studied the following word pairs: reptile-snake,reptile-turtle,reptile-lizard,amphibian-frog,amphibian-salamander,and amphibian-newt.Then the participant practiced recalling only the amphibian-salamander pair using the prompt "amphibian-sala_____." Sometime later,the participant was given a memory test of the words he had originally studied.Of these,which word would be MOST likely forgotten?

Recent research has suggested that _____ encoding subsequently results in the GREATEST recall of information.

Retrieving information from the long-term memory store _____ subsequent memory of that information.

Trying to recall an event and successfully recalling one are:

Andrej is a child who suffered hippocampal damage.It might be predicted that Andrej will struggle with:

Collaborative inhibition refers to the finding that:

Sometimes we exaggerate the difference between what we feel or believe now and what we felt or believed in the past.This phenomenon is known as _____ bias.

There are two types of explicit memory,_____ memory,which is for facts and knowledge,and _____ memory for personally experienced events.

Iconic memory is a fast-decaying store of:

During Monica's appearance on a popular quiz show,the host asked her to name the capital of Russia,and Monica immediately blanked out.She knew that she knew the answer,but she just couldn't recall it.This illustrates: