Exam 6: Memory-Part A

Annie,Cierra,and Deidre memorize facts about historical figures in psychology as part of an introductory psychology course.On the day of the exam,the professor informs the three students that they can either take the exam individually or submit one exam from the group.Based on research on collaborative memory,the students should:

After a near-fatal collision with an 18-wheeler,Penelope was unable to think about anything else for many months.She suffered the memory phenomenon known as:

_____ occurs when information learned earlier impairs memory for information acquired later.

Recall of when,where,and how information was acquired is called:

In a classic memory study by Peterson and Peterson (1959),participants were given consonant strings to remember-such as DBX and HLM-and then were instructed to count backward from 100 by 3.After a variable amount of time (delay),the participants were asked to recall the consonant strings.Which statement accurately describes the results of the experiment?

When recalling the morning of September 11,2001,Rob is able to describe what he was doing and saying at the moment the principal of his middle school opened the classroom door to advise the class to turn on the television.Rob's ability to describe the day's events in detail is an example of:

Jorge relates new terms encountered in his biology class to biological terms he already knows.fMRI studies reveal that the part of his brain likely to be MOST active during this process is the:

The serial position effect predicts that,when recalling items in a previously learned list,we are MOST likely to forget the items _____ of the list.

Jacob cannot remember anything that occurred in the minutes leading up to the bicycle accident that knocked him briefly unconscious.This mild form of _____ amnesia is MOST likely due to the head injury preventing memory _____.

In a typical collaborative memory experiment,participants first encode a list of words _____ and then,some time later,attempt to recall those words _____.

When Paul studies for a psychology test,he tries to remember important terms by relating them to his past experiences and knowledge.He is using the strategy of:

Callie visited a dance club where the songs were "oldies but goodies." Although she had not gone dancing in more than 20 years,Callie remembered the lyrics to most of the songs.This was MOST likely because:

A retrieval cue is only going to be useful if the information to be recalled is _____ in memory.

Eric has suffered damage to his hippocampus.His family notices that he is now unable to recall normal events that occur in daily life and that he seems lost and disoriented most of the time.Nonetheless,Eric has no problem recalling factual information such as the last three presidents and the inventor of the telephone.Eric's _____ memory has apparently been affected by the hippocampal damage.

The persistence of memory is advantageous in the sense that it:

Tess,a huge football fan,couldn't remember the name of the beautiful model who walked the runway at the Rio Olympics until her friend reminded her that it was quarterback Tom Brady's wife.Tess realized it was Giselle,and her friend's prompt functioned as a(n)_____ cue.

In a classic memory study by Peterson and Peterson (1959),participants were given consonant strings to remember-such as DBX and HLM-and then were instructed to count backward from 100 by 3.After a variable amount of time,the participants were asked to recall the consonant strings.Asking participants to count backward effectively prevents:

Jessica has problems concentrating and,as such,does not perceive the information she reads in her textbook as well as she should.Jessica has a problem with _____ of information.

The _____ plays a critical role in recognizing new words because the task involves the ability to link visual and verbal information.

Transience refers to forgetting that occurs: